I cannot type accent marks in firefox 4

Firefox 4, Mac OX 10.6.7
I Firefox 3 I could type an accent mark using the US keyboard by
pressing the option key. For example to type é, I would type option e followed by e.
Now in Firefox 4,the only way to type the accent marks is to use the French keyboard. Is there a fix for this or is this a bug in Firefox 4?

Such a composition of characters is usually handled by the OS and Firefox shouldn't have effect on it.
*http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1518 - Mac OS X: How to type special characters, including Symbol or Zapf Dingbat fonts
*http://www.forlang.wsu.edu/help/keyboards2.asp - Typing Special Characters on a Macintosh Keyboard

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