React with emojis and GIFs

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Emojis and GIFs are small, digital images, animated images, or icons you can use to communicate or express concepts such as emotions, humor, and physical gestures in your messages.

From Mattermost v10.10, text emoticons (such as :) or :D) are automatically converted to emoji characters in your messages by default. You can disable this auto-rendering if you prefer to keep emoticons as text.

Quick emoji reactions

You can react with up to 50 emojis per message. Recently used emojis are sorted based on how often you've used them. Don't see your most recently used emojis? Enable quick reactions by going to Settings > Display and enabling Quick reactions on messages.

Hover over a message to select a recently used emoji.

Long press on a message, and then select a recently used emoji.

Include emojis and GIFs in messages

Can't find the perfect emoji? Upload your own custom emoji.

Select the Smile icon <img src={useBaseUrl('/img/ui/emoticon-plus-outline_E80F.svg')} alt="Use the Smile icon to add emojis to your message." className="theme-icon" /> inside the Mattermost message input box to open the emoji and GIF picker.

Select an emoji from the Emojis tab, or switch to the GIFs tab to search for a GIF.

You can also specify emojis based on their name. Type : followed by at least two characters of the word describing the emoji. This opens an emoji autocomplete. Descriptions include skin tone details for people-based emojis, where supported.

Select the <img src={useBaseUrl('/img/ui/emoticon-plus-outline_E80F.svg')} alt="Use the Smile icon to add emojis to your message." className="theme-icon" /> to add an emoji. Mattermost accesses the emojis and GIFs available on your mobile device. You can also specify emojis based on their name. Type at least two characters of the word describing the emoji. This opens an emoji autocomplete.