admin/src/definitions/DefinitionsTab.css

@@ -583,3 +583,14 @@
   color: var(--nq-a-ink-secondary);
   font-style: italic;
 }
+
+.defs-sublabel {
+  margin-top: 4px;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: var(--nq-a-ink-secondary);
+}
+
+.defs-emoji {
+  line-height: 1;
+}

admin/src/definitions/DefinitionsTab.test.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { act, cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor, within } from "@testing-library/react";
 import DefinitionsTab from "./DefinitionsTab";
-import { DEFINITION_ICONS, DefinitionIcon, normalizeDefinitionIconName } from "./definitionIcons";
+import {
+  DEFINITION_ICONS,
+  DefinitionIcon,
+  FA_DEFINITION_ICONS,
+  emojiIconKey,
+  faIconName,
+  findDefinitionIcon,
+  normalizeDefinitionIconName,
+} from "./definitionIcons";
 import type { AdminChild, DefinitionRule, QuestDefinition } from "../api/definitions";
 import { storeTokens } from "../auth/oidc";
 
@@ -1166,7 +1174,7 @@ describe("DefinitionsTab namespaced icons", () => {
     });
   }
 
-  for (const icon of ["fa:dog", "emoji:🐶", "mystery:dog"]) {
+  for (const icon of ["mystery:dog", "lucide:not-an-icon", "fa:not-an-icon", "emoji:a b"]) {
     it(`renders the fallback tile and selects nothing for ${icon}`, async () => {
       await renderReady([{ ...BRUSH, id: 31, icon }]);
       const row = screen.getByTestId("definition-31");
@@ -1174,9 +1182,11 @@ describe("DefinitionsTab namespaced icons", () => {
 
