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How can I enter a character using that input source? I tried entering a tab character with ⌥+0009, but I didn't get anything. Viceversa, with ⌥+9999, I get 香.

Am I doing anything wrong, or doesn't the input source allow to enter control codes?

I tested those codes on Firefox 4.

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  • Make sure you're using the hex codes for the characters.
    – Nathan Greenstein
    Commented Mar 30, 2011 at 23:17
  • The ASCII code for the tab character is 9.
    – avpaderno
    Commented Mar 30, 2011 at 23:41

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You are right by pressing Option ⌥+0009.

My guess would be that Firefox, like many browsers, doesn't like tab characters (especially with forms). Try in TextEdit; it should work there.

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  • Safari accepts the tab characters entered in that way, but Firefox and Opera seem to not like them.
    – avpaderno
    Commented Mar 31, 2011 at 6:06
  • Firefox seems to have built its own keyboard input system, as many of the standard OS X key controls don't work properly there, like control-O, control-V, control-Y, and control-T. It's not surprising that Unicode Hex Input doesn't work, either. :-(
    – Ken
    Commented Sep 6, 2012 at 18:53
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They are Unicode hex codes, see http://unicode.org/

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