Review Request 128680: [KCharSelect] Add ToolButton for disabling characters not available in selected font

[Christoph Feck]

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Andreas, any idea which icon the action could use?

- Christoph Feck


On Sept. 1, 2016, 4:45 p.m., Christoph Feck wrote:
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> (Updated Sept. 1, 2016, 4:45 p.m.)
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> Review request for KDE Frameworks, KDE Usability and Andreas Kainz.
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> Bugs: 97420
>     https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97420
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> Repository: kwidgetsaddons
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> Description
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> Adds a toolbutton to the right of the font combobox to control the "font merging" property of QFont. When selected, characters which are not available in the font are disabled.
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> Seeking feedback about:
> - placement of the button
> - used icon (currently "format-text-strikethrough"; it shows an S character which could stand for "substitution")
> - action name and tooltip (see line 477 and 479)
> - and code changes ;)
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> I was unsure if the toolbutton could have a popup menu showing three options:
> 1) show characters from all fonts
> 2) disable characters not available in font
> 3) hide characters not available in font
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> but I did not implement it, because it felt odd not being able to see _which_ characters are not available in the font.
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> Diffs
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>   src/kcharselect.cpp 30ddd34 
>   src/kcharselect_p.h db0259c 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/128680/diff/
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> Testing
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> File Attachments
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> Character table with font substitution (default)
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2016/08/15/7220dddb-ca1b-42a2-966c-791925156baf__snapshot1.png
> Character table with dimming substituted characters
>   https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/media/uploaded/files/2016/08/15/67c02866-b12c-4080-b6a4-22e29006448b__snapshot2.png
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> Thanks,
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> Christoph Feck
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