       fireEvent.click(row);
       const s = sheet();
-      const group = within(s).getByRole("radiogroup", { name: "Icon" });
-      for (const radio of within(group).getAllByRole("radio")) {
-        expect(radio.getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("false");
+      for (const name of ["Icon", "Font Awesome"]) {
+        const group = within(s).getByRole("radiogroup", { name });
+        for (const radio of within(group).getAllByRole("radio")) {
+          expect(radio.getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("false");
+        }
       }
     });
   }
@@ -1207,6 +1217,231 @@ describe("DefinitionsTab namespaced icons", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("DefinitionsTab Font Awesome and emoji icons", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    sessionStorage.clear();
+    storeTokens({ access_token: "at-123", expires_in: 600 });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup();
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  /** What a row draws: `svg:<data-icon>`, `emoji:<text>`, or `fallback`. */
+  function rowGlyph(row: HTMLElement): string {
+    const glyph = row.querySelector(".defs-row-glyph");
+    const emoji = glyph!.querySelector("[data-emoji]");
+    if (emoji) return `emoji:${emoji.textContent}`;
+    const svg = glyph!.querySelector("svg");
+    expect(svg).not.toBeNull();
+    const name = svg!.getAttribute("data-icon");
+    if (name === null) return "fallback";
+    return `${svg!.getAttribute("fill") === "none" ? "lucide" : "fa"}:${name}`;
+  }
+
+  function radio(s: HTMLElement, group: "Icon" | "Font Awesome", label: string): HTMLElement {
+    return within(within(s).getByRole("radiogroup", { name: group })).getByRole("radio", {
+      name: label,
+    });
+  }
+
+  function emojiInput(s: HTMLElement): HTMLInputElement {
+    return within(s).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Emoji" }) as HTMLInputElement;
+  }
+
+  async function save(s: HTMLElement) {
+    await act(async () => {
+      fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("button", { name: "Save changes" }));
+    });
+  }
+
+  function fillNewTask(s: HTMLElement) {
+    fireEvent.change(within(s).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Title" }), {
+      target: { value: "Walk the dog" },
+    });
+    fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("button", { name: /Assigned children/ }));
+    fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("checkbox", { name: "Declan" }));
+    fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("button", { name: "Morning" }));
+  }
+
+  it("ships the curated Font Awesome subset, each drawn as a filled glyph", () => {
+    expect(FA_DEFINITION_ICONS.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    for (const entry of FA_DEFINITION_ICONS) {
+      expect(entry.kind).toBe("fa");
+      expect(findDefinitionIcon(`fa:${entry.name}`)).toBe(entry);
+      const { container, unmount } = render(<DefinitionIcon name={`fa:${entry.name}`} />);
+      const svg = container.querySelector("svg");
+      expect(svg, entry.name).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(svg!.getAttribute("data-icon")).toBe(entry.name);
+      expect(svg!.getAttribute("fill")).toBe("currentColor");
+      unmount();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("builds and validates emoji keys like the registry", () => {
+    expect(emojiIconKey("🐶")).toBe("emoji:🐶");
+    expect(emojiIconKey("👨‍👩‍👧‍👦")).toBe("emoji:👨‍👩‍👧‍👦");
+    expect(emojiIconKey("⭐".repeat(8))).toBe(`emoji:${"⭐".repeat(8)}`);
+    for (const bad of ["", "   ", " 🐶 ", "🐶 ", "\t🐶", "⭐".repeat(9), "a b", "<b>", "a&b", "🐶\u0007"]) {
+      expect(emojiIconKey(bad), JSON.stringify(bad)).toBeNull();
+    }
+    expect(faIconName("fa:dog")).toBe("dog");
+    expect(faIconName("lucide:dog")).toBeNull();
+    expect(faIconName(null)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("renders lucide, legacy, fa and emoji rows, and the fallback for none or unknown", async () => {
+    await renderReady([
+      { ...BRUSH, id: 40, icon: "lucide:dog" },
+      { ...BRUSH, id: 41, title: "Task 41", icon: "dog" },
+      { ...BRUSH, id: 42, title: "Task 42", icon: "fa:dog" },
+      { ...BRUSH, id: 43, title: "Task 43", icon: "emoji:🐶" },
+      { ...BRUSH, id: 44, title: "Task 44", icon: null },
+      { ...BRUSH, id: 45, title: "Task 45", icon: "" },
+      { ...BRUSH, id: 46, title: "Task 46", icon: "mystery:dog" },
+    ]);
+    expect(rowGlyph(screen.getByTestId("definition-40"))).toBe("lucide:dog");
+    expect(rowGlyph(screen.getByTestId("definition-41"))).toBe("lucide:dog");
+    expect(rowGlyph(screen.getByTestId("definition-42"))).toBe("fa:dog");
+    expect(rowGlyph(screen.getByTestId("definition-43"))).toBe("emoji:🐶");
+    expect(rowGlyph(screen.getByTestId("definition-44"))).toBe("fallback");
+    expect(rowGlyph(screen.getByTestId("definition-45"))).toBe("fallback");
+    expect(rowGlyph(screen.getByTestId("definition-46"))).toBe("fallback");
+  });
+
+  it("a Font Awesome choice is POSTed as fa:<name> and renders on its row", async () => {
+    await renderReady();
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New" }));
+    const s = sheet();
+    fillNewTask(s);
+    fireEvent.click(radio(s, "Font Awesome", "Dog"));
+    expect(radio(s, "Font Awesome", "Dog").getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("true");
+    expect(radio(s, "Font Awesome", "Dog").className).toContain("defs-icon--on");
+    expect(radio(s, "Icon", "Dog").getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("false");
+    expect(radio(s, "Icon", "No icon").getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("false");
+
+    await save(s);
+    expect(api.writes()).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(api.writes()[0].method).toBe("POST");
