Emoji and reactions
Add emoji to your messages, and react to other people's messages with an emoji. Emoji your team has added show in the picker next to the standard ones.
Add emoji to a message
Click the Emoji button under the message box and pick an emoji.
You can also type : and the name of an emoji, such as :rock. Pick one from the list with the arrow keys and Enter, or click it.
Typing a text smiley after the colon, such as :), suggests the matching emoji.
Admins can add your team's own emoji. See Custom emoji.
React to a message
- Point to the message. A bar with quick reactions shows at its top right.
- Click one of the quick reactions, or click Add reaction (the smiley) to pick any emoji.
Reactions show under the message with a count. Click a reaction to add yours. Click it again to take yours back. Point to a reaction to see who reacted.
See who reacted
- Point to the message and click More actions (⋯).
- Click View reactions.
The list shows each person and their reaction. Click an emoji at the top to see only the people who reacted with it.
Choose your quick reactions
- Open Settings > Preferences.
- Under Quick emojis, click one of the four emoji and pick a new one.
The bar on a message shows these four emoji. When the four emoji you have used most lately are different, Raven shows them as a suggestion under Quick emojis. Click the suggestion to use them.
On the mobile app
Touch and hold a message, then tap an emoji at the top to react. Double-tap a message to react with 👍, or with the emoji you chose.
To change your quick reactions or the double-tap reaction, tap Profile > Preferences, then change Quick reactions or Double-tap reaction.
On the mobile app, the : list shows after you type two letters of the emoji name.