BonkTheAnnoyed

Keyboard with emoji search?

https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/grapheneos/p/639597/keyboard-with-emoji-search

Keyboard with emoji search?

Is there any reputable OSS keyboard out there that lets you search emojis instead of paging through the whole unicode set? Preferably one that…

Mar 16 at 6:00pmWeb
Show threadSwingingTheLampMar 16
FUTO Keyboard has emoji search and autocorrect. It’s still an alpha release, but I’ve been using it for months.
FUTO Keyboard

FUTO Keyboard is a modern, privacy-focused keyboard that runs fully offline. Enjoy swipe typing, autocorrect, predictive text, and more—no internet connection required.

Show threadBonkTheAnnoyedMar 16
Oh, excellent – thank you!
Show threadgidMar 16

I don’t know if this qualifies as emoji search, but FlorisBoard shows autocomplete suggestions for emoji if you type “:” and then the name of an emoji, for example entering “:unamu” shows “😒” as an autocomplete suggestion.

FlorisBoard also looks pretty good (in my opinion).

Show threadace_garpMar 16

AnySoftKeyboard

You type a :

And then start writing a keyword, until the emoji appears in the search-list above.

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Show threadStrayceMar 17
I’ve been using AnySoftKeyboard for years and never realised it could do this.
Show threadqualiaApr 6

HeliBoard: For anyone else who’s become so adapted to it that they really want searchable emoji in it, here goes: Just go into its settings search for “suggest emoji” and tick it on, it’ll transfer you to where to download “emoji_en.dict”, install it, and you’ll be able to type a colon immediately followed by descriptions of the emoji (e.g. “:fear”, “:shrug”, “:shit”) and have the autosuggest field populate with associated suggestions.

Edit: Sometimes it’s slightly glitchy and the autosuggest keeps suggesting emoji after you’ve moved on to just typing regular words, but it’ll eventually switch back to the right dictionary.