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I'm looking for a mouseless/mouse-free solution. And I want to use the whole Character Viewer– not just certain characters.
I can open the Character Viewer with CTRL+CMD+SPACE, but it doesn't have focus, so it seems I have to use my mouse to select anything inside it.
How can I give that window keyboard focus without using my mouse?
And then how can I copy characters from that window without using my mouse?
Pressing the shortcuts for changing desktops while dragging a window should still work, but the shortcuts have to be enabled in System Preferences.
SizeUp supports for example assigning ⌃⇧→ to moving a window to the next desktop.
I was going to ask the same thing for Keynote 6 under 10.10, but I'll chime in here instead..
MacLemon's answer doesn't do anything helpful for me in Keynote on Yosemite.
One can switch between Navigator and Slide Only from the View menu (so shortcuts could be created via System Preferences), but:
There's a list of shortcuts here, but I can't find anything relevant..
Maybe an applescript / automator solution could be concocted.
Best Answer
The Character Viewer has two states, as seen below.
You can switch between the states by clicking the friendly but almost invisible icon in the top-right corner (don't know what it's called, doesn't have any tooltip).
To summarize, click the friendly icon, activate the Character Viewer, stay with the keyboard.