diff --git a/src/App.scss b/src/App.scss
index 284fa58b..1591f1da 100644
--- a/src/App.scss
+++ b/src/App.scss
@@ -808,54 +808,3 @@ nav {
 .btn.btn-default {
   min-height: 28px;
 }
-
-.autocomplete {
-  &-panel {
-    position: relative;
-
-    &-body {
-      margin: 0 0.5em 0 0.5em;
-      border-radius: $fallback--tooltipRadius;
-      border-radius: var(--tooltipRadius, $fallback--tooltipRadius);
-      position: absolute;
-      z-index: 1;
-      box-shadow: 1px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-      // this doesn't match original but i don't care, making it uniform.
-      box-shadow: var(--popupShadow);
-      min-width: 75%;
-      background: $fallback--bg;
-      background: var(--bg, $fallback--bg);
-      color: $fallback--lightText;
-      color: var(--lightText, $fallback--lightText);
-    }
-  }
-
-  &-item {
-    cursor: pointer;
-    padding: 0.2em 0.4em 0.2em 0.4em;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
-    display: flex;
-
-    img {
-      width: 24px;
-      height: 24px;
-      object-fit: contain;
-    }
-
-    span {
-      line-height: 24px;
-      margin: 0 0.1em 0 0.2em;
-    }
-
-    small {
-      margin-left: .5em;
-      color: $fallback--faint;
-      color: var(--faint, $fallback--faint);
-    }
-
-    &.highlighted {
-      background-color: $fallback--fg;
-      background-color: var(--lightBg, $fallback--fg);
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/boot/after_store.js b/src/boot/after_store.js
index 7a1ae1f2..cbe445ef 100644
--- a/src/boot/after_store.js
+++ b/src/boot/after_store.js
@@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ const getStaticEmoji = async ({ store }) => {
     if (res.ok) {
       const values = await res.json()
       const emoji = Object.keys(values).map((key) => {
-        return { shortcode: key, image_url: false, 'utf': values[key] }
+        return {
+          displayText: key,
+          imageUrl: false,
+          replacement: values[key]
+        }
       })
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'emoji', value: emoji })
     } else {
@@ -175,7 +179,12 @@ const getCustomEmoji = async ({ store }) => {
       const result = await res.json()
       const values = Array.isArray(result) ? Object.assign({}, ...result) : result
       const emoji = Object.keys(values).map((key) => {
-        return { shortcode: key, image_url: values[key].image_url || values[key] }
+        const imageUrl = values[key].image_url
+        return {
+          displayText: key,
+          imageUrl: imageUrl ? store.state.instance.server + imageUrl : values[key],
+          replacement: `:${key}: `
+        }
       })
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'customEmoji', value: emoji })
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'pleromaBackend', value: true })
diff --git a/src/components/emoji-input/emoji-input.js b/src/components/emoji-input/emoji-input.js
index a5bb6eaf..0955a37e 100644
--- a/src/components/emoji-input/emoji-input.js
+++ b/src/components/emoji-input/emoji-input.js
@@ -1,51 +1,119 @@
 import Completion from '../../services/completion/completion.js'
-import { take, filter, map } from 'lodash'
+import { take } from 'lodash'
+
+/**
+ * EmojiInput - augmented inputs for emoji and autocomplete support in inputs
+ * without having to give up the comfort of <input/> and <textarea/> elements
+ *
+ * Intended usage is:
+ * <EmojiInput v-model="something">
+ *   <input v-model="something"/>
+ * </EmojiInput>
+ *
+ * Works only with <input> and <textarea>. Intended to use with only one nested
+ * input. It will find first input or textarea and work with that, multiple
+ * nested children not tested. You HAVE TO duplicate v-model for both
+ * <emoji-input> and <input>/<textarea> otherwise it will not work.
+ *
+ * Be prepared for CSS troubles though because it still wraps component in a div
+ * while TRYING to make it look like nothing happened, but it could break stuff.
