Add Emojis instead of default smilies

[Former Member]

Is it possible to add Emojis,like on iOS,Android
Just like we have on ProBoards V6,and to remove smilies.

So I want to have a whole dropdown menu with all emojis,if it is possible.

[Chris]

Dec 1, 2019 8:08:08 GMT -8 @kolle998 said:

Is it possible to add Emojis,like on iOS,Android
Just like we have on ProBoards V6,and to remove smilies.

So I want to have a whole dropdown menu with all emojis,if it is possible.

If you are on windows 10 it comes with a built-in emoji picker using the following key combinations:

⊞ Win + .

or

⊞ Win + ;

The latest version of Google Chrome also takes advantage of this by offering to open the windows 10 emoji picker in its right-click menu whenever it is available

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I cannot speak to other operating systems right now.

If you are not on windows or on an older windows platform then you can look into browser addons such as joypixel (formerly emojione, the same emoji image set used in V6) or you can give the character map plugin a go in the interim which should be able to represent any unicode character including emojis

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If you are on a forum with some posting history then you'll most likely have posts that have used a legacy smiley and completely removing them might give those posts a completely different interpretation if they were to lose the nuance that had been given them.
You can remove the smiley bbcode button () from the posting page with a plugin such as the BBCode Buttons plugin but a smiley typed out by hand (e.g. ;P) will still be available unless you take the drastic action of removing all legacies completely from the forum (e.g. 1x1 pixel replacement, hidden img.smile class, etc.)