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Teams chat search function no longer shows context
I've had a recent rebuild of my PC, so I'm still trying to get everything set up as it was. One thing that is bugging me that I can't find an answer for is that when I do a search (i.e. ctrl+f) for a keyword in a chat with a colleague and select a message to read, Teams only shows the individual message I've selected. Up until my rebuild I had been able to see the full conversation history around this (i.e. the search just auto-scrolled me to the message I selected). Is there a way to get this function back? Thanks!
- The same thing happens to me. I can search for individual message fairly quickly, but I can't see the context and there's no way to scroll to that message in my chat history aside from manually going all the way back.
- This is IMO a huge issue. Saved Chat messages (AKS a bookmarked chat) behaves the same way) making both virtually worthless functions unless the results are within some "recent" period of time. I have tried to discover what that time frame is but given how incredibly slow scrolling even one-on-one chat history I have not been able to spend the time required to do so not to mention my right index finger aching after scrolling forever.
- Hi, not sure but you're not alone having issues with the search function. As it worked before it could be a case of propagation or some underlying index waiting to be completed (just guessing here tbh). Give it some time and as you've got a rebuild you could perhaps be on a previous Teams version too, so check for updates (top right corner) and when that's completed sign out from the same location to have your settings refreshed.
