Access common chat channel actions from the sidebar context menu

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We’ve now made it easier to access common actions for chat channels on desktop with a sidebar context menu. This works for both public and direct message channels:

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From here, you will be able to do the following actions:

  • Change the notification level for the channel, including muting or unmuting
  • Go directly to the channel settings
  • Star or unstar the channel (see the recent announcement if you missed it)
  • Leave the channel

Previously, the only way to do access these actions (except for starring) was to visit the channel settings page, or the channel index in the case of leaving a channel:

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This method still works, but the new sidebar context menu will make these settings more discoverable and accessible.

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Love the new interface! Looks great!

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Hi @martin
I noticed that the behavior changed for chat groups (not channels).
Before this update users could click on the small cross (“X”) to the right of the chat group name. That would close the group in the sidebar. But if the users searched for their group, they could find it again.

Now, clicking on the context menu and selecting the “x leave channel” makes the user actually leave the chat group unable to find it ever again.

On our side it leads to some problems and confusion. Users having lots of chat groups in their sidebar which they can’t close otherwise they will never find them again. Or accidentally leaving them.
Is this meant to be that way?

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Oh interesting, I thought the behaviours were equivalent. I will look into this and do a bug fix :eyes:

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