+ */
 
 const EmojiInput = {
-  props: [
-    'value',
-    'placeholder',
-    'type',
-    'classname'
-  ],
+  props: {
+    suggest: {
+      /**
+       * suggest: function (input: String) => Suggestion[]
+       *
+       * Function that takes input string which takes string (textAtCaret)
+       * and returns an array of Suggestions
+       *
+       * Suggestion is an object containing following properties:
+       * displayText: string. Main display text, what actual suggestion
+       *    represents (user's screen name/emoji shortcode)
+       * replacement: string. Text that should replace the textAtCaret
+       * detailText: string, optional. Subtitle text, providing additional info
+       *    if present (user's nickname)
+       * imageUrl: string, optional. Image to display alongside with suggestion,
+       *    currently if no image is provided, replacement will be used (for
+       *    unicode emojis)
+       *
+       * TODO: make it asynchronous when adding proper server-provided user
+       * suggestions
+       *
+       * For commonly used suggestors (emoji, users, both) use suggestor.js
+       */
+      required: true,
+      type: Function
+    },
+    value: {
+      /**
+       * Used for v-model
+       */
+      required: true,
+      type: String
+    }
+ },
   data () {
     return {
+      input: undefined,
       highlighted: 0,
-      caret: 0
+      caret: 0,
+      focused: false
     }
   },
   computed: {
     suggestions () {
       const firstchar = this.textAtCaret.charAt(0)
-      if (firstchar === ':') {
-        if (this.textAtCaret === ':') { return }
-        const matchedEmoji = filter(this.emoji.concat(this.customEmoji), (emoji) => emoji.shortcode.startsWith(this.textAtCaret.slice(1)))
-        if (matchedEmoji.length <= 0) {
-          return false
-        }
-        return map(take(matchedEmoji, 5), ({shortcode, image_url, utf}, index) => ({
-          shortcode: `:${shortcode}:`,
-          utf: utf || '',
+      if (this.textAtCaret === firstchar) { return [] }
+      const matchedSuggestions = this.suggest(this.textAtCaret)
+      if (matchedSuggestions.length <= 0) {
+        return []
+      }
+      return take(matchedSuggestions, 5)
+        .map(({ imageUrl, ...rest }, index) => ({
+          ...rest,
           // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
-          img: utf ? '' : this.$store.state.instance.server + image_url,
+          img: imageUrl || '',
           highlighted: index === this.highlighted
         }))
-      } else {
-        return false
-      }
+    },
+    showPopup () {
+      return this.focused && this.suggestions && this.suggestions.length > 0
     },
     textAtCaret () {
       return (this.wordAtCaret || {}).word || ''
     },
     wordAtCaret () {
-      const word = Completion.wordAtPosition(this.value, this.caret - 1) || {}
-      return word
-    },
-    emoji () {
-      return this.$store.state.instance.emoji || []
-    },
-    customEmoji () {
-      return this.$store.state.instance.customEmoji || []
+      if (this.value && this.caret) {
+        const word = Completion.wordAtPosition(this.value, this.caret - 1) || {}
+        return word
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  mounted () {
+    const slots = this.$slots.default
+    if (!slots || slots.length === 0) return
+    const input = slots.find(slot => ['input', 'textarea'].includes(slot.tag))
+    if (!input) return
+    this.input = input
+    this.resize()
+    input.elm.addEventListener('blur', this.onBlur)
+    input.elm.addEventListener('focus', this.onFocus)
+    input.elm.addEventListener('paste', this.onPaste)
+    input.elm.addEventListener('keyup', this.onKeyUp)
+    input.elm.addEventListener('keydown', this.onKeyDown)
+    input.elm.addEventListener('transitionend', this.onTransition)
+  },
+  unmounted () {
+    const { input } = this
+    if (input) {
+      input.elm.removeEventListener('blur', this.onBlur)
+      input.elm.removeEventListener('focus', this.onFocus)
+      input.elm.removeEventListener('paste', this.onPaste)
+      input.elm.removeEventListener('keyup', this.onKeyUp)
+      input.elm.removeEventListener('keydown', this.onKeyDown)
