emoji-picker-react

What is emoji-picker-react?

emoji-picker-react is a React component library that provides an easy-to-use emoji picker. It allows developers to integrate an emoji selection interface into their React applications, making it simple for users to select and use emojis.

What are emoji-picker-react's main functionalities?

Basic Emoji Picker

This code demonstrates how to integrate a basic emoji picker into a React application. When an emoji is selected, it updates the state and displays the chosen emoji.

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import EmojiPicker from 'emoji-picker-react';

const App = () => {
  const [chosenEmoji, setChosenEmoji] = useState(null);

  const onEmojiClick = (event, emojiObject) => {
    setChosenEmoji(emojiObject);
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Emoji Picker</h1>
      <EmojiPicker onEmojiClick={onEmojiClick} />
      {chosenEmoji && <p>You chose: {chosenEmoji.emoji}</p>}
    </div>
  );
};

export default App;

Customizing Emoji Picker

This example shows how to customize the emoji picker by disabling auto-focus and changing the location of the skin tone picker.

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import EmojiPicker from 'emoji-picker-react';

const App = () => {
  const [chosenEmoji, setChosenEmoji] = useState(null);

  const onEmojiClick = (event, emojiObject) => {
    setChosenEmoji(emojiObject);
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Custom Emoji Picker</h1>
      <EmojiPicker onEmojiClick={onEmojiClick} disableAutoFocus={true} skinTonePickerLocation='SEARCH' />
      {chosenEmoji && <p>You chose: {chosenEmoji.emoji}</p>}
    </div>
  );
};

export default App;

Emoji Search

This code demonstrates how to add a search functionality to the emoji picker, allowing users to search for specific emojis.

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import EmojiPicker from 'emoji-picker-react';

const App = () => {
  const [chosenEmoji, setChosenEmoji] = useState(null);

  const onEmojiClick = (event, emojiObject) => {
    setChosenEmoji(emojiObject);
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Emoji Picker with Search</h1>
      <EmojiPicker onEmojiClick={onEmojiClick} searchPlaceholder='Search for an emoji...' />
      {chosenEmoji && <p>You chose: {chosenEmoji.emoji}</p>}
    </div>
  );
};

export default App;

Other packages similar to emoji-picker-react

emoji-mart

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react-emoji-picker

react-emoji-picker is another React component for selecting emojis. It is lightweight and easy to integrate, but it may not offer as many features or customization options as emoji-picker-react. It is suitable for simpler use cases where a basic emoji picker is sufficient.

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README

Emoji Picker React (v4) | Live Demo

Usage as a Reactions Picker

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What to know before using

• This package assumes it runs in the browser. I have taken many steps to prevent it from failing on the server, but still, it is recommended to only render the component on the client. See troubleshooting section for more information.

Installation

npm install emoji-picker-react

Usage

import EmojiPicker from 'emoji-picker-react';

function App() {
  return (
    <div>
      <EmojiPicker />
    </div>
  );
}

Shout Outs

Component Design 🎨
Pavel Bolo

Features

• Custom click handler
• Custom Emojis Support
• Dark mode
• Customizable styles via css variables
• Default skin tone selection
• Skin tone change
• Different emoji sets (Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter)
• Native Emoji support
• Emoji Component To Render Emojis in your app
• Reactions Picker

Props

The following props are accepted by them picker:

Prop	Type	Default	Description
open	boolean	true	Controls whether the picker is open or not.
onEmojiClick	function		Callback function that is called when an emoji is clicked. The function receives the emoji object as a parameter.
autoFocusSearch	boolean	true	Controls the auto focus of the search input.
Theme	string	light	Controls the theme of the picker. Possible values are light, dark and auto.
emojiStyle	string	apple	Controls the emoji style. Possible values are google, apple, facebook, twitter and native.
defaultSkinTone	string	neutral	Controls the default skin tone.
lazyLoadEmojis	boolean	false	Controls whether the emojis are loaded lazily or not.
previewConfig	object	{}	Controls the preview of the emoji. See below for more information.
searchPlaceholder	string	Search	Controls the placeholder of the search input.
suggestedEmojisMode	string	frequent	Controls the suggested emojis mode. Possible values are frequent and recent.
skinTonesDisabled	boolean	false	Controls whether the skin tones are disabled or not.
searchDisabled	boolean	false	Controls whether the search is disabled or not. When disabled, the skin tone picker will be shown in the preview component.
skinTonePickerLocation	string	SEARCH	Controls the location of the skin tone picker. Possible values are SEARCH and PREVIEW.
emojiVersion	string	-	Allows displaying emojis up to a certain version for compatibility.
className	string	-	Adds a class name to the root element of the picker.
width	number/string	350	Controls the width of the picker. You can provide a number that will be treated as pixel size, or your any accepted css width as string.
height	number/string	450	Controls the height of the picker. You can provide a number that will be treated as pixel size, or your any accepted css height as string.
style	React.CSSProperties	{}	Adds inline style to the root element of the picker.
getEmojiUrl	Function	-	Allows to customize the emoji url and provide your own image host.
categories	Array	-	Allows full config over ordering, naming and display of categories.
customEmojis	Array<{names: string[], imgUrl: string, id: string}>	-	Allows adding custom emojis to the picker.
hiddenEmojis	string[]	-	Controls the emojis that are hidden from the picker.
reactionsDefaultOpen	boolean	false	Controls whether the reactions picker is on the initial mount instead of the main picker component.
reactions	string[]	-	Controls the reactions to display in the reactions picker. Takes unified emoji ids
onReactionClick	Function	-	Callback function that is called when a reaction is clicked. The function receives the emoji object as a parameter. If not passed, onEmojiClicked is used.
allowExpandReactions	boolean	true	Controls whether the reactions picker can be expanded to the main picker.
onSkinToneChange	Function	-	Callback function that is called when a skin tone is changed. The function receives new picked skin tone as a parameter.

