Rocket.chat: Ability forward messages into other chat rooms

[pupaxxo]

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[sampaiodiego]

the "answer" feature was discussed in #167

but what you mean "forward messages" ? like a share by e-mail?

[pupaxxo]

I mean sending(sharing/forwarding) received or sent message in other chats. Like telegram

[sampaiodiego]

I see.. we could do this..

if you could provide some thoughts on UI we can discuss about it.

[fduraibi]

I think the best way is to add it to the message-dropdown menu, something like this

• Forward is more suitable if it just to forward the message locally like between rooms on the same server, while sharing is better if the intention is to share it with other platforms/apps (e.g. twitter)
• I added reply also since it make sense to be there since it is a needed feature :)
• Note: the screenshot is from an Arabic interface (RTL), for LTR interface like English the arrows should face the other direction, so in case it was implemented, these icons need to be placed in Unicode locations with mirror property (see https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/issues/1577 and here https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/pull/1594#issuecomment-162671579)

[localguru]

Is this in development?

[sampaiodiego]

@localguru it's not. at least by the core team.

[lindoelio]

Hey guys! This has been delivered on PR #9180.

Let me know if it works for you. :-)

[cmrd-senya]

Why is the issue closed when the corresponding PR is still not merged?

[sampaiodiego]

you're right @cmrd-senya .. reopening

[maha-ghoneim]

did u reach anything?

[xiaomingplus]

I really need this feature...

[dj301]

Any status update on this feature?

[pcbarbassa]

Any status update on this feature?

[krasgang]

It's a killer feature.

[pcbarbassa]

it is possible by pasting the link of the message, but it is not usual.

[ceefour]

@lindoelio hi, how is the progress of this?

Currently only Share as link is available, but cannot Forward message to other room/user.

[hugorn]

Currently only Share as link is available, but cannot Forward message to other room/user.