AmpWhat Help
Search Hints
A search will match
- Unicode character: hea or heart
- Unicode code page: hiragana
- Hundreds of languages are annotated for unique characters they use beyond the Unicode code page: Estonian Welsh German
- HTML entity code or name: amp or raqu
- Unicode number in decimal, hex or octal: 2665 or 2603 or 2f97 or ⾗
- Description: icon or weather or pig or ligature or latin ligature
- To override normal matching logic, regular expressions are interpreted when surrounded by / characters: /note|music/ (♫) or /97[2-6]\d/ (icons!) or /&\w/ (HTML character entities)
Navigation and Copying
Typing a character will start showing results. Scroll around the grid to peruse the matches. The most relevant matches are first, and later matches may be only tangentially related.
You may use your mouse or touch screen to select and copy characters. A simple click should do it, although pressing Ｃ will also copy a character. Clicking on the bottom half of the character (where it shows the "...") will bring up the DETAILS view, where other values may be viewed and copied.
You may also use your keyboard to access the results. Use ⭲ (tab key) to navigate to the GRID, and then arrow keys to move around. Use Ｃ to copy, or ␣ (space) to see the DETAILS view with more information.
Summary of Shortcuts
| ⭲ (tab key) | Move focus from seach onto the grid results |
|---|---|
| ⇧⭲ (shift-tab key) | Go backwards in the tab order navigation. |
| ? | bring up this help screen. |
| c | Copy the current character to the clipboard. |
| click | Copy the clicked character |
| arrow keys, Home, End | navigate within the grid of character results |
| VI shortcuts | g,h,j,k, etc. will navigate like VI and related editors |
| Emacs shortcuts | a, e, p, n, etc. will navigate like Emacs and related editors |
| ⏎ (return) | Opens the single character detail view |
| Single Character Viewer Commands | |
| ⏎, ␣ | Close the single character viewer |