Shortcuts for the character palette

Is it possible to have a shortcut for the characters in the character palette?

I recommend this Applescript:
do shell script "open /System/Library/Components/CharacterPalette.component/Contents/SharedSupport/Ch arPaletteServer.app"
Save it as "Application" to launch with a doubleclick. From the Applescript menu it can just be a compiled script.
You can also launch it from Terminal with just the shell command, if you go that way.

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How to (once again) customize the Character Palette's Favorites pane?

Way back in the dark days of OSX (wait, I think we're still then) I immediately found and had major use for the Character Palette (hooray for Unicode integration!). It has been indispensable in a wide variety of things, including Japanese document manipulation, music notation, subtitle generation in DSP, and mathematical formulae layouts.
Early on it had an easy to operate customization for the favorites pane, so you could arrange the glyphs by category (great for Japanese punctuation symbols) or layout (very helpful in mathematics). However...
That function seems to be long gone, and there is actually no useful help either under "Apple Help" or the Apple website for the Character Palette -- telling people how to access accented characters with it is something almost anybody can figure out in about 10 seconds, and that is pretty much the limit for help with the Character Palette.
So, the question is, "*_is there any way to customize the layout of the Favorites pane any more?_*" This could include odd key-combos, hidden buttons, or even hacking the prefs file (which I am having a hard time finding, since there are thousands of pref files and hundreds of directories to search, and Spotlight refuses to look in the system areas -- still yearning for the return of Panther's "Find" function).
Someone asked this question about a year ago, but got no response, so I will be very grateful for any help at all.
--Thanks

The Apple note for Character Viewer is at
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13867
The shortcut is what you see in any app at Edit > Special Characters
Regarding 5) is this what you mean?

How to make a keyboard shortcut for this character: ⌘

I am growing very fond of the Character Palette, but there are some characters I like to use allot, and it's becoming a nuisance opening the whole window just to insert a ⌘. I was thinking maybe there is a way to make a keyboard shortcut for this character, just like option-shift-K creates . I opened the keyboard viewer and was thinking maybe I could drag the character into an empty space to create a combo...but it's not letting me. Is there any way to do this?

This is a feature Apple should definitely add customization to on OS X.
You can make custom keyboard layouts that include any characters you want using Ukelele.
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?siteid=nrsi&itemid=ukelele
I doubt Apple is going to incorporate this into OS X, but you can suggest it here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

Is it possible to add characters to the Character Palette?

Just wondering if this is possible and if so, how? Thanks, Paul

I just thought
one could add one's own sybols.
The Character Palette is just a reflection of your fonts, so what you need is a font with the symbol you want. If you put the Palette into glyph mode, you can check out what is in Dingbats, Webdings, Wingdings, etc. But I don't think there is a paw. So you would need to make a font with a paw in it. Here are a couple links for font making:
FontLab
FontForge
I sent several of them to my yahoo
mail and they did not come through
You probably need to set the encoding on your browser or mail program to UTF-8.

Shortcuts of the 'Character Panel' don't work correctly!!

Hi !
I found that those shortcuts of the 'Character Panel' don't work correctly in Photoshop CC.
For example :
Press [cmd(ctrl)+ shift + >]
→Increse or decrease the font-size with a step of 33.74px every time I press the shortcut.
Previous version of Photoshop just changes the font-size with a step of 2px.
The same problem occurs while using the shortcuts to control tracking or leading etc... Obviously the 'step' is not correctly.This could be a critical problem for me.
Aonther problem is if you try to set the font-size to 100,it will say this 'A value between 0.01 pixel and 1296.00 Pixels is required.'
All things goes crazy.. Anyone facing the same problem?

Between this and the "more than 6 lines of text screws up a Photoshop PDF" bug, CS6 is practiaclly usless for any project using type.

HT1518 Are there a keyboard shortcuts for the alt or option symbol ⌥ and the cmd ⌘ symbol ?

Is there a keyboard shortcut for the alt or option symbol ⌥ and the command symbol ⌘? I need this a lot to take notes from tutorials etc. I know I can copy them from other text or access the special character menu, but I would love to have a easier shortcut.

You can try making one for yourself via system preferences/keyboard/text/symbol and text substitution

HELP!! Lost the "character palette" - how do I retrieve it?

Somehow I managed to lose the "character palette" - it froze, and I couldn't get it to close, so I shut down the computer, but when it restarted, the character palette would not open. Or rather, a blank "ghost" of it appeared for a couple of seconds, then vanished. Clicking on either "show palette" or "hide palette" does nothing. I tried Spotlight to try to locate it on the hard drive, but nothing that showed up led me to it.
Any ideas? Will I have to reinstall it?
Thanks for any suggestions.......
Sophiecat

It sounds like you may have a bad font. That happened
to me once and I discovered Character Palette was
very sensitive to bad fonts. You might also try
deleting:
"/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.CharPal
etteServer.plist"
If removing that doesn't do it I suspect you'll have
to start looking at your fonts to find the one
causing the problem. In my case it was an old Adobe
Garamonde font I had installed not long before I
discovered the Character Palette problem.
Francine
Hi Francine,
THANK YOU-- THANK YOU-- THANK YOU!!!
Your suggestion worked like a dream. I truly appreciate your responding so quickly.
Regards,
Sophiecat

What happened to all the foreign alphabets in the character palette?

