[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27107: Rethink how the "special characters" TinyMCE modal works

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#27107: Rethink how the "special characters" TinyMCE modal works
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 Reporter:  melchoyce           |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement         |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:  3.9
Component:  TinyMCE             |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal              |   Keywords:  ux-feedback
  Focuses:  ui, administration  |
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 In TinyMCE, the "special characters" modal doesn't work as expected:
 - Clicking on a character adds it to your post behind the modal, but is
 sometimes hidden behind the modal itself. Since the modal stays open, it's
 not always clear that clicking on a character does anything.
 - As previously stated, the modal stays open once you've added a
 character. While this is great if you want to add a couple, how often are
 users adding more than one special character at a time?

 Instead, how about when you click on a character, it inserts into your
 post and closes the modal?

 Further, the click-target doesn't cover the entire box containing the
 character, so it's easy to click to the side of the character and wonder
 why it's not inserting. The entire box surrounding the character should be
 clickable.

 See today's [https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-
 ui&day=2014-02-11&sort=asc#m157948 conversation in #wordpress-ui about the
 modal] for more background and discussion.

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