Emoji Selector is a GNOME shell extension provides a searchable popup menu displaying most emojis.
Clicking on an emoji copies it to your clipboard.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Keyboard shortcut to open the extension’s menu (Super+E by default).
- Dynamic search (press Enter to copy the first result to the clipboard).
- Lots of configurable things.
- Skin tone & gender modifiers.
- Middle-click to set to the clipboard without closing the menu (or Ctrl+Enter).
- Right-click to add the emoji at the end of the current clipboard content (or Shift+Enter).
Website: github.com/maoschanz/emoji-selector-for-gnome
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Developer: Romain F. T.
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Emoji Selector is written in JavaScript. Learn JavaScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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