# EmojiPicker stores state in global module-level variables

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojipicker-stores-state-in-global-module-level-variables/70056>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [14. September 2017 um 15:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojipicker-stores-state-in-global-module-level-variables/70056 "2017-09-14T15:44:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [15. September 2017 um 04:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emojipicker-stores-state-in-global-module-level-variables/70056/5 "2017-09-15T04:43:53Z")

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@j.jaffeux Thanks for looking into this.

When the code was written, it was probably assumed that only one emoji picker will ever be present on a page. A reasonable assumption actually, except that we’ll trust plugin authors to promptly break all our assumptions!

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