2011/4/21 Vamsi Kodali <[email protected]>: > I suggested this idea to the OOo developers some time ago. I believe no one > is working on it though (Unfortunately, I cannot contribute anything in > terms of code). So, this is my second try. Hopefully, this time I will be > more successful. > > As a researcher, I often use a lot of symbols and keep accessing the Insert >> Special Character menu. I now have a button on the toolbar which saves me > a click but it would still take me to special character browser where I have > to pick the character I need. Since most people have only about a dozen or > so special characters that they frequently use, I thought the button on the > toolbar be changed to the one similar to a color picker which gives access > to the several colors quickly. I have a mockup here:http://flic.kr/p/8Fj1FC > > Vamsi.
Hello! Even if I also use special characters a lot, I think that this request is best suited for an extension than for a core feature. I use a lot an extension called "Compose Special Characters": http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/ComposeSpecialCharacters this extension have many predefined characters and permits you to insert others through their unicode value. Also, being a KDE user I have the "character runner" app... but that's another history. But I agree that the ability (either through a new feature or through an extension) to choose the most used characters and insert them on an easy way would be really helpful. Maybe if we arrive to a good specification someone will bring it to life :) Cheers Ricardo -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
