MacOS – How to look up the Unicode # for a given character on Lion

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How do you find the Unicode number representation for a given character in Lion?

On Mac OS X 10.6 when hovering the mouse cursor over for example the ⌘ symbol in the "Character Viewer" a tool tip would be displayed containing something like:

Unicode: 2318

UTF8: E2 8c 98

That behavior appears to no longer work on Lion's "Character Viewer"

Best Answer

The code points should be shown in the right sidebar if you've enabled the Unicode category from the Customize List… sheet.