How to Open the Symbol Panel and Insert Symbols into Chat, Signs, Books, and Anvils

Finding the button

Whenever you open a screen that accepts text, look for the small Symbol Chat button near the text field. It appears in the chat bar, on sign editing screens, in the book and quill editor, and on the anvil naming field. Clicking it opens the Symbol Panel without closing the screen you are typing in.

Picking and inserting a symbol

1. Open the panel and browse the tabs: Faces & People, Nature & Food, Activities & Places, Shapes & Symbols, Kaomojis, and Favorites.

2. Click a tab to switch categories, then scroll through the grid.

3. Click any symbol to drop it into the text field at your cursor position. The panel stays open so you can add several symbols in a row.

4. Close the panel when you are done and send or confirm your text as usual.

Notes for each screen

• Chat: symbols appear in your message and are visible to all players, even those without the mod.
• Signs: the panel respects the line you are editing, so click the correct line first.
• Books: symbols count toward the normal character limit per page, so keep an eye on length.
• Anvils: inserted symbols become part of the item name and persist on the renamed item.

If a symbol looks like a blank box for you, your font may not cover it; try a different symbol from the same tab.