Accent Grid

Accent Grid

Easy access to accented letters and other special characters.

What is Accent Grid?
'Accent Grid' is an efficient Chrome extension designed to aid typing in accented letters & special characters more comfortable. This tool showcases a 4x4 grid of characters on the extension button. Users can click on a character to copy it or use the keyboard to navigate. The shift key toggles between lowercase and uppercase letters. The ease of assigning a keyboard shortcut to the extension makes the task more convenient. Furthermore, it allows customization of the grid characters and supports commonly used French and German letters along with a few extra characters such as smart quotes and dashes.
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By: bat020
Rating: 3.24 (79)
Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2013-04-26)
Creation date: 2013-04-26
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • clipboardWrite
Size: 11.67K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Typing in accented letters or special characters on a PC keyboard is a pain in the neck. This simple Chrome extension aims to make that task slightly easier.

The extension button displays a four-by-four grid of characters. Clicking on a character copies it to the clipboard. Pressing the shift key does what you would expect: it toggles the grid between lowercase and uppercase letters.

You can also use the keyboard to copy characters to the clipboard. The keys 1-4, Q-R, A-F and Z-V correspond to the grid characters in the obvious manner. Chrome allows you to assign a keyboard shortcut to the extension itself: just go to the bottom right hand corner of the Extensions page and follow the link.

The options page lets you customise the choice of characters in the grid. The defaults are set up for common French and German letters, plus a few extras such as smart quotes and dashes.

I haven't included acute accents in the default setup since these can be typed in directly on US and UK keyboards. For instance, Ctrl + Alt + E gives you an E with an acute accent. Macs have a rich variety of keyboard shortcuts for accents built in, rendering this extension somewhat redundant. It should still work though!

Comments, bug reports and suggestions for improvement are very welcome. You can email me on bat020@gmail.com or contact me on Twitter at @bat020.

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Fully customizable with the ability to add your own accents
  • Works well for multiple languages
  • Useful for typing accented letters in emails or documents
Cons
  • Doesn't directly place the accent at the cursor, requires pasting from the clipboard
  • Doesn't always work, issues with functionality
  • Limited number of accents available by default
Most mentioned
  • Ability to customize the accents
  • Need to paste the accent from the clipboard
  • Helpful for typing in different languages
Recent reviews
Works as it is supposed. But many people needs to learn how to read. 1/ you can any letters you need, just go in the options if you aren't too lazy; 2/To use it, simply seclet the letter and paste it. (ctrl+V)
by A Google user, 2017-12-18

It barely has any accented characters.
by A Google user, 2016-12-15

Works as it is supposed. But many people needs to learn how to read. 1/ you can any letters you need, just go in the options if you aren't too lazy; 2/To use it, simply seclet the letter and paste it. (ctrl+V)
by A Google user, 2017-12-18
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Safety
Risk impact

Accent Grid is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Accent Grid has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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