https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168593
Bug ID: 168593
Summary: Character dialog search should find by common aliases,
not just by official name
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Keywords: needsUXEval
Severity: minor
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Blocks: 109232
When I search for a character in the (special) character dialog, I may not know
exactly how it's called officially, but I know what it means; so, I might be
providing an alias rather than the formal name.
For example: I want find the semi-rotated cross-shape we use for multiplying
value. I am likely to search for it as "times" or as "product" or "prod" for
short. But - I won't find it. Only if I write a part of "multiplication sign"
would I get it.
That's not good enough. We should make the effort to find some mapping of
character official names / Unicode values to multiple unofficial names, or
descriptions, or aliases (and if push comes to shove, create it collaboratively
somehow), and allow users to search that too - of course, using the LO UI, not
an external tool
Referenced Bugs:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109232
[Bug 109232] [META] Special character dialog and toolbar group button bugs and
enhancements
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