+    expect((api.writes()[0].body as { icon: string }).icon).toBe("fa:dog");
+    expect(rowGlyph(await screen.findByTestId("definition-99"))).toBe("fa:dog");
+  });
+
+  it("a typed emoji is POSTed as emoji:<grapheme> and renders on its row", async () => {
+    await renderReady();
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New" }));
+    const s = sheet();
+    fillNewTask(s);
+    fireEvent.change(emojiInput(s), { target: { value: "🐶" } });
+    expect(radio(s, "Icon", "No icon").getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("false");
+
+    await save(s);
+    expect(api.writes()).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect((api.writes()[0].body as { icon: string }).icon).toBe("emoji:🐶");
+    expect(rowGlyph(await screen.findByTestId("definition-99"))).toBe("emoji:🐶");
+  });
+
+  it("a Lucide choice is POSTed as lucide:<name> after an emoji was typed", async () => {
+    await renderReady();
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "New" }));
+    const s = sheet();
+    fillNewTask(s);
+    fireEvent.change(emojiInput(s), { target: { value: "🐶" } });
+    fireEvent.click(radio(s, "Icon", "Dog"));
+    expect(emojiInput(s).value).toBe("");
+
+    await save(s);
+    expect((api.writes()[0].body as { icon: string }).icon).toBe("lucide:dog");
+    expect(rowGlyph(await screen.findByTestId("definition-99"))).toBe("lucide:dog");
+  });
+
+  for (const bad of [" 🐶 ", "🐶 ", "   ", "a b", "<b>", "a&b", "⭐".repeat(9)]) {
+    it(`an invalid emoji entry ${JSON.stringify(bad)} is not saved`, async () => {
+      await renderReady([{ ...BRUSH, id: 50, icon: "lucide:dog" }]);
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("definition-50"));
+      const s = sheet();
+      fireEvent.change(emojiInput(s), { target: { value: bad } });
+
+      await save(s);
+      expect(api.writes()).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(within(s).getByText(/Enter a single emoji/)).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(screen.getByRole("dialog")).toBe(s);
+    });
+  }
+
+  it("prefills a fa:<name> task and PATCHes an emoji replacement", async () => {
+    await renderReady([{ ...BRUSH, id: 51, icon: "fa:dog" }]);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("definition-51"));
+    const s = sheet();
+    expect(radio(s, "Font Awesome", "Dog").getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("true");
+    expect(radio(s, "Icon", "Dog").getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("false");
+    expect(radio(s, "Icon", "No icon").getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("false");
+    expect(emojiInput(s).value).toBe("");
+
+    fireEvent.change(emojiInput(s), { target: { value: "🐱" } });
+    expect(radio(s, "Font Awesome", "Dog").getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("false");
+    await save(s);
+    const { method, path, body } = api.writes()[0];
+    expect(method).toBe("PATCH");
+    expect(path).toBe("/api/v1/admin/quest-definitions/51");
+    expect((body as { icon: string }).icon).toBe("emoji:🐱");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(rowGlyph(screen.getByTestId("definition-51"))).toBe("emoji:🐱"));
+  });
+
+  it("prefills an emoji:<grapheme> task and PATCHes a Font Awesome replacement", async () => {
+    await renderReady([{ ...BRUSH, id: 52, icon: "emoji:🐶" }]);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("definition-52"));
+    const s = sheet();
+    expect(emojiInput(s).value).toBe("🐶");
+    expect(radio(s, "Icon", "No icon").getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("false");
+    for (const name of ["Icon", "Font Awesome"]) {
+      const group = within(s).getByRole("radiogroup", { name });
+      expect(within(group).queryAllByRole("radio", { checked: true })).toHaveLength(0);
+    }
+
+    fireEvent.click(radio(s, "Font Awesome", "Pets"));
+    expect(emojiInput(s).value).toBe("");
+    await save(s);
+    expect((api.writes()[0].body as { icon: string }).icon).toBe("fa:paw");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(rowGlyph(screen.getByTestId("definition-52"))).toBe("fa:paw"));
+  });
+
+  it("an unchanged emoji is sent as-is on edit", async () => {
+    await renderReady([{ ...BRUSH, id: 53, icon: "emoji:🐶" }]);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("definition-53"));
+    const s = sheet();
+    fireEvent.change(within(s).getByRole("textbox", { name: "Title" }), {
+      target: { value: "Feed the dog" },
+    });
+    await save(s);
+    expect((api.writes()[0].body as { icon: string }).icon).toBe("emoji:🐶");
+  });
+
+  it("No icon and an emptied emoji field both clear the icon to null", async () => {
+    await renderReady([
+      { ...BRUSH, id: 54, icon: "emoji:🐶" },
+      { ...BRUSH, id: 55, title: "Task 55", icon: "fa:dog" },
+    ]);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("definition-54"));
+    let s = sheet();
+    fireEvent.change(emojiInput(s), { target: { value: "" } });
+    expect(radio(s, "Icon", "No icon").getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("true");
+    await save(s);
+    expect((api.writes()[0].body as { icon: string | null }).icon).toBeNull();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeNull());
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("definition-55"));
+    s = sheet();
+    fireEvent.click(radio(s, "Icon", "No icon"));
+    expect(radio(s, "Font Awesome", "Dog").getAttribute("aria-checked")).toBe("false");
+    await save(s);
+    expect((api.writes()[1].body as { icon: string | null }).icon).toBeNull();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(rowGlyph(screen.getByTestId("definition-55"))).toBe("fallback"));
+  });
+});
+
 /* ── Start date ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 function startDateInput(s: HTMLElement): HTMLInputElement {

