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Sergii Zolotarov

Emoji Picker

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Eclipse Plugin
Sergii Zolotarov
Author
Sergii Zolotarov
Twenty years of Java, from Kyiv to Leeuwarden. Currently at Booking.com
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The emoji popup in an Eclipse text editor

What it does
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In GTK apps such as Pluma, Ctrl+. opens a popup with emojis. The Eclipse editor does not have this popup. There, you can only type Ctrl+Shift+U and the hex code of the emoji, so you must know the code.

This plugin adds the popup to all Eclipse text editors: Java, XML, plain text and the others.

  • Press Alt+Shift+. (Option+Shift+. on macOS), or select Edit > Insert Emoji…
  • Type a name to search, for example fish or cat face.
  • Use the arrow keys or the mouse to select an emoji.
  • Press Enter or click to insert it. Press Esc to close the popup.
  • The buttons at the bottom go to a group: smileys, people, animals, food, travel, activities, objects, symbols and flags.
  • Recently used emojis show first.
  • Ctrl+Z removes an inserted emoji, as for typed text.

Install
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  1. In Eclipse, select Help > Install New Software…

  2. In Work with, type this address and press Enter:

    https://anydoby.com/eclipse

  3. Select Emoji Picker in the category anydoby Eclipse plugins.

  4. Click Next, accept the license (EPL-2.0) and click Finish.

  5. Restart Eclipse.

The plugin needs Eclipse 2024-03 (4.31) or later.

Notes
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  • To change the key, go to Window > Preferences > General > Keys and search for “Insert Emoji”. In the Emacs key scheme, Alt+Shift+. already means “go to text end”.
  • Save files that contain emojis as UTF-8. Older workspaces on Windows can use Cp1252, which changes emojis into question marks.
  • The popup shows each emoji in its default skin tone.
  • The emoji list is Unicode 15.1. The plugin uses the emoji font of the system: Noto Color Emoji on Linux, Segoe UI Emoji on Windows and Apple Color Emoji on macOS. On Windows, Eclipse can show emojis in black and white.

Changelog
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  • 1.0.1: new plugin ID com.anydoby.emojipicker. If you installed 1.0.0, uninstall it first (Help > About Eclipse IDE > Installation Details).
  • 1.0.0: first release