Bug 3812 - It is not possible to write "i" and "İ" characters with W8.1's touchscreen keyboard
Summary: It is not possible to write "i" and "İ" characters with W8.1's touchscreen ke...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Claws Mail (Windows)
Classification: Unclassified
Component: default (show other bugs)
Version: 3.15.0
Hardware: PC Windows 8
: P3 major
Assignee: users
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Reported: 2017-04-20 07:50 UTC by unknownbuckethead
Modified: 2017-05-14 12:09 UTC (History)
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Description unknownbuckethead 2017-04-20 07:50:57 UTC
I'm using Windows 8.1 tablet with latest updates installed. I don't have a physical keyboard so I'm using Windows' touch screen keyboard. With Turkish locale and Turkish Q keyboard layout, it is not possible to write "i" and "İ" characters in Claws Mail. The other keyboard that called "On-screen keyboard" has no problem with these characters.
Comment 1 Andrej Kacian 2017-04-20 10:32:24 UTC
Hi, perhaps this might help you, sounds like it could be the same issue you're having:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_windows8/bug-windows-8-touchscreen-turkish-q-keyboard-opens/9e2662b9-c2de-41b9-9613-0d2000956830

I have no idea what the solution proposed in the last answer is, since I do not speak Turkish, but hopefully it will be useful to you.
Comment 2 Ricardo Mones 2017-05-14 09:29:55 UTC
Closing as invalid, as this is very likely a Windows 8 bug.
Comment 3 Cristian Secară 2017-05-14 12:09:44 UTC
This seems to be a combination of bugs related to the Windows On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) *AND* the GTK+ port on Windows. I am pretty sure it is not application specific, i.e. not Claws Mail specific.

I am not using the OSK normally, but I tested now just for curiosity: either combination of keys based on AltGr modifier (any character that should be generated, not only i and İ) does not work at all when using OSK & GTK+ based application – for example Inkscape or Claws Mail.

I'm on Windows 7 and tested this with the default keyboard for my language, Romanian, but also with the Q-Turkish keyboard which I activated on purpose. It is the same on Windows Vista (i.e. AltGr not working in OSK & GTK+ combination) and I assume it is the same on Windows 8.x.

The same OSK does not have this problem when using native applications (Worpad, for example).

Probably a quick fix could be to search and use an alternate OSK version (third-party).

Cristi

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