diff -r ecf6a73a9186 -r 60a8a215b0ec messagingapp/msgui/conversationview/src/msgeditorwidget.cpp
--- a/messagingapp/msgui/conversationview/src/msgeditorwidget.cpp	Tue Oct 05 13:58:47 2010 +0530
+++ b/messagingapp/msgui/conversationview/src/msgeditorwidget.cpp	Tue Oct 19 11:30:16 2010 +0530
@@ -373,8 +373,9 @@
 MsgEditor::MsgEditor(QGraphicsItem *parent)
 :HbLineEdit(parent)
     {
-     this->setFontSpec(HbFontSpec(HbFontSpec::Secondary));
-     this->setPlaceholderText(LOC_HINT_TEXT);
+     setFontSpec(HbFontSpec(HbFontSpec::Secondary));
+     setPlaceholderText(LOC_HINT_TEXT);
+     setSmileysEnabled(true);
     }
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------