Danish "æ" is registered as "ae" – causes two errors instead of one

[jacojoe]

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Current Behavior

When using Monkeytype with the Danish language setting, typing the letter "æ" is registered as "ae". This leads to the following issues:

If you accidentally press "æ", Monkeytype registers it as two incorrect characters instead of one.

You need to press backspace twice to delete it, even though it's a single key on a Danish keyboard.

This disrupts the typing experience and makes error correction more difficult than it should be.

Expected Behavior

The letter "æ" should be treated as a single character, not expanded into "a" and "e". It should count as one keypress and one potential mistake – not two.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Set the language to Danish in Monkeytype.

2. Start a typing test.

3. Press the "æ" key incorrectly during typing.

4. Observe that it gets interpreted as "ae" and causes two errors.

Environment

• OS: macOS Ventura
• Browser: Firefox / Safari
• Browser Version: 137.0.2 / 18.4

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[leomick]

It seems the problematic file is frontend/src/ts/controllers/input-controller.ts at line 480. The oe character probably exhibits this behaviour as well.

[leomick]

The code is written in a way so that if the next character is not the ae symbol and you press ae it will process it as the two letters a and e instead

[leomick]

This could probably be fixed by just removing the special handler for the character in the code but I haven't tried it yet I'll try it when I get home

[tech-dipesh]

I see the pull request is not merged. I'm not getting that. Is this problem fixed or not

[leomick]

Whoever was making the pull request abandoned it for some reason that isn't clear

[leomick]

And I haven't gotten around to doing it