Character accent options on long-press

[martinstork]

Prerequisites

• I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates.

Feature

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
By using macOS and mobile phones for a while I'm missing the character accent menu on long-press. In my opinion this has become very intuitive for most people.

macOS example

Describe the solution you'd like
When a user long presses a character (which could have accents / special characters) a pop-up would appear with the available options and corresponding numbers. Choosing an option would be done with the same numbers on the keyboard. Additionally it could be selected with a mouse click and/or navigation keys. The ESC key or a click outside the options boundary would cancel out the pop-up.

Existing work
I'm aware that character accents are possible with the use of the compose key. I haven't found a similar existing feature request.

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Have it as an opt-in or opt-out system preference under keyboard settings.
• Having the long-press activated when its still pressed or use it as a toggle.

Additional implementation examples
Android
iOS

[cassidyjames]

This would be awesome, but I believe would be completely the responsibility of GTK.

[martinstork]

This would be awesome, but I believe would be completely the responsibility of GTK.

Thank you for replying. Wasn’t sure were the responsibility laid for these kind of features. Great to hear you like the idea.

[ryonakano]

Closing as out of scope as Cassidy said.