Can anyone tell me why all the foreign alphabets disappeared from the character palette when I "upgraded" to Lion? Is there any way I can download them back into the character palette?
Don

You just need to go to the gear wheel at the top left, click on it and select customize, and then check the boxes for all the alphabets you want, plus Unicode.

What is the keyboard shortcut for the green "+" in top left corner?

Can anybody advice me where can I find or where can I change shortcut for the green "+", which change the size of Safari window (sorry I even don't know the name of this button).
Thanks a lot!
Message was edited by: jakudo

Hi
it's called Zoom - found under the Window menu, and if you create a new shortcut for Safari in System Preferences-Keyboard & Mouse-Keyboard Shortcuts... you can assign a key combo of your choice to it.

Issues in the character palette

Since updating InDesign CC to the most recent version (8 Jan 2014) I've noticed some intermittant bad behaviour in the character palette.
Changing a font family works fine, but subsequent changes made using the weight/style dropdown don't apply to the selected text frame.
Using the weight/style dropdown in the glyph palette still works, and is a good enough temporary work around.
The issue is only in this version of ID (my colleague's ID6 works fine), and hasn't yet occurred in any other CC applications I've tried.
The issue went away when I trashed preferences and saved settings files (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990) a few hours ago, but has since recurred.
My question: Should I stop syncing my user settings as well and start completely afresh?
Cheers
Anthony

Hi,
The issue went away when I trashed preferences and saved settings files (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/526990), but has since recurred occasionally. At this moment, I’ve been seeing no problems and I’m also using the most recent update.
Anthony Noel
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Is there a list of shortcuts for the camera raw plugin anywhere?

Is there a list of shortcuts for the camera raw plugin anywhere?
The link under Bridge no longer works

I've not had time to check all of the changes from Bridge 2 to 2.1 but attachment (approx 400KB) should be pretty close.
BTW: check out the result of of Alt/Option dragging sliders in Split Tone panel ;-)

I have deleted my shortcut for the media app store. How do I get it back?

I have deleted my shortcut for the media app store how do I get it back?

Hi BECK94:
I can help you get your shortcut back! Here's what you'll need to do (Add a shortcut to home screen). If you accidentally deleted the application altogether, you can download it again in the Play Store. Note: If you're referring to your Market application, the name has changed to the Google Play store.
I hope that helps. If I'm way off base here, please provide more detail to your issue so we can properly assist.
Thanks,
MikeS_VZW
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Is there a shortcut for the address bar?

Not like
CTRL+K for the search bar then Shift+Tab.
or
F6 then Tab (and another Tab in some cases)
If there is shortcut for the address bar, then why isn't it listed here:
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Keyboard%20shortcuts?as=aaq
If there are no shortcut, does anyone know the reason why? For me it would be the most used shortcut by far.

''Is there a shortcut for the address bar?''
"Ctrl+L" for the Location bar.
For more keyboard shortcuts see
* Firefox and other Browser Keyboard Shortcuts (Comparison Table)<br>http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/keyboard.htm
* Keyboard shortcuts | How to | Firefox Help<br>https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Keyboard%20shortcuts

Is there (or can I create) a keyboard shortcut for the command "export"?

is there (or can I create) a keyboard shortcut for the command "export"?

Keyboard Shortcuts are created in the System Preferences app, Hardware section, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts tab.
Select Application Shortcuts on the left.
Click the "+" sign on the right and in the dialog box that pops up, enter: "Export..." and your preferred key combination. Here's an example:
Keep in mind that when you enter the name of the action in a layered menu, such as File > Export..., or Share > Export..., you are only going to enter the last menu choice, not the higher levels.
Regards,
Jerry

Is there a shortcut for the hand tool in Au, like holding down the spacebar in Ps and Ae?

Is there a shortcut for the hand tool in Au, like holding down the spacebar in Ps and Ae? It seems only available in the time ruler above the waveform or when dragging the 'zoom selection(?)' in the mini waveform at the top. I'm using a Wacom, so no scroll wheel...

?I went ahead and added a feature request for a Hand panning tool. The request comes in every so often, and we certainly want to make Audition more appealing to a wider cross-section of Creative Cloud users. While we probably can't emulate the "press-and-hold space bar" model, a shortcut key to toggle that mode would be possible.

Shortcuts for the character palette

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