[Bug 164994] Add more Unicode character blocks to special characters dialog

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164994

Buovjaga <ilmari.lauhakangas at libreoffice.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Severity|normal                      |enhancement
           Keywords|                            |needsUXEval
                 CC|                            |ilmari.lauhakangas at libreoff
                   |                            |ice.org,
                   |                            |libreoffice-ux-advise at lists
                   |                            |.freedesktop.org
            Summary|No Checkmark on writer????  |Add more Unicode character
                   |                            |blocks to special
                   |                            |characters dialog

--- Comment #1 from Buovjaga <ilmari.lauhakangas at libreoffice.org> ---
There is a massive number of glyphs and symbols in the Unicode specification.
The special characters dialog offers a selection of "character blocks", certain
ranges in the Unicode spec. I could not find an existing request to add more
character blocks. I guess we could ask the design team's opinion.

It is possible to conjure up any character, though:
https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/04/01010000.html#hd_id541591272518903

Quote:

You can enter arbitrary Unicode characters in the document typing the Unicode
hexadecimal code point and then pressing Alt+X (default). Type the Unicode
hexadecimal notation and press Alt+X to toggle between the Unicode character
and its hexadecimal notation. Selection is not necessary but the conversion
will apply to the selected characters. Toggling occurs on the characters prior
to the cursor position when these characters form a valid Unicode hexadecimal
point. Hexadecimal code points with value in the range U+0000 to U+0020 are not
converted.

(end quote)

So you could refer to any listing of Unicode characters, such as this one:
https://unicodeplus.com/

There I searched for check and it listed a bunch of variants. Then in Writer, I
could type 2713 and hit Alt+X and it turned into ✓

This check mark is in the char block called Dingbats:
https://unicodeplus.com/block/2700

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