[snowdrops]

  I think a switch has got knocked, because for the last couple of weeks when I go to add an emoji at after I have typed anything & the cursor is still there after the last word, it appears at the very beginning ,like this.
My iPad ones haven’t worked for years & I can always tell when others use an iPad because theirs appear the same as mine 😱😱😱. They show up as a picture until I hit send & get displayed as 😊. These don’t turn up at the beginning of the post though as the forum ones do
So what’s going on please

[New shoot]

I’m using an iPad now and the forum emojis are going in wherever the cursor is showing for me, so sorry but I don’t know the answer.

I just use the forum ones whether I am using my phone, the computer at work or my iPad and haven’t noticed any issues at all over the last couple of weeks, so not sure it is a forum issue   

[Aunt Sally]

The forum will only display the onboard emojis, the green pea ones. 

If I use an IPad emoji like this one 😃  I see a smiley face until I post it, then it turns into a string of charicters and numbers. 

[Lardman]

Your ipad ones don't display properly as they're from a different code page to the website and it's been locked down in modern browsers for security reasons. I'm guessing you're picking the forum ones from the images - try using the short codes instead and blame it on an apple update

[snowdrops]

Yes I do click on the green pea emoji. Lards I don’t know what you mean by short codes?
Thanks for replies.

[Lardman]

You can insert them by typing their equivalent example   is colon followed by capital D ,    is colon ohmy colon ,  colon mad colon.  There's probably a list somewhere but it's easy enough to click one to find the code and then insert it where you need.

[snowdrops]

Thanks Lards, I’ll see how I get on, but it sounds a bit of a faff so I might be posting neat from now on lol

[Aunt Sally]

You might like to memorise the code for your favourite ones.

[snowdrops]

Thanks Aunty

[mrs bouquet]

See what I mean, it's all so complicated.  I think emojis are important.  They can tell a reader more about what context you are speaking.   But if the green peas fail me - I will have failed          Mrs Bouquet

[Growster...]

:o?

:o~

;0)

[snowdrops]

Maybe it will rectify itself eventually as my posting pictures seem to have done as they now appear to be the right way up from my iPad now. Tbh I did have a new iPad in August but the emoji’s weren’t being naughty then

[Growster...]

Don't worry, Snows, I've hardly ever got a pic on here which is the right way round!

Hang on, I'll post the latest one I took while walking Lily with a chum the other day - if it's the right way up, I'll go to the foot of our stairs!

[Growster...]

Stairs arrived at!

;0)

[snowdrops]

Lol hope you didn’t trip over Lily on the way lovely view