diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index b58c401..b6489a4 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
       <div id="viewer-list"></div>
       <div id="chatbox"></div>
       <form id="chatbox-send">
-        <input type="text" placeholder="Message... (/help for commands)" />
+        <input type="text" placeholder="Message... (/help for commands)" list="emoji-autocomplete" />
+		<div id="emoji-autocomplete"></div> <!-- DO NOT ADD SPACING INSIDE THE TAG IT WILL BREAK THE CSS kthxbye -->
       </form>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/frontend/lib/chat.mjs b/frontend/lib/chat.mjs
index 39c8178..4aed5cd 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/chat.mjs
+++ b/frontend/lib/chat.mjs
@@ -1,19 +1,40 @@
 import { setDebounce, setVideoTime, setPlaying } from "./watch-session.mjs?v=9";
-import { emojify } from "./emojis.mjs?v=9";
+import { emojify, emojis } from "./emojis.mjs?v=9";
 
 const setupChatboxEvents = (socket) => {
   // clear events by just reconstructing the form
   const oldChatForm = document.querySelector("#chatbox-send");
   const chatForm = oldChatForm.cloneNode(true);
+  const messageInput = chatForm.querySelector("input");
+  const emojiAutocomplete = chatForm.querySelector("#emoji-autocomplete");
   oldChatForm.replaceWith(chatForm);
+  
+  let autocompleting = false;
+  
+  const replaceMessage = message => () => {
+    messageInput.value = message;
+	autocomplete();
+  }
+  async function autocomplete(){
+    if(autocompleting) return;
+	emojiAutocomplete.textContent = "";
+    autocompleting = true;
+    let text = messageInput.value.slice(0, messageInput.selectionStart);
+	const match = text.match(/(:[^\s:]+)?:[^\s:]*$/);
+	if(!match || match[1]) return autocompleting = false; // We don't need to autocomplete.
+	const prefix = text.slice(0, match.index);
+	const search = text.slice(match.index + 1);
+	const suffix = messageInput.value.slice(messageInput.selectionStart);
+	emojiAutocomplete.append(...(await emojis).filter(e => e.toLowerCase().startsWith(search.toLowerCase())).map(e => Object.assign(document.createElement("button"), {className: "emoji-option", textContent: e, onclick: replaceMessage(prefix + ":" + e + ":" + suffix)})))
+	autocompleting = false;
+  }
+  messageInput.addEventListener("input", autocomplete)
 
   chatForm.addEventListener("submit", async (e) => {
     e.preventDefault();
-
-    const input = chatForm.querySelector("input");
-    const content = input.value;
+    const content = messageInput.value;
     if (content.trim().length) {
-      input.value = "";
+      messageInput.value = "";
 
       // handle commands
       if (content.startsWith("/")) {
@@ -82,39 +103,20 @@ const setupChatboxEvents = (socket) => {
   });
 };
 
-const fixChatSize = () => {
-  const video = document.querySelector("video");
-  const chatbox = document.querySelector("#chatbox");
-  const chatboxContainer = document.querySelector("#chatbox-container");
-
-  if (video && chatbox && chatboxContainer) {
-    const delta = chatboxContainer.clientHeight - chatbox.clientHeight;
-
-    chatbox.style["height"] = `calc(${
-      window.innerHeight - video.clientHeight
-    }px - ${delta}px - 1em)`;
-  }
-};
-
 /**
  * @param {WebSocket} socket
  */
 export const setupChat = async (socket) => {
-  document.querySelector("#chatbox-container").style["display"] = "block";
+  document.querySelector("#chatbox-container").style["display"] = "flex";
   setupChatboxEvents(socket);
 
   window.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
     try {
       const isSelectionEmpty = window.getSelection().toString().length === 0;
       if (event.code.match(/Key\w/) && isSelectionEmpty)
-        document.querySelector("#chatbox-send > input").focus();
+        messageInput.focus();
     } catch (_err) {}
   });
-
-  fixChatSize();
-  window.addEventListener("resize", () => {
-    fixChatSize();
-  });
 };
 
 const addToChat = (node) => {
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ const printChatMessage = (eventType, user, colour, content) => {
 
   if (user != null) {
     const userName = document.createElement("strong");
-    userName.style = `color: #${colour}`;
+    userName.style = `--user-color: #${colour}`;
     userName.textContent = user;
     chatMessage.appendChild(userName);
   }
@@ -327,7 +329,7 @@ export const updateViewerList = (viewers) => {
     const viewerElem = document.createElement("div");
     const content = document.createElement("strong");
     content.textContent = viewer.nickname;
-    content.style = `color: #${viewer.colour}`;
+    content.style = `--user-color: #${viewer.colour}`;
     viewerElem.appendChild(content);
     listContainer.appendChild(viewerElem);
   }
diff --git a/frontend/lib/emojis.mjs b/frontend/lib/emojis.mjs
index b97c31e..e65fc88 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/emojis.mjs
+++ b/frontend/lib/emojis.mjs
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ export function emojify(text) {
   })
   if(last < text.length) nodes.push(document.createTextNode(text.slice(last)))
   return nodes
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+export const emojis = Promise.resolve(["blobcat", "blobhaj"])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/lib/video.mjs b/frontend/lib/video.mjs
index 79b925e..317a13d 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/video.mjs
+++ b/frontend/lib/video.mjs
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ const createVideoElement = (videoUrl, subtitles) => {
 export const setupVideo = async (videoUrl, subtitles, currentTime, playing) => {
   document.querySelector("#pre-join-controls").style["display"] = "none";
   const video = createVideoElement(videoUrl, subtitles);
-  document.querySelector("#video-container").appendChild(video);
+  const videoContainer = document.querySelector("#video-container");
+  videoContainer.style.display = "block";
+  videoContainer.appendChild(video);
 
