Windows 10: Entering Emoji on Hardware Keyboard with Emoji Panel in Windows 10

How to: Entering Emoji on Hardware Keyboard with Emoji Panel in Windows 10

How to Enter Emoji on Hardware Keyboard with Emoji Panel in Windows 10


Emoji are ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and Web pages. Emoji are used much like emoticons and exist in various genres, including facial expressions, common objects, places and types of weather, and animals.

Starting with Windows 10 build 16215, a new Emoji Panel has been added to make it easier entering emoji on your hardware keyboard.

Starting with default app mode. The Emoji Panel now provides a search feature. After opening the panel via the Win + period (.) or semicolon ( hotkeys, keep typing. The words you type will be used to filter the emoji displayed.

Starting with Windows 10 build 17063, Microsoft has added support for more languages and as of today’s build you can now use the emoji over 190 locals – 152 of which have tooltip support when you hover over each emoji. This includes English (Great Britain), French (France), German (Germany), Spanish (Spain), and more. Currently you can only browse and use mouse/touch/keyboard to pick an emoji in these languages, however Microsoft is working on adding search.

Starting with Windows 10 build 17101, Microsoft is bringing search support to more locales. Now you can find an emoji by keyword in over 150 locales, including English (Great Britain), French (France), German (Germany), Spanish (Spain), and more. This will help you get the emoji you want easily and quickly.

*tip Windows 10 Tip: Emoji Panel overhaul includes more languages, ways to insert multiple emoji - Windows Experience Blog

This tutorial will show you how to open and use the Emoji Panel for entering emoji in a text box on your hardware keyboard in Windows 10.


EXAMPLE: Emoji Panel






Here's How:

1. While focus is in a text box, press the Win + period (.) or Win + semicolon ( keys to open the Emoji Panel. (see screenshots below)

2. You can now select and enter an emoji you want from the Emoji Panel.

*note In the People emoji category, you can change the skin tone of the emoji by clicking the button on the top-right.

In addition to using your mouse to select an emoji, you can also navigate through the panel by using the following keys:

• Arrow keys = Navigate among emoji
• Tab / Shift + Tab = Switch emoji category
• Enter = Select an emoji
• Esc = Close the panel

That's it,
Shawn


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Entering Emoji on Hardware Keyboard with Emoji Panel in Windows 10

I have not done anything to change the aforementioned settings.
As you can see form the image posted below.

 

Win10 Emoji Panel Won't Open

Hi All,
I also posted this same question here...
Entering Emoji on Hardware Keyboard with Emoji Panel in Windows 10

Anyway,

I'm running the latest version of win 10 and the emoji panel will not open,
using either *Start+ ., or *Start + ; key's.

I've done a system file check and no integrity violations were found.

Is there a know service, that needs to be turned on/running for this to work?
Or maybe there's a setting I've overlooked, or perhaps turned off?

Any suggestion on how to correct this issue, would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

As a side note:
The emoji panel use to open as intended, but now it doesn't.
It also did not function, prior to the latest August 14, 2018 - KB4343909 (OS Build 17134.228) update.

 

Entering Emoji on Hardware Keyboard with Emoji Panel in Windows 10

@Brink

Hi
I tried your suggested test and nothing happens.
The emoji panel did not open.*Sad

Note:
This was also occurring prior to the latest August 14, 2018 - KB4343909 (OS Build 17134.228) update.

 

Entering Emoji on Hardware Keyboard with Emoji Panel in Windows 10


George @Geosammy,

I know the Emoji panel is suppose to support more languages now, but as a test, see if setting your country/region is set to "United States" and input language set to "English (United States)" may allow the Emoji panel to open afterwards.

Change Country or Region Home Location in Windows 10

Set Default Keyboard Layout in Windows 10

 

Entering Emoji on Hardware Keyboard with Emoji Panel in Windows 10


I'm running the latest version of win 10 and the emoji panel will not open,
using either Win + period or Win + semicolon key's.*Sad
I've done a system file check and no integrity violations were found.
Is there a know service,
that needs to be turned on/running for this to work?

Or maybe there's a setting I've overlooked,
or perhaps turned off?

As a side note.
The emoji panel use to open as intended,
but now it doesn't.