+      input.elm.removeEventListener('transitionend', this.onTransition)
     }
   },
   methods: {
@@ -54,27 +122,35 @@ const EmojiInput = {
       this.$emit('input', newValue)
       this.caret = 0
     },
-    replaceEmoji (e) {
+    replaceText (e) {
       const len = this.suggestions.length || 0
-      if (this.textAtCaret === ':' || e.ctrlKey) { return }
+      if (this.textAtCaret.length === 1) { return }
       if (len > 0) {
-        e.preventDefault()
-        const emoji = this.suggestions[this.highlighted]
-        const replacement = emoji.utf || (emoji.shortcode + ' ')
+        const suggestion = this.suggestions[this.highlighted]
+        const replacement = suggestion.replacement
         const newValue = Completion.replaceWord(this.value, this.wordAtCaret, replacement)
         this.$emit('input', newValue)
-        this.caret = 0
         this.highlighted = 0
+        const position = this.wordAtCaret.start + replacement.length
+
+        this.$nextTick(function () {
+          // Re-focus inputbox after clicking suggestion
+          this.input.elm.focus()
+          // Set selection right after the replacement instead of the very end
+          this.input.elm.setSelectionRange(position, position)
+          this.caret = position
+        })
+        e.preventDefault()
       }
     },
     cycleBackward (e) {
       const len = this.suggestions.length || 0
       if (len > 0) {
-        e.preventDefault()
         this.highlighted -= 1
         if (this.highlighted < 0) {
           this.highlighted = this.suggestions.length - 1
         }
+        e.preventDefault()
       } else {
         this.highlighted = 0
       }
@@ -82,24 +158,74 @@ const EmojiInput = {
     cycleForward (e) {
       const len = this.suggestions.length || 0
       if (len > 0) {
-        if (e.shiftKey) { return }
-        e.preventDefault()
         this.highlighted += 1
         if (this.highlighted >= len) {
           this.highlighted = 0
         }
+        e.preventDefault()
       } else {
         this.highlighted = 0
       }
     },
-    onKeydown (e) {
-      e.stopPropagation()
+    onTransition (e) {
+      this.resize()
+    },
+    onBlur (e) {
+      // Clicking on any suggestion removes focus from autocomplete,
+      // preventing click handler ever executing.
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        this.focused = false
+        this.setCaret(e)
+        this.resize()
+      }, 200)
+    },
+    onFocus (e) {
+      this.focused = true
+      this.setCaret(e)
+      this.resize()
+    },
+    onKeyUp (e) {
+      this.setCaret(e)
+      this.resize()
+    },
+    onPaste (e) {
+      this.setCaret(e)
+      this.resize()
+    },
+    onKeyDown (e) {
+      this.setCaret(e)
+      this.resize()
+
+      const { ctrlKey, shiftKey, key } = e
+      if (key === 'Tab') {
+        if (shiftKey) {
+          this.cycleBackward(e)
+        } else {
+          this.cycleForward(e)
+        }
+      }
+      if (key === 'ArrowUp') {
+        this.cycleBackward(e)
+      } else if (key === 'ArrowDown') {
+        this.cycleForward(e)
+      }
+      if (key === 'Enter') {
+        if (!ctrlKey) {
+          this.replaceText(e)
+        }
+      }
     },
     onInput (e) {
       this.$emit('input', e.target.value)
     },
-    setCaret ({target: {selectionStart}}) {
+    setCaret ({ target: { selectionStart } }) {
       this.caret = selectionStart
+    },
+    resize () {
+      const { panel } = this.$refs
+      if (!panel) return
+      const { offsetHeight, offsetTop } = this.input.elm
+      this.$refs.panel.style.top = (offsetTop + offsetHeight) + 'px'
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/emoji-input/emoji-input.vue b/src/components/emoji-input/emoji-input.vue
index 338b77cd..8437a495 100644
--- a/src/components/emoji-input/emoji-input.vue
+++ b/src/components/emoji-input/emoji-input.vue
@@ -1,54 +1,27 @@
 <template>
-  <div class="emoji-input">
-    <input
-      v-if="type !== 'textarea'"
-      :class="classname"
-      :type="type"
-      :value="value"
-      :placeholder="placeholder"
-      @input="onInput"
-      @click="setCaret"
-      @keyup="setCaret"
-      @keydown="onKeydown"
-      @keydown.down="cycleForward"
-      @keydown.up="cycleBackward"
