emoji search (not for reactions)

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emoji search (not for reactions) #4172

Open 532910 opened 3 years ago

532910 commented 3 years ago

Your use case

Please add search for emoji the same as it done for reactions.

Have you considered any alternatives?

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bmarty commented 3 years ago

Typing : and some letters in the composer is like a search for emojis FWIW

For instance:

532910 commented 3 years ago

Yep, I know, but, it doesn't work once you tap the smile icon (that's shown on my screenshot).

bmarty commented 3 years ago

We are using a library to show the popup on your screenshot (replacing the keyboard), and they suggest to do we are already doing on Element, not using the library: https://github.com/vanniktech/Emoji/issues/144

532910 commented 3 years ago

: completion is nice, but I'm not about replacing it with a search field for "emoji keyboard". I'm for both ones. BTW, the current : completion doesn't allow to choose alternate skin tones, that may hurt someone's feelings (: