I have a NSTextView with the 'Smart Quotes' option disabled:
However, if I were to type:
'hello world'
Into the textview, it instanly gets replaced with:
‘hello world’
(see how the single quotes have been replaced).
I thought disabling smart quotes would have taken care of this, but it does not seem to of helped. Any suggestions on how I can get these prettier quotes to go away?
Best Answer
You can disable smart quotes for your NSTextView with:
Not setting the checkmark in the interface builder doesn't seem to work since OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
See NSTextView setAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled:
Also you can use this for a more detailed control over the text replacement.
See NSTextView setEnabledTextCheckingTypes:
Also in Mavericks there is smart quotes enabled by default in System Preferences → Keyboard → Text. You can disable this as a personal preference.