-      @keydown.shift.tab="cycleBackward"
-      @keydown.tab="cycleForward"
-      @keydown.enter="replaceEmoji"
-    />
-    <textarea
-      v-else
-      :class="classname"
-      :value="value"
-      :placeholder="placeholder"
-      @input="onInput"
-      @click="setCaret"
-      @keyup="setCaret"
-      @keydown="onKeydown"
-      @keydown.down="cycleForward"
-      @keydown.up="cycleBackward"
-      @keydown.shift.tab="cycleBackward"
-      @keydown.tab="cycleForward"
-      @keydown.enter="replaceEmoji"
-    ></textarea>
-    <div class="autocomplete-panel" v-if="suggestions">
-      <div class="autocomplete-panel-body">
-        <div
-          v-for="(emoji, index) in suggestions"
-          :key="index"
-          @click="replace(emoji.utf || (emoji.shortcode + ' '))"
-          class="autocomplete-item"
-          :class="{ highlighted: emoji.highlighted }"
+<div class="emoji-input">
+  <slot></slot>
+  <div ref="panel" class="autocomplete-panel" :class="{ hide: !showPopup }">
+    <div class="autocomplete-panel-body">
+      <div
+        v-for="(suggestion, index) in suggestions"
+        :key="index"
+        @click.stop.prevent="replaceText"
+        class="autocomplete-item"
+        :class="{ highlighted: suggestion.highlighted }"
         >
-          <span v-if="emoji.img">
-            <img :src="emoji.img" />
-          </span>
-          <span v-else>{{emoji.utf}}</span>
-          <span>{{emoji.shortcode}}</span>
+        <span class="image">
+          <img v-if="suggestion.img":src="suggestion.img" />
+          <span v-else>{{suggestion.replacement}}</span>
+        </span>
+        <div class="label">
+          <span class="displayText">{{suggestion.displayText}}</span>
+          <span class="detailText">{{suggestion.detailText}}</span>
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
+</div>
 </template>
 
 <script src="./emoji-input.js"></script>
@@ -57,8 +30,82 @@
 @import '../../_variables.scss';
 
 .emoji-input {
-  .form-control {
-    width: 100%;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+
+  .autocomplete {
+    &-panel {
+      position: absolute;
+      z-index: 9;
+      margin-top: 2px;
+
+      &.hide {
+        display: none
+      }
+
+      &-body {
+        margin: 0 0.5em 0 0.5em;
+        border-radius: $fallback--tooltipRadius;
+        border-radius: var(--tooltipRadius, $fallback--tooltipRadius);
+        box-shadow: 1px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+        box-shadow: var(--popupShadow);
+        min-width: 75%;
+        background: $fallback--bg;
+        background: var(--bg, $fallback--bg);
+        color: $fallback--lightText;
+        color: var(--lightText, $fallback--lightText);
+      }
+    }
+
+    &-item {
+      display: flex;
+      cursor: pointer;
+      padding: 0.2em 0.4em;
+      border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
+      height: 32px;
+
+      .image {
+        width: 32px;
+        height: 32px;
+        line-height: 32px;
+        text-align: center;
+        font-size: 32px;
+
+        margin-right: 4px;
+
+        img {
+          width: 32px;
+          height: 32px;
+          object-fit: contain;
+        }
+      }
+
+      .label {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        justify-content: center;
+        margin: 0 0.1em 0 0.2em;
+
+        .displayText {
+          line-height: 1.5;
+        }
+
+        .detailText {
+          font-size: 9px;
+          line-height: 9px;
+        }
+      }
+
+      &.highlighted {
+        background-color: $fallback--fg;
+        background-color: var(--lightBg, $fallback--fg);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  input, textarea {
+    flex: 1 0 auto;
   }
 }
 </style>
diff --git a/src/components/emoji-input/suggestor.js b/src/components/emoji-input/suggestor.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7ac203e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/emoji-input/suggestor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/**
+ * suggest - generates a suggestor function to be used by emoji-input
+ * data: object providing source information for specific types of suggestions:
+ * data.emoji - optional, an array of all emoji available i.e.
