Add ability to 'star' messages in order to easily find them again later

[uhoreg]

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[ara4n]

I can't believe we don't have a bug already for this. Totally agreed.

[uhoreg]

Perhaps include the ability to add different (customizable?) annotations (e.g. star, todo, etc.)

[ara4n]

This is very similar to the new idea of pinned messages, except we'd probably just track a list of the starred messages in our room account_data. (We might find ourselves needing a way to paginate the list of starred messages, but we can probably do that in future). The UI for browsing them could be another tab similar to NotifPanel in RightPanel, or possibly a special fake-room or fake-search-results-view which gives an overview of starred messages. (This might need a dedicated server API to work sensibly, but using /context would probably be good enough as a first cut).

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[qnnguyen17]

Hi, if you are open to PRs for this, I would be interested in working on this issue.
If so, I wanted to ask -- would this feature require any changes outside of this repo? From poking around a bit it seems like the answer is no, but I wasn't sure.
Thanks!

Edit: actually -- seems like it would have to be changes in both riot-web and matrix-react-sdk?

[t3chguy]

Most of the changes would likely be in the matrix-react-sdk repo

[r4dh4l]

Perhaps include the ability to add different (customizable?) annotations (e.g. star, todo, etc.)

To emphasize this: a "convert to todo / tasklist" option would be fantastic for flooded chat rooms at work.

[DJCrashdummy]

IMHO the essential work is done with the reactions (e.g. i use ⭐, 🔲 and ☑️ to mark them)... now at the search there is "just" a filter for reactions needed (somehow an addition to #908).

[t3chguy]

What if someone wanted to star something without publicising that fact?

[DJCrashdummy]

well... in that case it also must be distinguished, if you want to pin a message for all members or just for yourself (if pinning gets implemented at all). 😑

[uhoreg]

Pinning for all users is a separate feature that already exists as a labs feature, but need some work before being released. This feature request is about marking messages for your own use.

[progserega]

May be also add tab for bookmarked messages as for events now:

For example:

[t3chguy]

element-hq/element-web#5108 expressed desire in exposing some quick actions on the starred messages, e.g quote & forward.

[t3chguy]

Related to #1762

[mcg-matrix]

desire in exposing some quick actions on the starred messages, e.g quote & forward.

A comment above mentions "convert to todo / tasklist". Maybe "export" (to a file?) or "copy" (to clipboard?) could be a step in that direction.

If any of that will be possible to be done with "starred" messages, it would be cool if it also could be done with messages with other properties, e.g. carrying some other indicator/annotation (other than a "star"), or having a certain status (e.g. having been marked as unread (#4406), or received certain reactions).

[hnykda]

Hey. Is there any progress on this or anything I could catch up on or help with? This, together with "Mark as unread" and "Remind me", is probably the main blocker for my clients to migrate to matrix :-( .

[aaronraimist]

@hnykda Element Web has an intern working on implementing it this summer, see element-hq/element-web#22453

[Tanner85]

Hello to everybody,
I'm also looking for a "put a star on the message" feature and a relative listing function to read messages that I marked as important to me. Is this being developed? I feel it's a very awaited feature.