Is it possible to remove the nose from Google's smileys?

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Talk about first world problems: Android’s default “Google keyboard” has a useful smiley button but they come with noses. Is there any way to get rid of that middle dash without having to switch to another keyboard altogether?

[Revtim]

I presume you mean on an Android mobile device?

[Reply]

Yep.

[Colophon]

I don’t use Android but is it possible to set up an autocorrect in your custom dictionary to change “: - )” to “: )” (without spaces obviously)?

[bibliophage]

Have you tried the standard tri-digital manipulation with voice activation?

[DrCube]

Just type <colon> <right parenthesis>. How is that harder than going over to the list of smiley faces and choosing the one you want?

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@Colophon

I don’t use Android but is it possible to set up an autocorrect in your custom dictionary to change “: - )” to “: )” (without spaces obviously)?

Good idea, but sadly doesn’t work.: (

@DrCube

Just type <colon> <right parenthesis>. How is that harder than going over to the list of smiley faces and choosing the one you want?

It’s just the way this particular keyboard is laid out. It takes a hold, drag, release, hold drag, release again. Turns a half second affair into a five second one and it’s just annoying. Will probably switch to another paid keyboard, but it was worth a shot.

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@Colophon

I don’t use Android but is it possible to set up an autocorrect in your custom dictionary to change “: - )” to “: )” (without spaces obviously)?

But it gave me another idea that does work. I just replaced it with something else that’s easy to type. Thanks