+ *   (state.instance.emoji + state.instance.customEmoji)
+ * data.users - optional, an array of all known users
+ *
+ * Depending on data present one or both (or none) can be present, so if field
+ * doesn't support user linking you can just provide only emoji.
+ */
+export default data => input => {
+  const firstChar = input[0]
+  if (firstChar === ':' && data.emoji) {
+    return suggestEmoji(data.emoji)(input)
+  }
+  if (firstChar === '@' && data.users) {
+    return suggestUsers(data.users)(input)
+  }
+  return []
+}
+
+export const suggestEmoji = emojis => input => {
+  const noPrefix = input.toLowerCase().substr(1)
+  return emojis
+    .filter(({ displayText }) => displayText.toLowerCase().startsWith(noPrefix))
+    .sort((a, b) => {
+      let aScore = 0
+      let bScore = 0
+
+      // Make custom emojis a priority
+      aScore += a.imageUrl ? 10 : 0
+      bScore += b.imageUrl ? 10 : 0
+
+      // Sort alphabetically
+      const alphabetically = a.displayText > b.displayText ? 1 : -1
+
+      return bScore - aScore + alphabetically
+    })
+}
+
+export const suggestUsers = users => input => {
+  const noPrefix = input.toLowerCase().substr(1)
+  return users.filter(
+    user =>
+      user.screen_name.toLowerCase().startsWith(noPrefix) ||
+      user.name.toLowerCase().startsWith(noPrefix)
+
+    /* taking only 20 results so that sorting is a bit cheaper, we display
+     * only 5 anyway. could be inaccurate, but we ideally we should query
+     * backend anyway
+     */
+  ).slice(0, 20).sort((a, b) => {
+    let aScore = 0
+    let bScore = 0
+
+    // Matches on screen name (i.e. user@instance) makes a priority
+    aScore += a.screen_name.toLowerCase().startsWith(noPrefix) ? 2 : 0
+    bScore += b.screen_name.toLowerCase().startsWith(noPrefix) ? 2 : 0
+
+    // Matches on name takes second priority
+    aScore += a.name.toLowerCase().startsWith(noPrefix) ? 1 : 0
+    bScore += b.name.toLowerCase().startsWith(noPrefix) ? 1 : 0
+
+    const diff = (bScore - aScore) * 10
+
+    // Then sort alphabetically
+    const nameAlphabetically = a.name > b.name ? 1 : -1
+    const screenNameAlphabetically = a.screen_name > b.screen_name ? 1 : -1
+
+    return diff + nameAlphabetically + screenNameAlphabetically
+    /* eslint-disable camelcase */
+  }).map(({ screen_name, name, profile_image_url_original }) => ({
+    displayText: screen_name,
+    detailText: name,
+    imageUrl: profile_image_url_original,
+    replacement: '@' + screen_name + ' '
+  }))
+  /* eslint-enable camelcase */
+}
diff --git a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
index a2dbf736..a7874acd 100644
--- a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
+++ b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ import MediaUpload from '../media_upload/media_upload.vue'
 import ScopeSelector from '../scope_selector/scope_selector.vue'
 import EmojiInput from '../emoji-input/emoji-input.vue'
 import fileTypeService from '../../services/file_type/file_type.service.js'
-import Completion from '../../services/completion/completion.js'
-import { take, filter, reject, map, uniqBy } from 'lodash'
+import { reject, map, uniqBy } from 'lodash'
+import suggestor from '../emoji-input/suggestor.js'
 
-const buildMentionsString = ({user, attentions}, currentUser) => {
+const buildMentionsString = ({ user, attentions }, currentUser) => {
   let allAttentions = [...attentions]
 
   allAttentions.unshift(user)
 
   allAttentions = uniqBy(allAttentions, 'id')
-  allAttentions = reject(allAttentions, {id: currentUser.id})
+  allAttentions = reject(allAttentions, { id: currentUser.id })
 
   let mentions = map(allAttentions, (attention) => {
     return `@${attention.screen_name}`
@@ -48,17 +48,17 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
     let statusText = preset || ''
 
     const scopeCopy = typeof this.$store.state.config.scopeCopy === 'undefined'
-          ? this.$store.state.instance.scopeCopy
-          : this.$store.state.config.scopeCopy
+      ? this.$store.state.instance.scopeCopy
+      : this.$store.state.config.scopeCopy
 
     if (this.replyTo) {
