Comment 17 for bug 1900906

On 2021-01-16 08:48, Fernando wrote:
> The bug persists with accented characters if the dead key is the first
> character you type. I mean, open the overview, type "á" and you see just
> "a". Then type another "á" and it shows correctly. Same if you type
> "lá", the accent shows correctly because the dead key wasn't the first
> thing you typed.

That happens to me if the search field is not focused when you start typing, which it seems to not be initially by default. If I first click the search field, also the first letter can be typed using a dead key.

Can you maybe report it as a separate issue, preferably upstream:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues