# Emoji / @ mention **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [February 7, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/emoji-mention/102054 "2025-02-07T20:39:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rfolkes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@rfolkes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rfolkes)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/emoji-mention/102054/1 "2025-02-07T20:39:20Z")
Looking at building some chat function within a project. One thing that has been asked for by not really sure if possible... Use of emoji and / or ability to @mention like function in text area. Anyone done this within ignition? or any ideas or examples? ---
**Author:** ![Programmatic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/programmatic/32/70979_2.png) [@Programmatic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Programmatic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/emoji-mention/102054/2 "2025-02-07T20:52:34Z")
While we haven't implemented any sort of @ mention function, we do have a popup in one of our projects that allows the user to leave notes for other users on site. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/d/cd8cad76d42dea47872bf6e36b321649ba2c335f.png) It consists of a table and when they insert a new note it includes a timestamp, user name, and their note. It then sorts it with the newest at the top. You can save the information for this table to a db or a dataset memory tag. You are also able to add in emojis if the user wants to copy paste them. I pasted some in from the emoji keyboard in my screenshot ---
**Author:** ![rfolkes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@rfolkes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rfolkes)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/emoji-mention/102054/3 "2025-02-07T20:59:28Z")
> [@Programmatic](#): > > it with the newest at the top. You can save the information for this table to a db or a dataset memory tag. > > You are also able to add in emojis i can you go into more details about the emoji? how are you storing the emoji and rendering it? that just in a label or text area? ---
**Author:** ![Programmatic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/programmatic/32/70979_2.png) [@Programmatic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Programmatic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/emoji-mention/102054/4 "2025-02-07T21:06:03Z")
@rfolkes We aren't saving any of the emojis in the project itself, but it can be added in the input text field/label we have next to the add note button and then submitted and displays as the emoji in the saved dataset being shown on the table. A couple ways we have added them: On windows 10 machines you can hit Windows button + . to open an emoji keyboard to use to add an emoji to your text string. I'm not sure if it's available on other windows versions or mac/linux though. You can also just copy/paste an emoji from elsewhere into the text field/label. If you _really_ wanted, you could have some secondary page or scrolled list of emojis as a dropdown component for the user to copy/paste on the same page as the chatlog or table. I also tested it on an apple mobile device and you can input emojis that way as well using the built in emoji keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/emoji-mention/102054/5 "2025-02-07T22:02:43Z")
> [@Programmatic](#): > > On windows 10 machines you can hit Windows button + . to open an emoji keyboard Learned something new today, and now need to figure out how i prevent this from happening in my perspective projects. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_GB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ab992/32.png) [@Hari\_GB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Hari_GB)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/emoji-mention/102054/6 "2025-04-04T10:49:13Z")
> [@rfolkes](#): > > ability to @mention like function Do have the similar problem statement, Are there any nice solutions ? ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_GB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ab992/32.png) [@Hari\_GB](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Hari_GB)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/emoji-mention/102054/7 "2025-04-04T10:55:22Z")
I would like to know about emoji's, Does it works well when we open the clients in Linux system, as we have client cpu devices connected to large monitors. ---
**Author:** ![rfolkes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@rfolkes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rfolkes)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/emoji-mention/102054/8 "2025-04-04T12:44:47Z")
I haven't fond one ---
**Author:** ![rfolkes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@rfolkes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rfolkes)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/emoji-mention/102054/9 "2025-04-04T12:45:17Z")
I have only done limited testing on windows, android, apple so far. ---
**Author:** ![Simon\_Hathout\_Willar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Simon\_Hathout\_Willar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Simon_Hathout_Willar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/emoji-mention/102054/10 "2025-04-04T16:39:52Z")
> [@Hari\_GB](#): > > Does it works well when we open the clients in Linux system I can't see a reason why it wouldn't? I assume that the emojis are being rendered as unicode text, so as long as you are using a browser from the last decade, it should display correctly.