# Add plugin outlet for group chats similar to \`after-chat-channel-username\`

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-plugin-outlet-for-group-chats-similar-to-after-chat-channel-username/387275
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [31 oktober 2025 om 14:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-plugin-outlet-for-group-chats-similar-to-after-chat-channel-username/387275 "2025-10-31T14:35:50Z")
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### Author: ![jrgong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)
#### Post date: [31 oktober 2025 om 14:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-plugin-outlet-for-group-chats-similar-to-after-chat-channel-username/387275/1 "2025-10-31T14:35:50Z")

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Hey guys,

We noticed that on the latest Discourse, for individual chats, there is an `after-chat-channel-username` outlet, but such an equivalent doesn’t exist in the group chats `after-chat-channel-username`.

For example, we would like to render a ⚙ icon or `...` after the chat title to make it more intuitive that there are per-chat settings available.

In our community, most users didn’t even realize that clicking the chat title opens the settings panel.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [31 oktober 2025 om 15:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-plugin-outlet-for-group-chats-similar-to-after-chat-channel-username/387275/2 "2025-10-31T15:15:55Z")

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If you’ve got someone who knows how, submitting a PR night make this happen sooner. In general they are open to adding plugin outlets as they don’t cost much.

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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [1 november 2025 om 00:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-plugin-outlet-for-group-chats-similar-to-after-chat-channel-username/387275/3 "2025-11-01T00:58:45Z")

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From what I can see, the reason why that plugin doesn’t exist for groups is because the outlet has 1 argument given - the user messaging.

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/plugins%2Fchat%2Fassets%2Fjavascripts%2Fdiscourse%2Fcomponents%2Fchannel-name%2Findex.gjs#L61-L66>

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/plugins%2Fchat%2Fassets%2Fjavascripts%2Fdiscourse%2Fcomponents%2Fchannel-name%2Findex.gjs#L81-L88>

@pfaffman I suppose an `{{else}}` block and a plugin outlet with no `outletArgs` would work?

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### Author: ![yuriy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/yuriy/32/498097_2.png) [@yuriy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yuriy)
#### Post date: [10 november 2025 om 11:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-plugin-outlet-for-group-chats-similar-to-after-chat-channel-username/387275/7 "2025-11-10T11:13:59Z")

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Plugin outlet `after-chat-channel-username` is now available in both, individual and group chats:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/35920](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/35920)

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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [25 november 2025 om 07:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-plugin-outlet-for-group-chats-similar-to-after-chat-channel-username/387275/8 "2025-11-25T07:38:04Z")

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