[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 153806] Improve keyboard interaction for Special Characters dialog

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153806

--- Comment #5 from V Stuart Foote <vsfoote at libreoffice.org> ---
(In reply to Michael Weghorn from comment #3)
> (In reply to Stéphane Guillou (stragu) from comment #2)
> > I agree that the current situation needs improvement, at the very least
> > allowing inserting directly from the search results with the keyboard, just
> > like in the favourite list.
> > 
> > Interestingly, back in 6.3, I was able to insert from the search results by
> > using Space bar, then Enter (which would also close the dialog). Since 6.4,
> > I can't do that. Some kind of regression along the way?
> 
> Reading this, another idea might be to distinguish between space and Enter
> key and have Enter key close the dialog in addition, as happens e.g. in the
> Insert -> Hyperlink dialog, too, so maybe sth like this (but then
> consistently for both, characters in the character table (like search
> results) *and* the favorites/recently used ones), so:
> 
> * space key inserts the character, but leaves the dialog open
> * Enter inserts the character and closes the dialog
> 
> (And still make putting focus into the search results make the "Insert"
> button usable right away.)
> What do you think?

+1, differentiate action of <Space> (to perform the Insert leaving SCD open for
subsequent picks) and <Enter> (to perform the Insert and close the SCD).

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