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ability to rename *every* contact in desktop application #3503

Closed restyler closed 5 years ago

restyler commented 7 years ago

Steps to reproduce

  1. Get a chat of 30 people in Telegram
  2. Try to rename some contacts

Expected behaviour

I expect to have "Edit" button in every user profile, like this: http://prntscr.com/fhap0n

Actual behaviour

I don't have "Edit" button on some profiles: http://prntscr.com/fhaonf which makes using Telegram for big chats unusable

Configuration

Operating system: Macos Sierra

Version of Telegram Desktop: 1.1.7

Used theme: default

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stek29 commented 7 years ago

API issue (and duplicate iirc)

FelikZ commented 7 years ago

I do not have this button if contact is not in my contact book (i.e. I do not know their contact phone and its not added to a system contacts app, iOS).

How I add a note to a user or rename it then?

john-preston commented 7 years ago

@FelikZ Currently contacts can only be added by their phone number 😔

Silun commented 6 years ago

For contacts that I have added by username (and not by phone number), I find that I can not rename them - or edit any information at all. I suspect that this is the same (or very similar) problem that OP had. Please allow us to rename such contacts.

RememberTheAir commented 6 years ago

@Silun you can't add users to your contacts by username.

You can add someone only if you have the phone number - otherwise the only thing you can do is starting a chat.

Renaming users can't be a thing on Telegram Desktop as long as the API doesn't support it

atk91 commented 6 years ago

Why if I have contacted t.me/someone desktop app cannot have an alias for @someone like 'John Doe'? Things will go bad when John Doe will try to change his username to @someoneelse ?

RememberTheAir commented 6 years ago

@atk91 aliasing could totally work without any problem, but needs to be supported by the API. Telegram Desktop can't add this without backend support

atk91 commented 6 years ago

@RememberTheAir I was interested in why it's not possible without backend support. Maybe because those aliases needs to by synced across multiple apps instances?

RememberTheAir commented 6 years ago

@atk91 yes. Aliasing is something that needs to be synced across devices, because people would expect their other clients to use the aliases they defined from tdesktop. This thing seems totally feasible but needs backend support first, for platform consistency

LunarWhisper commented 5 years ago

Users want to be able to rename these contacts in any way. There are many cloud services that allow you to easily deliver the configuration file to any device with Internet access.

Kinjeiro commented 5 years ago

Hi!

Why closed this issue? It's very important feature! Even Skype can do it... Skype, Carl!

We use telegram without phone numbers - just for work chats And constantly see "HornyGirl" or "Jonh54" nicks very uncomfortable

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restyler commented 5 years ago

Why closed this issue? It's very important feature! Even Skype can do it... Skype, Carl!

Yup. After a few months of pain and suffering because of this issue with contact names we just switched to Mattermost for inhouse chats, and skype for chats with external members.

anevidomy commented 5 years ago

hmmm... It's strange, that Telegram-programmers cannot fix this bug, it's very easy - you shouldn't sync changed contact names with all devices, just store them only in desktop-program and it's enough for 99% users. Please do it!

LunarWhisper commented 5 years ago

It really makes it difficult to use the messenger in a corporate environment.

stek29 commented 5 years ago

@domdorn why do you think "I'm thinking of switching back to WhatsApp" is a valuable addition to conversation? It's almost as if you expected Telegram developers to get worried because you're switching and rush to implement the feature.

domdorn commented 5 years ago

sorry @stek29, you're right. I also figured out that if I change the contact name in the mobile app, they stay how they are supposed to be and sync correctly to the desktop.

AstraSerg commented 5 years ago

Can you at least add a custom field like alter name that can be edited?

john-preston commented 5 years ago

@AstraSerg You will be able to add any person to contacts in the next release and name them as you like.

AstraSerg commented 5 years ago

@john-preston Cool! Thanks!

AstraSerg commented 5 years ago

@AstraSerg You will be able to add any person to contacts in the next release and name them as you like.

It's possible now in the recent version. Thank you very much!

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