How to Type ROFL Emoji in Windows and Mac?

There are more than 3600 emoji symbols available in Unicode. Especially, 150+ face emoji symbols are there with different meanings. However, most of us only use few emoji symbols frequently like rolling on the floor laughing emoji 🤣, thinking face, face with tears of joy, etc. It is very popular in chat slang where people use ROFL to make fun out of others. You can use different methods to make rolling on the floor laughing or ROFL emoji in Windows and Mac computers. It is also easy to insert ROFL emoji in your website using escape strings in HTML.

ROFL Emoji Shortcuts

Before we explain how to type the emoji in detail, here is a summary of shortcuts.

Symbol Name	Rolling Out on the Floor Laughing (ROFL)
Category	Emoji
Sub Category	Smiley & Emoticon
Alt Code Shortcut	Alt + 129315
HTML Entity Decimal	🤣
HTML Entity Hexadecimal	🤣
CSS Value	\1F923;
JavaScript Escape String	\u1F923;
Decimal	129315
Hexadecimal	1F923
Unicode Point	U+1F923

Type Rolling on the Floor Laughing Emoji in Windows

First, let us explain how to type ROFL emoji in Windows.

1. Alt Code Shortcuts for ROFL Emoji

In Windows based computers, you can make all Unicode emoji symbols using alt code shortcuts. You can use Alt + 129315 to insert ROFL emoji in Word, Outlook and PowerPoint documents. However, you need to have a keyboard with separate number pad to type the numbers in shortcut.

If the above method did not work, you can try 1F923 + Alt + X method. This method will work only on Microsoft documents.

2. Use Windows Emoji Keyboard

Press, “Win + Dot” keys to open emoji keyboard in Windows PC. There you can search under “Smiley faces and animals” category for the ROFL emoji 🤣 to insert on your documents and emails. You can also type ROFL to filter the emoji symbol quickly.

3. Type ROFL Emoji in Mac

On Mac, you cannot use alt code for this emoji as it has 5-digit hex code. However, you can easily insert ROFL emoji using Character Viewer app. Press “Command + Control + Space” shortcut keys to open Character Viewer app. Type ROFL in the search box to filter the emoji. Alternatively, you can search under Smileys section. Double click on the emoji to insert on your document.

Display on Different Applications

Different applications will render the ROFL emoji in slightly different formats. Here is a default display on the browser:

Below table shows how the emoji will look on Facebook, Twitter, Google and Windows applications.

	Apple
	Google
	Facebook
	Microsoft
	Twitter

Though you can see the emoji in colorful display, you may still see the black and white text picture on Office documents in Windows. However, Mac will display the emoji as colorful pictogram.

Inserting ROFL Emoji in Web Documents

As mentioned in the above summary table, you can use decimal or hexadecimal escape entity string in your HTML document. This will allow you to type the ROFL emoji easily without the browser display problem. Similarly, you can insert the symbol in CSS or JavaScript using the hexadecimal code like \1F923; or \u1F923.

HTML Code Example

<span>&#129315;</span>
<span>&#x1F923;</span>

CSS Code Example

li:before {
	content:\1F923;
	font-family:Arial;
}