Bug 44629

Summary: propose a continuous way to input special characters when using a foreign language with no related keyboard
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: dmoyne <daniel.moyne>
Component: LibreOfficeAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: enhancement CC: sasha.libreoffice
Priority: medium    
Version: 3.4.4 RC1   
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)   
OS: Linux (All)   
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Description dmoyne 2012-01-10 04:16:15 UTC 
I am using a french setting and I am using a lot LibreOffice to process spanish language ; each time I have to use an accentuated characters of course not present on the layout of my azerty keyboard I have for the time being to select from main menu "Insertion/special caraters..." and then select the appropriate characters from the proposed display of characters ; once done for one particular character the window desapear ; besides when reopening it maybe neccesary to reposition the set of caracters by using the vertical slider ; this is not at all very practical neither efficient.

2 posibilities :

(1) I propose with the layout of special caracters a way to maintain the window open for further selection of special characters.
(2) I propose to give acces to the display of a keyboard layout where the user can position its desired association special characters - keys with on a default layout initially proposed (an extra keyboard on screen) for continuous selection of characters.

Of course the idea to change te default language to spanish for example in KDE with a choice of a spanish keyboard is unrealistic.

Regards.
Comment 1 sasha.libreoffice 2012-05-07 07:27:50 UTC 
Thanks for bugreport
> Of course the idea to change te default language to spanish for example in KDE
> with a choice of a spanish keyboard is unrealistic.
In KDE language and keyboard layout adjusted in completely different places. Adding keyboard layout causes no problem. We can also assign short-cuts to layouts
Comment 2 sasha.libreoffice 2012-05-07 07:28:32 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 41981 ***
Comment 3 sasha.libreoffice 2012-05-07 07:29:32 UTC 
Another idea:
Bug 42560 - Feature request: Add button "Insert" into dialog "Special Characters"