       const currentUser = this.$store.state.users.currentUser
       statusText = buildMentionsString({ user: this.repliedUser, attentions: this.attentions }, currentUser)
     }
 
-    const scope = (this.copyMessageScope && scopeCopy || this.copyMessageScope === 'direct')
-          ? this.copyMessageScope
-          : this.$store.state.users.currentUser.default_scope
+    const scope = ((this.copyMessageScope && scopeCopy) || this.copyMessageScope === 'direct')
+      ? this.copyMessageScope
+      : this.$store.state.users.currentUser.default_scope
 
     const contentType = typeof this.$store.state.config.postContentType === 'undefined'
       ? this.$store.state.instance.postContentType
@@ -82,50 +82,6 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
     }
   },
   computed: {
-    candidates () {
-      const firstchar = this.textAtCaret.charAt(0)
-      if (firstchar === '@') {
-        const query = this.textAtCaret.slice(1).toUpperCase()
-        const matchedUsers = filter(this.users, (user) => {
-          return user.screen_name.toUpperCase().startsWith(query) ||
-            user.name && user.name.toUpperCase().startsWith(query)
-        })
-        if (matchedUsers.length <= 0) {
-          return false
-        }
-        // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
-        return map(take(matchedUsers, 5), ({screen_name, name, profile_image_url_original}, index) => ({
-          // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
-          screen_name: `@${screen_name}`,
-          name: name,
-          img: profile_image_url_original,
-          highlighted: index === this.highlighted
-        }))
-      } else if (firstchar === ':') {
-        if (this.textAtCaret === ':') { return }
-        const matchedEmoji = filter(this.emoji.concat(this.customEmoji), (emoji) => emoji.shortcode.startsWith(this.textAtCaret.slice(1)))
-        if (matchedEmoji.length <= 0) {
-          return false
-        }
-        return map(take(matchedEmoji, 5), ({shortcode, image_url, utf}, index) => ({
-          screen_name: `:${shortcode}:`,
-          name: '',
-          utf: utf || '',
-          // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
-          img: utf ? '' : this.$store.state.instance.server + image_url,
-          highlighted: index === this.highlighted
-        }))
-      } else {
-        return false
-      }
-    },
-    textAtCaret () {
-      return (this.wordAtCaret || {}).word || ''
-    },
-    wordAtCaret () {
-      const word = Completion.wordAtPosition(this.newStatus.status, this.caret - 1) || {}
-      return word
-    },
     users () {
       return this.$store.state.users.users
     },
@@ -134,10 +90,27 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
     },
     showAllScopes () {
       const minimalScopesMode = typeof this.$store.state.config.minimalScopesMode === 'undefined'
-            ? this.$store.state.instance.minimalScopesMode
-            : this.$store.state.config.minimalScopesMode
+        ? this.$store.state.instance.minimalScopesMode
+        : this.$store.state.config.minimalScopesMode
       return !minimalScopesMode
     },
+    emojiUserSuggestor () {
+      return suggestor({
+        emoji: [
+          ...this.$store.state.instance.emoji,
+          ...this.$store.state.instance.customEmoji
+        ],
+        users: this.$store.state.users.users
+      })
+    },
+    emojiSuggestor () {
+      return suggestor({
+        emoji: [
+          ...this.$store.state.instance.emoji,
+          ...this.$store.state.instance.customEmoji
+        ]
+      })
+    },
     emoji () {
       return this.$store.state.instance.emoji || []
     },
@@ -185,57 +158,6 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
     }
   },
   methods: {
-    replace (replacement) {
-      this.newStatus.status = Completion.replaceWord(this.newStatus.status, this.wordAtCaret, replacement)
-      const el = this.$el.querySelector('textarea')
-      el.focus()
-      this.caret = 0
-    },
-    replaceCandidate (e) {
-      const len = this.candidates.length || 0
-      if (this.textAtCaret === ':' || e.ctrlKey) { return }
