[macOS/Windows] Add Emoji & Symbols context menu item to LineEdit/TextEdit to show system character picker.

[bruvzg]

Implements godotengine/godot-proposals#11468 for macOS. Edit: And Windows.

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[FourGames]

Would look better with just emoji and then showing the shortcut like the others

[bruvzg]

Added Windows support as well.

[Mickeon]

Keeping it at the top will screw up with the user's muscle memory so maybe it's worth evaluating to move it down.

[FourGames]

Keeping it at the top will screw up with the user's muscle memory so maybe it's worth evaluating to move it down.

It's best at the top that's what's used by browsers since it's most accessible and acts as a second keyboard.

[FourGames]

It’s worth considering renaming "Emoji & Symbols" to just "Emoji" because all the other options are shorter, making this one stand out negatively due to its length. Additionally, "Emoji" is a more commonly used term for this action in browsers.

[bruvzg]

It's best at the top that's what's used by browsers

Chromium based browsers have it on top, GTK have it on the bottom, macOS have it at the bottom of "Edit" menu. Not sure if there are any other examples for emoji picker in the context menu.

Additionally, "Emoji" is a more commonly used term for this action in browsers.

On macOS, Chromium also calls it Emoji & Symbols (native macOS "Edit" menu do the same), but it's Emoji on Windows (I guess Windows picker is more limited).

[Calinou]

Tested locally on Windows 11 23H2, it works as expected.

One issue I noticed is that the dialog appears when right-clicking text fields that only accept numeric values, such as SpinBox and EditorSpinSlider (as shown above). Perhaps these fields should have a property not to show the emoji option in the context menu?

[FourGames]

Chromium based browsers have it on top, GTK have it on the bottom, macOS have it at the bottom of "Edit" menu. Not sure if there are any other examples for emoji picker in the context menu.

On macOS, Chromium also calls it Emoji & Symbols (native macOS "Edit" menu do the same), but it's Emoji on Windows (I guess Windows picker is more limited).

One issue I noticed is that the dialog appears when right-clicking text fields that only accept numeric values, such as SpinBox and EditorSpinSlider (as shown above). Perhaps these fields should have a property not to show the emoji option in the context menu?

Since there isn't a standard for naming or placement, I suggest the following:

• The longer name "Emoji & Symbols" works better at the bottom of the context menu visually, and might also reduce the need to address the numeric-only fields issue.
• Adopting the shorter name "Emoji" fits better at the top, aligning with browser conventions and keeping it accessible, but this would require solving the numeric-only fields issue.

[FourGames]

Is it possible to make this usable in scripts as well?

[bruvzg]

Is it possible to make this usable in scripts as well?

Done. Also added a flag to disable it (and set it for spin boxes).

[akien-mga]

Thanks!