   video.currentTime = currentTime / 1000.0;
 
diff --git a/frontend/styles.css b/frontend/styles.css
index 7f019fe..8f9a91e 100644
--- a/frontend/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/styles.css
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 :root {
-  --bg: rgb(28, 23, 36);
-  --fg: rgb(234, 234, 248);
-  --accent: hsl(275, 57%, 68%);
+  --bg-rgb: 28, 23, 36;
+  --fg-rgb: 234, 234, 248;
+  --accent-rgb: 181, 127, 220;
+  --fg: rgb(var(--fg-rgb));
+  --bg: rgb(var(--bg-rgb));
+  --default-user-color: rgb(126, 208, 255);
+  --accent: rgb(var(--accent-rgb));
+  --fg-transparent: rgba(var(--fg-rgb), 0.125);
+  --bg-transparent: rgba(var(--bg-rgb), 0.125);
+  --chat-bg: linear-gradient(var(--fg-transparent), var(--fg-transparent)), linear-gradient(var(--bg), var(--bg));
+  --autocomplete-bg: linear-gradient(var(--fg-transparent), var(--fg-transparent)), linear-gradient(var(--fg-transparent), var(--fg-transparent)), linear-gradient(var(--bg), var(--bg));
 }
 
 html {
@@ -9,30 +17,34 @@ html {
   color: var(--fg);
   font-size: 1.125rem;
   font-family: sans-serif;
-
-  overflow-y: scroll;
-  scrollbar-width: none;
-  -ms-overflow-style: none;
-}
-
-::-webkit-scrollbar {
-  width: 0;
-  background: transparent;
 }
 
 html,
 body {
   margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  overscroll-behavior: none;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+}
+
+body {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
 }
 
 video {
   display: block;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  object-fit: contain;
+}
 
-  width: 100vw;
-  height: auto;
-
-  max-width: auto;
-  max-height: 100vh;
+#video-container {
+  flex-grow: 1;
+  flex-shrink: 1;
+  display: none;
 }
 
 a {
@@ -72,7 +84,7 @@ button {
   background-color: var(--accent);
   border: var(--accent);
   border-radius: 6px;
-  color: #fff;
+  color: var(--fg);
   padding: 0.5em 1em;
   display: inline-block;
   font-weight: 400;
@@ -88,6 +100,7 @@ button {
   user-select: none;
   border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
   line-height: 1.5;
+  cursor: pointer;
 }
 
 button.small-button {
@@ -133,8 +146,16 @@ button.small-button {
   overflow-wrap: break-word;
 }
 
-.chat-message > strong {
-  color: rgb(126, 208, 255);
+.chat-message > strong, #viewer-list strong {
+  color: var(--user-color, var(--default-user-color));
+}
+
+@supports (-webkit-background-clip: text) {
+  .chat-message > strong, #viewer-list strong {
+    background: linear-gradient(var(--fg-transparent), var(--fg-transparent)), linear-gradient(var(--user-color, var(--default-user-color)), var(--user-color, var(--default-user-color)));
+    -webkit-background-clip: text;
+    color: transparent !important;
+  }
 }
 
 .chat-message.user-join,
@@ -168,27 +189,34 @@ button.small-button {
 
 #chatbox {
   padding: 0.5em 2em;
-  min-height: 8em;
   overflow-y: scroll;
+  flex-shrink: 1;
+  flex-grow: 1;
 }
 
 #viewer-list {
   padding: 0.5em 2em;
   /* TODO: turn this into max-height instead of fixed height without breaking the chatbox height */
-  height: 4em;
   overflow-y: scroll;
-  color: rgb(126, 208, 255);
   border-bottom: var(--fg);
   border-bottom-style: solid;
+  max-height: 4rem;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
 }
 
 #chatbox-container {
-  background-color: #222;
+  background-image: var(--chat-bg);
+  flex-direction: column;
+  flex-grow: 0;
+  flex-shrink: 1;
+  flex-basis: 400px;
+  overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 #chatbox-send {
   padding: 0 2em;
   padding-bottom: 0.5em;
+  position: relative;
 }
 
 #chatbox-send > input {
@@ -196,22 +224,40 @@ button.small-button {
   width: 100%;
 }
 
-@media (min-aspect-ratio: 4/3) {
-  #video-container video {
-    width: calc(100vw - 400px);
-    position: absolute;
-    height: 100vh;
-    background-color: black;
-  }
+#emoji-autocomplete {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 3.25rem;
+  background-image: var(--autocomplete-bg);
+  padding: 0.25rem;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  width: calc(100% - 4.5rem);
+}
 
-  #video-container {
-    float: left;
-    height: 100vh;
-    position: relative;
+#emoji-autocomplete:empty {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+.emoji-option {
+  background: transparent;
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  text-align: left;
+  margin: 0 0 0.25rem;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+.emoji-option:hover, .emoji-option:focus {
+  background: var(--fg-transparent);
+}
+.emoji-option:last-child {
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+@media (min-aspect-ratio: 4/3) {
+  body {
+    flex-direction: row;
   }
 
   #chatbox-container {
-    float: right;
     width: 400px;
     height: 100vh !important;
   }