While playing with Facebook Chat I wondered if it supported emoticons. Turns out it does. But when I tried the >:-) emoticon (a 'devil') and saw it printed as boring text, I wondered, "what smilies does facebook actually support?"
So with the help of Safari and some javascript hacking I present to you a complete list of facebook emoticons.
smile- :-) :) :] =)
frown - :-( :( :[ =(
tongue - :-P :P :-p :p =P
grin - :-D :D =D
gasp - :-O :O :-o :o
wink - ;-) ;)
glasses - 8-) 8) B-) B)
sunglasses- 8-| 8| B-| B|
grumpy - >:( >:-(
unsure - :/ :-/ :\ :-\
cry - :'(
devil - 3:) 3:-)
angel - O:) O:-)
kiss - :-* :*
heart - <3
kiki - ^_^
squint - -_-
confused - o.O O.o
upset - >:O >:-O >:o >:-o
pacman - :v
curly lips- :3
robot - :|]
Chris Putnam- :putnam:
Shark- (^^^)
Penguin- <(")
42- :42:
Enjoy.
Updated 21 July 2008:
Moved B-) and B) from sunglasses to glasses and cleaned up formatting.
Updated 20 November 2008: Fixed spelling of tongue.
Updated 18 May 2009: Added the Shark.
Updated 21 September 2009: Added the Penguin. Thanks to everyone who let me know in the comments.
Updated 3 February 2010: Added the 42.

tried the sports ones and
tried the sports ones and they didn't work
what sports ones????? O-o
what sports ones????? O-o
i know i tryed that 2 an it
i know i tryed that 2 an it didnt work 4 me either
That would be because the
That would be because the sports ones are not actually used by Facebook.
They were a suggestion from a reader of this blog, who hasn't the slightest clue what's going on, and either thinks the author has the ability to add emoticons to Facebook or doesn't realize this is talking about Facebook Chat at all.
Either way, he wasn't saying those emoticons exist. He was asking the author to create some for him. Like a nublet.
how do u type the robot one
how do u type the robot one because i can't find the straight line down anywhere on my keyborad!!??
just press \+shift
just press \+shift
or cut and paste it
or cut and paste it
Can't cut exactly ;) Need to
Can't cut exactly ;) Need to copy-paste ;P
the straight line is the one
the straight line is the one right under the backspace key. it has there two symbols on it: | and \
just use a the letter l ..
just use a the letter l ..
It only works on Facebook
It only works on Facebook Chat and nothing else.
Well, duh. It says FACEBOOK
Well, duh. It says FACEBOOK EMOTICONS, smart one.
No, the heart <3 works on
No, the heart <3 works on your wall as well
dozent work cuz it only
dozent work cuz it only works on fb CHAT. Not WAllS OR STATS
u can't be that dumb it says
u can't be that dumb
it says facebook emoticons
of course it'll work on fb chat
and generally doesn't in other chats
use ur mind if u have any (^^^)
thanks for the post, great stuff to hve fun with
they don't work in chat
they don't work in chat either
they doo work in chat no
they doo work in chat no emotions work on walls or statuses anyway
actully the <3 does !!
actully the <3 does !!
just copy one of those for
just copy one of those for example the 1st happy face u will only choose one i pick :) and it work u stupid
we're talking about his
we're talking about his emotes that he put up not the smileys
i would just like to tell
i would just like to tell you, you are very rude!
yah it does i tried it you
yah it does i tried it you cant use spaces
yes dey do actually i tried
yes dey do actually i tried al of dem and dey wrk ok
wow ur mean! that person
wow ur mean! that person that was like wow ur dumb
mean? jes yur hardcore
mean? jes yur hardcore
yea that was mean, you
yea that was mean, you shouldnt insult people like that because ur not the smartest person alive either.
I couldn't get it to work.
I couldn't get it to work. I'm trying to 1 up a 7 year old on how many i can do. I couldn't get em to work in facebook chat either.
well thats the only place
well thats the only place they are spposed to work so..., i love them, the work for me
Hello!!nice to meet you all
Hello!!nice to meet you all ^_^
By saying 'it only works on
By saying 'it only works on facebook chat' they mean it doesn't work on the facebook comments, wall, messages, etc., It only works on the chat. There is no need for you to be rude so if you're going to comment then make it helpful.
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