admin/src/definitions/DefinitionsTab.tsx

@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ import {
 import {
   DEFINITION_ICONS,
   DefinitionIcon,
+  FA_DEFINITION_ICONS,
+  emojiIconKey,
+  emojiIconText,
+  faIconKey,
+  faIconName,
   lucideIconKey,
   normalizeDefinitionIconName,
 } from "./definitionIcons";
@@ -84,8 +89,13 @@ const WEEKDAY_LONG = ["Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "S
 
 interface Draft {
   title: string;
-  /** A Lucide name; a legacy value outside the subset is kept until replaced. */
+  /**
+   * The stored icon key (`lucide:`, `fa:` or `emoji:`); a legacy value
+   * outside the curated sets is kept until replaced.
+   */
   icon: string | null;
+  /** The emoji field's text; typing in it sets `icon` to `emoji:<text>`. */
+  emoji: string;
   assigneeIds: number[];
   repeats: Repeats;
   interval: string;
@@ -126,6 +136,7 @@ function newDraft(activeChildren: AdminChild[]): Draft {
   return {
     title: "",
     icon: null,
+    emoji: "",
     assigneeIds: activeChildren.length === 1 ? [activeChildren[0].id] : [],
     repeats: "daily",
     interval: "1",
@@ -151,6 +162,7 @@ function draftFrom(definition: QuestDefinition, activeChildren: AdminChild[]): D
   return {
     title: definition.title,
     icon: definition.icon,
+    emoji: emojiIconText(definition.icon),
     // Inactive children cannot be submitted (the API rejects them with 422).
     assigneeIds: definition.assignees.map((a) => a.id).filter((id) => active.has(id)),
     repeats: REPEATS_BY_RULE[rule.rule_type],
@@ -237,6 +249,9 @@ function buildBody(draft: Draft, keepsAssignees = false): DefinitionCreateBody |
   if (!title) return "Give the task a title.";
   if (draft.assigneeIds.length === 0 && !keepsAssignees) return "Assign at least one child.";
   if (draft.windows.length === 0) return "Pick at least one window.";
+  if (draft.emoji && draft.icon === null) {
+    return "Enter a single emoji (no spaces or < > &), or clear the emoji field.";
+  }
   const rule = buildRule(draft);
   if (typeof rule === "string") return rule;
   const windows: WindowEntry[] = WINDOW_ORDER.filter((w) => draft.windows.includes(w)).map(
@@ -575,10 +590,12 @@ function EditSheet({
               <button
                 type="button"
                 role="radio"
-                aria-checked={draft.icon === null}
+                aria-checked={draft.icon === null && !draft.emoji}
                 aria-label="No icon"
-                className={draft.icon === null ? "defs-icon defs-icon--on" : "defs-icon"}
-                onClick={() => update({ icon: null })}
+                className={
+                  draft.icon === null && !draft.emoji ? "defs-icon defs-icon--on" : "defs-icon"
+                }
+                onClick={() => update({ icon: null, emoji: "" })}
               >
                 <TaskGlyph size={18} />
               </button>
@@ -594,13 +611,46 @@ function EditSheet({
                     aria-label={label}
                     data-icon-option={name}
                     className={on ? "defs-icon defs-icon--on" : "defs-icon"}
-                    onClick={() => update({ icon: lucideIconKey(name) })}
+                    onClick={() => update({ icon: lucideIconKey(name), emoji: "" })}
                   >
                     <GlyphSvg icon={icon} size={18} />
                   </button>
                 );
               })}
             </div>
+            <span className="defs-sublabel" id="defs-label-icon-fa">
+              Font Awesome
+            </span>
+            <div className="defs-icon-grid" role="radiogroup" aria-labelledby="defs-label-icon-fa">
+              {FA_DEFINITION_ICONS.map((icon) => {
+                const { name, label } = icon;
+                const on = faIconName(draft.icon) === name;
+                return (
+                  <button
+                    key={name}
+                    type="button"
+                    role="radio"
+                    aria-checked={on}
+                    aria-label={label}
+                    data-icon-option={faIconKey(name)}
+                    className={on ? "defs-icon defs-icon--on" : "defs-icon"}
+                    onClick={() => update({ icon: faIconKey(name), emoji: "" })}
+                  >
+                    <GlyphSvg icon={icon} size={18} />
+                  </button>
+                );
+              })}
+            </div>
+            <label className="defs-due">
+              <span>Emoji</span>
+              <input
+                className="defs-input"
+                aria-label="Emoji"
+                placeholder="e.g. 🐶"
+                value={draft.emoji}
+                onChange={(e) => update({ emoji: e.target.value, icon: emojiIconKey(e.target.value) })}
+              />
+            </label>
           </Field>
 
