OMZ, mind blown! 😮️🤯️

I just read https://9to5linux.com/firefox-150-promises-support-for-the-gtk-emoji-picker-on-linux-beta-out-now, which said

allowing users to insert emoji by using the Ctrl+. shortcut

& i thought

nah, that can't be right, it must be early April Fools Day joke!

i use #Plasma, not gnome, & i use   not Beta or  ... & have used these things for many many years... but never ever ever knew this alleged trick

full of disbelief & scepticism, i began drafting this intended-to-be-mock post, tentatively pressed Ctrl + ., & looked at the screen in utter wonderment...

OMZ, mind blown! 😮️🤯️

this new learning [almost better even than sheep bladders & earthquakes...] is especially relevant for users of #Phanpy, as its own emoji-picker merely offers the Instance's custom emojis, but none of the standard ones. now with this amazeballs bit of new knowledge, phanpy itself becomes a more viable Masto front-end

🤷‍♀️️🤦‍♀️️🤯️😮️🫢️🙄️😂️🤣️😇️

#firefox #firefoxbeta #firefoxnightly #emojis #wow

btw, fwiw, i also tried this trick in ungoogled-chromium, & vivaldi [again, in my Plasma DE]. it did not work in either. so, unless i've overlooked something [always probable!], this seems to be a uniquely foxy trick, which kinda sorta pleases me!
@MsDropbear42 When it finally does roll out, it will be META + . not CTRL + ..
@ada oh? interesting. i've been using it all morning now, & loving it. tried/hoped to be able to reassign my ScrLk key to Ctrl+. but could not deduce how, in Plasma's kb shortcut settings. in the attempt tho i found that atm the native Plasma emoji app opens with META + .