diff --git a/src/webpage/emoji.ts b/src/webpage/emoji.ts
index c01192b..5c6421f 100644
--- a/src/webpage/emoji.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/emoji.ts
@@ -134,8 +134,16 @@ class Emoji {
 		});
 		const menu = document.createElement("div");
 		menu.classList.add("flexttb", "emojiPicker");
-		menu.style.top = y + "px";
-		menu.style.left = x + "px";
+		if (y > 0) {
+			menu.style.top = y + "px";
+		} else {
+			menu.style.bottom = y * -1 + "px";
+		}
+		if (x > 0) {
+			menu.style.left = x + "px";
+		} else {
+			menu.style.right = x * -1 + "px";
+		}
 
 		const topBar = document.createElement("div");
 		topBar.classList.add("flexltr", "emojiHeading");
diff --git a/src/webpage/index.html b/src/webpage/index.html
index 51cc205..55ef721 100644
--- a/src/webpage/index.html
+++ b/src/webpage/index.html
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@
 						<div id="channelw" class="flexltr">
 							<div id="loadingdiv"></div>
 						</div>
+						<div id="ghostMessages"></div>
 						<div style="position: relative">
 							<div id="searchOptions" class="flexttb searchOptions"></div>
 						</div>
-						<div id="ghostMessages"></div>
 						<div id="pasteimage" class="flexltr"></div>
 						<div id="replybox" class="hideReplyBox"></div>
 						<div id="typediv">
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 								<div class="outerTypeBox">
 									<span class="svg-upload svgicon" id="upload"></span>
 									<div id="typebox" contenteditable="true"></div>
+									<span class="svgicon svg-emoji" id="emojiTB"></span>
 								</div>
 							</div>
 							<div id="typing" class="hidden flexltr">
diff --git a/src/webpage/index.ts b/src/webpage/index.ts
index e6458e7..2878ad5 100644
--- a/src/webpage/index.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/index.ts
@@ -267,4 +267,11 @@ import {I18n} from "./i18n.js";
 			}
 		};
 	};
+	const emojiTB = document.getElementById("emojiTB") as HTMLElement;
+	emojiTB.onmousedown = (e) => {
+		e.preventDefault();
+		e.stopImmediatePropagation();
+		thisUser.TBEmojiMenu(emojiTB.getBoundingClientRect());
+	};
+	emojiTB.onclick = (e) => e.stopImmediatePropagation();
 })();
diff --git a/src/webpage/localuser.ts b/src/webpage/localuser.ts
index 747b91a..0119d6c 100644
--- a/src/webpage/localuser.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/localuser.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
 } from "./jsontypes.js";
 import {Member} from "./member.js";
 import {Dialog, Form, FormError, Options, Settings} from "./settings.js";
-import {getTextNodeAtPosition, MarkDown} from "./markdown.js";
+import {getTextNodeAtPosition, MarkDown, saveCaretPosition} from "./markdown.js";
 import {Bot} from "./bot.js";
 import {Role} from "./role.js";
 import {VoiceFactory} from "./voice.js";
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ import {Rights} from "./rights.js";
 import {Contextmenu} from "./contextmenu.js";
 
 const wsCodesRetry = new Set([4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4005, 4007, 4008, 4009]);
-
+interface CustomHTMLDivElement extends HTMLDivElement {
+	markdown: MarkDown;
+}
 class Localuser {
 	badges = new Map<
 		string,
@@ -2229,10 +2231,6 @@ class Localuser {
 	}
 	readonly autofillregex = Object.freeze(/[@#:]([a-z0-9 ]*)$/i);
 	mdBox() {
-		interface CustomHTMLDivElement extends HTMLDivElement {
-			markdown: MarkDown;
-		}
-
 		const typebox = document.getElementById("typebox") as CustomHTMLDivElement;
 		const typeMd = typebox.markdown;
