Cannot enter sqare brackets (“[” and “]”) in v0.16.2

[odkr]

Description

No character is entered when I press <Alt>+<5> ("[" on a German keyboard) or <Alt>+<6> ("]").

• Can you reproduce the issue?

Steps to reproduce

1. Open Mark Text.
2. Press <Alt>+<5> or <Alt>+<6> (on a German keyboard).

No character appears.

Expected behavior:

"[" or "]" respectively should be entered.

Actual behavior:

Neither "[" or "]" are entered.

Versions

• Mark Text version: v0.16.2
• Operating system: macOS v10.14.6

[dhose]

I have this problem as well, but on a Swedish keyboard. Alt+4 ("$") does not work for me either

Versions

• Mark Text version: v0.16.2
• Operating system: macOS v10.15.6

[brainchild0]

Probably duplicate of #2235.

[RasmusMalver]

This issue affects Mac users in every language but American. It is a grave error. Alt and shift are always for typing. They can only be used for shortcuts when used with ctrl or cmd.

The issue can be mitigated by adding the file keybindings.json to ~/Library/Application Support/marktext with this content:

{
    "tabs.switch-to-first": "",
    "tabs.switch-to-second": "",
    "tabs.switch-to-third": "",
    "tabs.switch-to-fourth": "",
    "tabs.switch-to-fifth": "",
    "tabs.switch-to-sixth": "",
    "tabs.switch-to-seventh": "",
    "tabs.switch-to-eighth": "",
    "tabs.switch-to-ninth": "",
    "tabs.switch-to-tenth": ""
}

The fastest way is to open terminal and type nano "~/Library/Application Support/marktext/keybindings.json". Paste the text, press [ctrl]+[o], [ctrl]+[x] to save and exit. Solution copied from #2299

Obviously a different shortcut can be supplied.

Same issue as #2235, #2299, #2376 and #2359.

[epeios-q37]

Someone suggests that #2235 is related to #2225. There is a workaround for #2225, which is to set GTK_IM_MODULE environment variable to xim. This workaround works under Linux, don't know if GTK_IM_MODULE environment variable is of some use on macOS…
See https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1129424

[brainchild0]

Suggest closing in favor of #2235.

[fxha]

Thank you for reporting the issue. We noticed that this is a duplicate and closing it in favor of #2235. You may want to subscribe there for further updates.