Emoji Picker plugin for Obsidian

This plugin adds a button to the editor toolbar that opens a modal with a searchable emoji picker. Clicking an emoji inserts it at the cursor position in the editor.

You can also set a hotkey to open the emoji picker. The recommended hotkey is Ctrl+., but you can set it to any key combination you like.

Why use this plugin?

Unlike other plugin this plugin is using the latest versions of the emoji and also have the search functionality along skin tone and category selection which lacks in other plugins and core features of the operating systems that provides emojis picker.

Emoji Version

As of November 2024, we are using the emoji-mart library so the emoji version is 15.

Installation

From within Obsidian

• Open Settings > Community plugins > Browse
• Search for "Emoji Picker"
• Click "Install"
• Go to "Installed plugins" and enable the plugin
• Set a hotkey for the plugin in the settings; the command to set is Emoji Picker: Select and Insert Emoji

Manual installation

• Download the latest release from the releases page. (You can download the zip file from the latest release it includes the three files needed for the plugin or you can simply download the main.js, styles.css, and manifest.json files from releases)
• When you got the files, create a folder in your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ directory named emoji-picker.
• Put main.js, styles.css, and manifest.json in the created folder, such as VaultFolder/.obsidian/plugins/emoji-picker/.
• Reload Obsidian.
• Enable the plugin in the settings.
• Set a hotkey for the plugin in the settings; the command to set is Emoji Picker: Select and Insert Emoji