The list of emoji categories should be configurable

[oleq]

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Use-case:

Some categories are more important than others. For instance, in a document editor, you're more likely to use mathematical symbols than emojis. In a forum post reply editor, this will be the other way around.

Currently, the list of categories is filled according to the plugin loading order. If you use the SpecialCharactersEssentials glue plugin, it enforces a specific order

ckeditor5/packages/ckeditor5-special-characters/src/specialcharactersessentials.js

Lines 35 to 41 in e890b2c

	return [
	SpecialCharactersCurrency,
	SpecialCharactersText,
	SpecialCharactersMathematical,
	SpecialCharactersArrows,
	SpecialCharactersLatin
	];

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If you want to add your own category to the list, all you can do is either add it before (init()) or after (afterInit()) essentials. You cannot reorder existing categories either.

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