This guide details how to use smileys and other emojis to react to and interact with the discussions in the kChat service.

Add a reaction to a message

To react to any message in kChat, simply hover over the message and select…

• either an emoji from the selection
• either on the smiley with the small +:
  
• If there are already reactions (displayed below the messages), you can add one in the same place:
  
  

This will open a panel with hundreds of emoticons available (and even custom emojis - see below).

Express yourself with an emoticon or a GIF

Adding an emoji within the message you are writing is very simple:

• Simply click on the smiley face icon in the message formatting bar:
  
• You can now choose an emoji or insert short animated GIFs instead of an emoticon using the tab at the top of the panel that appears when you click on the smiling face:
  
  
• If you know the name of the symbol to insert, you can also type : (colon) followed by at least the first two characters:
  

Tip: if you add #, ##, or ### as the first character of a new line containing an emoji, you can use a larger emoji. To try it, send a message like '# :smile:' (note that your custom settings may "disable" this display feature in your interface).

To set the default skin tone for human emojis, click on this symbol in the emoji panel:

Custom emoticons

To manage additional emoticons, click on this button in the emoji panel:

Specify a name up to 64 characters long. It can contain lowercase letters, numbers, and the characters “-”, “+”, and “_”.

Specify a .gif, .png, or .jpg file for your emoticon. The file can be up to 1 MB in size. The size is automatically resized to 128x128 pixels, while maintaining the aspect ratio.

The emoticon can then be used by all kChat users in your Organization, thanks to the unique name you assigned to it: