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Emoji buttons for text field

Hello,

I would like to create buttons allowing to add emojis in a text field. Like this :

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Would that be possible ? Do you have any suggestions? I tried with a bot, but it only works once the message is saved and the execution is slow.

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I believe one may not be able to easily mimic functionalities like a text editor using AppSheet  app features. This means adding emojis at will in a text column using other enum column. Typically column value computations based on other columns are governed by AppSheet expression so a very flexible pattern may not be possible. You could possibly create columns to insert emojis at the end , beginning or certain fixed places, may be using concatenate function. But I believe it will be convoluted approach. 

In mobile device as well on Windows PC, one can easily invoke emojis using some keyboard shortcuts.

 

THANKS ! Maybe I could use the suggested values option to allow the user to leave a quick comment. The idea was precisely to have the possibility of leaving a quick comment like in Slack. The ability to insert emojis while typing would be nice, but secondary.

LIST(
"👍 OK",
"😀 Haha",
" Valided",
"👀 I'm checking",
"🤔 I'm thinking about it",
"⚠️ Attention",
" Occupied",
"🥳 Party Time",
"🤩 Love it",
"👏 Bravo",
"🙏 Thanks",
" I don't know"
)

The only problem with this alternative solution is that my comment field no longer has the behavior of a long text and I can't do a carriage return with ENTER when I write a message.

Another solution would be to do it with an action, which works well, but unfortunately not in a form.

Bulubulu_0-1682090420239.png

Maybe it could works using this to show inline button in form :

https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Tips-Tricks/How-to-create-an-quot-Inline-Helper-quot-inside-...

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