Rocket.chat: Links in a room topic are not auto linked

Created on 27 May 2016 · 3Comments · Source: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat

0.31.0

Adding a link into a channel header is very useful for things like a 'Getting started' or Rules of the road type doc related to each channel. Almost all other chat products we've used do this: hipchat, slack, mattermost

uux improvement

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brendanheywood

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Sure, but that's a pretty horrible UX, why force people to do something so clunky just for a link? Links in comments are autolinked, why not in the room topic as well?

brendanheywood on 27 May 2016

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@brendanheywood you can use markdown to achieve click-able text links like this:
[Keyword_1](https://www.myurl.com) | [Keyword_2](https://www.yoururl.com)

renders as

Keyword_1 | Keyword_2

RichardFoxworthy on 27 May 2016

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Sure, but that's a pretty horrible UX, why force people to do something so clunky just for a link? Links in comments are autolinked, why not in the room topic as well?

brendanheywood on 27 May 2016

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This would be a very nice feature, but unfortunately it does not align with our current roadmap, so it's probable that it would not be implemented in the near future. I will be closing this issue for now, if we plan to add a feature like this we will reopen this issue. Thanks for the valuable feedback!