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Step 6: start noticing how some apps like to disable normal MacOS input and ignore text expansions, as well as the Character Viewer popup[1]. Notice that Electr
by egypturnash 6y ago
Step 6: start noticing how some apps like to disable normal MacOS input and ignore text expansions, as well as the Character Viewer popup[1]. Notice that Electron apps are especially bad about this. Watch your hatred of Electron apps deepen.
1: cmd-ctrl-space, visit the gear menu and behold the huge number of Unicode ranges you can turn on and off in the 'Customize List' pane
- mikewhy 6y agoAFAICT those are supported in Electron: Text expansions and emojis work in GitHub Desktop. Emojis work in VS Code, but it doesn't do text expansion (probably for the best there, YMMV).
- jibbers 6y agoI just tried in Pocket Casts, an electron app, and it does not work.
- mikewhy 6y agoWhich app is that? I haven't done much digging, but of the two Pocket Casts electron apps I found, one hasn't been updated since 2017 (before chrome supported this API) and the other doesn't have macOS builds. edit: the second one does support them https://imgur.com/0EFLLmM https://imgur.com/0EFLLmM
- jibbers 6y agoHuh, that's strange. Maybe it has something to do with the OS? I'm on 10.15.
- TMWNN 6y agoFirefox, too