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This script adds an IPA keyboard button to the editing toolbar



##Installation##

 - [Click here to install][1]. Will only work in Chrome or Firefox (the latter requires Greasemonkey). See [this page](http://stackapps.com/tags/script/info) if you have trouble or want to install it in another browser.

 - If you use Noscript, [this bookmarklet][2] is the way to go.
 - [Source][3]


##Usage

If you click the little schwa button on the editor, a keyboard will pop up. You can use it like any normal on-screen keyboard, just click on the symbols.

The blue circled letters are so that one can easily find a symbol<sup>1</sup> (they look similar to the symbols in their group). They also double up as keyboard shortcut indicators. For example, if you press and hold <kbd>Alt</kbd>, hit <kbd>A</kbd> twice, and release <kbd>Alt</kbd>, you get the second symbol in the "A" group, that is, the a-e ligature. This lets you cycle between symbols rapidly, without even having to look at the keyboard. For example, a typical procedure would be to identify which letter the symbol looks like (pretty easy), hit <kbd>Alt</kbd>, keep pressing that letter until the symbol shows up, then release <kbd>Alt</kbd>. If you can't find it, they keyboard is right there.

![enter image description here][4]

<sup>1. Idea taken from http://ipa.typeit.org/full/</sup>


  [1]: https://github.com/Manishearth/Manish-Codes/raw/master/StackExchange/Extensions/IPAKeyboard/IPAKeyboard.user.js
  [2]: https://raw.github.com/Manishearth/Manish-Codes/master/StackExchange/Extensions/IPAKeyboard/NoscriptBookmarklet.txt
  [3]: https://github.com/Manishearth/Manish-Codes/blob/master/StackExchange/Extensions/IPAKeyboard/IPAKeyboard.user.js
  [4]: https://i.sstatic.net/gHlrc.png