Full details

• onEmojiClick: (emojiData: EmojiClickData, event: MouseEvent) => void - Callback function when an emoji is clicked. The callback receives the event and the emoji data. The emoji data is comprised of the following properties:

  {
    activeSkinTone: SkinTones;
    unified: string;
    unifiedWithoutSkinTone: string;
    emoji: string; // the emoji character, for example: '😀'. Emoji ID in custom emojis
    isCustom: boolean; // whether the emoji is a custom emoji or not
    names: string[];
    imageUrl: string; // the url of the emoji image with the current emoji style applied
    getImageUrl: (emojiStyle: EmojiStyle) => string; // a function that receives an emoji style and returns the url of the emoji image with the provided style applied
  }
  

• theme: Theme - The theme of the picker. Can be light, dark or auto. Default is light. The Theme enum can be imported from the package.

  import { Theme } from 'emoji-picker-react';
  

• emojiStyle: EmojiStyle - The emoji style to use. Can be either apple, google, facebook, twitter or native. Default is apple. The EmojiStyle enum can be imported from the package.

  import { EmojiStyle } from 'emoji-picker-react';
  

• autoFocusSearch: boolean - Whether to focus the search input on mount. Defaults to true.

• lazyLoadEmojis: boolean - Whether to lazy load the emojis. Defaults to false.

• defaultSkinTone: SkinTones - The default skin tone to use when an emoji is clicked. Defaults to SkinTones.Neutral. Possible skin tones are:

  • ✋ 'neutral'
  • ✋🏻 '1f3fb'
  • ✋🏼 '1f3fc'
  • ✋🏽 '1f3fd'
  • ✋🏾 '1f3fe'
  • ✋🏿 '1f3ff'

The skin tones typescript enum can be imported directly from the package:

import { SkinTones } from 'emoji-picker-react';

• onSkinToneChange: (skinTone: SkinTones) => void - Callback function when a skin tone is changed.

• searchDisabled: boolean - Whether to disable the search input. Defaults to false. When disabled, the skin tone picker will be shown in the preview component.

• skinTonesDisabled: boolean - Whether to disable the skin tone selection. Defaults to false.

• skinTonePickerLocation: SkinTonePickerLocation - The location of the skin tone picker. Can be either SEARCH or PREVIEW. Defaults to SEARCH. The SkinTonePickerLocation enum can be imported from the package.

  import { SkinTonePickerLocation } from 'emoji-picker-react';
  

• previewConfig: PreviewConfig - Full control over the Preview component, either to show/hide it, change the default emoji or the default caption.

{
  defaultEmoji: string; // defaults to: "1f60a"
  defaultCaption: string; // defaults to: "What's your mood?"
  showPreview: boolean; // defaults to: true
}

• searchPlaceholder: string - The placeholder text for the search input. Defaults to Search.

• categories: Allows full config over ordering, naming and display of categories. To only sort/omit categories, you can simply pass an array of category names to display:

  • 'suggested',
  • 'custom', - Hidden by default
  • 'smileys_people',
  • 'animals_nature',
  • 'food_drink',
  • 'travel_places',
  • 'activities',
  • 'objects',
  • 'symbols',
  • 'flags'

  For a more in-depth configuration, you can pass an array with category config:

  [
    {
      category: 'suggested',
      name: 'Recently Used'
    },
    {
      category: 'smileys_people',
      name: 'Faces...'
    }
  ];
  

• suggestedEmojisMode: SuggestedEmojisMode - The mode to use for the suggested emojis. Can be either recent or frequent. Defaults to recent. The SuggestionMode enum can be imported from the package.

  import { SuggestionMode } from 'emoji-picker-react';
  

• emojiVersion: string - Allows displaying emojis up to a certain version for compatibility. The passed version will be parsed as a float and each emoji will be tested against it. Common values are:

