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Type: Bug
ID: 487733
Opened: 9/2/2009 4:35:33 PM
Access Restriction: Public
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With many keyboard layouts, characters such as ä, é or ù are composed using dead keys. This mechanism seems to be broken at least with the "French (Canada)" keyboard layout. (The precise term used in Windows XP is "Canadian Multilingual Standard".)

Instead of composing the expected ê character, xWeb 3 prints "e" (please note that the circumflex mark is missing) in Design View, and "Ņ" in Code View.
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Product?

Web

Product Version?

Web 3 (3.0.1762.0)

Issue Type?

Bug
Repro Steps? (N/A for Suggestion)
1. Change the keyboard layout to "French (Canada)", "Canadian Multilingual Standard" by using "Regional and Language Options" in the Control Panel.
2. Use Notepad or a similar editor to type the ê character. With a US keyboard, you probably need to press [, then e.
3. Use the same keystrokes in xWeb 3. In Design View, this will print "e" instead of "ê". In Code View, this will print "Ņ".
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Posted by Christoph Schneegans on 9/2/2009 at 4:39 PM
This problem was first reported at <http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/web/thread/94f3c9c4-1bd9-44b8-97ae-f4b02f8c157f>.
Posted by Christoph Schneegans on 9/3/2009 at 5:42 AM
This problem was first reported at <http://social.expression.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/web/thread/94f3c9c4-1bd9-44b8-97ae-f4b02f8c157f>.
Posted by Christoph Schneegans on 9/21/2009 at 1:26 AM
Also see <https://connect.microsoft.com/Expression/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=485371>.
Posted by Microsoft on 9/29/2009 at 7:35 AM
Hi Christoph,

Thank you for reporting this issue to us and for forwarding the additional information. I've assigned this to a developer on my team and we will be looking at this for Expression Web 4. Unfortunately, the window of opportunity for the service pack had pretty much closed by the time we got this, so this will not be fixed for that release.

Paul Bartholomew
Microsoft Expression Web
Posted by Microsoft on 9/29/2009 at 7:38 AM
Hi Christoph,

Thank you for reporting this issue to us and for providing the additional information. I have assigned this to a member of my team to look at for Expression Web 4. Unfortunately, the window of opportunity for the service pack had pretty much closed by the time we got this, so this will not be fixed for that release.

Paul Bartholomew
Microsoft Expression Web
Posted by Tomás Crespo on 10/22/2009 at 9:20 AM
This behavior is disgraceful in Microsoft software.
Posted by jvdbol on 11/21/2009 at 4:19 PM
With me, the problem of the dead keys (keyboard VS International set) occurs ONLY when the toolbar Code View is set. When this toolbar is inactive, I can use ''^'`~ëéç etc withouth any problem.
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