Interface

 File  Room  View  Help
┌Rooms─────────────────┐┌General — Welcome to the general chat────────────┐┌Members (3)──────┐
│ 1  General (2)       ││12:01 <alice> hi all                             ││alice            │
│ 2 @bob               ││12:02 <bob> hello! this is a long message that   ││bob              │
│ 3 +Secret project    ││            wraps under the text                 ││carol            │
│                      ││12:02 -!- carol joined                           ││                 │
│                      ││12:03  * alice waves                             ││                 │
│                      ││12:04 <you> on my way  [sending…]                ││                 │
└──────────────────────┘└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘└─────────────────┘
 hello everyone_
 F1 Help │ Ctrl+N Rooms │ Ctrl+O Join │ Ctrl+Q Quit │ Connected as @you:matrix.org   bob typing…
  • Menu bar (F10 or the mouse) has everything the client can do: File, Room, View and Help. Help → About shows the client's version.
  • Rooms lists invites (+), favourites, other rooms and low-priority rooms. Direct chats are marked @. The number is the Alt key for the room; unread counts are in brackets, and rooms that mention you are yellow.
  • Message log shows the selected room, with its name and topic in the frame. Long lines wrap under the text, own messages are cyan, and messages still being sent say [sending…]. A day change is marked with a line.
  • Members lists who is in the room, admins (@) and moderators (%) first, as in irssi; invited users are marked +. F2 hides it.
  • Input line sends what you type to the room. Lines starting with / are commands.
  • Status bar shows key hints, the connection state and who is typing. Others see when you are typing too.

Messages you write are stored first and sent in order, so they survive a lost connection or a restart. If the server refuses one, for example because you left the room, it is shown in red with the reason.

Menu Items
File Encryption, Verify this device, Devices, Settings, Log out, Quit
Room Join, Room directory, New room, New public room, Direct message, Send file, Invite, Set topic, Set name, Set avatar, Add alias, Directory listing, Power level, Kick, Ban, Unban, Enable encryption, Leave
View Older messages, Members, Select message, Logs, Audio test, Next room, Previous room
Help Commands and keys, About

Keys

Key Action
Alt+1 … Alt+9 Go to room 1–9
Ctrl+N, Ctrl+P Next, previous room
Up, Down in the room list Look through rooms; focus stays in the list (click the list, or press Tab on an empty input line, to get there)
Enter in the room list Type in the selected room; for an invite, join or reject it
PageUp, PageDown Scroll messages
Ctrl+PageUp Load older messages
Ctrl+O Join a room
Ctrl+R Room directory, also of other servers
F1 Help
F2 Show or hide members
Ctrl+Up, Enter Select a message and act on it
Tab Complete a member's name; at the start of the line it adds :
Esc Cancel a reply or edit; leave the message log
F10 Open the menu
Ctrl+Q Quit