# Discourse Chat (BETA) wordt geïntroduceerd
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** chat, new-feature
**Created:** [1 december 2021 om 18:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734 "2021-12-01T18:18:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)
#### Post date: [3 juli 2022 om 01:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/160 "2022-07-03T01:54:27Z")
Everything has been great so far.
On iOS, Safari as well as Discourse Hub when you open the chat the top part gets overlapped by the header. So the minimize/close buttons aren’t visible, tapping on the logo is the only way out.
Just saw this topic, looks like Android, the same issue appears there:
> [@New chat ux on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-chat-ux-on-mobile/231744):
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> I just want to report my confusion with the new interface. When I clicked on the channel name I thought nothing happened, because the channel was opened below my screen. Then I had to scroll through all messages to read the new one. After some testing I noticed that this is not what is shown directly after you click a channel. I also noticed that before choosing a channel the channels are shown twice. When I scroll to the bottom a…
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### Author:  [@Alon1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alon1)
#### Post date: [13 juli 2022 om 23:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/161 "2022-07-13T23:19:13Z")
Is there a theme (or theme component) that makes the chat go to the sidebar instead of floating above the Discourse topics?
Most displays today are wide enough to allow the topics and the chat side by side easily.
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### Author:  [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)
#### Post date: [13 juli 2022 om 23:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/162 "2022-07-13T23:34:30Z")
There is. Here on meta its called `Focused Sidebar` and `Focused Sidebar (dark)`. I cant seem to find the topic for this theme thought.
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### Author:  [@Alon1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alon1)
#### Post date: [13 juli 2022 om 23:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/163 "2022-07-13T23:53:18Z")
> [@How\_To\_Roblox](#):
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> I cant seem to find the topic for this theme
Thanks. From what I understand, it is not available yet but is planned to be built in Discourse soon-ish.
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [15 juli 2022 om 02:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/164 "2022-07-15T02:32:58Z")
> [@Alon1](#):
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> Is there a theme (or theme component) that makes the chat go to the sidebar instead of floating above the Discourse topics?
The way to do this today is to go “full screen” on chat. It has its own sidebar for channels, no theme required.
> [@Alon1](#):
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> Most displays today are wide enough to allow the topics and the chat side by side easily.
Chat is full screen when you do the above, not side by side with topics. But that can be addressed by opening a separate window and putting them side by side.
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [20 juli 2022 om 17:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/165 "2022-07-20T17:14:50Z")
5 posts were split to a new topic: [Users should be automatically removed from channels they can no longer access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-should-be-automatically-removed-from-channels-they-can-no-longer-access/233446)
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### Author:  [@Alon1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alon1)
#### Post date: [15 juli 2022 om 18:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/169 "2022-07-15T18:49:30Z")
> [@mcwumbly](#):
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> not side by side with topics. But that can be addressed by opening a separate window and putting them side by side.
Thanks, I was looking for side by side with topics. It would help users to adopt the concept of chat and topics duality
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [3 augustus 2022 om 12:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/173 "2022-08-03T12:00:01Z")
3 posts were split to a new topic: [How to receive chat push notifications/emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-receive-chat-push-notifications-emails/234977)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [3 augustus 2022 om 17:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/180 "2022-08-03T17:13:40Z")
Now this plugin is #official official I’m going to close this topic off. 👍
> [@Discourse Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881/1):
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> | :discourse2: | **Summary** | **Discourse Chat** adds chat functionality to your Discourse instance. |
> | 🛠 | **Repository Link** | [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat) |
> | 📖 | **Install Guide** | [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157) |
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> > [@](#):
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> > :discourse2: As this is an #official plugin maintained by the Discourse team, #Support, #Contribute > Bug, #Contribute > UX, and #Contribute > Feature requests can be made in the respective categories here on Meta, and tagged with the appropriate plugin tag. Click on a link below to get one started. 👍
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> > [❓ **Support**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=6&body=%3E%20Before%20asking,%20did%20you%20search%20first%3F%20Press%20%F0%9F%94%8D%20at%20the%20upper%20right%20to%20search.&tags=chat) [🐛 **Bug**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=1&tags=chat) [👀 **UX**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=9&tags=chat) [💡 **Feature**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=2&tags=chat)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [3 augustus 2022 om 17:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/181 "2022-08-03T17:13:46Z")
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