Oct 06 2019 12:42 PM
When chatting on the mobile version, I can tap-hold a chat message and get a "reply" option that quotes the original message in the reply. How can I do this with the desktop app?
Mar 19 2021 04:13 PM
Apr 09 2021 07:06 AM - edited Apr 09 2021 07:19 AM
Hi,
The fastest way (I like to be as efficient as possible) is:
1. Double-click the message you want to reply to (this will select the whole message. Speed over small disadvantage - quote will include also the author name and date/time).
2. Ctrl + C (Copy)
3. Tab (force focus on your typing area)
4. Write ">" (greater then, Shift + . (dot))
5. Ctrl + V (Paste)
6. Double Enter (Enter, Enter)
7. Write your response for the quoted message
8. Enter for send
Note 1: After double-click (step 1) steps 2 -> 6 should be very fast (with practice) ~1 second.
Note 2: This can also be integrated into a keyboard macro because it is using only keyboard shortcuts (except for the step 1 - double-click).
Good luck.
Apr 09 2021 07:09 AM
Apr 09 2021 07:22 AM - edited Apr 09 2021 07:23 AM
I agree, here's something simplified in 3 steps for you ;)
1. Double-click the message you want to reply to
2. Ctrl + C, Tab, >(Shift + .), Ctrl + V, Enter, Enter
3. <write your response for the quoted message> + Enter (to send)
Apr 11 2021 07:38 PM
Apr 11 2021 09:35 PM
@Pernille-Eskebo should listen to users and add this feature to the desk-top app. We have waited for a long time for it.
I see someone share "another way" to do it. But it's just "format a text as a quote", not "quote a message".
Apr 11 2021 10:55 PM
Apr 13 2021 06:55 AM
There's another options for those of you that still waste your time with the click, click, click, click, click, click solutions. Which I bet are geeks like me that do not mind having a little challenge to accomplish a task, but I would never use this for personal use when my family already use platforms that works as they should and do not have in backlogs essential items that should've be there from the beginning.
If you want to read the Post/Reply link workaround is the last sentence, which is adding yet about four more steps to the already lengthy steps suggested here. But to the developers I want to say this. From developer to developer.
I heard is in the backlog, and so on, as fixing the documentation for developers has been for a long time, which is a big click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click mess to find what you are looking for. The desktop OS should be rename to Click OS, instead of Windows. Because everything in the Microsoft Office developers perspective is to open windows or forms to accomplish stuff you could do with just one click.
This is the same reason why developers do not like to develop for Microsoft. If it takes this long for their own developers to add something so critical and "a must" for a chat app. Specially when the feature is available for so long on Android and iOS. This tells us that not even MS developers care squat about Windows.
"Optics" are important, your own OS should be the prime time for your apps. Outlook is definitely better on Windows than any other Platform, but Outlook was develop when developers loved Windows. Not so anymore. So if you do not care about your platform why do we as developers should.
From my perspective, about 80% of the documentation is done using Mac OS screenshots. I haven't used Mac OS version of Teams if there's any. But again, optics. If your developers do not care about your platform why should we care about it?
This shouldn't be in the backlog in the first place, this should've be a priority.
The Linking to Post/Reply Workaround
Another solution in the meantime, probably we get the feature... Send the comment to want to reply as an Outlook Link... Copy the link when you receive it... And add the link to the quote. That at least will link the others to the comment you are referring to.
Apr 14 2021 01:43 AM
@Marco13_457 - I randomly came across a shortcut to pop up the quote box directly into the chat, makes it a slight bit quicker - Shift+ .(period). this would cut out steps 2-4 in your workaround below
Still clunky for something that should have it's own option anyway, but maybe makes life that lil bit easier :)
May 12 2021 08:08 PM
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Jul 08 2021 02:53 AM
@Lionel Roels Where is it in this link?
Jul 08 2021 02:56 AM
Jul 14 2021 02:33 AM
it is still not developed, and that is over a year after your first query. I am very confused as to why it is so so difficult to develop, if EVERY single messenger has this type of function already, in the app- and web-variations...
I hate not being able to reply to specific messages
Jul 14 2021 02:34 AM
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