Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 32251
special character dialog - add "Insert", "Close" and "Copy to clipboard" buttons.
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:41:21 UTC
As someone who uses polytonic Greek, but often only a word or two at a time, I am a heavy user of the insert special character feature. While I know about the Ctr-i-p keyboard short cut, & navigating the font map via the keyboard, it is often easier to use the mouse. Regardless of how one negotiates this feature, there is one missing option in the interface that both MS Word & Word Perfect add to their insert symbol/special character interface: to insert the character and keep the interface open to continue inserting characters, in addition to inserting a character and closing the interface. This means that one has to continually re-open the insert special character feature to input multiple special features. That is a lot of unnecessary Ctr-i-p (I've re-mapped this to make it only 2 keys, but still) or mouse movement (or worse, if you suffer from rsi moving from mouse to keyboard & back). While obviously this is not a big issue, and there is probably a limited audience who would regularly use it, for those who do, it would definitely be appreciated. I'd be more than happy to discuss the possible feature further & test out any attempted enhancements. I'd also be willing to assist in updating the appropriate documentation. Thanks in advance. Dave
MRU->US: sounds like the "non-modal special char dialog" RFE. I think thre is already one. Pls have a look.
(Why not use an external character map? These usually provide much more functionality and often are designed for such purposes - A lot let you search for a character by its name or character code and other fancy things)
US->BH: as already said the "Insert/Special Character" dialog is unhandy when you need it on a regular basis.
You can click all of the special characters you want insert at once (like a whole word) one afer the other, and then hit okay. In the bottom of the dialog window, you can see the word you are creating. This may be a good work around. See attachment.
Created attachment 20666 [details] Shows typing in the special character menu
*** Issue 50366 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Also please assign some function to right mouse button (like copy to clipboard or bring up context menu).
Has something happened on this issues? The workaround outlined by peschtra does nto work since it is not explained how to insert multiple characters: you cannot hit ok and you cannot double click a character since both these actions will close the dialog box
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".