PhpStorm: Dead keys not working (for ', ", etc)

Question

I'm using Elementary OS Loki on my Dell XPS 9550.

The keyboard layout I'm using is English (US, International with dead keys). This works perfectly in every application I have tested so far.

However, when I try to type in my IDE, PhpStorm (based on IntelliJ IDE), the special characters such as ' and ` do not register.

Normally these are done with a combination keypress, even for single quotes. For example:

' + space = '

" + space = "

In PhpStorm, the first keypress seems to be ignored completely. Pressing space afterwards just results in an actual space.

Any advice on fixing this would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I was able to fix this issue by executing ibus-setup in a terminal.

Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/774237/dead-keys-accents-stopped-working-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-16-04

To fix it permanently you need to figure out how to start ibus-deamon on system startup (I haven't quite figured that one out yet).

Answer 2

It's more of a workaround, but I switched to a keyboard layout with no dead keys - as I anyways never use them (and it's still possible to type them using compose key).

This way a press on the keyboard directly inserts the acute character.