-      if (len > 0) {
-        e.preventDefault()
-        const candidate = this.candidates[this.highlighted]
-        const replacement = candidate.utf || (candidate.screen_name + ' ')
-        this.newStatus.status = Completion.replaceWord(this.newStatus.status, this.wordAtCaret, replacement)
-        const el = this.$el.querySelector('textarea')
-        el.focus()
-        this.caret = 0
-        this.highlighted = 0
-      }
-    },
-    cycleBackward (e) {
-      const len = this.candidates.length || 0
-      if (len > 0) {
-        e.preventDefault()
-        this.highlighted -= 1
-        if (this.highlighted < 0) {
-          this.highlighted = this.candidates.length - 1
-        }
-      } else {
-        this.highlighted = 0
-      }
-    },
-    cycleForward (e) {
-      const len = this.candidates.length || 0
-      if (len > 0) {
-        if (e.shiftKey) { return }
-        e.preventDefault()
-        this.highlighted += 1
-        if (this.highlighted >= len) {
-          this.highlighted = 0
-        }
-      } else {
-        this.highlighted = 0
-      }
-    },
-    onKeydown (e) {
-      e.stopPropagation()
-    },
-    setCaret ({target: {selectionStart}}) {
-      this.caret = selectionStart
-    },
     postStatus (newStatus) {
       if (this.posting) { return }
       if (this.submitDisabled) { return }
@@ -314,7 +236,7 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
     },
     fileDrop (e) {
       if (e.dataTransfer.files.length > 0) {
-        e.preventDefault()  // allow dropping text like before
+        e.preventDefault() // allow dropping text like before
         this.dropFiles = e.dataTransfer.files
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
index 08ecd576..9929aab0 100644
--- a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
+++ b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
@@ -33,30 +33,39 @@
       </p>
       <EmojiInput
         v-if="newStatus.spoilerText || alwaysShowSubject"
-        type="text"
-        :placeholder="$t('post_status.content_warning')"
+        :suggest="emojiSuggestor"
         v-model="newStatus.spoilerText"
-        classname="form-control"
-      />
-      <textarea
-        ref="textarea"
-        @click="setCaret"
-        @keyup="setCaret" v-model="newStatus.status" :placeholder="$t('post_status.default')" rows="1" class="form-control"
-        @keydown="onKeydown"
-        @keydown.down="cycleForward"
-        @keydown.up="cycleBackward"
-        @keydown.shift.tab="cycleBackward"
-        @keydown.tab="cycleForward"
-        @keydown.enter="replaceCandidate"
-        @keydown.meta.enter="postStatus(newStatus)"
-        @keyup.ctrl.enter="postStatus(newStatus)"
-        @drop="fileDrop"
-        @dragover.prevent="fileDrag"
-        @input="resize"
-        @paste="paste"
-        :disabled="posting"
-      >
-      </textarea>
+        class="form-control"
+        >
+        <input
+
+          type="text"
+          :placeholder="$t('post_status.content_warning')"
+          v-model="newStatus.spoilerText"
+          class="form-post-subject"
+          />
+      </EmojiInput>
+      <EmojiInput
+        :suggest="emojiUserSuggestor"
+        v-model="newStatus.status"
+        class="form-control"
+        >
+        <textarea
+          ref="textarea"
+          v-model="newStatus.status"
+          :placeholder="$t('post_status.default')"
+          rows="1"
+          @keydown.meta.enter="postStatus(newStatus)"
+          @keyup.ctrl.enter="postStatus(newStatus)"
+          @drop="fileDrop"
+          @dragover.prevent="fileDrag"
+          @input="resize"
+          @paste="paste"
+          :disabled="posting"
+          class="form-post-body"
+        >
+        </textarea>
+      </EmojiInput>
       <div class="visibility-tray">
         <div class="text-format" v-if="postFormats.length > 1">
           <label for="post-content-type" class="select">
@@ -82,21 +91,6 @@
           :onScopeChange="changeVis"/>
       </div>
     </div>
-    <div class="autocomplete-panel" v-if="candidates">
-        <div class="autocomplete-panel-body">
