Strikethrough and underscore with symbolic means (̶t̶a̶k̶ ̶, ṯa̱ḵ or t̲a̲k̲)

I. What is the problem

If a social network, a blogging platform or a forum provide the ability to mark the text using HTML or BBCode, it is easy to cross out or underline the text: you can use the s and u tags of both layouts or assign styles in HTML. But what if we only have a bare text? Or, for example, we need to cross out / underline the word in the title of the page displayed in the title of the tab or the entire browser, or arrange the word in the title of the forum post - in short, wherever the markup does not work?

You can take a chance and take advantage of Unicode.
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Ii. Required characters

Unicode Wealth contains a variety of ways to create composite characters, but we will mention three characters that satisfy our need in most cases.

1. Strikeout . The Unicode character under the number U + 0336 (in decimal notation 822). In the article on the link, you can see other, more exotic types of strikethrough with the appropriate characters, but so far we have enough of this, especially since it most simulates the effect of the usual tags. If you insert such a symbol after each character in the text, ̶ in̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶ ̶̶̶̶̶ (for more convincing it is better to grab additional framing spaces).

2. Dotted underline . The Unicode character under the number U + 0331 (in decimal notation 817). Underlined text vygyglіya̱ḏi̱ṯ ̱v̱o̱ṯ ̱ṯa̱ḵ

3. Almost continuous underlining . The Unicode character under the number U + 0332 (in decimal notation 818). Underlined text vygyglіya̲d̲i̲t̲ ̲v̲o̲t̲ ̲t̲a̲k̲

Iii. How to enter manually

Some ways are listed in this article . Note the registry key mentioned there. Judging by my experience, different methods work in different applications: in some, the hexadecimal method worked, in others the decimal method worked. Test yourself after editing the registry and rebooting. Here are the three codes we need (in the case of hexadecimal codes, the first plus signifies simultaneous pressing, the second one is actually a plus on the numeric keypad; the initial zero, judging by the tests, can be typed or skipped to taste):

1. Strike: Alt + + (0) 336 or Alt + (0) 822
2. Dotted underline: Alt + + (0) 331 or Alt + (0) 817
3. Almost continuous underscore: Alt + + (0) 332 or Alt + (0) 818

If you use tools like Punto Switcher or advanced editors, you can set up a self-changing easily entered combination to the desired character.

Iv. Automation Network Services

Users have long guessed about this opportunity and produced many services, helpfully prompted by the search. Here is a simple domestic example . But a foreign example with advanced selection.

V. Bookmarklets

However, using the whole site for such a simple thing is not very convenient. Crosbrowser bookmarklets can help. I tried to write two types: simple, but with broader browser support, and more complicated, for the latest versions of browsers.

1. Design all text in any active text field

A very simple code is enough (it even works in IE8):

(function(e){ e = document.activeElement; e.value = e.value.replace(/(.)/g, '$1\u0336'); })() 

You can save the bookmarklets with the following code in your bookmarks or favorites (Firefox works by simply dragging the bookmarklet code to the bookmarks, then just displaying the name would be good to correct; in other browsers, you may have to insert the code into the properties of any finished or newly created bookmark):

Cross out everything:

 javascript:(function(e){e=document.activeElement;e.value=e.value.replace(/(.)/g,'$1\u0336');})() 

Underline everything with a dotted line:

 javascript:(function(e){e=document.activeElement;e.value=e.value.replace(/(.)/g,'$1\u0331');})() 

Underline everything with an almost solid line:

 javascript:(function(e){e=document.activeElement;e.value=e.value.replace(/(.)/g,'$1\u0332');})() 

Or drag from here .

2. Making the selected text in any active text field

The code is complicated because we are trying to arrange only the selected area, restore the focus point and scroll position (tested only in the latest Firefox, but in theory it should work in other browsers of the latest versions):

 (function(e,t,s1,st,s2,sy,sx){ e = document.activeElement; t = e.value; s1 = e.selectionStart; s2 = e.selectionEnd; st = t.substring(s1, s2).replace(/(.)/g, '$1\u0336'); sy = e.scrollTop; sx = e.scrollLeft; e.value = t.substring(0, s1) + st + t.substring(s2, t.length); e.selectionStart = e.selectionEnd = s1 + st.length; e.scrollTop = sy; e.scrollLeft = sx; e.focus(); })() 

You can save bookmarklets with the following code in your bookmarks:

Cross out the highlighted:

 javascript:(function(e,t,s1,st,s2,sy,sx){e=document.activeElement;t=e.value;s1=e.selectionStart;s2=e.selectionEnd;st=t.substring(s1,s2).replace(/(.)/g,'$1\u0336');sy=e.scrollTop;sx=e.scrollLeft;e.value=t.substring(0,s1)+st+t.substring(s2,t.length);e.selectionStart=e.selectionEnd=s1+st.length;e.scrollTop=sy;e.scrollLeft=sx;e.focus();})() 

Underline the dotted line:

 javascript:(function(e,t,s1,st,s2,sy,sx){e=document.activeElement;t=e.value;s1=e.selectionStart;s2=e.selectionEnd;st=t.substring(s1,s2).replace(/(.)/g,'$1\u0331');sy=e.scrollTop;sx=e.scrollLeft;e.value=t.substring(0,s1)+st+t.substring(s2,t.length);e.selectionStart=e.selectionEnd=s1+st.length;e.scrollTop=sy;e.scrollLeft=sx;e.focus();})() 

Underline the highlighted almost solid line:

 javascript:(function(e,t,s1,st,s2,sy,sx){e=document.activeElement;t=e.value;s1=e.selectionStart;s2=e.selectionEnd;st=t.substring(s1,s2).replace(/(.)/g,'$1\u0332');sy=e.scrollTop;sx=e.scrollLeft;e.value=t.substring(0,s1)+st+t.substring(s2,t.length);e.selectionStart=e.selectionEnd=s1+st.length;e.scrollTop=sy;e.scrollLeft=sx;e.focus();})() 

Or drag from here .

Vi. Underwater rocks

It should be borne in mind that this method entails some risky consequences.

1. Words formed in this way can be neither a web search nor a page search. They can also cause problems with different automatic text processing and spell checking.

2. If you use the main font, which does not have the necessary characters, there may be ugly glitches of different degrees of unreadable.

3. Some browser versions generally refuse to see the desired Unicode characters in these characters. There may be glitches at the stage of creating the original text, as well as during reposts and quoting.

In general, be careful, test and verify.

I would be grateful for additions and corrections.

PS So it looks like in my Firefox. And so in IE8.