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    From Stan Brown@someone@example.com to comp.mobile.android on Wed Aug 27 10:15:46 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

    When typing a message, I tend to fat-finger the spacebar at least
    once, and hit the little emoji icon at the left of the spacebar. Why
    is that even there, since there's also one in the rectangle where the
    message I'm typing appears? At least that one is separated from where
    I actually type, so I don't hit it by accident.

    Is there some way to get rid of the emoji-panel-opening icon at the
    left of the spacebar? I looked in Gboard settings, but couldn't find
    anything.
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  • From Stan Brown@someone@example.com to comp.mobile.android on Fri Sep 5 10:08:01 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

    On Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:15:46 -0700, Stan Brown wrote:

    When typing a message, I tend to fat-finger the spacebar at least
    once, and hit the little emoji icon at the left of the spacebar. Why
    is that even there, since there's also one in the rectangle where the message I'm typing appears? At least that one is separated from where
    I actually type, so I don't hit it by accident.

    Is there some way to get rid of the emoji-panel-opening icon at the
    left of the spacebar? I looked in Gboard settings, but couldn't find anything.

    Well, glory be. Today I replied to a text from a friend, and noticed
    that the open-emoji icon has been replaced by a long-press on the
    comma "key". Hooray!
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