UK extended, English NZ & Te Reo

UK extended keyboard (backquote acting as a dead key for grave accent) and English NZ (macron available with right alt + vowel)

What is UK extended, English NZ & Te Reo?

The Chrome extension 'UK extended, English NZ & Te Reo' enhances user experience by providing unique keyboard layouts. The UK extended keyboard facilitates typing in grave accents via the backquote dead key. The extension also includes NZ English and Te Reo IME with a notable feature for applying a macron over vowels using right-alt+vowel. Providing versatility and enhancing the user's typing experience, this extension brings customization right at your hands.

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Extension stats

By: chrome-input-extensions

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 40,000+

Rating: 3.41 (29)

Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2023-12-20)

Creation date: 2014-08-03

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

input

Size: 8.85K

Email: ch*****@google.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 4666 ▼ 10

Other rankings

#23745 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 14 #109 in input keyword 31 ▼ 2 #161 in keyboard keyword 33 ▼ 9 #244 in layout keyword 19 ▲ 3

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Extension summary

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This extension provides a UK extended keyboard layout in Chrome OS. How to enable: after installing the extension, head over to chrome://settings/languages then add English (UK), and check the "UK extended" option. If the option does not show up, sign out once and retry the procedure. Switch keyboard layouts with Alt+Shift until you hit the UK extended keyboard (symbol: EN*).

This extension also provides a NZ English IME (macron accent available with right-alt+vowel), as well as a Te Reo IME.

By installing this item, you agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.

Known issue: if this stopped working after updating to M36 please see crbug.com/397143 for a workaround (Chrome OS 37+ should not be affected)

V1.1: fixed the "not working as advertised issue" (the internal name of the key changed in Chrome OS)

V2.0: Add NZ English and Te Reo

User reviews

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Pros

Works with many accent types
Primary option for Italian writing on Chromebook with UK keyboard
Fixes and improvements made in updates

Cons

Issues with certain accents like grave and macron
Problems with the keyboard listing in the layout list
Needs to be set as default at every login
Not working with beta or developer channels of ChromeOS

Most mentioned

Extension functioning imperfectly
Problems with specific characters and accents
Issues with default setting and keyboard list
Useful for typing in non-English languages

Recent reviews

I like it very much, but since I use it mostly for French, I have a problem. This is what I get when I type `a, not a accent grave. The accent grave is broken. Please fix.