Frank Fridlund Reporter
	Description • 11 years ago

Entering the Unicode keys in Windows (hold the Alt key while you press "+" and then the Unicode hex code, then release the Alt key) does not work in many cases. When a hex letter that is used by the system (B: bookmarks menu, D: Address bar, E: Edit menu, F: File menu), the system intercepts it immediately and nothing is generated.

Test codes (including decimal code for clarity)
Trademark: (hex 2122, dec 8482)
Cent: (hex A2, dec 162)
1/4: (hex BC, dec 188)
Turned K (hex 29E, dec 670)

Results: 
First two will work fine.
1/4 will work only in Thunderbird, but once the B is pressed in Firefox, the Bookmarks menu pops up
The last one will fail in both Thunderbird and Firefox once the E key is pressed (Edit menu pops open)

Expected: 
All 4 codes should work without being redirected to Address bar or menus.

Other note:
It's important to note that the Windows registry key  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method\EnableHexNumpad must be set 1 to even get the Unicode keys for this to work.