[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 #6 from V Stuart Foote <vsfoote at libreoffice.org> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #4)
> Navigating in the table per tab is wrong. The "copy" search results © and ℗
> allow using left/right arrow, if the list is larger up/down work as well.
> And Insert becomes enabled.
> 
> So what we have to do is to accept a select per tab.
> 
> Another aspect on this dialog is the favorite chars, where only tab is
> accepted to traverse through the content; arrow keys are ignored. One has to
> tab through all items to finally continue at the next control.
> 
> Another a11y improvement for the dialog could be to add a label for the
> character list so we have a mnemonic for quick access. Spoils the design a
> bit, however.

NO! The <Tab> should continue to reposition in the UI. When in the character
chart cursor <U,D,L,R> *alone* should perform the movement--but the Insert
button, along with the focus "accessible action" for sounding the character
name must activate.

This is the same as movements between the clustered elements of the SB.

And core keyboard navigation of <F10>, <F6>, <TAB>/<Shift><TAB>, and cursor
<U,D,L,R>, and <ESC> is *maintained* with appropriate focus events firing.

What is wrong with the SCD is its "Insert" action while in the character chart
UI is not correctly linked.  

As enhancement: a shortcut to directly place UI focus into the character chart
would be helpful, as would a shortcut to place directly in the search field.

Likewise as enhancement: differentiating <Space> action from <Enter> action for
completing the character pick via keyboard.

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