-          <div
-            v-for="(candidate, index) in candidates"
-            :key="index"
-            @click="replace(candidate.utf || (candidate.screen_name + ' '))"
-            class="autocomplete-item"
-            :class="{ highlighted: candidate.highlighted }"
-          >
-            <span v-if="candidate.img"><img :src="candidate.img" /></span>
-            <span v-else>{{candidate.utf}}</span>
-            <span>{{candidate.screen_name}}<small>{{candidate.name}}</small></span>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
       <div class='form-bottom'>
         <media-upload ref="mediaUpload" @uploading="disableSubmit" @uploaded="addMediaFile" @upload-failed="uploadFailed" :drop-files="dropFiles"></media-upload>
 
@@ -276,7 +270,7 @@
     min-height: 1px;
   }
 
-  form textarea.form-control {
+  .form-post-body {
     line-height:16px;
     resize: none;
     overflow: hidden;
@@ -285,7 +279,7 @@
     box-sizing: content-box;
   }
 
-  form textarea.form-control:focus {
+  .form-post-body:focus {
     min-height: 48px;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
index 19d9a9ac..9dafcbd8 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ const Timeline = {
   },
   methods: {
     handleShortKey (e) {
+      // Ignore when input fields are focused
+      if (['textarea', 'input'].includes(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase())) return
       if (e.key === '.') this.showNewStatuses()
     },
     showNewStatuses () {
diff --git a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
index 37d9e61b..ced3efaa 100644
--- a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
+++ b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import MuteCard from '../mute_card/mute_card.vue'
 import SelectableList from '../selectable_list/selectable_list.vue'
 import ProgressButton from '../progress_button/progress_button.vue'
 import EmojiInput from '../emoji-input/emoji-input.vue'
+import suggestor from '../emoji-input/suggestor.js'
 import Autosuggest from '../autosuggest/autosuggest.vue'
 import Importer from '../importer/importer.vue'
 import Exporter from '../exporter/exporter.vue'
@@ -85,6 +86,21 @@ const UserSettings = {
     user () {
       return this.$store.state.users.currentUser
     },
+    emojiUserSuggestor () {
+      return suggestor({
+        emoji: [
+          ...this.$store.state.instance.emoji,
+          ...this.$store.state.instance.customEmoji
+        ],
+        users: this.$store.state.users.users
+      })
+    },
+    emojiSuggestor () {
+      return suggestor({ emoji: [
+        ...this.$store.state.instance.emoji,
+        ...this.$store.state.instance.customEmoji
+      ]})
+    },
     pleromaBackend () {
       return this.$store.state.instance.pleromaBackend
     },
diff --git a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue
index bbe41f11..94f1b1f1 100644
--- a/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_settings/user_settings.vue
@@ -22,18 +22,20 @@
           <div class="setting-item" >
             <h2>{{$t('settings.name_bio')}}</h2>
             <p>{{$t('settings.name')}}</p>
-            <EmojiInput
-              type="text"
-              v-model="newName"
-              id="username"
-              classname="name-changer"
-            />
+            <EmojiInput :suggest="emojiSuggestor" v-model="newName">
+              <input
+                v-model="newName"
+                id="username"
+                classname="name-changer"
+              />
+            </EmojiInput>
             <p>{{$t('settings.bio')}}</p>
-            <EmojiInput
-              type="textarea"
-              v-model="newBio"
-              classname="bio"
-            />
+            <EmojiInput :suggest="emojiUserSuggestor" v-model="newBio">
+              <textarea
+                v-model="newBio"
+                classname="bio"
+                />
+            </EmojiInput>
             <p>
               <input type="checkbox" v-model="newLocked" id="account-locked">
               <label for="account-locked">{{$t('settings.lock_account_description')}}</label>