Using emojis in messages on your computer

Emojis are a fun way to communicate and Notifyd supports using these within Notifications and Chats. Follow the steps below for either Windows or Mac operating systems. There are a couple of methods for both operating systems to use these. 🤩

Windows

Method 1: 

1. Right-click on the taskbar and select “Show touch keyboard button” from the context menu.
2. This will add a keyboard icon to the system tray. Just click that icon to open the touch keyboard.
3. Click the emoji button next to the space bar, and the alphabetical keys will convert into emoji keyboard.
4. Select whichever emoji you’d like to use and it’ll be inserted where you left your cursor.

Method 2:

1. Put the cursor in any text field you’d like to insert an emoji.
2. Press the WIN + . (full stop) keyboard shortcut, or else the WIN + ; (semicolon). Either will open an emoji picker over the text field.
3. Emoji are divided into several categories: smiley faces and animals, people, celebrations and objects, food and plants, transportation and places, symbols.
4. You can pick a category from the bottom row and click any emoji to insert it.

Mac

Method 1:

1. Ensure that the app you want to type in is in focus, then position your cursor where you’d like to type the Emoji characters.
2. Press the Control + Command + Spacebar keys on your keyboard at the same time.
3. A small window overlay appears with a bunch of Emoji characters in it.
4. Now, simply pick which Emoji you’d like to type on your Mac and double-click on it. The emoji character is automatically inserted where your cursor was positioned.

Method 2:

1. Click on the little Apple logo at the top left of your Mac screen.
2. Click on the System Preferences option.
3. Click on the Keyboard icon in the second row.
4. On this screen, tap the checkbox to enable the Show keyboard & emoji viewers in menubar option.