keyboardunicode
I want to type unicode characters with the keyboard. I'm looking for a solution with no mouse usage. For example, below I have a line with the unicode "PILE-OF-POO" character:
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The codepoint for PILE OF POO is U+1F4A9 and on a linux operating system I can create this character by typing:
Ctrl+Shift+u,
1,
f,
4,
a,
9
space
How can I do something similar on a mac keyboard? Other answers I've searched involve fiddling with menus and switching input sources.
Yo ! Man, I got the best thing for you.
Just type some of your characters of word & press F5 & see the magic, It is what you want. Suppose your not getting the word rub some & get what you want.
Here is snap-shot of what you want. ( source of lots of shortcut keys )
Suppose, I am a user, I would do as follows.
simple & short just F5 does all for you, no need to press Cmd+: and then get correct one from list. It will give you list on the spot.
UniK - Unicode & navigation Keyboard extension seems to be the closest to a character map and it also functions as a keyboard extension. You actually have to type hexadecimal code points in this app.
Best Answer
Press CTRL+CMD+space to bring up the characters popover.
Then type in the code point and press the down arrow to select the symbol.
Then simply press ENTER and you are done.
This also works with the names of the symbols (e.g. arrow).
Additional information:
Note the icon in the top right of the character popover. It changes the popover to the full Character Viewer, which cannot be navigated by the keyboard. Click the icon in the top right of the Character Viewer to return to the popover. Many thanks to @Tom Gewecke for this information.