Emojis not rendering in .mdx or .md files

[st3phhays]

What You Are Seeing?

In .mdx or .md files, emojis are not rendering when using the shorthand syntax, like :floppy_disk:.

What is Expected?

These emojis should be rendered to the emoji and not plain text.

How Did You Get This To Happen? (Steps to Reproduce)

1. Go to https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/central-management/usage/website/groups/
2. Search for :floppy_disk: on the page. This should be an emoji, not text.

[st3phhays]

After some discussion, it has been decided that instead of fixing the issue above, we will either:

1. Remove the emoji entirely or
2. Replace the emoji with an accessible form of a Font Awesome icon.
3. Update the README or design system stating the we will not be using emojis going forward.

A lot of times, emojis are not even needed, and they can become inaccessible to screen readers or interpreted differently to different users.

Some reading about emojis and accessibility:

• https://uxcontent.com/accessible-content-design-for-emojis/
• https://www.tiny.cloud/blog/emojis-and-accessibility/

[LeaDevelop]

You could use unicode emojis as well 💾. I volunteer to take care of this issue in case you don't have one yet :)

[LeaDevelop]

I'm on it, feel free to assign issue to me. Went with unicode emojis, but can replace it with font awesome as well, just send me expected design for :gear:, :floppy_disk:, :mag:, :heavy_plus_sign:, :calendar, :wastebasket:

[LeaDevelop]

Submit of PR is WIP, will test changes over the weekend & double check if I missed anything.

[st3phhays]

See comment https://github.com/chocolatey/docs/pull/1072#pullrequestreview-2339683843

[LeaDevelop]

Do you have specific font awesome design in mind already that should be taken from free or pro license? I can prepare a draft upon which you can then build further if that's to your liking.