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A Matrix collaboration client for Android.
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Swipe right in room to get back to overview #1800

Open zeratax opened 4 years ago

zeratax commented 4 years ago

So I really like that I can swipe my most recent chats into view or my communities, but I don't think this is being communicated at all and I am always surprised it's there when I do it by accident. I like how discord does it a lot more, where you swipe the whole chat window to the left/right instead of swiping the bar in, which currently kind of appears out of nowhere.

this obviously needs to consider: https://github.com/vector-im/riotX-android/issues/422#issuecomment-543891517

Telegram also does a similar thing + swipe to reply. not sure if i like seeing users quickly or swipe to reply more though personally.

Also if swiping the chat moves the chat window and reveals what's beneath it, it would probably just be the chats and not recently used chats :/

What I really like about both telegram and discord is that I can swipe the left menu without getting really close to the border, since that doesn't only feel more abitrary to me, it also often conflicts with Android 10 gestures.

j-maas commented 3 years ago

I know of these clients that let you swipe a chat from left to right to get back to the overview:

Especially in slack I use it all the time. It also allows you to go back to the chat using a swipe in the opposite direction.

This is also compatible with the swipe on messages to quick-reply, since that swipe is from right to left. (It already works this way in Element Android.)

j-maas commented 3 years ago

@ZerataX What do think of the title "Swipe right in room to get back to overview" for this issue? :)