# Problem with emoji autocomplete and special characters (example ü)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-emoji-autocomplete-and-special-characters-example-u/403420
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** emoji, fixed
**Created:** [May 20, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-emoji-autocomplete-and-special-characters-example-u/403420 "2026-05-20T10:35:36Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-emoji-autocomplete-and-special-characters-example-u/403420/1 "2026-05-20T10:35:36Z")

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The emoji autocomplete seems to struggle with special characters in some cases. The `ü` in `glücklich` isn’t a problem when I use one of the options provided by the autocomplete, but when I use “more” instead to choose an emoji, the letters I entered are not replaced. However, the same steps work fine with `traurig`, which is why I think the `ü` is the problem.

In chat, it’s a little worse, because there I not only need to delete a few characters, but selecting the emoji doesn’t work at all.

In chat there is also an error in the browser console:

```plaintext
chat-composer.gjs:445 Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'emojiTermStart')
    at Ll.onSelectEmoji (chat-composer.gjs:445:17)
    at Proxy.didSelectEmoji (chat-composer.gjs:603:22)
    at $.didSelectEmoji (content.gjs:324:31)
onSelectEmoji @ chat-composer.gjs:445
(anonymous) @ chat-composer.gjs:603
didSelectEmoji @ content.gjs:324

```

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### Author: ![renato](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/renato/32/383632_2.png) [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-emoji-autocomplete-and-special-characters-example-u/403420/3 "2026-05-21T19:02:05Z")

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I believe this should fix it: [FIX: Emoji autocomplete with Unicode characters by renato · Pull Request #40204 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/40204)

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-emoji-autocomplete-and-special-characters-example-u/403420/5 "2026-05-24T19:03:09Z")

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