Emoji choosing panel ordering
Whenever clicking on the emoji button, an emoji panel is shown, allowing me to search or select the emoji I'm after.
The most lefthand part of it is a "recently used" section, which puts the most recently used emoji on the top left spot, and the others follow.
Do you have control over it? If yes, I'd suggest to make it a "most used" section instead (or a preference). I do have 10 most used emojis and would really like them to be "fixed" on the list, based on the usage frequency (not something I would configure, as it happens organically through usage).
Today, when I need one of my favorite emojis, I have to search for it in the "recents" section, as it moves around that panel.
And no, I do not want the emoji row on the keyboard, it makes the keyboard resize, content moves, opening the symbols page does not work for me if I'm after an emoji and so on...
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@CEE this is in build 426, and in 2.1.3 on the App Store. The first section of the emoji panel is now most used instead of recently used, and that's the default. The order comes from how often you pick each emoji, so your 10 favorites keep their spot, and nothing moves while the panel is open. Emoji you stop using slowly sink over a few weeks, so the list doesn't freeze with stuff from last year. Skin tones count together: 👍 and 👍🏽 share one spot and show the tone you used last. It starts from the history you already have, so no need to rebuild it. The old behavior is still there under Keyboard → Keys → Emoji panel → Recently used.
Yes, "most used" works as expected