 		typeMd.owner = this;
@@ -2240,18 +2238,57 @@ class Localuser {
 			this.search(document.getElementById("searchOptions") as HTMLDivElement, typeMd, str, pre);
 		};
 	}
-	MDReplace(replacewith: string, original: string, typebox: MarkDown) {
+	async TBEmojiMenu(rect: DOMRect) {
+		const typebox = document.getElementById("typebox") as CustomHTMLDivElement;
+		const p = saveCaretPosition(typebox);
+		if (!p) return;
+		const original = MarkDown.getText();
+		console.log(original);
+
+		const emoji = await Emoji.emojiPicker(
+			-10 + rect.left - window.screen.width,
+			-5 + rect.top - window.screen.height,
+			this,
+		);
+		p();
+		const md = typebox.markdown;
+		this.MDReplace(
+			emoji.id
+				? `<${emoji.animated ? "a" : ""}:${emoji.name}:${emoji.id}>`
+				: (emoji.emoji as string),
+			original,
+			md,
+			null,
+		);
+		//*/
+	}
+	MDReplace(
+		replacewith: string,
+		original: string,
+		typebox: MarkDown,
+		start: RegExp | null = this.autofillregex,
+	) {
 		let raw = typebox.rawString;
-		raw = raw.split(original)[1];
-		if (raw === undefined) return;
-		raw = original.replace(this.autofillregex, "") + replacewith + raw;
+		let empty = raw.length === 0;
+		raw = original !== "" ? raw.split(original)[1] : raw;
+		if (raw === undefined && !empty) return;
+		if (empty) {
+			raw = "";
+		}
+		raw = (start ? original.replace(start, "") : original) + replacewith + raw;
 		console.log(raw);
 		console.log(replacewith);
 		console.log(original);
 		typebox.txt = raw.split("");
-		const match = original.match(this.autofillregex);
+		console.log(typebox.rawString);
+		const match = start ? original.match(start) : true;
 		if (match) {
-			typebox.boxupdate(replacewith.length - match[0].length);
+			console.log(match);
+			typebox.boxupdate(
+				replacewith.length - (match === true ? 0 : match[0].length),
+				false,
+				original.length,
+			);
 		}
 	}
 	MDSearchOptions(
@@ -2339,8 +2376,7 @@ class Localuser {
 							break;
 						case "Enter":
 						case "Tab":
-							//@ts-ignore
-							cur.onclick();
+							cur.click();
 							break;
 					}
 					return true;
@@ -2437,6 +2473,7 @@ class Localuser {
 							await Member.new(thing, this.lookingguild as Guild);
 						}
 					}
+					if (!typebox.rawString.startsWith(original)) return;
 					this.MDFineMentionGen(name, original, box, typebox);
 				}
 			});
@@ -2475,6 +2512,8 @@ class Localuser {
 							this.MDSearchOptions([], "", box, md);
 						}
 						break;
+					default:
+						return;
 				}
 				return;
 			}
diff --git a/src/webpage/markdown.ts b/src/webpage/markdown.ts
index 76ce56e..5ba18dc 100644
--- a/src/webpage/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/webpage/markdown.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ class MarkDown {
 	get textContent() {
 		return this.makeHTML().textContent;
 	}
+	static getText() {
+		return text;
+	}
 	makeHTML({keep = this.keep, stdsize = this.stdsize} = {}) {
 		return this.markdown(this.txt, {keep, stdsize});
 	}
@@ -67,6 +70,9 @@ class MarkDown {
 				current = document.createElement("span");
 			}
 		}
+		function getCurLast(): Element | undefined {
+			return span.children[span.children.length - 1];
+		}
 		for (let i = 0; i < txt.length; i++) {
 			if (txt[i] === "\n" || i === 0) {
 				const first = i === 0;
@@ -143,6 +149,10 @@ class MarkDown {
 			}
 			if (txt[i] === "\n") {
 				if (!stdsize) {
+					const last = getCurLast();
+					if (last instanceof HTMLElement && last.contentEditable === "false") {