  • "0.6"
  • "1.0"
  • "2.0"
  • "3.0"
  • "4.0"
  • "5.0"

• getEmojiUrl: (unified: string, emojiStyle: EmojiStyle) => string - Allows to customize the emoji url and provide your own image host. The function receives the emoji unified and the emoji style as parameters. The function should return the url of the emoji image.

customEmojis - Custom Emojis

The customEmojis prop allows you to add custom emojis to the picker. The custom emojis prop takes an array of custom emojis, each custom emoji has three keys:

• id: Unique identifier for each of the custom emojis
• names: an array of string identifiers, will be used both for display, search and indexing.
• imgUrl: URL for the emoji image

hiddenEmojis - Excluding certain emojis

The hiddenEmojis prop allows you to hide emojis from the picker. The hidden emojis prop takes an array of emoji unicode names to hide.

For example:

['1f600', '1f601', '1f602']; // will remove: 😀, 😁, 😂

Usage Example

<Picker
  customEmojis={[
    {
      names: ['Alice', 'alice in wonderland'],
      imgUrl:
        'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ealush/emoji-picker-react@custom_emojis_assets/alice.png',
      id: 'alice'
    },
    {
      names: ['Dog'],
      imgUrl:
        'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ealush/emoji-picker-react@custom_emojis_assets/dog.png',
      id: 'dog'
    },
    {
      names: ['Hat'],
      imgUrl:
        'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ealush/emoji-picker-react@custom_emojis_assets/hat.png',
      id: 'hat'
    },
    {
      names: ['Vest'],
      imgUrl:
        'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ealush/emoji-picker-react@custom_emojis_assets/vest.png',
      id: 'vest'
    }
  ]}
/>

Here are some additional things to keep in mind about custom emojis:

• The custom emojis will be added to the Custom category.
• The location or name of the Custom category can be controlled via the categories prop.
• The custom emojis will be indexed by their id property. This means that you can search for custom emojis by their id or names.

Reactions Picker

The picker can be used as a reactions picker. To use it as a reactions picker, you should set the reactionsDefaultOpen prop to true. This will cause the picker to the reactions picker on the initial mount instead of the main picker component.

To customize the reactions, you should pass an array of unified emoji ids to the reactions prop.

The reactions picker uses the same event handlers, and the same css variables for customizations.

<Picker reactionsDefaultOpen={true} onReactionClick={handleReaction} />

Customization

Custom Picker Width and Height

To customize the dimensions of the picker, use the height and width props. You can pass in a number that will be treated as pixel size, or your any accepted css width/height as string.

<EmojiPicker height={500} width={400} />

<EmojiPicker height="100%" width="15em" />

CSS Variables

The picker can be customized via css variables. The root selector for the picker is .EmojiPickerReact, when overriding, make sure to provide a more specific selector.

In dark mode, the specific selector is .EmojiPickerReact.epr-dark-theme.

The list of possible variables is quite extensive, but the main ones you may want to override are:

• --epr-emoji-size: The size of the emojis.

• --epr-emoji-gap: The space between emojis.

• --epr-hover-bg-color Hovered emoji background color.

• --epr-bg-color: The background color of the picker. When changing it, you should also change --epr-category-label-bg-color as they are usually the same color.

• --epr-text-color: The text color in the picker.

Rendering Output Emojis in Your App

The picker exports an Emoji component. The emoji component is the same used within the picker, so it will render the same way as the emojis in the picker. You can choose to render emojis either as native, or as images.

Props

Name	Type	Default	Description
unified	string	""	The unified code of the emoji.
size	number	32	The size of the emoji.
emojiStyle	EmojiStyle	EmojiStyle.APPLE	The emoji style to use. Can be either apple, google, facebook, twitter or native.
lazyLoad	boolean	false	Whether to lazy load the emoji. image
emojiUrl	string	-	The url of the emoji image to render. Useful for custom emojis.
getEmojiUrl	Function	-	Allows to customize the emoji url and provide your own image host for dynamic resolution.

import { Emoji, EmojiStyle } from 'emoji-picker-react';

export function MyApp() {
  return (
    <p>
      My Favorite emoji is:
      <Emoji unified="1f423" size="25" />
    </p>
  );
}

How to Contribute?

Check out the contributing documentation to get information about contributing, reporting bugs, suggesting enhancements, and writing code changes to the project!

Troubleshooting

Error Boundary

emoji-picker-react has a top-level error boundary, trying to catch rendering errors. It won't catch server side related errors, or event handlers errors. If an error is caught, the picker will not render, and a console error will be logged.

Next.js

To avoid errors such as "document is not defined" on the server side, you should make sure the library is only imported on the client side. Here is how to do that:

import dynamic from 'next/dynamic';

const Picker = dynamic(
  () => {
    return import('emoji-picker-react');
  },
  { ssr: false }
);

Vite

For reference, if you only need to shim global, you can add

<script>
  window.global = window;
</script>