Messages and files

Messages

Type in the box at the bottom and press Enter to send; Shift+Enter starts a new line. Markdown works: **bold**, *italic*, `code`, lists and quotes. /me waves sends an action.

Messages from the same person within a few minutes are grouped under one name. Edited messages say (edited), and reactions are counted under the message. A deleted message shows as Message deleted for ten minutes; messages deleted before that are left out, so the room reads better. A message waits as Sending… until the server has it; it is kept on the device, so it is sent later even if the connection drops or the app closes.

Scroll to the top to load older messages.

Click a link to open it in your browser. Links to Matrix rooms and people (matrix.to) stay in the app: a room you are in opens, and other rooms and people go into the box above the room list, ready for Join or Chat.

Right-click a message for a menu of its actions. On a phone, press and hold it: a sheet rises from the bottom with who sent it and when, a row of reactions, and the actions. Details… at the end of the menu shows the same sheet on the desktop. Back or a tap above the sheet closes it.

• Reply answers it; the reply shows a quote of the message. Esc or ✕ above the message box stops replying.
• React adds 👍, ❤️, 😂, 🎉, 😮 or 😢.
• Edit puts your own message back in the message box; Enter sends the new text.
• Copy text copies it.
• Copy link copies a matrix.to link to the message, for sharing with people in the room.
• Delete removes your own message for everyone.
• Report message and Report sender send a report, with the reason you pick, to the admins of your server; see below.
• Block sender hides the person's messages and invites.

Reporting and blocking

Report messages, people and rooms that break the rules: spam, harassment, sexual or violent content, or anything illegal. Reports go to the admins of your server, who can act on them; the person reported is not told. Report a message or its sender from the message's menu, and a room from the room's ⋮ menu with Report room…, or from its menu in the room list.

Blocking someone hides their messages and invites from you, on all your devices; they are not told. Block from a message's menu with Block sender, or from the room's ⋮ menu with Block next to their name. Unblock there, or in ⋮ → Security and recovery… under Blocked users, shows their new messages again.

Files

📎 next to the message box sends files. On the desktop you can also drag files onto the room, or paste copied files or an image, such as a screenshot, into the message box with Ctrl+V. On Android, paste a copied image or file into the message box: hold it and choose Paste. In encrypted rooms files are encrypted before upload.

Images show a preview in the room; click it to open the image. Under a file or image, Open opens it in the app your system uses for its type, and Save… saves it where you choose. On Android, use Save….

Sharing from other apps

On Android, Uniform Chat is in the share menu of other apps. Share a link from a browser, or a photo from the gallery, and choose Uniform Chat. The app opens and asks you to choose a room; Cancel stops sharing.

• Text and links go into the room's message box, where you can add to them before you press Send.
• Images and other files wait above the message box: Send sends them, Cancel drops them.