Character viewer all screwed up

Suddenly when I open the character viewer I don't get what I used to get.
I'm looking for "accented Latin" but it's gone
AND
The columns on the left are squeezed narrow so that I can't read them. And I can't change the width.
Anyone?

Yes, the new Character Viewer is difficult to say the least.
The window and the divider are moveable; however, the cursor doesn't change to notify you that it is possible. Just click there and drag.
Latin is an option in the left column, and the display will have every latin character with and without accents.
It is possible to type just about any accented character using the Extended keyboard layouts.
The basic chording keys are on all latin keyboards, but the extended keyboards have almost all of them.
If you are not aware of what I mean by "chording," you can type accented characters from the keyboard by using the Option (alt) key with a specialy chording key + character you want accented.
The basic keyboards have `´~¨^
To type ö, press opt-u, then o.
As I stated, there are more accents available on the Extended keyboards. There doesn't appear to be a British extended, but there is an Irish, if that has a similar layout.
You can view the chording keys on any keyboard layout by opening the Keyboard Viewer and pressing the Option key. They turn orange.

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