Emoji + TextBox()?

[#1]

The Icons which are available in JPM are very limited.

The idea: “Use emojis as icons — there’s one for almost anything!”
just seahorse is missing ...

The problem: how can I use Emojis in JMP - e.g.  in TextBox()? 

With

New Window("Emoji Example",
    Text Box("🔴🟡🟢") 
);

I expect: 

... but JPM generates:

not helpful in this context: the creativity of Learnbot

New Window("Emoji Example",
    Text Box(Char(128512)) // Unicode for 😀
);

[#2 · Accepted solution]

The unicode character set requires some specialized syntax.  The examples here https://www.jmp.com/support/help/ko/18.2/index.shtml#page/jmp/unicode-characters.shtml show how to do it.  You then just need to look up the unicode for the different emoji.  You can find that information on Emojiedia under the technical information tab: https://emojipedia.org/upside-down-face#technical.  It's the code points value.  

Best,

M

[#3]

Hi Mike, what is the benefit of using the unicode notation compared to directly writing the Emoji?

Can you please share a code which generates a text with  instead of ?

[#4 · Accepted solution]

Benefit - it works... ;)

Here's the code:

New Window( "Stoplight Example",
	V List Box(
		Text Box( "\!UD83D\!UDD34 \!UD83D\!UDFE1 \!UD83D\!UDFE2", Set Font( "Segoe UI Emoji" ) )
	)
);

A note - I needed to use the UTF-16 versions of the codes. Note that each emoji can have a single code or a pair of codes (called a surrogate pair).  The stop lights you want are in the surrogate pair set of emoji.  Those can be a little hard to find... but this website does a better job than either emojipedia or the unicode site in showing them: http://xahlee.info/comp/unicode_index.html

Best,

M

[#5]

BTW - that text snippet the LLM provided is completely wrong on how to approach this problem.  

[#6]

Hm, how do I have to adjust the settings on my system to get this beautiful result?

When I run your code on my system: Win11, JMP 19.0.4,
I get:

[#7]

It's likely down to the font... I think Win11 got rid of the Segoe font... so it might be doing a bad substitution for it.  Maybe get rid of that font assignment in the JSL and let the system font take over?

M

[#8]

[#9]

I did some poking around on this while I was traveling today.  It looks like the grey coloration is a known issue with that font and some applications.  I'm guessing that JMP fits into that list.  

"Emojis from Microsoft are supported on PCs and tablets running Windows 11, Windows 10, as well as Xbox. They were also available on Windows phones prior to them being discontinued. These were provided by the Segoe UI Emoji font, although some applications continue to show black and white emojis from an earlier release.”

https://emojipedia.org/microsoft

I'm thinking then that the best path would be to try some of the other fonts installed with windows to see if they behave better.  

Best,

M

[#10]

Hi Mike,

thanks for the update.
So, is there a good chance this issue will be fixed in one of the next JMP releases?

How do the Column Tags work? Which font is used there?