# Emoji prompting fails in some cases

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-prompting-fails-in-some-cases/29289>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** emoji\
**Created:** [2015年五月27日 02:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-prompting-fails-in-some-cases/29289 "2015-05-27T02:51:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![irrationalJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/irrationalj/32/115504_2.png) [@irrationalJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/irrationalJ)\
**Post date:** [2015年五月27日 02:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-prompting-fails-in-some-cases/29289/1 "2015-05-27T02:51:36Z")

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As bugs go, this is probably not on anyone’s high priority list. However, since it does not seem to be working as I would expect it to, the OCD part of me won’t let me just walk on by. 😳

As shown in the screenshots below and for no rational reason obvious to me, when I type `:thumbsup:` for the 👍 emojii, the prompt menu does not work as I expect it to.

This confuses me for two reasons.

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First, as shown in the screenshot of the [meta.discourse.org](http://meta.discourse.org) editor below, there should be prompting for this when I type, for example, `:thumb`, correct? Where is it?

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/b/ab595456b9a2594625e094a94c9caf2a977eda4e.png) 

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Second, as shown in another screenshot, this time from the editor on [try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org), in this other context I **do** get prompting. Just not the prompting I was looking for … 😞 😕 I suppose I should add that the `:thumbsup:` emoji **does** also work over on [try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org) as it does here on meta. You just won’t see it listed in the prompt menu. 😶

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/7/1789eb519a1902db8ee1fef386799d39d838c034.png) 

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**Author:** ![irrationalJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/irrationalj/32/115504_2.png) [@irrationalJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/irrationalJ)\
**Post date:** [2015年六月1日 03:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-prompting-fails-in-some-cases/29289/2 "2015-06-01T03:00:21Z")

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Reported as fixed in the linked (closed) discussion per post below. If this is indeed a duplicate report of the same bug, then this topic should probably also be closed, no? @sam

[http://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-aliases-not-listed-in-popup/29410/4?u=irrationalj](http://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-aliases-not-listed-in-popup/29410/4)

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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [2015年六月1日 03:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-prompting-fails-in-some-cases/29289/3 "2015-06-01T03:01:10Z")

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