Add "Characters" list to edit boxes

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12/17/2007 01:41:14 PM · #1

In addition to the icon list at the top of the textarea for editing posts, a "Characters" list would be good for non-standard characters not found on US English keyboards. This would be similar to the one found at Wikipedia, where clicking a symbol would simply put it in the textarea at the caret position. Kind of like below (though the letters would be small, individually linked, and not underlined perhaps, or otherwise distinguished from other hyperlinks).

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

12/17/2007 01:44:39 PM · #2

Or, perhaps better, a single box with a hypercharacter icon, which when clicked would show the list of characters...

R.

12/31/2007 01:15:46 AM · #3

Thanks for the great new buttons... but I'm bumping this request too. :-)

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/11/2008 11:41:20 AM · #4

Bump... :-P This is needed.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

11/11/2008 12:15:27 PM · #5

I have a piece of paper near my computer with the codes for the characters I commonly use written down -- the most common three or four I just know. If I don't I use Character Map (Windows) or KeyCaps (Mac) to look it up.

If you really want them here, I like the pop-up list to avoid too much clutter up there ...

Also a reminder that there is "supposed" to be a fairly major revision in the works, and that most minor upgrades are on hold.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

11/11/2008 12:21:17 PM · #6

Yeah, I use Character Map... what a pain. :-)

zeuszen

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

11/11/2008 12:24:11 PM · #7

Originally posted by GeneralE:

...codes for the characters...KeyCaps (Mac)...

Now (OS 10.5.x) the "Character Palette", a menu bar item set in Preferences > International > Input Menu.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

11/11/2008 12:25:24 PM · #8

Thanks for the update -- I still use OS 9 about 80% of the time at work, though I have 10.5 also. :-)

citymars

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

11/11/2008 12:50:42 PM · #9

For now, I usually just Google the word I want and then cut and paste the appropriate character, et voilà! :-)