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Allow shortcuts to Special Characters such as á, ë, and ø natively

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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

Currently there is no way to add the special characters listed above. Third-party browser software exists, and so does Microsoft word which allows special characters via shortcuts. It would be useful to press Ctrl+', a to get the á character instead of opening up word or the third-party app to get the character.

How does this feature request address the current situation?

Currently there isn't any support for website wide special characters. Third-party or other sources must be used.

What are other uses for this feature request?

Being able to search for articles using the special characters would be helpful too.

The Team's Response

This is an issue that can be handled by customizing your keyboard or adding a secondary language into it.

Current score

29/300 Votes · +2670 points

Votes Cast

+50

by IroncladMonkey
on 2021-12-06 10:23
+100

by R0GUE01
on 2021-12-06 05:22
+300

by Nightgaara
on 2021-12-05 18:06
+20

by Outer Spec
on 2021-12-05 14:34
+300

by ikenbon
on 2021-12-05 04:54
+300

by Lenna Richards
on 2021-12-04 20:24
This would make my work exponentially easier.
+300

by Vantaj
on 2021-12-04 15:35
I would definitely use this. My players and I all speak English, but the campaign is set in România.
+50

by toffepajja
on 2021-12-03 10:04
+20

by Nellychan19
on 2021-11-29 03:11
+20

by Kelban
on 2021-11-28 20:30
Especially API-symbols would be useful too!
-50

by elfMan1111
on 2021-11-28 13:30
+300

by nyyth
on 2021-11-24 18:17
+20

by Fungeonmasters
on 2021-11-24 17:32
+300

by DMStretch
on 2021-11-23 06:07
-50

by Athevra
on 2021-11-21 20:25
+300

by TigLib6229
on 2021-11-19 17:07
-100

by A Goodhearted Orc
on 2021-11-19 07:25
On Windows, you can hold the Windows key and . to bring up special characters and input as many as you like, including emojis. I believe Macs also have this ability.
-300

by A Glamorous Dwarf
on 2021-11-19 00:52
-20

by Tuisku
on 2021-11-17 15:07
You can make your custom keyboard to get all the characters you need everywhere.
+100

by StrayArya
on 2021-11-17 13:21
-10

by JohanWq
on 2021-11-16 19:31
Surely, there are keyboards available in the US that has a reasonable number of keys on them?
+10

by Tijmuhn
on 2021-11-16 16:48
+100

by makonnen
on 2021-11-16 15:24
I proposed this a while ago as well. It walks smack into a US/rest of the world issue: most of the world has adopted all sorts of strategies to deal with accents and the like. It's just us Ameriluddites who are trailing behind. I would still love to see a native solution, as WA is literally the only place I have this issue (I use accents a lot in MS Word, but there are intuitive keyboard shortcuts there). But I suspect this gets slammed down, because it's not an issue for other locales.
+10

by KajetanWrites
on 2021-11-16 10:55
-10

by Hanhula
on 2021-11-16 10:26
I would suggest that you learn the alt codes for the characters you need, or switch your keyboard layout. The US International layout will add the ability for you to type most other languages - please refer to this page. Or do some other googling around this - there are various different solutions. In fact, this suggestion inspired me to finally go fix mine by adding the UK Extended keyboard. Now I can write Talindë with no issue!
+10

by AuraGuard
on 2021-11-16 00:23
Look up alt codes - for instance, you can get a á natively just fine, it's just hold down ALT and then hit this number sequence 0225 then lift off of ALT. There's alt codes for every fancy character that exists, and WorldAnvil supports pretty much all of them, afaik.
+300

by Bound
on 2021-11-16 00:04
+300

by Uruschk
on 2021-11-15 21:47
-300

by A Cute Elf
on 2021-11-15 19:34
That is an issue with your keyboard not world anvil
+300

by Govika
on 2021-11-15 18:05

Community Suggestion: Allow shortcuts to Special Characters such as á, ë, and ø natively

Allow shortcuts to Special Characters such as á, ë, and ø natively

What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

How does this feature request address the current situation?

What are other uses for this feature request?

The Team's Response

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