Disable Emoji in context menu?

Natakiro

So just starting today, suddenly the Emoji option has shown up as the first option in my browser context menu, and I absolutely hate it - I don't use them and never will. Is there any way to remove this annoying feature? I have tried finding a solution to no avail. I really hope that if there isn't, there will eventually be a way. At least make it so it isn't the first thing in the menu... Such a shame, as I really like Vivaldi and how tweakable everything is, but I despise this feature being forced on me.

Pathduck

@Natakiro Welcome to the Vivaldi Community

Please explain what you mean by "context menu"? There are no emoji options in the context menu.
Please give a screenshot of the issue.

Do you mean the standard Windows Emoji menu that appears using Win+.?

Natakiro

@Pathduck Apologies for the lack of a screenshot; I just mean this option in the right-click menu in the browser:
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And is that standard? (why in the world would someone intentionally design it to be the first thing in the menu) I never noticed that option before today, and I know I would have, since those make my blood boil. I really hope I'm not stuck with this...

Actually, just downloaded another browser to try to escape it while I was replying, and it's happening there, too. UGH. At least it isn't a Vivaldi issue, since I really like this browser, but still sucks. Oh, well; thank you for the quick response and for enlightening me on the fact that this is a disgusting Win10 feature. That update I got yesterday must have forced this on me.

7twenty

@Natakiro said in Disable Emoji in context menu?:

the fact that this is a disgusting Win10 feature

While the emoji popup is a Win10 feature, the option being added to the browser context menu is an issue related to the browser dev's.

The fault lies solely with the browser dev's, not win10.

FWIW testing an older version of chrome and it's not there, so it's possible it's a chromium addition. Also not there in FF.

Natakiro

Hmm, well, I guess I will just have to deal with it for now, either way. Thanks for more information on it. I just hope there will eventually be an option to remove it.

Ayespy

@Natakiro Which version of the browser are you using, and where do you right-click to get that option? I cannot find it.

Ayespy

@Natakiro Nevermind. I found it.

Natakiro

@Ayespy I'm using Vivaldi version 3.1.1929.45 (Stable channel) (64-bit)

Pathduck

@Natakiro Looks like I forgot all about the context menu in text edit fields, sorry about that, it was late

I think this is something added by Chromium, but I think it's been there for a pretty long time now.

That update I got yesterday must have forced this on me.

You should enable the "Check for Updates" option in Vivaldi so you don't get "surprised" by sudden changes long after everyone else

By the way, please vote for Allow Editing of Context Menus.

greybeard

@Gwen-Dragon Unfortunate but I guess that's what the big g thinks we want.
Just have to live with it.
@Natakiro could report it to Chromium for menu editing. I have to agree, it is awful and not something I ever use

Ayespy

@Pathduck said in Disable Emoji in context menu?:

By the way, please vote for Allow Editing of Context Menus.

That will be the ultimate solution, and it's already on the drawing board.

Catweazle

The emoji option (Win +.) is a function of Windows 10, it works independently of Vivaldi.
In other words, if you want to disable it, it must be done from the Windows configuration.
Not only in Chrom(ium), it apears in every browser.

Ayespy

@Catweazle Interesting to know.

Catweazle

@Ayespy , try it, close Vivaldi and use Win+.

Ayespy

@Catweazle I'm trying it in other software as well, and it's present even in Win10 build 1909, but not in non-chromium-based browsing or other software.

Edit: Cancel that! It is present everywhere - just not necessarily seen in the context menu. Damn! But Win+. does it everywhere.

It's a Win10 font family that is called by that shortcut.

Komposten

I've used the "emoji keyboard" (Win + .) since it first appeared in Vivaldi's context menus (that's how I found the feature in the first place), and that was over a year ago.

So it's been present in Vivaldi's context menu for at least a year, and in Windows 10 even longer than that. If it only just now showed up in OP's context menus then it's either really weird, or they were using an ancient version of Vivaldi before.

iAN CooG

@Ayespy said in Disable Emoji in context menu?:

It's a Win10 font family that is called by that shortcut.

Would be nice to know if one can simply uninstall that font if emojis are not wanted. I would do that.

Catweazle

@iAN-CooG , you can try, removing win +. in hotkeys in W10 settings

Komposten

@iAN-CooG said in Disable Emoji in context menu?:

Would be nice to know if one can simply uninstall that font if emojis are not wanted. I would do that.

That would probably only mean that (1) the emoji keyboard is filled with broken characters and (2) applications which rely on whatever font Windows uses for their emojis would also have broken characters wherever there should be emoji.

It might be possible to unbind Win + . entirely, as suggested by @Catweazle. That would most likely require manual registry editing, though, and would probably not remove the option from Vivaldi's context menu.

Pathduck

Personally I don't really mind the menu entry myself, after all it only appears in text input fields and I tend not to need right-click there anyway. But I can see how others might need a context menu and this breaks their muscle memory.

Apparently, there used to be a flag to remove it: chrome://flags/#enable-emoji-context-menu
But Chromium devs being the usual a**hats they are, they just decided "this is fine" and made it permanent.

If you search around there are a lot of people wondering the same thing:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=chrome+disable+emoji+context+menu

Google support just simply closes any requests to remove the menu
https://support.google.com/chrome/search?q=context+menu+emoji

Man, context menu editing can't arrive fast enough...