# Feature Requests (historic archive) **URL:** https://forums.rocket.chat/c/feature-requests/8.md [Latest](https://forums.rocket.chat/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.rocket.chat/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.rocket.chat/tags.md) --- ## [About the Feature Requests (historic archive) category](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/about-the-feature-requests-historic-archive-category/127)
**Author:** [@aaron.ogle](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/aaron.ogle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/about-the-feature-requests-historic-archive-category/127 "2018-01-25T00:55:00Z")
IMPORTANT NOTE: This forum is a historical archive of old feature requests. All new Feature Requests (from 2018 onwards) should be created as Github issue, with appropriate templates, on our Feature Requests Github rep… --- ## [Contacts Sync Feature](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/contacts-sync-feature/2096)
**Author:** [@bizzbyster](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/bizzbyster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/contacts-sync-feature/2096 "2020-06-26T04:09:30Z")
For mobile Rocket.chat clients, the ability to know which of my contacts are already using Rocket.chat improves the first use experience and increases the usage and adoption of Rocket.chat. This is a standard feature in … --- ## [Chat Bubbles UX Option](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/chat-bubbles-ux-option/488)
**Author:** [@hammyhavoc](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/hammyhavoc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/chat-bubbles-ux-option/488 "2020-06-24T07:28:23Z")
As per https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/issues/9681#issuecomment-364784469 Would be great to offer users the option to have messages as chat bubbles; pretty common these days with Skype, Messenger etc, and it m… --- ## [Impersonate User](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/impersonate-user/1744)
**Author:** [@marcelo.schmidt](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/marcelo.schmidt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/impersonate-user/1744 "2020-06-22T21:38:03Z")
This is the place for discussing https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/issues/3927. --- ## [Zoom integration](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/zoom-integration/2520)
**Author:** [@sergiorykov](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/sergiorykov)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/zoom-integration/2520 "2020-06-01T10:30:54Z")
seamless as mattermost did: https://docs.mattermost.com/integrations/zoom.html closed in https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/issues/11655 --- ## [Always show Member List on the right](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/always-show-member-list-on-the-right/827)
**Author:** [@devine](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/devine)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/always-show-member-list-on-the-right/827 "2020-05-27T11:41:40Z")
Good morning. How is it possible to display the sidebar on the right by default, without a need to click on it first? And disable users from closing it? Example: --- ## [Ability to create Sub-Channel(s)](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/ability-to-create-sub-channel-s/3109)
**Author:** [@rtwoodsi979](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/rtwoodsi979)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/ability-to-create-sub-channel-s/3109 "2020-05-11T12:01:34Z")
Any possibility to create a sub-channel nested under a Parent channel? My thoughts on this. It would be nice to create a knowledge base type channel and sub out different topics under it. --- ## [Livechat with facebook chat - Upload files](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/livechat-with-facebook-chat-upload-files/2506)
**Author:** [@pngsk8](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/pngsk8)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/livechat-with-facebook-chat-upload-files/2506 "2020-05-04T18:29:20Z")
At the moment is not possible to send images or files between the facebook chat and rocketchat livechat integration. It would be great if it was developed on this integration. Thanks --- ## [Ideas on multi-tenant Rocket Chat support](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/ideas-on-multi-tenant-rocket-chat-support/2979)
**Author:** [@steve](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/steve)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/ideas-on-multi-tenant-rocket-chat-support/2979 "2020-04-09T07:20:30Z")
Hey guys, Really love the work you’re doing. We’re working on multi-tenant support for our application (org1.domain.com, org2, org3 etc) and I have a few ideas I’d be keen to run past everyone before we investment devel… --- ## [Add setting to disable CAS sign up](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/add-setting-to-disable-cas-sign-up/2713)
**Author:** [@fabien.rousseau](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/fabien.rousseau)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/add-setting-to-disable-cas-sign-up/2713 "2020-04-09T07:12:24Z")
Description: CAS is a tool for authenticating users on an application. Actually on Rocket.Chat it’s also used for creating accounts, but, there is a problem. We have users on Rocket.Chat. We want to use CAS for authenti… --- ## [Google meet Integration](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/google-meet-integration/3764)
**Author:** [@Ryszard](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/Ryszard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/google-meet-integration/3764 "2020-04-08T22:03:28Z")
It would be nice to have Google Meet integration that would allow to create a google meet with the everyone in the room, channel or DM. The desired integration would add button in the room panel or custom command like “/… --- ## [Auto-generate username during registration](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/auto-generate-username-during-registration/673)
**Author:** [@markus.wochnik](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/markus.wochnik)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/auto-generate-username-during-registration/673 "2020-04-01T09:28:32Z")
Hello Community, i almowst searched half of the day to find a option where i can disable the username form during new user registration. I don’t want give me users the possibility to choose their usernames, it should b… --- ## [Do not unfurl rickroll video link](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/do-not-unfurl-rickroll-video-link/3182)
**Author:** [@gberberoglu](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/gberberoglu)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/do-not-unfurl-rickroll-video-link/3182 "2020-02-26T04:39:55Z")
url preview ruins the rickrolls by unfurling. rickrolling is considered as one of the pillars of the online chat culture and should be taken seriously. this particular video should not be unfurled: Summaryhttps://www.y… --- ## [Forwarding message](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/forwarding-message/732)
