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No option to go to message from search without opening side panel
When I search for a term (whether using All or Messages) and click on a result, I intend to go to that message in the chat or direct message with the whole window, just as if I had navigated there ma...
That's how it worked previously, but as usual someone decided to "fix" the experience and leave no option to change it back. You should have a "Go to channel/chat" item under the ... menu on top, but yeah, too many clicks now.
You can try typing in the keyword and selecting one of the suggestions from the dropdown, without pressing Enter/navigating to the full set of results, which does seem to open the conversation directly. But yeah, not the best experience.
Consider opening a feedback item over at the Feedback hub: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/ad198462-1c1c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472