Rocket.chat: Add existing users when default channel set
Description:
Right now if you create a channel and make that channel default, it only takes effect going forward for all new users. But does not make default for any of the existing users.
This should at least be an option
Steps to Reproduce:
- Create Some Users
- Create a channel
- Make channel default
Expected behavior:
Existing users added
Actual behavior:
Only new users will be added
geekgonecrazy
All 10 comments
Also confirming this as a bit of an issue. Can't see an option or how to implement this with current.
Aterfax
on 16 Dec 2018
Still not fix it yet
baiking
on 31 Jul 2019
This isn鈥檛 considered a bug. But room for improvement.
geekgonecrazy
on 31 Jul 2019
This isn鈥檛 considered a bug. But room for improvement.
Should it be open then? Just tagged as enhancement?
Aterfax
on 6 Aug 2019
This is still and issue, also I cannot mark a channel as default, setting multiple channels under General -> First Channel After Login does not work
GeorgeGedox
on 11 Jan 2020
have the same issue as GeorgeGedox, this was definitly possible last year, cant do it now
najtin
on 21 Jan 2020
The solution I've found that worked was to manually go into the database -> rooms and toggle the flag of default from false to true for all channels that I wanted to become default for users, it worked but it does not add existing users to those channels which is a bit of a problem if you already have a few dozen people but want to do a bit of cleaning and restructuring.
This is mostly an UI bug because there is no button to mark a channel as default but on the backend there should also be an endpoint with a checkbox on the frontend to add existing users to those default channels.
GeorgeGedox
on 21 Jan 2020
see also this https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/issues/6777
this does actually better describe whats going on
i will also set it manually i just dont understand why anyone would remove it from the ui
edit: i see that some code has been rewritten for rest, so this setting probably slipped out by mistake
najtin
on 21 Jan 2020
The UI bit is a bug, the UI should be available again (since 2.4.2).
We are scheduling the feature for a later release.
Sing-Li
on 27 Feb 2020
We should add a comment to allow to invite @all as we have invite from channels
engelgabriel
on 5 Mar 2020
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The solution I've found that worked was to manually go into the database -> rooms and toggle the flag of
defaultfromfalsetotruefor all channels that I wanted to become default for users, it worked but it does not add existing users to those channels which is a bit of a problem if you already have a few dozen people but want to do a bit of cleaning and restructuring.This is mostly an UI bug because there is no button to mark a channel as default but on the backend there should also be an endpoint with a checkbox on the frontend to add existing users to those default channels.