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Emoji variants

Many emojis support multiple variants. Typically this is different skin tones, but in some cases can be other variations (hair color, gender, etc.).

Variant popup

If an emoji that has variants is selected in the picker, the available variants are displayed (along with the original emoji).

Emoji variant popup

When a variant is selected, the popup will close and the selected variant will be emitted.

Variant data

Some variants are associated with a particular Emoji version. For any such variants that are not supported by the current version of Emoji, the variant will not be shown.

Disabling variants

If you do not want to show variants in the picker, specify the showVariants: false option.