Hi,

what client for matrix do you use? We are using element, but i am very unhappy that there is no possibility to set a message to unread once its been red to remember for later. Does anybody know a client how has this possibility?

Cheers Philipp

  • MentalEdge
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    9 months ago

    This is not a limitation in element.

    It is a limitation in matrix. The read indicator (the little avatar that shows how far users have read the chat) can only move forward in time, never back.

    Edit: there is mark unread functionality in schildichat, but only for entire chats, you cannot flag certain messages to find them later.

    • @pkulak@beehaw.org
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      19 months ago

      True, but there’s nothing stopping some client from dreaming up a custom message that labels some previous message “unread”. It would only work in that client though.

  • @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
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    49 months ago

    On android schildichat allows marking a room as unread. Here’s it’s store page: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.spiritcroc.riotx/
    I’ve just noticed that with a long press on the room you can even open it without marking messages as read.

    This client is a fork of the official element client. It’s very similar, but it has additional features.

    I think schildichat has a web version too that you can use in firefox, but I don’t know if that allows marking rooms as unread.

  • ScottA
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    29 months ago

    In Element Web, if you host your own web client, you can enable message pinning. This allows you to pin and unpin messages in a room for later reference.

  • whzfuxOP
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    18 months ago

    Hi there, back again and thanks for the ideas. What is with searching? I dont have any option for searching inside chats, how do you handle that?