JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Andrey Izman

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.css">
<div class="row">
  <div class="span6">
    <textarea id="msginput"></textarea>
  </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

var updateTyping = function(text) {
  alert(text);
}

$(document).ready(function() {
 $("#msginput").emojioneArea({
  events: {
    keyup: function() {
      updateTyping(this.getText());
    }
  }
 });
});