# Hover over emoji could show larger version of emoji

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/hover-over-emoji-could-show-larger-version-of-emoji/405546
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** emoji
**Created:** [17 juni 2026 om 21:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hover-over-emoji-could-show-larger-version-of-emoji/405546 "2026-06-17T21:09:21Z")
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### Author: ![SkyeDragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@SkyeDragon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SkyeDragon)
#### Post date: [17 juni 2026 om 21:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hover-over-emoji-could-show-larger-version-of-emoji/405546/1 "2026-06-17T21:09:21Z")

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I have some emoji which are not very visible at 16x16 size in either the forum posts or chat:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/e/c/cec030a9587ad97852dd52e99a494f9996c7f65e.png)

Here is how Discord does it, which works well:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/d/5/9d5ce2a27d6b2c2759030f6c5848f7195def9d3a.png)

Displaying both the emoji text as well as the larger image on hover.

This is especially useful for custom emojis that were originally drawn at full res and not specifically drawn for small res – which I imagine is a pretty common problem.

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