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://rawcdn.githack.com/mervick/emojionearea/ea6d8289cbb4d0e60668d215afd7ab2853e8fafb/js/emojionearea.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://rawcdn.githack.com/mervick/emojionearea/ea6d8289cbb4d0e60668d215afd7ab2853e8fafb/css/emojionearea.min.css">
<textarea id="emojionearea1">Type here 😂</textarea>

CSS

* {
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, san-serif;
}

JavaScript

function placeCaretAtEnd(el) {
    el.focus();
    if (typeof window.getSelection != "undefined"
            && typeof document.createRange != "undefined") {
        var range = document.createRange();
        range.selectNodeContents(el);
        range.collapse(false);
        var sel = window.getSelection();
        sel.removeAllRanges();
        sel.addRange(range);
    } else if (typeof document.body.createTextRange != "undefined") {
        var textRange = document.body.createTextRange();
        textRange.moveToElementText(el);
        textRange.collapse(false);
        textRange.select();
    }
}

$(document).ready(function() {
	$("#emojionearea1").emojioneArea({
    events: {
      ready: function(editor) {
        editor.focus();
        placeCaretAtEnd(editor[0]);
      }
    }
  });
});