I had hoped for a better suggestion. IMHO, tree views for showing directories and files are a - err - suboptimal approach.

There is no exact date. Does the intermediate build work fine for you?

In build 13202 you can set the low-level property ui.fonts.useDefaultAsInfo to true to get this effect.

This will be fixed in build 13202.

What operating system at what resolution (pixels/dpi) you are using?

BTW, on Windows 10 it is possible to enter emojis using Windows+. (dot key).

Just curious: for what reason you would like to have emoji-support? For commit messages?