Communication: Prioritize @Mentions of Group Members in Communication Channel

[Feras797]

Is your feature request related to a problem?

Currently, when using the @mention feature in group channels, the system displays a list of every user (10 in total), when typing @.

Describe the solution you'd like

Give priority to the people that are members of the group chat, but also allow to mention users outside of the group chat. For example if there is a "Thomas B" which is a group member and a "Thomas A" who is outside the group -> when I type "Thomas", "Thomas B" should appear above "Thomas A".

Describe alternatives you've considered

The current systems works fine but can be tedious when I want to mention people that are part of a group-channel.

Additional context

No response

[PaRangger]

Hi! I think it's sometimes useful to be able to mention users outside of a group chat. Chat apps like Slack allow the same. However, we are currently working on a feature to mention everyone in a group chat by typing @channel which should solve your issue of having to go through a big list to mention everyone.

[Feras797]

@PaRangger then maybe it would be a good idea to give priority to the people that are members of the group chat, but also allow to mention users outside of the group chat. For example if there is a "Thomas B" which is a group member and a "Thomas A" who is outside the group -> when I type "Thomas", "Thomas B" should appear above "Thomas A".

[PaRangger]

Yeah, that sounds like a good idea 😄