Look! There is a thing!

 

I just learned a secret for easily inserting emojis when commenting on a web-page! (Well, it works here, and at Reddit.) Hold down the Windows key plus the period, and you get a popup of emojis to select. If you don't see what you want, type the word, and emojis that match that word will be displayed.

Not that I expect to use this information very often; I don't "get" anything other than the basic forms, like smile, frown, and heart. Partly, unless I grab my magnifying glass, I can't see them well enough to notice details. And partly, there are so many variations that I'm afraid of missing a subtle meaning and using the wrong one. I mean -- 16 smile emojis, plus 6 more with cat-faces. Which one is the "right" one? Only 5 frown emojis -- but 2 have faces so small that the expression is unreadable. Makes no sense to me.

But if I want them, this is a lot easier than the way I've been adding them -- I looked up a page of emojis and copied the HTML code. Like dog-face is 🐶 to portray 🐶

Of course, don't know why I'd want it -- but it's there in the popup, too. This is my test string, which means nothing, but shows you it works -- 💐 ⭐ 🐴 💗 ✔ 🐶

As I said, you probably know this, but I didn't! I'm putting it here in case it's new and thrilling to anyone else, and so I'll remember it if I ever need it.

So... happy emoji-ing... I guess?

EDIT: Duh! I forgot that not everyone uses a Windows machine. Check the comments for how to get the same emoji-menu-popup on an Apple or a Mac.