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The built-in panel has gotten better in recent versions of OS X but still has some quirks. It doesn't copy the character into the clipboard (it copies the full
by mrsteveman1 11y ago
The built-in panel has gotten better in recent versions of OS X but still has some quirks. It doesn't copy the character into the clipboard (it copies the full description along with it, and even that requires a right-click), but you can double click things to paste a character into the app that previously had focus, most of the time that works pretty well.
Before I found out about the built-in panel I wrote a menu bar app[0] that does copy directly to the clipboard, and I still use it since that's what I need more often than the "paste into previous app" behavior of the built-in panel.
[0] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/codepoints/id499161264 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/codepoints/id499161264
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoCopy to the clipboard? Ctrl-Cmd-Space brings up a panel that directly inserts text.
- mikewhy 11y agoProvided the application you're using supports it. For example I just needed to insert some UTF-8 characters into MacVim, which doesn't support this palette. So I had to: - switch to Safari - open the palette and find the character - make sure a text field is focused * - double-click to insert * - finally copy the character * Those last few steps wouldn't be needed if one could simply copy just the character from the palette. (Disclaimer: normally I would just search google for "Unicode _____", but wanted to try this after seeing it mentioned)