Do you want to add emojis in canvas apps or add a special Unicode character to draw attention to a particular section of content? If so, read on to find out how this can be easily done
An emoji is simply a Unicode character and so can be easily added to a Canvas App and there are 2 ways to do this
Add an Emoji to a Label
Simply copy the emoji and paste into the Text property of the Label as below
Add an Emoji to a HTML box
To include in a HTMLtext box, obtain the 6 digit Dec number of the character and add a ‘&#’ prefix together with a ‘;’ suffix
Other Unicode Characters
Many of the huge list of emoji and Unicode characters can be used to improve the look and feel of a canvas app to create eye catching bullet points or icons. Icons can also be added to a button
Additionally if you need to use a special character that isn’t available directly from the keyboard, it can be added in the same way
Non-Visual Unicode Characters
There are also non-visible Unicode characters that are also very useful. A useful example and one that I use frequently is the Line Feed character, that moves all subsequent text to a new line. This is useful if you are inserting dynamic text into a Label and need to separate content onto more than one line. Line Feed is denoted by Char(10) and can be concatenated as below
Resources
There are lots of online resources. The 3 sites below are particularly useful as they display the full set of emojis and Unicode characters
Cool! Didn’t realise it was so easy!