The Insert Symbol dialog lets one see the name of the selected character (under the enlarged view rectangle). This is often important, especially for: * Distinguishing glpyhs which look similar (e.g. en-dash vs em-dash vs horizontal bar), * Inserting characters in languages foreign to yours, where you identify glyphs only by name * Non-printing characters However - using the Insert Symbol _menubutton_ on the toolbars, there is no indication of the character names. We should add such indication in one, or both, of the following ways: 1. Add a framed label which shows the name of the hovered-over character. 2. Have tooltips for the characters with their names Bikeshedding: Perhaps show the Unicode hex value as well has the name
Not clear "on-mouseover" triggers are feasible given the way the split button entries for the "Favorites" and "Recent characters" are overloaded, but sure worth a look.
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1) > Not clear "on-mouseover" triggers are feasible given the way the split > button entries for the "Favorites" and "Recent characters" are overloaded, > but sure worth a look. I'm guessing it should be doable _somehow_, even if less easily than usual. Also, even an on-mousedown would help, i.e. pressing without releasing to get the name, then moving the mouse away before depressing; although, granted, that's kind of baroque and unintuitive.
Created attachment 188787 [details] Tooltip demo Would what is shown in the attached demo be good enough?
(In reply to Jim Raykowski from comment #3) > Created attachment 188787 [details] > Tooltip demo > > Would what is shown in the attached demo be good enough? Mouseover trigger LGTM; Eyal?
(In reply to Jim Raykowski from comment #3) > Would what is shown in the attached demo be good enough? As tooltips - yes, that's great :-) If this is implemented, I still feel it would be nice to have the character info show in a label on the mini-dialog itself, without the user having to guess they need to hover over the character. But that would be a "cherry on top" type enhancement.
Created attachment 188798 [details] show character infomation in a label demo Here is a demo that shows character information of the highlighted character in a label at the bottom of the insert special characters control. When there is more information than the label can show gtk3 truncates the text, x11 truncates with ellipses. I haven't been able to find a way to make text wrapping work for the label here.
Both look great, thank you Jim! Do you have those patches in gerrit? Setting as new.
Created attachment 188895 [details] screenshot of wrapping special character label I figured out how to make the special character information label wrap! I also changed the placement of the label to be above the More Characters... button. Here is a link to the patch: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/155547
Jim Raykowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/717fa28e88f382ad86b2be2fdbc24f4f60bc524d tdf#156538 Enhancement to show character information in the insert It will be available in 24.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Thank you Jim! Fix verified in: Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 695ae365dcab7c7dd59b39411299c5c200081885 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Added to release notes: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/index.php?title=ReleaseNotes%2F24.2&type=revision&diff=683826&oldid=682540 Jim, I noticed an issue with it with the gtk3 VCL plugin, not sure if you had noticed: I only get a tooltip while hovering the upper half or third of the character square. gen works well.
(In reply to Stéphane Guillou (stragu) from comment #10) > Jim, I noticed an issue with it with the gtk3 VCL plugin, not sure if you > had noticed: I only get a tooltip while hovering the upper half or third of > the character square. gen works well. Hi Stéphane, Thanks for reminding me of this. Fix is on the way...
Thank you, Jim, for taking the initiative on this and making life easier for those who need to tell apart capital-Alpha's from A's and play "guess that dash name"...
Jim Raykowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/d88779fc86385dde1215fd28b78a69eacc6b4f97 tdf#156538 follow up: Use better tooltip activation rectangle It will be available in 24.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.