# Spaces adjacent to emoji text?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/spaces-adjacent-to-emoji-text/67074>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2017年七月29日 17:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spaces-adjacent-to-emoji-text/67074 "2017-07-29T17:10:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2017年七月30日 07:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spaces-adjacent-to-emoji-text/67074/9 "2017-07-30T07:47:51Z")

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That is by design. There is no expectation that

`randomtext:smile: `

should work.. nor

`:smile:randomtext`

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