Add emoji autocomplete

[vishnu-narayanan]

Add support for emoji autocomplete suggestions for telegram desktop upon typing colon [ : ] . This feature is already implemented on webogram.

Full list : http://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com/

[edewaal97]

Would love this to be added.

[fotanus]

Would you guys accept a PR with this feature if I write it?

[jeyemwey]

👍

Would also love to see that in future versions. It works so much faster to write the emoji_name_ than moving the mouse over the smiley and search for the right one with the mouse.. :)

[Peque]

I would love to see this implemented as well, really the only thing I am missing in the desktop version. Those shortcuts are not only implemented in Webogram, but in Github as well 😉, and many other webs!

[fotanus]

Sorry, I kind of missed the reply. I'll try to implement this feature on this weekend!

[Peque]

@fotanus Did you finally try to implement this feature? How did it go? 😊

[fotanus]

@Peque not quite well actually, check #1489. If you feel like tackling it, please by any means do!

[nemobis]

Uh sorry, here I'm commenting on Telegram web and this tracker is about a desktop application. Maybe it can still be useful as an example of things to consider if you implement the feature. :)

I see emoticon/smiley/emoji autocompletion in Telegram web 0.5.5, but it's quite annoying because most of the time, when I type a colon, I'm not looking for emoticon suggestions; I would welcome being able to disable it.

The other problem is that the suggestion dialog can only be dismissed by pressing space. If you type an emoticon at the end of a message, or for some other reason you press enter after a colon without having pressed space, the dialog covers the chat until the next time you type a space, and you can't see your own message or any reply.

[stek29]

@nemobis @m-ober please look at these: pull request and issue