Add /clear support to remove history of a single chat

[megaxorg]

It would be realy nice if Signal would support the shortcut "/clear" to remove the chat history inside a chat window (without closing the chat).

[ghost]

Already available the 'Delete Messages' option in the chat menu. Checked with 0.23.2

[megaxorg]

Hello ping133,

yes, the option to delete chats is already available. But for several reasons it would be nice to have a shortcut to clear the history while the message window remains open.

I often chat in public places. When I send out private informations (like login credentials), it's my habit to type in '/clear' after that so one can not see this information, even when my screen is sometimes visible to others. Other messengers like Pidgin already support this shortcut.

[ghost]

Hi sxss, understand. Agree with you that such a command would be nice. The problem is that an entire set of commands should be implemented, not only the /clear command. This would require a bit of work and would change drastically the design of the app. Don't know if this is worth the effort.

[denver-s]

I think this feature has been added long time ago.

[Florian-Schoenherr]

How exactly was this meant to work?
There's a "Delete"-Option in the Chat Options (only on the Desktop-App, not on Android).
Personally I don't think commands "in-chat" are a good idea, unless opt-in or with confirmation dialog (but I might have misunderstood).

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