Unity Monodevelop problem: cannot type ' or " quotation mark

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Hi all,

As I have downloaded the new Unity 3.4 it also installed a new build of the monodevelop editor. The problem is that from now on, I cannot type a single or double quotation mark anymore. So the ' and " symbol are not typed when I press on the button on my keyboard. This is quite annoying to say the least.

I have been checking around and other text editors don't seem to have the problem. I also downloaded the normal 2.4 release of Monodevelop and this one seems to do things right. Also when I switch keyboard layout to azerty - Belgian I can type the quotation marks too.

I am working on MacBook Pro OSX Snow Leopard which has an azerty (Belgian) keyboard. But for coding I use an external US international keyboard. The problem occurs when I am using the US international keyboard setting.

Can someone tell me how to solve this problem or can anyone give me a link to a previous version of the Unity Monodevelop build?

Thanks in advance, Lieven

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Answer by mflashbr · Oct 02, 2011 at 03:07 PM

FYI, the latest Unity build (3.4.1) has solved this problem. For me, it works fine now.

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JonasLuz · Jun 20, 2013 at 01:36 PM 0

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Sorry, but I am using Unity 4.1.5f1 and the reported problem still occurs. Maybe it only happen on a Mac with a particular configuration: I am using MacOS X 10.8.4 with "U.S. International PC" keyboard setting and MonoDevelop 2.8.2, the one that came with Unity. The issue seems to be MonoDevelop-specific; any other application works fine.

CgShady · Jun 21, 2013 at 02:15 PM 2

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Hi, as far as I'm concerned, it never worked since Unity 4.x. I'm still using the Monodevelop version from my Unity 3.5 install folder.

Bluestrike · Jul 11, 2013 at 06:55 AM 2

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Same issue it started here when I updated to unity 4.1.4f1 (Win7 64 )

DarkSlash · Aug 03, 2013 at 08:17 PM 2

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Same issue. Windows 7 x64 Unity 4.2

DrMicra · Nov 22, 2013 at 10:33 PM 2

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I´ve the same issue with 4.3!

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Answer by janoonk · Oct 04, 2013 at 01:14 PM

I had the same problem using United States-International as a Input Language. I fixed this by using a different Input Language. Goto Region and Language and choose English (United States).

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Bluestrike · Nov 12, 2013 at 08:42 PM 0

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Thank you, Switching my keyboard from us nternational to us did the trick.

Dylansabi · Feb 03, 2015 at 03:28 PM 0

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I just copy and paste the ' and " ! Works fine for me!

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Answer by mflashbr · Jul 28, 2011 at 06:46 PM

Same here, quotes can't be entered with the "U.S. International - PC" setting. Workaround: open system prefs, click "language and text", then "input sources" and enable a second input source (say, "U.S."). Finally, mark "allow a different one for each document".

Now it works, but it's annoying if you need the original keyboard layout in other apps (very likely). Seems like a regression, as the previous version didn't have this bug.

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JonasLuz · Jun 20, 2013 at 02:23 PM 0

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Best answer so far. I am using this workaround and, for the accents, I use the key codes listed here: http://abre.la/MacAccentCodes

cregox · Aug 19, 2013 at 04:37 PM 0

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This is indeed only thing that works, out of all answers here today.

This also tells me the new MonoDevelop (mine's 2.8.2 right) that comes with Unity 4.1.x (no such issue on Unity 4.0.x), is probably buggy. But it's not even a good idea to report this bug to monodevelop, if it's indeed real, because Unity is not using latest MonoDevelop... Sigh.

CodeAssembler · Sep 22, 2013 at 10:20 PM 1

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Using MonoDevelop 2.8.2 and yes confirming it has the bug on Windows 7 Ultimate too, with US International $$anonymous$$eyboard layout as well

Edit: Just to let you know that on Windows 7 I managed to make it work finally as: Language - English (Caribbean) w/ US keyboard layout.

Tried other combinations but not luck, that was the only one that worked in my case

Mayburn CodeAssembler · Jan 04, 2016 at 12:37 PM 0

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This works perfectly! I mean, perfectly would be for Unity to solve this and not make users change $$anonymous$$eyboard/Language configurations and all, but cool!

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Answer by rkaetano · Jun 26, 2013 at 02:09 AM

Guys, i found a better solution for this problem. You can create a code template for the "wrong" double quote. Then, when you need to create a string, you just need to press the wrong " and , just like we normally do for the while template, and things like that.

Much better, than keep changing the keyboard layout.

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JonasLuz · Jun 26, 2013 at 07:43 PM 0

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Well thought, rkaetano. I'll try that.

CgShady · Jun 26, 2013 at 09:14 PM 0

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Excellent idea actually. It'll do the trick.

cregox · Aug 19, 2013 at 04:01 PM 0

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Problem is, can not type any kind of quote. Not ' nor " and not even `.

DarkSlash · Nov 13, 2013 at 01:02 PM 0

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Don't understand. Can you explain it step by step? Thanks!! :)

joosenWPL · Mar 29, 2014 at 11:46 AM 0

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I also have no idea how to use this... I would like a workaround for this ANOYING bug!!!

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Answer by lhelmeg · Jun 06, 2015 at 06:46 AM

Well,changing the keyboard input doesn't really solve the problem : Now, you have the quotes but you non longer have the accents ... and the reason most of us are using the US International keyboard is because we needed the accents in the first place! Laure

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