JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by humanzing

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://rawgit.com/mervick/emojionearea/master/dist/emojionearea.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://rawgit.com/mervick/emojionearea/master/dist/emojionearea.min.css">

  <div class="span6">
     <div id="standalone"></div>
  </div>

CSS

* {
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, san-serif;
}
.row:after, .row:before {
  content: "";
  display: table;
  clear: both;
}
.span6 {
  float: left;
  width: 48%;
  padding: 1%;
}

.emojionearea-standalone {
  float: right;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
  var a = $("#standalone").emojioneArea({
    standalone: true,
    autocomplete: false,
    pickerPosition: "bottom"
  });
  const emojionearea = a[0].emojioneArea
  emojionearea.setText('')
  emojionearea.on('picker.hide', function () {
    const emoji = emojionearea.getText()
		  emojionearea.setText('')  
		if (emoji) {
			console.log(emoji) // HERE YOU HAVE YOUR EMOJI, OR '' IF NO ONE PICKER
    }
  })
});