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Add quote reply in addition to collapsed threads
Currently, in order to reply to someone a few messages back, you hit the reply button and it goes into a thread. Alternatively, Mattermost could add a quote button on messages next to the reply button. When you click quote button it should work like reply in modern messengers with text of the message or part of it and name of the creator of the message.
Threads are useful, but creating them for replying to paticular messages can be a bit of an overkill.113 votesLabel and status updated.
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To use an Access Token to login at the Mobile app
I see that the access token is only for the API, but I wonder if at some point it would be possible to use the access token to access the mobile app? and thus avoid using the password (or in my case keycloak credentials) on the smartphone.
Thanks
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Ability to “Also send to channel” inside a thread
As we are starting to use threads more, it would be nice to keep the channel updated when important updates are made in threads.
Slack solves this problem by adding a checkbox that says “Also send to channel” inside a thread. Would love to see a similar approach.
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Customiziable user profile fields (in addition to "position" and "nickname")
Currently the user profile contains a nickname and position field. It would be awesome if it was possible to add additional fields in the System Console, and that users then could populate them with information.
Depending on the mattermost server and what it is used for many different fields could be useful. For my specific case (student organization) I would like to add:
- Phone Number
- Pronouns
- Year of study
These fields would ideally show up both on mobile and desktop/web platforms.
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Boards roles: Editor has too many rights, Reader too few – need middle option
Currently, Mattermost Boards only provide three roles: Admin, Editor, and Reader.
Editors have full permissions over cards, including creating, editing, moving, and deleting cards, labels, and properties structure.
Readers can only view boards and cannot interact with cards at all.
This creates a gap: there is no role for users who should be able to move and update cards (for example, to progress tasks in a workflow) but should not be able to delete cards, labels, or properties.
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Add the ability to create subchannels within existing channels
Feature Request:
Add the ability to create subchannels within existing channels to better organize conversations and topics within a team and break large channels into focused topics.Proposed Implementation: Follow the same pattern used by Posts with RootId. Add a ParentChannelId field to the Channel model that references the parent channel, enabling a single-level parent-child hierarchy. This mirrors how thread replies work - posts use RootId to reference their parent post, and we can apply the same approach to channels.
Link to Github issue: https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/issues/33948
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Display Full User Names in Mobile App (Avoid Truncating with Ellipsis)
Hi Team,
I’ve noticed that on the Mattermost mobile app (iOS), user names are often truncated and displayed as “Kim…” instead of showing the full name, even though the full name appears correctly on the web version. This makes it difficult to identify users, especially in organizations where many people have similar names.
Please enhance the mobile app UI so that full user names are always visible, or at least provide an option to expand or view the full name easily. Ideally, the display should be consistent with the web version, either by wrapping the text, allowing horizontal scrolling, or…
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Dialogue sees input in real time
Live Input Visibility During Conversation
I want to develop an AI bot that can converse with users and help them complete tasks. During the conversation, I want to see the bot's real-time output, corresponding to the streaming output of the LLM. Currently, I have to wait for the LLM output to completely finish before sending a message to the user. This requires waiting.3 votes -
What Features Should I Check Before Buying a VCF to PST Converter for Bulk Contact Migration?
I’m planning to move a large set of VCF contacts to Outlook and want to choose the best tool. What key features should I look for before purchasing a VCF to PST Converter? Should it support batch import for VCF to Outlook, keep all contact details intact, and work offline without errors? Is there any difference in performance between free and paid versions? Also, does it matter if it supports all vCard versions like 2.1, 3.0, and 4.0?
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The ability to favorite emoji and access them quickly.
The recently used emoji section is nice, but it's very frustrating when they disappear or reset every few months for whatever reason. Can we add a section for favorite emoji? It would even be more beneficial where the "recent emoji" section is. Maybe there's a way to integrate both in a way that are easily accessible?
In my position we work very fast, so it's integral to be able to react to certain posts in an efficient matter when you need to. This feature would be an amazing addition.
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Get a notification for reactions
Anytime someone put a reaction (emoji) on a text you wrote, you are not notified.
Very anoying.67 votesLabel and status updated.
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New permission for reply to a post in channel
Hi!
We’re missing a separate permission for leaving comments (reply) on a post in a channel. We need this so that we can have channels where only the channel admin can publish posts, but everyone can only comment (reply) on those posts.
These could be news-style channels where only certain people, like the CEO, can broadcast critical company updates. Right now, this pattern isn’t possible, because if you revoke the permission to publish new posts in the channel for everyone except the admin, then commenting on posts also becomes impossible.
Thank you.
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Show "channel purpose" in "find channels" modal window
Hi!
Please consider a small UI improvement for channel search.
It would be great if, in the "Find Channels" modal window, the text from the "Channel Purpose" were displayed next to the channel name. This would significantly simplify finding the right channel without having to open each one from the search modal window.
Thank you!
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React to reactions
Reaction emojis are great for quickly expressing a sentiment in response to a message. It would be beneficial to have the ability to add a reaction emoji to those reactions.
For example, when someone reacts with “Thank you” I need to then type a new message to say “You’re welcome”, and if someone overlooks the small “thank you” emoji then my message can be easily misinterpreted as sarcastically implying the person wasn’t grateful!
Instead, it would be much better if I could add a “You’re welcome!” reaction to their “Thank you!” reaction.
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Provide a way to control the time range of reading history in a channel
Be able to control the range of channel member's reading history.
Options include:
1. All
2. Until the date of the member joins3 votes -
Some kind of user interface that showed messages to a person that have not been replied to by the recipient of that @ message.
I think it would be a great new differentiating feature in Mattermost if they had some kind of user interface that showed messages to a person that have not been replied to by the recipient of that @ message.
For instance we often have people who are not very responsive on Mattermost. You send a message “@person can you give me your feedback?” and of course often the person does not reply. Then you have to manually remember that the person didn’t reply, so the next day or two you send them a message “@person would you please reply?” and…
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AVIF image format support
AVIF (which is also a still image of av1 video compressor) is one of the most modern image formats (in addition to JPEG XL).
Majority of web browsers already support it and modern news websites are using it on regular basis. Sites such as Facebook / Instagram support it (and btw.. render avif uploads much faster than jpg)
If you want to compress / archive your image collection AVIF and JPEG XL are best formats to do that as they are open source. Problems start when you want to share an image from your collection to a Mattermost site.
I…
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Message Forwarding Control in Mattermost
Currently, users cannot forward messages to others in Mattermost. It would be helpful if system admins could control this feature — either allow or restrict forwarding globally or between selected users. This would improve usability while keeping communication secure and flexible.
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Option to Disable Channel Sorting Based on User Join/Leave Activity
I would like to propose an enhancement to the current channel sorting functionality. Specifically, I would suggest making it possible to sort channels based on activity, while excluding user join/leave events from influencing the sorting order.
The current activity-based sorting is useful for keeping active conversations easily accessible. However, frequent user join/leave events can also cause channel reordering, which may lead to unnecessary disruption, especially in larger teams or public channels where such events are frequent.
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Add ESR URLs to the latest version redirects
The list of URLs at https://latest.mattermost.com/ that redirect to current Mattermost software is great. Doing an HTTP HEAD request on any of them shows the current semantic version in the Location header, great for checking for patch updates.
For some reason, ESR versions are not listed there. It would be very helpful for sysadmins if your list also had these:
https://latest.mattermost.com/mattermost-enterprise-esr-linux
https://latest.mattermost.com/mattermost-team-esr-linux
which could redirect to the versions marked as Extended Support Release on https://docs.mattermost.com/about/version-archive.html2 votes
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