# Long-press l to react with an emoji instead of a regular like?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-press-l-to-react-with-an-emoji-instead-of-a-regular-like/396907
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** reactions, keyboard-shortcuts
**Created:** [24 בפברואר,‏ 2026,‏ 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-press-l-to-react-with-an-emoji-instead-of-a-regular-like/396907 "2026-02-24T16:14:52Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [24 בפברואר,‏ 2026,‏ 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-press-l-to-react-with-an-emoji-instead-of-a-regular-like/396907/1 "2026-02-24T16:14:53Z")

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I’m currently learning to use many Discourse shortcuts. I wanted to react to a post with an emoji, but noticed that the only offered shortcut is l for like.  
I thought that perhaps a long-press of l could open the reaction’s emoji selector instead. Like it does on a touch screen.

Currently, keeping l down triggers the corresponding command continuously, as expected (that’s what usually happens when we long-press a key in any software).

So, making a special behavior such as “long press to trigger a new function” feels awkward; I’m unsure if it can be done easily or if this kind of keyboard manipulation is even desired; my instinct tells me that keyboard interaction must follow strict guidelines, but I’m not familiar with conventions and rules on this topic 🤔

Anyway; I’d be happy to be able to react instead of like using a shortcut. 🙂

Even a new shortcut would do, if there’s room left 😛

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