Native Emoji Picker with Multi-Selection and Clipboard History for Cinnamon

[shehab1545]

Hello Cinnamon developers,

I would like to suggest adding two native features to Cinnamon:

1. Native Emoji Picker

A built-in emoji picker similar to the Windows emoji panel.

The most important behavior for me is:

• The emoji picker should remain open after selecting an emoji.
• Users should be able to select multiple emojis continuously without reopening the picker.
• Selected emojis should be inserted directly into the currently focused text field.
• The picker should close only when the user presses Escape or closes it manually.

For example, I would like to open the picker and select:

🥰 😂 ❤️ 🤣 👍

without having to reopen the emoji picker after every emoji.

Many Linux emoji picker applications close immediately after selecting one emoji, which makes inserting multiple emojis frustrating.

2. Native Clipboard History

It would also be useful to have a built-in clipboard history in Cinnamon, similar to Windows Clipboard History.

It could store copied text, images, and other clipboard content and be opened using a keyboard shortcut.

Having both features integrated into Cinnamon would improve the desktop experience and reduce the need for multiple third-party applications.

Thank you for your work on Cinnamon.

[zenon-mesic]

I second the Native Clipboard History suggestion.

KDE also has it, not just Windows.

It's a must have tool nowadays and the lack of it is a strong deterrent from Linux Mint.

All the Clipboard History apps for Linux Mint on the market are bad and, given that Wayland is coming, it will be much harder to create a good Clipboard History, if at all possible.

Since even passwords land in the clipboard, the best and the safest solution is that the OS handles it, and not some 3rd party app.