Emoji

Emoji is one scrolling grid with headings for Unicode groups and a Recent row above them. Open it directly, or type a lone : in the Launcher:

kanade emoji toggle

Typing searches names and shortcodes. Arrows and Tab move the ring and scroll the selected tile into view. Enter copies it through wl-copy and collapses the Island once the copy succeeds. Space types a search character. A failed copy says Not copied and keeps the Surface open.

Up to 24 emoji copied here are kept newest first in $XDG_STATE_HOME/kanade/emoji-recents, readable only by you. This list is separate from clipboard history.

Pictures need a color emoji font with CBDT or sbix images, such as Noto Color Emoji or Twemoji. COLR and SVG emoji fonts do not supply pictures to this renderer; copying still works.

The emoji-surface Module gates both the verb and the Launcher’s : handoff. With it off, : is ordinary Launcher search text. A pasted prefix also remains search text.

See also

Launcher, Clipboard, and shell gaps.