+						span.append(document.createElement("span"));
+					}
 					appendcurrent();
 					span.append(document.createElement("br"));
 				}
@@ -460,6 +470,13 @@ class MarkDown {
 
 				if (txt[j] === ">") {
 					appendcurrent();
+					const last = getCurLast();
+					if (
+						last instanceof HTMLBRElement ||
+						(last instanceof HTMLElement && last.contentEditable === "false")
+					) {
+						span.append(document.createElement("span"));
+					}
 					const mention = document.createElement("span");
 					mention.classList.add("mentionMD");
 					mention.contentEditable = "false";
@@ -680,6 +697,15 @@ class MarkDown {
 			current.textContent += txt[i];
 		}
 		appendcurrent();
+		const last = getCurLast();
+		if (
+			last &&
+			last instanceof HTMLElement &&
+			last.contentEditable &&
+			!(last instanceof HTMLBRElement)
+		) {
+			span.append(current);
+		}
 		return span;
 	}
 	static unspoil(e: any): void {
@@ -696,7 +722,8 @@ class MarkDown {
 		};
 		let prevcontent = "";
 		box.onkeyup = (_) => {
-			const content = MarkDown.gatherBoxText(box);
+			let content = MarkDown.gatherBoxText(box);
+			if (content === "\n") content = "";
 			if (content !== prevcontent) {
 				prevcontent = content;
 				this.txt = content.split("");
@@ -725,14 +752,19 @@ class MarkDown {
 	) {
 		this.customBox = [stringToHTML, HTMLToString];
 	}
-	boxupdate(offset = 0) {
+	boxupdate(offset = 0, allowLazy = true, computedLength: void | number = undefined) {
 		const box = this.box.deref();
 		if (!box) return;
 		let restore: undefined | (() => void);
 		if (this.customBox) {
-			restore = saveCaretPosition(box, offset, this.customBox[1]);
+			restore = saveCaretPosition(box, offset, this.customBox[1], computedLength);
 		} else {
-			restore = saveCaretPosition(box, offset);
+			restore = saveCaretPosition(
+				box,
+				offset,
+				MarkDown.gatherBoxText.bind(MarkDown),
+				computedLength,
+			);
 		}
 
 		if (this.customBox) {
@@ -748,10 +780,13 @@ class MarkDown {
 				html.childNodes[0].childNodes[0];
 			//console.log(box.cloneNode(true), html.cloneNode(true));
 			//TODO this may be slow, may want to check in on this in the future if it is
-			if (!box.hasChildNodes() || html.isEqualNode(Array.from(box.childNodes)[0])) {
+			if ((!box.hasChildNodes() || html.isEqualNode(Array.from(box.childNodes)[0])) && allowLazy) {
 				//console.log("no replace needed");
 			} else {
-				if (!(box.childNodes.length === 1 && box.childNodes[0] instanceof Text && condition)) {
+				if (
+					!(box.childNodes.length === 1 && box.childNodes[0] instanceof Text && condition) ||
+					!allowLazy
+				) {
 					box.innerHTML = "";
 					box.append(html);
 				} else {
@@ -762,13 +797,6 @@ class MarkDown {
 		}
 		if (restore) {
 			restore();
-			if (this.customBox) {
-				const test = saveCaretPosition(box, 0, this.customBox[1]);
-				if (test) test();
-			} else {
-				const test = saveCaretPosition(box);
-				if (test) test();
-			}
 		}
 		this.onUpdate(text, formatted);
 	}
@@ -864,6 +892,7 @@ function saveCaretPosition(
 	context: HTMLElement,
 	offset = 0,
 	txtLengthFunc = MarkDown.gatherBoxText.bind(MarkDown),
+	computedLength: void | number = undefined,
 ) {
 	const selection = window.getSelection() as Selection;
 	if (!selection) return;
@@ -873,26 +902,39 @@ function saveCaretPosition(
 		let base = selection.anchorNode as Node;
 		range.setStart(base, 0);
 		let baseString: string;
-		if (!(base instanceof Text)) {
-			let i = 0;
-			const index = selection.focusOffset;
-			//@ts-ignore
