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| − | {{Warning|The current editor on this wiki is NOT unicode safe. Unicode characters will be replaced by ?. | + | {{Warning|The current editor on this wiki is NOT unicode safe. Unicode characters will be replaced by ? in the editor. You can copy/paste Unicode into the editor and it will save properly, but you won't be able to edit the article properly. As a work-around, you could view the article in one window and edit the article in another so that you can copy/paste back the Unicode characters. As a more permanent solution, we're using the HTML-entity equivalents until we can make the editor Unicode safe.}} |
Sometimes you just want a character that is not a standard letter, that will show up in email or a webpage. For example, we made this handy '[[Used car checklist|Used Car Buying Checklist]]' without any HTML forms by simply using the Unicode character for a checkbox. | Sometimes you just want a character that is not a standard letter, that will show up in email or a webpage. For example, we made this handy '[[Used car checklist|Used Car Buying Checklist]]' without any HTML forms by simply using the Unicode character for a checkbox. | ||
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== ☐ ☑ ☒ == | == ☐ ☑ ☒ == | ||
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The standardized Unicode characters that best represent a checkbox are: | The standardized Unicode characters that best represent a checkbox are: | ||
| − | + | ☐, U+2610 Ballot box <br> | |
| − | + | ☑, U+2611 Ballot box with check <br> | |
| − | + | ☒, U+2612 Ballot box with X <br> | |
| − | If you don't have a Unicode-safe editor you can use the HTML entity equivalent | + | If you don't have a Unicode-safe editor you can use the HTML entity equivalent:<br> |
| − | ☐ <br> | + | &#x2610; <br> |
| − | ☑ <br> | + | &#x2611; <br> |
| − | ☒ <br> | + | &#x2612; <br> |
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Latest revision as of 15:19, 13 January 2016
The current editor on this wiki is NOT unicode safe. Unicode characters will be replaced by ? in the editor. You can copy/paste Unicode into the editor and it will save properly, but you won't be able to edit the article properly. As a work-around, you could view the article in one window and edit the article in another so that you can copy/paste back the Unicode characters. As a more permanent solution, we're using the HTML-entity equivalents until we can make the editor Unicode safe.
Sometimes you just want a character that is not a standard letter, that will show up in email or a webpage. For example, we made this handy 'Used Car Buying Checklist' without any HTML forms by simply using the Unicode character for a checkbox.
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The standardized Unicode characters that best represent a checkbox are:
☐, U+2610 Ballot box
☑, U+2611 Ballot box with check
☒, U+2612 Ballot box with X
If you don't have a Unicode-safe editor you can use the HTML entity equivalent:
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