# Quick Messages Plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** broken
**Created:** [8 فبراير 2016، 12:13ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188 "2016-02-08T00:13:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [1 أكتوبر 2017، 6:19ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/264 "2017-10-01T06:19:51Z")

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Thanks for the bug report James. This is do it. Let me know if there are more issues.

> <https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-quick-messages/commit/fe2bb7470af498627c07572c02b9fd2de3cac3f8>

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### Author: ![supernaturally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@supernaturally](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supernaturally)
#### Post date: [2 نوفمبر 2017، 6:22ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/265 "2017-11-02T06:22:47Z")

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Is there any chance of enabling this in mobile view? It seems like a simple style issue to get things working, and my app would greatly benefit from it.

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### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [3 نوفمبر 2017، 5:05ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/266 "2017-11-03T05:05:11Z")

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I’m reticent to get into mobile chat. There’s a reason Facebook created an entirely separate app for that.

For example, what would multiple chat windows on mobile look like?

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### Author: ![supernaturally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@supernaturally](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supernaturally)
#### Post date: [3 نوفمبر 2017، 5:27ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/267 "2017-11-03T05:27:11Z")

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Well said. I thought it might be interesting just to have a button open the private messages. The latest-first approach by Discourse seems like an interesting approach to mobile chat - definitely not Messenger, but it works. We use an enterprise tool for mass text messages, and it’s mobile app looks the exact same as Discourse’s private message window (it’s literally a large repeating group with the name and a short preview snippet). It works surprisingly well…not super polished, but very functional.

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### Author: ![ankur1857](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ankur1857/32/91555_2.png) [@ankur1857](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ankur1857)
#### Post date: [31 يناير 2018، 8:34ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/268 "2018-01-31T08:34:20Z")

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@angus Please make it available on mobile phones.

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### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [2 فبراير 2018، 2:03ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/269 "2018-02-02T02:03:20Z")

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Sorry, I won’t be attempting that any time soon. See:

> [@Quick Messages Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/266):
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> I’m reticent to get into mobile chat. There’s a reason Facebook created an entirely separate app for that. For example, what would multiple chat windows on mobile look like?

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### Author: ![ankur1857](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ankur1857/32/91555_2.png) [@ankur1857](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ankur1857)
#### Post date: [2 فبراير 2018، 2:42ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/270 "2018-02-02T02:42:24Z")

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Limit it to single window only for mobile. Because more than 60% users are using forums on mobile device.

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### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [27 فبراير 2018، 2:14ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/271 "2018-02-27T02:14:05Z")

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It was pointed out to me that this plugin wasn’t working very well. I’ve refactored it and brought it up to speed with current Discourse. The feature set is the same.

I had a change of heart and also added mobile support. You can only have one chat open at once on mobile, but the rest of the feature set is the same:

- Full emoji support
- Upload support
- Can resume existing, or create new message threads

 ![IMG_3595](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/1/a14abb0a668828d844c54bc5bd49d28c7bcf3175.jpg)

You can try it out on [https://discourse.angusmcleod.com.au](https://discourse.angusmcleod.com.au)

This is another plugin (in addition to Question Answer) that I won’t be doing much work on for a while. I didn’t want to leave it in a semi-broken state however.

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### Author: ![ninermac](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ninermac/32/135729_2.png) [@ninermac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ninermac)
#### Post date: [27 فبراير 2018، 5:45ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/272 "2018-02-27T05:45:10Z")

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Awesome update.

I just tried installing and I’m not getting the messaging icon at all. I’m running latest 2.0 with Babble installed as well.

It’s enabled in the settings, however for menu icons I have Babble, search, hamburger, my Avatar.

Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot?

Many thanks,  
Mac

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### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [27 فبراير 2018، 12:50م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/273 "2018-02-27T12:50:46Z")

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I just tested Babble and Quick Messages together and they seem to be compatible.

![Screenshot%20at%20Feb%2027%2020-49-44](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/e/1eead7f753d354fdec6ce9ff72de77c2c1a42098.png)

Check your console logs and server logs ([yoursite.com](http://yoursite.com/logs)). See if there’s any exceptions.

