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To open an emoji panel, in Windows, I can press the Win key and period.

On Mac, I can open an emoji panel via Control + Command + Spacebar.

What is a convenient way to open a similar emoji panel in Ubuntu? I don't want the Characters app, which is much less convenient than a single-click emoji picker.

Ryan
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    Does this answer your question? [How to insert an emoji into a text in Ubuntu 18.04 and later?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1045915/how-to-insert-an-emoji-into-a-text-in-ubuntu-18-04-and-later) – muru Aug 13 '23 at 18:13

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In apps developed using GTK, you can press Ctrl + . to trigger an emoji picker, no extra software required.

jobukkit
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    With the notable exception of Chromium, for which I have yet to find a good solution. Sadly, that's also the application an emoji picker would be the most useful for. – marcelm Aug 14 '23 at 11:39
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    @marcelm See my other answer regarding emoji in browsers https://askubuntu.com/a/1317180/134848 – jobukkit Aug 14 '23 at 12:07
  • Not sure about Chromium but it works fine in chrome and firefox – Tejas Kale Aug 14 '23 at 16:38
  • @TejasKale Chrome and Chromium are the same software, the difference is that the former is distributed by Google and the latter is distributed by your Linux distro. – jobukkit Aug 14 '23 at 17:35
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I found https://snapcraft.io/emote which I installed via sudo snap install emote.

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Then I created a keyboard shortcut:

  1. Ubuntu > "Settings"
  2. Navigate to the "Keyboard" settings in the sidebar
  3. Scroll down to "Keyboard Shortcuts", and press "Customize Shortcuts"
  4. Select "Custom Shortcuts" and then click the + to add a shortcut
  5. Set a name (e.g. "emote" or "emoji picker")
  6. Set "Command" to "emote"
  7. Set your shortcut as something like Ctrl.

I'm on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS.

Ryan
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If you prefer flatpak I've been using Smile for a few months and it works great. Emote is also available, but I think Smile has more features.

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Setting up a shortcut is similar to Ryan's answer, but you use flatpak run it.mijorus.smile in step 6

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