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On Windows, is there an equivalent to the MacOS system-wide emoji selector overlay (cmd+opt+space)? [duplicate]

On MacOS, if you hit the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Space when a text field is highlighted, a window pops up with a searchable emoji selector: Some apps have opted into the convention of displaying an emoji ...
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If I draw somthing which looks like an old Microsoft Windows desktop Icon, but I draw it myself, how do I the emoji available on an android phone? [closed]

Short Question There already exists an emoji for the English word "seedling". 🌱 How do I create a library of emoticons which can be used on Microsoft brand cell-phones? Suppose that I ...
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is there a way to enable Colored Emojis in windows file explorer

using emojis in windows file explorer (file and folder names for example) always show in black/white version of the emojis but i noticed that in windows 11 explorer tabs the colored emojis are ...
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Missing Emoji in Emacs and Firefox

I've had this issue on Mojave, and it remains now that I upgraded to Big Sur with a clean install. Can't find anything about it on Google. All emoji are working just fine everywhere on my system, ...
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Import Windows 11 emoji emoticones into windows 10?

https://emojipedia.org/troll/ is not available in windows 10, but it is in windows 11. My company laptop will update once my IT team will decide it's time. Meanwhile, how can I import the new w11 ...
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Adding External GIFs to Microsoft Teams

First of all, I am not sure if this is the right forum to ask this. But I will give it a go. Is there a way to add external GIF files in Teams chat so that they show up in the Emoji section. Like a ...
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Counterclockwise Arrows emoji displays wrong on Windows 11

The Counterclockwise Arrows emoji (U+1F504) is supposed to look like this: Instead, it displays as the end arrow emoji (U+1F51A): The following list are the unicode characters in question: 🔄 (...
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Shortcut to pop up emoji window automatically [duplicate]

Sometimes I want to pop the emoji, but it's cumbersome because I need to right click and then click "Emoji". Is there some shortcut to automatically pop up emoji? I would appreciate any help....
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Replace Windows 11 Emoji Font

I really don't like the new Windows 11 redesigned emoji font (for various aesthetic reasons, and it's lack of country flags). Is there a way to completely override it with another font (say, the old ...
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How to get the Windows 11 emoji panel to automatically close after typing one emoji?

The Windows 11 emoji panel/picker/keyboard (opened by Win + . or Win + ;) stays open after I type one emoji, allowing me to keep entering emojis. I'd prefer that the panel closes after I type one ...
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Windows - Cannot Insert Emoji

When inserting any emoji into Google Chrome, the emoji renders using the plain black/white icon. This happens for any website, in any text box, regardless of whether it was inserted using the Windows ...
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Emojis not working in Windows 10

I use the win+. to insert emojis into Visual Studio Code and Windows Terminal, However they don't seem to work, instead they show up as "?", The strange bit in this is how I can paste the ...
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Unicode ☑︎ becomes 🤵🏻 emoji in Excel on macOS Catalina (10.15.7)

I am using Excel 16.46 on macOS Catalina 10.15.7 and here is what I am experiencing. Using macOS's character viewer — command+control+space — I've entered the “ballot box with check” Unicode ...
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Why do almost none of my Windows desktop apps display color emoji?

Supposedly the Segoe UI Emoji font is a "color font", and I think that means that it contains color versions of Unicode emojis. And if I use the Windows Touch Keyboard to insert color emoji ...
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Windows Emojis Picker does not appear

The Windows Emoji Picker is supposed to be displayed with the WIN+. (dot) or WIN+; (semi-colon) shortcut. But nothing is displayed, why? Most WIN shortcuts are working, for example: WIN+E (show ...
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Windows 10 equivalent of Mac Command+Control+Space

On Mac version Maverics onwards there is an emoji shortcut of Command+Control+Space. Is there an equivalent of emoji shortcut for Windows 10?
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Emoji across excel version [closed]

I am making an data entry form. For each row I made a data validation cell at the end for user to finalize the row. There are 4 possible action/values: blank: nothing ✔: the row is finalized ❌: ...
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Why are the "copyright", "registered trademark" and "trademark" symbols considered emojis? [closed]

I've just spent days going through Hell and back figuring out how to remove all emojis from a string. It was more involved than I could ever have imagined. However, as I had got it working, I made a ...
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Why are the "emoji" Unicode symbols not well-contained but sprinkled out all over Unicode? [closed]

I've spent insane amounts of time trying to block emojis. Following any existing code on the Internet or Stack Exchange is a recipe for disaster: they all leave out numerous symbols, and perhaps not ...
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Mac equivalent of Windows + Period [duplicate]

On Windows, pressing Windows+Period opens a menu that allows you to type Emoji, a few multicharacter emoticons, and characters from a list of symbols that's similar to the list used by MS Word. Is ...
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Kaomoji bar is broken in windows 10

If I use the emoji/kaomoji/symbol bar in windows 10, the bottom sections of the kaomoji bar are broken. Image of Broken Kamoji bar: See, the bottom of the bar is only showing squares, not ...
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A portion of a page disappears. What happens?

One day I visit https://ga-dev-tools.appspot.com/campaign-url-builder and the portion in red rectangle of that page disappears. I open the browser in addons disabled mode (which means there is no ...
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How to disable Ctrl+Shift+U in Ubuntu 20.04?

ctrl+shift+u is a change case, to set lowercase, but it conflicts with annother command, that produces a underlined ''u'', which produces an emoji when combined with a number. It annoyed me so much ...
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Does the "face with tears of joy" emoji have an ASCII version or a Windows alt code?

Many emojis started as ASCII emoticons such as :-) :-( :'( :O :P ;-( etc. In 2015, Oxford Dictionaries' "Word of the Year" was the emoji 😂, known as the "face with tears of joy". ...
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View appearances of a certain character on different fonts

For some situation, especially when I choose some emoji or Unicode symbol for my application, it's significant to know the appearances of the character on different OS, that's the appearances on ...
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Windows 10 Emoji Panel text input only searches one language

My current language is English (Israel), and the keyboard is set to English US International. When I launch the Emoji Panel and type text (in English) it doesn't filter the emojis. It'll only do so if ...
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My windows 10 doesn't display icons properly

For example, when I press right-click on the desktop you can see a rectangle instead of indicators see the image below.
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How do emoji work when using a font that doesn't have glyphs defined for the codepoint?

I was surprised just now to find out that I can paste an emoji into vim via PuTTy and it be rendered correctly - I assumed I'd get a blank space or a crossed square or similar. I use the inconsolata ...
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How do I clear recent emoji input history on Windows 10 emoji panel?

WinKey+. provides an emoji panel, but it shows recent emojis; How do I clear recent emojis?
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Remove Emoji Macro

I found a macro that will remove the emojis from Excel. My challenge is that I can't figure out how to get it to loop. It only works on the first cell in the range. Ideally I'd like for it to be able ...
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Where does Windows 10 store the emoji font?

I am wondering where I can find the font (or set of images) that Windows uses when you select an emoji from the Windows Key+. context menu to add to a sentence. Do they come from the default Segoe UI ...
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How to force Windows Emoji Keyboard to search by emoji character name?

I have multiple languages installed. Emoji search in Windows Emoji Keyboard is based on current input language. How to disable or extend this behavior in order to search by emoji character name ...
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Emoji not displaying correctly when using vim or tmux

I am running Tilix on Arch Linux. I am having problems with emoji display when running vim or tmux, even though things work correctly in the same terminal when not running vim or tmux. For ...
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