Accents not allowed in form_text_input items

clozan2

Hi all,

I have an Open Sesame experiment in which at the end of a trial, experimental subjects have to type in a word. The item form_text_input appears not to allow experimental subjects to properly type in accented words such as, e.g., the Spanish word [nación]. When typing it, it shows up in the form as [naci'ón] instead of [nación]. In other words, when pressing the accute accent key [´] before pressing the actual key for the vowel [o], Open Sesame inserts a straight accent ['] and then the accented word [ó], which results in the incorrect form ['ó].

This is very confusing for the experimental subject, who tries (in vain) to type in a simple accented word [nación] but ends up with something strange [naci'ón].

I have checked the forum but found no solutions to this. Any tips, please?

Thanks.

eduard

Hi,

I just tried it and, indeed, if the Keyboard layout/language is english it doesn't work. However, I switched it to German and there I could combine ^ with a to get â in the text input field. So try changing the keyboard layout of the system.

Does that make sense?

Eduard

clozan2

Thanks, Eduard. The thing is that the system (Windows) keyboard has been always set to Spanish (ESP), and it doesn't work.

I have also changed the Open Seame language to Spanish (Tools>Preferences>Appearance>Language>es_ES), but it does not work either. I keep on getting the same error when typing: I get [naci'ón] instead of [nación].

This is very confusing for the experimental subjects.

Does anyone have any tips for this problem? Thanks.

Cristóbal

eduard

Hi,

This could be a Windows thing. On my linux system it does work. Just to double check that it is not the layout, can you try a German layout? (the ^ is on the leftmost key above the tab key)?

Eduard