diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e69de29..24426ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Emojii picker element - https://github.com/nolanlawson/emoji-picker-element
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 3c01d60..292b339 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -57,21 +57,11 @@
             role="button"
             tabindex="0"
             aria-label="Current emoji — click to change"
+            aria-expanded="false"
           >
             <span id="emoji-show">💬</span>
           </div>
-          <input
-            type="text"
-            id="emoji-input"
-            class="emoji-picker-input"
-            placeholder="Type or paste an emoji…"
-            autocomplete="off"
-            autocorrect="off"
-            autocapitalize="none"
-            spellcheck="false"
-            aria-label="Emoji input"
-          />
-          <span class="emoji-hint" id="emoji-hint">Click to change emoji</span>
+          <emoji-picker id="emoji-picker"></emoji-picker>
         </div>
 
         <!-- Status text -->
@@ -269,6 +259,7 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
+    <script type="module" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/emoji-picker-element@^1/index.js"></script>
     <script src="script.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/script.js b/script.js
index 370834b..7431cd4 100644
--- a/script.js
+++ b/script.js
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ let settings = { username: "", apiKey: "", theme: "auto", mastodonPost: false };
 const $ = (id) => document.getElementById(id);
 const emojiDisplay = $("emoji-display");
 const emojiShow = $("emoji-show");
-const emojiInput = $("emoji-input");
 const emojiSection = emojiDisplay.closest(".emoji-section");
-const emojiHint = $("emoji-hint");
 const statusText = $("status-text");
 const statusUrl = $("status-url");
 const charCount = $("char-count");
@@ -31,6 +29,11 @@ function applyTheme(theme) {
   } else {
     document.documentElement.dataset.theme = theme;
   }
+  const picker = document.getElementById("emoji-picker");
+  if (picker) {
+    picker.classList.remove("light", "dark");
+    if (theme !== "auto") picker.classList.add(theme);
+  }
 }
 
 function updateThemeToggle(theme) {
@@ -135,65 +138,43 @@ eyeBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
 });
 
 // ── Emoji picker ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-function extractFirstEmoji(str) {
-  if (!str) return null;
-  if (typeof Intl?.Segmenter === "function") {
-    const seg = new Intl.Segmenter(undefined, { granularity: "grapheme" });
-    for (const { segment } of seg.segment(str)) {
-      if (/\p{Emoji}/u.test(segment) && segment.trim() !== "") return segment;
-    }
-    return null;
-  }
-  const m = str.match(/\p{Emoji_Presentation}[\p{Emoji}\u{FE0F}\u{20E3}]*/u);
-  return m ? m[0] : null;
-}
-
-// Detect platform for hint text
-const isMac =
-  /Mac/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/iPhone|iPad/.test(navigator.userAgent);
-const osHint = isMac
-  ? " · or ⌃⌘Space"
-  : navigator.userAgent.includes("Win")
-    ? " · or Win+."
-    : "";
+const emojiPicker = $("emoji-picker");
 
 function openEmojiPicker() {
   emojiSection.classList.add("picking");
-  emojiInput.value = "";
-  emojiInput.focus();
-  emojiHint.textContent = `Type, paste, or use your emoji keyboard${osHint}`;
+  emojiDisplay.setAttribute("aria-expanded", "true");
 }
 
 function closeEmojiPicker() {
   emojiSection.classList.remove("picking");
-  emojiHint.textContent = "Click to change emoji";
+  emojiDisplay.setAttribute("aria-expanded", "false");
 }
 
-emojiDisplay.addEventListener("click", openEmojiPicker);
+emojiDisplay.addEventListener("click", () => {
+  if (emojiSection.classList.contains("picking")) closeEmojiPicker();
+  else openEmojiPicker();
+});
 
 emojiDisplay.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
   if (e.key === "Enter" || e.key === " ") {
     e.preventDefault();
-    openEmojiPicker();
+    if (emojiSection.classList.contains("picking")) closeEmojiPicker();
+    else openEmojiPicker();
   }
 });
 
-emojiInput.addEventListener("input", () => {
-  const found = extractFirstEmoji(emojiInput.value);
-  if (found) {
-    emoji = found;
-    emojiShow.textContent = found;
+emojiPicker.addEventListener("emoji-click", (e) => {
+  emoji = e.detail.unicode;
+  emojiShow.textContent = emoji;
+  closeEmojiPicker();
+});
+
+document.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
+  if (emojiSection.classList.contains("picking") && !emojiSection.contains(e.target)) {
     closeEmojiPicker();
   }
 });
 
-emojiInput.addEventListener("blur", () => {
-  // Small delay so a click on the emoji-display doesn't flicker
-  setTimeout(() => {
-    if (document.activeElement !== emojiInput) closeEmojiPicker();
-  }, 150);
-});
-
 // ── Keyboard shortcuts ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 document.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
   if (e.key === "Escape") {
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index ec17422..de5586d 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ main {
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
   gap: 10px;
+  position: relative;
 }
 
 .emoji-display {
@@ -229,39 +230,30 @@ main {
   background: var(--accent-dim);
 }
 
-/* Visible emoji text input — slides in when picking */
-.emoji-picker-input {
-  width: 200px;
-  text-align: center;
-  font-size: 1.5rem;
-  /* collapse when hidden */
-  max-height: 0;
-  padding-top: 0;
-  padding-bottom: 0;
-  overflow: hidden;
+emoji-picker {
   opacity: 0;
+  visibility: hidden;
   pointer-events: none;
-  border-color: transparent;
-  transition:
-    max-height 0.2s ease,
-    padding 0.18s ease,
-    opacity 0.15s ease,
-    border-color 0.15s ease;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: calc(100% + 8px);
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  z-index: 20;
+  width: min(340px, calc(100vw - 40px));
+  border-radius: var(--r);
+  --background: var(--surface);
+  --border-color: var(--border);
+  --indicator-color: var(--accent);
+  --input-border-color: var(--border);
+  --input-font-color: var(--text);
+  --input-placeholder-color: var(--muted);
+  --outline-color: var(--accent);
 }
 
-.emoji-section.picking .emoji-picker-input {
-  max-height: 60px;
-  padding-top: 9px;
-  padding-bottom: 9px;
+.emoji-section.picking emoji-picker {
   opacity: 1;
-  pointer-events: all;
-  border-color: var(--accent);
-}
-
-.emoji-hint {
-  font-size: 0.8rem;
-  color: var(--muted);
-  transition: opacity 0.15s;
+  visibility: visible;
+  pointer-events: auto;
 }
 
 /* ── Form fields ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */