Apple - How to use Character Viewer with only keyboard and no mouse?
The Character Viewer has two states, as seen below.
- The complex state, that needs to be clicked first and doesn't seem to allow keyboard-only activation:
- The simple state, that gets automatically activated when invoked and is a joy to work with using only the keyboard. Tab key is used to switch between emoji categories:
You can switch between the states by clicking the friendly but almost invisible icon in the top-right corner (don't know what it's called, doesn't have any tooltip).
To summarize, click the friendly icon, activate the Character Viewer, stay with the keyboard.