Why can I no longer make accents by holding down the "e" key for example?

I've had my Macbook pro for about 2 months now and I've never had an issue putting accents on letters. I would hold down the key and a small menu would pop up and I would click "1" per say and it would put the accent on the letter. All of a sudden it no longer pops up and it just puts multiple letters on the screen. How do I get that little menu back

Some applications don't support that feature. If it's not working in TextEdit and others that do support it, see below.
Back up all data.
Please triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
defaults delete -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear below what you entered. You can then quit Terminal. Log out and log back in. Test.

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