Where is your site? I can take a look.

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### Author: ![ninermac](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ninermac/32/135729_2.png) [@ninermac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ninermac)
#### Post date: [27 فبراير 2018، 2:33م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/274 "2018-02-27T14:33:40Z")

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Weird, it’s working now. It must have been a caching issue. I refreshed browser cache or so I thought.

Great stuff Angus!

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### Author: ![allanlasser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/allanlasser/32/120220_2.png) [@allanlasser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/allanlasser)
#### Post date: [28 فبراير 2018، 8:05م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/275 "2018-02-28T20:05:21Z")

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Hi Angus, thanks for another really useful plugin 🙂 I think I found a bug that hasn’t been reported yet. It appears as though “small actions” are only partially included in the quick message dialog stream. For example, when a new user is invited to the message thread, in the standard full-page view of the message you’ll see an element in the list of posts that has an `(+)` icon, the avatar of the user who took the action, and the message (e.g. `Invited @user 1 day ago`). However, in the quick message box, all that’s visible is the avatar of the user who took the action, without any message.

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### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [1 مارس 2018، 1:36ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/276 "2018-03-01T01:36:03Z")

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Thanks for the detailed report, much appreciated. I’ve added a read-only version of small post actions to the quick message post stream.

[Add read-only small actions to quick post-stream · paviliondev/discourse-quick-messages@3b1c0a7 · GitHub](https://github.com/angusmcleod/discourse-quick-messages/commit/3b1c0a7f1802e29261bb672c220fba826df8cbff)

 ![23%20AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/9/69b38a480b2dec004819e89cead796d187df8bb3.jpg)

I’m filing this under ‘fixes to existing functionality’. My policy of not doing any new work on this plugin remains the same.

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### Author: ![Bank\_Live](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bank_live/32/75893_2.png) [@Bank\_Live](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bank_Live)
#### Post date: [20 مارس 2018، 1:55م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/277 "2018-03-20T13:55:49Z")

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I think is bug from quick messages or not.

 ![error1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/d/7d6d348b95ddc0797dbe4c6818ffbbfa5c143325.jpg)

But i put F5 to refresh it ok.

 ![erro2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/2/22fb15d91a175acbfe5542effdc7d8668394c0f1.jpg)

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### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [21 مارس 2018، 8:50ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/278 "2018-03-21T08:50:25Z")

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Are there any relevant messages in the browser console and / or your `/logs`?

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### Author: ![Bank\_Live](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bank_live/32/75893_2.png) [@Bank\_Live](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bank_Live)
#### Post date: [21 مارس 2018، 12:55م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/279 "2018-03-21T12:55:27Z")

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No, Normal has never had a problem

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### Author: ![anon36484860](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b782af/32.png) [@anon36484860](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36484860)
#### Post date: [23 مارس 2018، 1:18م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/280 "2018-03-23T13:18:44Z")

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The browser notifications for new message opens the regular message.

1. Is there any way to replace the link to the quick messages view instead?

2. Is there a way to keep the box open even after reloading the page?

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### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [23 مارس 2018، 8:48م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/281 "2018-03-23T20:48:35Z")

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I am currently travelling. I will look at this and @Bank_Live’s issue in more detail next week.

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### Author: ![Bank\_Live](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bank_live/32/75893_2.png) [@Bank\_Live](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bank_Live)
#### Post date: [23 مارس 2018، 9:37م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/282 "2018-03-23T21:37:27Z")

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Ok. Thank you very much.

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### Author: ![cmwebdev](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cmwebdev/32/122368_2.png) [@cmwebdev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cmwebdev)
#### Post date: [9 مايو 2018، 11:20م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quick-messages-plugin/39188/283 "2018-05-09T23:20:35Z")

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Great plugin! One small issue on my site. Clicking the message icon on mobile moves the right-side icons in the menu bar to a new row. This is possibly because the messages window that pops up below the menu bar overlaps the logo horizontally. See attached image.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/d/3dc94b25e62fe7793568a22193153f2a3f6df0f3.jpeg)

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