Unicode input¶
You can input unicode characters by name, hex code, recently used and even an editable favorites list.
Press ctrl+shift+u to start the unicode input widget, shown below.
A screenshot of the unicode input widget
In Code mode, you enter a unicode character by typing in the hex code for the
character and pressing enter, for example, type in 2716 and press enter to get
✖. You can also choose a character from the list of recently used characters by
typing a leading period and then the two character index and pressing Enter.
The up and down arrow keys can be used to choose the previous and next unicode
symbol respectively.
In Name mode you instead type words from the character name and use the arrow keys/tab to select the character from the displayed matches. You can also type a leading period and the index for the match if you don’t like to use arrow keys.