-			for (const thing of base.childNodes) {
-				if (i === index) {
-					base = thing;
-					break;
-				}
-				i++;
+		let i = 0;
+		const index = selection.focusOffset;
+
+		for (const thing of Array.from(base.childNodes)) {
+			if (i === index) {
+				base = thing;
+				break;
 			}
+			i++;
+		}
+		console.log(base);
+		const prev = base.previousSibling;
+		let len = 0;
+		if ((!prev || prev instanceof HTMLBRElement) && base instanceof HTMLBRElement) {
+			len--;
+		}
+		if (
+			!(base instanceof Text) &&
+			!(
+				base instanceof HTMLSpanElement &&
+				base.className === "" &&
+				base.children.length == 0 &&
+				!(base instanceof HTMLBRElement)
+			)
+		) {
 			if (base instanceof HTMLElement) {
 				baseString = txtLengthFunc(base);
 			} else {
-				baseString = base.textContent as string;
+				baseString = base.textContent || "";
 			}
 		} else {
 			baseString = selection.toString();
 		}
-
 		range.setStart(context, 0);
 
 		let build = "";
@@ -937,8 +979,14 @@ function saveCaretPosition(
 			build += baseString;
 		}
 		text = build;
-		let len = build.length + offset;
+		len += build.length;
+		if (computedLength !== undefined) {
+			len = computedLength;
+		}
 		len = Math.min(len, txtLengthFunc(context).length);
+		console.log(len, base);
+		len += offset;
+		console.log(len);
 		return function restore() {
 			if (!selection) return;
 			const pos = getTextNodeAtPosition(context, len, txtLengthFunc);
@@ -960,6 +1008,12 @@ function getTextNodeAtPosition(
 	node: Node;
 	position: number;
 } {
+	if (index === 0) {
+		return {
+			node: root,
+			position: 0,
+		};
+	}
 	if (root instanceof Text) {
 		return {
 			node: root,
@@ -976,6 +1030,7 @@ function getTextNodeAtPosition(
 			position: -1,
 		};
 	}
+
 	let lastElm: Node = root;
 	for (const node of root.childNodes as unknown as Node[]) {
 		lastElm = node;
@@ -983,10 +1038,31 @@ function getTextNodeAtPosition(
 		if (node instanceof HTMLElement) {
 			len = txtLengthFunc(node).length;
 		} else {
-			len = (node.textContent as string).length;
+			len = (node.textContent || "").length;
 		}
 		if (len <= index && (len < index || len !== 0)) {
 			index -= len;
+			if (index === 0) {
+				let nodey = node;
+				let bad = false;
+				while (nodey.childNodes.length) {
+					nodey = Array.from(nodey.childNodes).at(-1) as ChildNode;
+					if (nodey instanceof HTMLElement && nodey.contentEditable === "false") {
+						bad = true;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				if (
+					!(nodey instanceof HTMLBRElement) &&
+					(!(nodey instanceof HTMLElement) || nodey.contentEditable === "false") &&
+					!bad
+				) {
+					return {
+						node: nodey,
+						position: (nodey.textContent || "").length,
+					};
+				}
+			}
 		} else {
 			const returny = getTextNodeAtPosition(node, index);
 			if (returny.position === -1) {
diff --git a/src/webpage/style.css b/src/webpage/style.css
index bdbd582..15d3cd3 100644
--- a/src/webpage/style.css
+++ b/src/webpage/style.css
@@ -432,6 +432,11 @@ textarea {
 	mask-repeat: no-repeat;
 	aspect-ratio: 1/1;
 }
+#emojiTB{
+	width:.2in;
+	height:.2in;
+	cursor: pointer;
+}
 .selectarrow {
 	position: absolute;
 	top: 10px;
@@ -1143,6 +1148,7 @@ span.instanceStatus {
 	flex-grow: 1;
 	width: 100%;
 	margin-left: 0.06in;
+	white-space: pre;
 }
 .outerTypeBox {
 	max-height: 50svh;
@@ -1499,7 +1505,7 @@ span .quote:last-of-type .quoteline {
 	cursor: pointer;
 }
 .mentionMD::after {
-	content: "​";
+	/* content: "​"; */
 }
 .mentionMD:hover {
 	background: var(--mention);