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

Add a reaction to a message

To react at any time to any message you have access to in kChat, simply hover over the message and select either the emoticon from the selection, or the smiley with the small +:

 

If there are already reactions, you can add one in the same place:

You will thus open the panel with hundreds of emoticons at your disposal (and even custom emojis - read more below).

Expressing yourself with an emoticon or a GIF

Adding an emoji within the message you are writing is very simple. Just click on the smiling face icon in the formatting bar of your message:

You can then choose an emoji:

or insert short animated GIFs instead of an emoji using the tab located at the top of the pop-up that appears when you click on the smiling face:

 

If you know the name of the symbol to insert, you can also type : (2 points) followed by at least the first 2 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 on your interface).
 

To set the default shade, click on this symbol from the emoji panel:
 

Custom emoticons

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

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

Specify a .gif, .png or .jpg file for your emoji. The file can weigh up to 1 Mo. The size is automatically resized to 128 by 128 pixels, while maintaining the aspect ratio.

The emoji can then be used by all kChat users in your Organization thanks to the name you have given it.