how to use emotes in roblox

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An Emote is an action players can perform whilst in-game. There are currently 7 universal emotes (there are more than 7 just not known) and 91 purchasable emotes (Rthro and R15 only). Emotes were introduced on October 2, 2013.^[1] The player must type in /e [emote] into the chat for the character to do a universal emote, or use the emote menu or /e to do a purchasable emote. All emotes are silent. The emotes only make your character move. If a player is sitting down, such as in a car or a chair, the player will receive a prompt telling them they cannot use an emote right now.

A full list of emotes can be found here.

Emotes

Command	Description	Preview
/e dance	Does a random dance when using R6. It resembles a rave dance when using R15.	R15 preview
/e dance1	Resembles the Gangnam Style dance when using R6. Note: This command only works for R6. Use /e dance if using R15.	R6 preview
/e dance2	The player moves from side to side doing an arm wave when using R6. Player twists arms and looks side to side, somewhat similar to R6.	R6 preview R15 preview
/e dance3	The player jumps on alternating legs with arms pointed in R6. Player sways side to side while moving arms in R15.	R6 preview R15 preview
/e cheer	The player jumps and throws their arms in the air in R6. The player perks up, turns, and waves arms in the air in R15.	R6 preview R15 preview
/e point	Player points. In R6 the player slightly slants their torso backwards, the same happens with R15 but they also move their arm backward.	R6 preview R15 preview
/e wave	The player waves quickly in R6, slightly lifting their body. Player waves slow in R15.	R6 preview R15 preview
/e laugh	Player laughs moving their head and torso backward, in R15 it is wilder and their head shakes slightly. R6, same as /e dance2 clip is the same thing as laugh but the studs needed is 0.9-1 studs wide but if dance2, its only for 0.1-0.8 studs wide.	R6 preview R15 preview

/e sit, /e crouch, /e sleep, /e kneel, /e lean are also some universal emotes that are not known.

Purchasable emotes

Click "Expand" to show a full list of purchasable emotes. The animations of each emote can be seen on the pages seen in these columns (if applicable).

Salute (emote)
Stadium
Tilt
Top Rock
Hello
Shrug
Point2
T
Shy
Robot
Jacks
Monkey
Twirl
Fashionable
Around Town
Borock's Rage
Ud'zal's Summoning
Hype Dance
Air Guitar
Superhero Reveal
Cha-Cha
Heisman Pose
Louder
Greatest
Side to Side
Swish
Godlike
Sneaky
Get Out
Fancy Feet
Dizzy (emote)
Celebrate
Bodybuilder
Fishing
Line Dance
Tree
Idol
Haha
Dorky Dance
Zombie (emote)
Fast Hands
Baby Dance
Shuffle
Y
Air Dance
Curtsy
Bunny Hop
Chicken Dance
Disagree
Confused
Hero Landing
Tantrum
Cower
Sandwich Dance
Country Line Dance
Rodeo Dance
Panini Dance
HOLIDAY Dance - Lil Nas X (LNX)
Old Town Road Dance
Agree
Power Blast
Break Dance
Floss Dance
Jumping Cheer
High Wave
Dolphin Dance
Applaud
Rock On
Beckon
Hips Poppin' - Zara Larsson
Take Me Under - Zara Larsson
It Ain't My Fault - Zara Larsson
Block Partier
Samba
Cha Cha
Sleep
Wake Up Call - KSI
Show Dem Wrists - KSI
Boxing Punch - KSI
Dancin' Shoes - Twenty One Pilots
Drummer Moves - Twenty One Pilots
On The Outside - Twenty One Pilots
Saturday Dance - Twenty One Pilots
Up and Down - Twenty One Pilots
Drum Solo - Royal Blood
Drum Master - Royal Blood
Rock Guitar - Royal Blood
Rock Star - Royal Blood
Quiet Waves
Swan Dance
Flowing Breeze

This message will pop up if you try to use emotes when not allowed to.

An emote menu was added to the Roblox launcher on June 24, 2019, as well as a section for emotes to be purchased in the avatar shop. The first emotes to be added were Tilt, Stadium, and Salute, all of which can only be used with R15 avatars. The emotes can be accessed in-game by clicking the silhouette of a white Roblox avatar on the top of the menu or pressing "."(period).

Before the implementation of the emote menu, players could also use these emotes by typing the general '/e' (emote name)' prefix.

It was removed after an hour of being live due to complaints from developers, including "the icon didn't fit well with the rest" and "this update was too sudden and uncalled for".^[2] A few of the complaints were referencing the B key being overwritten without a warning. On July 1, 2019, an official follow up from Roblox was posted.^[3]

On August 5, 2019, the emote menu was re-enabled, with the "B" key-bind removed. It was disabled again 2 hours after.

On August 19, 2019, the emote menu was once again re-enabled. It was confirmed in a blog post that it will stay.

Reference

↑ CodeWriter (October 2, 2013). "New Movements Set the Stage for Keyframe Animation System".
↑ https://devforum.roblox.com/t/in-game-emotes-menu/292380
↑ https://devforum.roblox.com/t/in-game-emotes-menu-coming-soon/292380/223