I cannot access the emoji character viewer in my mail. I have tried the global key, edit-emoji & symbols option, and all other noted methods involving the keyboard...I have gone to settings and noted the the fn key to be used for emojis...UI have no idea what else to do. My system is Sequoia 15.1.1 Thank you.
iMac 24″, macOS 15.1
I'm going to guess you're not using Mission Control and/or spaces, but here's some info on it.
View open windows and spaces in Mission Control on Mac - Apple Support
• Show all open windows for the current app: Press Control-Down Arrow.
• From a keyboard: To enter or leave Mission Control, press the Mission Control key 
or press Control-Up Arrow.
You can use the shortcuts above to expose various apps and other windows, i.e. Emoji Viewer, to see what all may be open and/or hidden by others. I sometimes find that the Viewer has been opened on another desktop and this have been helpful.
I'm going to guess you're not using Mission Control and/or spaces, but here's some info on it.
View open windows and spaces in Mission Control on Mac - Apple Support
• Show all open windows for the current app: Press Control-Down Arrow.
• From a keyboard: To enter or leave Mission Control, press the Mission Control key or press Control-Up Arrow.
You can use the shortcuts above to expose various apps and other windows, i.e. Emoji Viewer, to see what all may be open and/or hidden by others. I sometimes find that the Viewer has been opened on another desktop and this have been helpful.
If the menu choice is "Hide Emoji and Symbols", one can infer that the pallet is already visible on that desktop somewhere. Are you using the Mission Control feature with spaces and multiple desktops? Does the Emoji viewer work properly in other apps?
Any chance the viewer is hidden by some other app window(s)?
Have you restarted the Mac lately?
When the feature is working, it really isn't hard at all.
Do you not have this menu item in your Menu bar?
If not you can add it to the Menu bar via the System/Keyboard/Input Sources settings pane:
FWIW, the keyboard shortcut is globe+e.
Thanks for the info, Mr Toad. I do have the menu at the top but I can't seem to change the "hide emoji" setting to "show emoji" setting. I have done everything you have suggested and still no character viewer. I am a bit frustrated so maybe time to make a call to Apple.Good grief! It shouldn't be so hard.
Thanks, DI...I have restarted my computer. It does work on my other Mac which is actually my old one we still use. Not sure what you are referring to when you ask if I am using Mission Control. How do I check if the viewer is hidden by another app window? Thanks for your help.
I have tried that already.
Once you bring up the emoji window you must click on the red button in the upper left hand corner of the window to close it.
You can't hide it like you can other windows.
D.I. thanks for the help. I will play with it some more with these suggestions. Have a great Sunday.
Thanks for your help...I'll check it out.
You're welcome. Good luck! 🍀
lack of Emojis on 24"iMac
