Bug 448367

Summary: Duplicate emojis have a clone with the Variation Selector (U+FE0F), but an unclear "E0.6" tooltip
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Dan Dascalescu <ddascalescu+kde>
Component: Emoji SelectorAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: gabriel
Priority: NOR    
Version: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Duplicate arrows
Emoji selector duplicate hearts

Description Dan Dascalescu 2022-01-13 14:41:32 UTC 
Created attachment 145407 [details]
Duplicate arrows

SUMMARY
Many emojis from the Emoji Selector appear to have two variants, and it's not at all clear for the non-Unicode-technical user what the difference is (I had to use a text viewer and dig into posts like https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38100329/what-does-u-ufe0f-in-an-emoji-mean-is-it-the-same-if-i-delete-it to understand the difference). Mousing over them only shows "E0.6" in front the emoji's name.  How is the user supposed to pick one? Why do both exist? Can they be better differentiated?

EXAMPLES
* the majority of `arrow`s
* airplane
* small airplane
* some hearts

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Dan Dascalescu 2022-01-13 14:42:15 UTC 
Created attachment 145408 [details]
Emoji selector duplicate hearts
Comment 2 Gabriel 2022-02-22 17:17:52 UTC 
Thanks for reporting! Yes, this is indeed a problem that would be good if it could get resolved. Unfortunately it seems to be an upstream issue with ibus and I'm not sure how feasible it is to make a workaround. I sure hope someone tries. Anyways, there is more information about this in the other bug report about this. :^)
Comment 3 Gabriel 2022-02-22 17:18:05 UTC 
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 434184 ***