Rooms
The room list shows invites first, then favourites, other rooms and low-priority rooms. A number shows unread messages; it is highlighted when someone mentions you.
Right-click a room in the list, or press and hold it on a phone, for its menu, without opening it. On a phone, a sheet shows the room's address, topic, members, encryption and ID above the actions; on the desktop, Details… at the end of the menu shows it.
- Mark as read clears the unread count.
- Favourite lists the room first, Low priority last; a room is one or the other, and Remove from favourites or Remove low priority puts it back among the others. Your other devices and Matrix apps sort it the same way.
- Copy link copies a
matrix.tolink to the room, for inviting people. - Report room reports it to the admins of your server.
- Leave room leaves it.
- For an invite: Join or Decline.
The box above the list does three things, and its button tells which:
| Type | Button | Does |
|---|---|---|
#room:server, !id:server or a room link |
Join | Joins the room. |
@user:server |
Chat | Starts a direct chat and invites the user. |
| Anything else | Create | Creates a private room by that name. |
New private rooms and direct chats are end-to-end encrypted. The room opens once the server has it.
Rooms of newer versions have IDs without a server, like !abc123. To join one by ID, give a server that is in the room after it, separated by a space:
!abc123 matrix.org
Links to such rooms carry their servers, and fill them in for you.
An invite opens with Join and Decline buttons.
The room's ⋮ menu sets the topic, invites people, lists the members, verifies them and leaves the room.
Room directory
🔍 next to the box, or Room directory… in the ⋮ menu at the top, lists the public rooms of your server. Type in Search and press Enter to find rooms by name, topic or address. To browse another server, type its name in Server, such as matrix.org; leave it empty for your own. Join joins the room, which then opens.