Emoji panel doesn't open in Fall Creators Update

Anonymous
2017-10-17T23:46:07+00:00

Hi all,

When I try to press Win+. or Win+; to open the emoji panel after I've installed the Fall Creators Update, it doesn't seem to work. This is using a Dell Precision 5520.

Many thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-05T22:12:50+00:00

    Thanks Drew, that's really good to know.

    I realise in the grand scheme of things it's trivial but when a feature that could be so good just misses the mark because of a silly issue it's really frustrating.

    I have a similar issue (trivial but annoying) on my Samsung Galaxy S8+ where the default Samsung keyboard has no ellipsis character (…) which I use quite a lot, less so now that Twitter has increase the length of Tweets :D

    Yes I can download and switch to a third-party keyboard and back again (as I do) but such a simple thing to fix you'd think would eliminate the need for that.

    Anyway, looking forward to a (hopeful) Spring update. Thanks again.

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  2. Drew - 810 Reputation points
    2018-02-05T20:33:49+00:00

    I am in Calgary (Canada) and, certainly, agree w/ y'all.

    If it is any consolation at all for many countries this will not, any longer, be the case come Spring of 2018.

    Already, in the Insider Builds, it works w/out being set to English (US).  Suggest you will see this change (improvement) in the major Spring update on mainstream installations.  Ergo, not a very long wait to endure, now.

    Case in point, I am running my 1709 w/ English (US) whilst, my IB is English (Canada) and Emoji Panel works in both.

    We did know @ the onset that it would be, initially, English (US) only & broaden sometime thereafter.

    Cheers,

    Drew

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-02-05T11:12:06+00:00

    Hi Sprocker...

    that's good trick I'm using in fact

    WIN + SPACE (switch to US keyboard)

    WIN + . (open emoji panel)

    WIN + SPACE (switch back to native keyboard)

    but it's quite frustrating...so why MS doesn't simply allow WIN + . to work universally or if troubles to use another combination...

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-02-05T11:08:02+00:00

    Microsoft, this is a pain for your non-US keyboard using customers. Please can you fix this feature to work on any language keyboard? As an English (United Kingdom) customer, having to switch to an English (US) keyboard first, then click WIN + . is frustrating.

    One tip for others in the same boat; you can quickly switch between keyboards with WIN + SPACE so getting the emoji panel from your native-language keyboard becomes

    WIN + SPACE (switch to US keyboard)

    WIN + . (open emoji panel)

    WIN + SPACE (switch back to native keyboard)

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  5. Drew - 810 Reputation points
    2017-12-21T22:28:00+00:00

    You're welcome, my pleasure, glad I could help.  You're not alone; seems a few don't get the wording.

    Please, remember to mark my answer as Helpful.  Thanks.

    Cheers,

    Drew

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