---
title: Reactions
description: Emoji reactions on comments.
navigation:
  icon: i-lucide-smile
seo:
  description: Configure emoji reactions for comments.
---

## Default Reactions

Six emoji reactions are available out of the box:

| Key | Emoji | Label |
|-----|-------|-------|
| `thumbs_up` | :thumbsup: | Like |
| `heart` | :heart: | Love |
| `celebrate` | :tada: | Celebrate |
| `laugh` | :smile: | Laugh |
| `thinking` | :thinking: | Thinking |
| `sad` | :cry: | Sad |

## How Reactions Work

- Each user can add one reaction of each type per comment
- Clicking the same reaction again removes it (toggle behavior)
- The reaction summary shows which users reacted with each emoji
- A `CommentReacted` event is dispatched with `action: 'added'` or `'removed'`

## Customizing Reactions

Override the emoji set in your config:

```php
// config/comments.php
'reactions' => [
    'emoji_set' => [
        'thumbs_up' => "\u{1F44D}",
        'thumbs_down' => "\u{1F44E}",
        'heart' => "\u{2764}\u{FE0F}",
        'fire' => "\u{1F525}",
        'eyes' => "\u{1F440}",
    ],
],
```

Keys are stored in the database. If you change a key, existing reactions with the old key will no longer display.

## Storage

Reactions are stored in the `comment_reactions` table with a unique constraint on `(comment_id, user_id, user_type, reaction)`, ensuring one reaction of each type per user per comment.