           <Field label="Assigned children" id="defs-label-children">

admin/src/definitions/definitionIcons.tsx

@@ -1,26 +1,47 @@
 /**
- * The curated Lucide set a definition's `icon` may name (ADMIN-SPEC §3.3).
- * The names, labels and path data come from the shared icon registry
+ * The icons a definition's `icon` may name (ADMIN-SPEC §3.3): the curated
+ * Lucide set, the curated Font Awesome Free solid subset, or an emoji. The
+ * names, labels and path data come from the shared icon registry
  * (`src/icons/registry.generated.ts`, generated from
  * `tools/icons/curated-icons.json`) — no CDN, no runtime fetch. The stored
- * value is the namespaced `lucide:<kebab-name>`; a legacy bare
- * `<kebab-name>` still names the same Lucide entry.
+ * value is namespaced — `lucide:<name>`, `fa:<name>` or `emoji:<grapheme>` —
+ * and a legacy bare `<kebab-name>` still names the same Lucide entry.
  */
 import { GlyphSvg } from "../icons/GlyphSvg";
-import { LUCIDE_ICONS, resolveIcon, type GlyphIcon } from "../icons/registry.generated";
+import { FA_ICONS, LUCIDE_ICONS, resolveIcon, type GlyphIcon } from "../icons/registry.generated";
 import { TaskGlyph } from "./glyphs";
 
 export type DefinitionIconEntry = GlyphIcon;
 
 export const DEFINITION_ICONS: readonly DefinitionIconEntry[] = LUCIDE_ICONS;
 
+export const FA_DEFINITION_ICONS: readonly DefinitionIconEntry[] = FA_ICONS;
+
 const LUCIDE_PREFIX = "lucide:";
+const FA_PREFIX = "fa:";
+const EMOJI_PREFIX = "emoji:";
 
 /** The canonical stored key for a Lucide choice, e.g. `lucide:dog`. */
 export function lucideIconKey(name: string): string {
   return `${LUCIDE_PREFIX}${name}`;
 }
 
+/** The canonical stored key for a Font Awesome choice, e.g. `fa:dog`. */
+export function faIconKey(name: string): string {
+  return `${FA_PREFIX}${name}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The stored key for typed emoji text, e.g. `emoji:🐶`. The raw text — not
+ * trimmed, as the backend rejects any whitespace — must pass the registry's
+ * emoji check (1-8 code points, no whitespace, control characters or `<`,
+ * `>`, `&`), else null. Only an empty field means "no icon".
+ */
+export function emojiIconKey(text: string): string | null {
+  const key = `${EMOJI_PREFIX}${text}`;
+  return resolveIcon(key).kind === "emoji" ? key : null;
+}
+
 /**
  * The Lucide name an icon value refers to: `lucide:dog` and a legacy bare
  * `dog` both give `dog`. Any other namespace (`fa:`, `emoji:`, unknown) and
@@ -32,19 +53,38 @@ export function normalizeDefinitionIconName(value: string | null): string | null
   return value.includes(":") ? null : value;
 }
 
+/** The Font Awesome name an `fa:<name>` value refers to; anything else gives null. */
+export function faIconName(value: string | null): string | null {
+  return value?.startsWith(FA_PREFIX) ? value.slice(FA_PREFIX.length) : null;
+}
+
+/** The emoji text an `emoji:<grapheme>` value holds; anything else gives "". */
+export function emojiIconText(value: string | null): string {
+  return value?.startsWith(EMOJI_PREFIX) ? value.slice(EMOJI_PREFIX.length) : "";
+}
+
 /**
- * The curated Lucide entry an icon value resolves to via the shared parser.
- * The admin draws only Lucide glyphs for now; `fa:`, `emoji:`, unknown and
- * null values give null.
+ * The curated glyph (Lucide or Font Awesome) an icon value resolves to via
+ * the shared parser; emoji, unknown and null values give null.
  */
 export function findDefinitionIcon(value: string | null): DefinitionIconEntry | null {
   const icon = resolveIcon(value);
-  return icon.kind === "lucide" ? icon : null;
+  return icon.kind === "lucide" || icon.kind === "fa" ? icon : null;
 }
 
-/** A definition's glyph; no icon, or one outside the Lucide subset, gets the generic task glyph. */
+/**
+ * A definition's icon: a Lucide or Font Awesome glyph, an emoji drawn as
+ * text, or — for no icon or an unknown value — the generic task glyph.
+ */
 export function DefinitionIcon({ name, size = 17 }: { name: string | null; size?: number }) {
-  const entry = findDefinitionIcon(name);
-  if (!entry) return <TaskGlyph size={size} />;
-  return <GlyphSvg icon={entry} size={size} />;
+  const icon = resolveIcon(name);
+  if (icon.kind === "fallback") return <TaskGlyph size={size} />;
+  if (icon.kind === "emoji") {
+    return (
+      <span className="defs-emoji" style={{ fontSize: size }} aria-hidden="true" data-emoji={icon.text}>
+        {icon.text}
+      </span>
+    );
+  }
+  return <GlyphSvg icon={icon} size={size} />;
 }