# Make Chat Tab the default view on Mobile
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-chat-tab-the-default-view-on-mobile/263722
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [May 3, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-chat-tab-the-default-view-on-mobile/263722 "2023-05-03T19:19:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@lisandro\_iaffar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisandro_iaffar)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-chat-tab-the-default-view-on-mobile/263722/1 "2023-05-03T19:19:29Z")
Hello! 🙂
I’m ecstatic at how awesome Discourse is becoming. There is one last configuration on the path of making Discourse awesome for mobile, which is to be able to make the Chat Tab the default view on mobile (not requiring the users to make this default by themselves). Is that possible, either by configuration or coding?
Thank you in advance for any hint! 😁
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**Update** : [this](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-homepage/199623/26) is how I completely solved my use-case at the end, adding to what was answered here.
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-chat-tab-the-default-view-on-mobile/263722/2 "2023-05-05T14:59:31Z")
Hello Lisandro 😃
This is not possible in the configuration.
In the current state, I think it would be possible with a custom script, so I’ve moved the post in #Development to see if someone could figure out a solution. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-chat-tab-the-default-view-on-mobile/263722/3 "2023-05-05T15:32:17Z")
Hello,
If default view means homepage I think you can give a try with this theme component. 🙂
> [@Custom Homepage for Groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-homepage/199623):
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> Overview When installed and added to the active theme, this theme component enables you to control the ‘homepage’, allowing it to be different from the set of pages Discourse allows by default, as well as having different groups have different “homepages” (e.g., group members care only or mostly about a particular category). This can be for all users, anon (non-logged in), mobile users, or according to a user’s primary group. Initially developed by @pfaffman. See [User-specific Discourse home pag…](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-specific-discourse-home-page/160229)
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### Author:  [@lisandro\_iaffar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisandro_iaffar)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-chat-tab-the-default-view-on-mobile/263722/4 "2023-05-14T04:46:04Z")
Absolutely wonderful. Works straight out of the box, thank you so much @Canapin for bringing the topic here and @Don for the precise answer. I used the APK functionality to use my forum as an app, so now I essentially made my own messaging server. This is absolutely insane.
Also, thank you twice @Don , because this plugin also does other things which I really needed (the last time I saw the development of that plugin was 2 years ago… men, time flies…)
Thak you both again!!! 😁 (and sorry for the delay in my answer 🙏)
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-chat-tab-the-default-view-on-mobile/263722/5 "2023-06-13T04:46:54Z")
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