**Author:** [@alirezaimi](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/alirezaimi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/forwarding-message/732 "2020-02-06T03:58:59Z")
Hi Can i forward a message for another person or group/channel in rocket chat ? --- ## [MacOS: Menu bar icon](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/macos-menu-bar-icon/1439)
**Author:** [@rstockm](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/rstockm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2019, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/macos-menu-bar-icon/1439 "2019-12-03T09:35:16Z")
It would be convenient to to have a prefs plane for the MacOS App - with an option to hide the menu bar item: --- ## [Allow privileged user to be invisible in members list](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/allow-privileged-user-to-be-invisible-in-members-list/2749)
**Author:** [@marcelo.schmidt](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/marcelo.schmidt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/allow-privileged-user-to-be-invisible-in-members-list/2749 "2020-01-21T02:41:03Z")
I’d like privileged users to be able to join a channel (or have an admin add them) in an invisible mode, meaning their join/leave messages won’t be displayed and they will also not appear on the members list. --- ## [Use Client Certificate in Android/iOS Client](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/use-client-certificate-in-android-ios-client/2460)
**Author:** [@pombaer](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/pombaer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/use-client-certificate-in-android-ios-client/2460 "2019-10-28T14:32:16Z")
Hallo! We are using Client Certificates as a sort of two factor authentication on published webservers which should only be accessable for internal users. So we enroll certificates on the Client devices. For RocketChat… --- ## [Default Accepted Media Types](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/default-accepted-media-types/556)
**Author:** [@robi](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/robi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/default-accepted-media-types/556 "2019-08-09T19:21:57Z")
Please consider updating the Default Accepted Media Types for file uploads. Users get really turned off when they try to share a simple Excel document and get rejected. This is the default value: 'image/\*,audio/\*,vi… --- ## [Improved deep linking support](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/improved-deep-linking-support/1433)
**Author:** [@bizzbyster](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/bizzbyster)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/improved-deep-linking-support/1433 "2019-07-24T02:24:12Z")
All, IOS already supports some level of deep linking, which is documented here: https://rocket.chat/docs/developer-guides/deeplink/. This leverages the scheme name “rocketchat” to specify that it should be opened in the… --- ## [Multi-org instances](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/multi-org-instances/240)
**Author:** [@foxy1](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/foxy1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/multi-org-instances/240 "2019-07-23T12:41:20Z")
There’s a long discussion in GitHub about making RC able to support multi-tenant deployment models. This is something that my team really wants - our deployment model requires us to spin up multiple instances, but eac… --- ## [User specific setting to require user interaction before closing desktop notifications](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/user-specific-setting-to-require-user-interaction-before-closing-desktop-notifications/2687)
**Author:** [@mpDBL](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/mpDBL)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/user-specific-setting-to-require-user-interaction-before-closing-desktop-notifications/2687 "2019-07-17T14:14:22Z")
Description: Hi, our rocket.chat users requested the desktop notifications to be visible for longer than the default time setting in the browser. The users aren’t always at their clients and the rocket.chat client in th… --- ## [Livechat javascript API and events](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/livechat-javascript-api-and-events/3135)
**Author:** [@dazoot](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/dazoot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/livechat-javascript-api-and-events/3135 "2019-06-19T09:50:28Z")
We are looking into migrating away from Olark to Livechat. Some features of Livechat are missing. Would be nice to have an javascript API for: show chat window hide chat window Would be nice to have events for: op… --- ## [Internet access through corporate proxy-server](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/internet-access-through-corporate-proxy-server/1654)
**Author:** [@vasilieff\_vv](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/vasilieff_vv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/internet-access-through-corporate-proxy-server/1654 "2019-05-28T11:14:23Z")
To access the internet from the rocket chat server it must have direct internet connection. But corporate security policies often prohibit direct access. It’s only allowed to connect through proxy server (squid, bluecoat… --- ## [User information](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/user-information/3607)
**Author:** [@singletone](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/singletone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/user-information/3607 "2019-05-20T19:21:36Z")
In the user profile enable viewing the current IP address, software version (software or browser), etc. --- ## [Multiple message operations](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/multiple-message-operations/3840)
**Author:** [@Xptrx](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/Xptrx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/multiple-message-operations/3840 "2019-05-19T19:53:32Z")
As of now (version 1.0.3) it is not possible to select multiple messages to perform operations with them together: deleting/moving to another channel etc. One has to perform individual operations on individual messages. … --- ## [Quote position above reply / by default or as option](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/quote-position-above-reply-by-default-or-as-option/3839)
**Author:** [@Xptrx](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/Xptrx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/quote-position-above-reply-by-default-or-as-option/3839 "2019-05-19T16:26:58Z")
No idea why this has not been requested before: Option to have text of the quoted message ABOVE the reply and not (why?!) below it! If not make it a default - make it an option? --- ## [Customize SAML metadata and create username](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/customize-saml-metadata-and-create-username/3837)
**Author:** [@localguru](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/localguru)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/customize-saml-metadata-and-create-username/3837 "2019-05-18T09:50:49Z")
Hi, some thoughts about the SAML interface: If you want to authenticate RC as a service provider to an identity provider, there is currently no possibility to individualize the metadata of RC under /\_saml/metadata/your… --- ## [Customized watchOS replies](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/customized-watchos-replies/3829)
**Author:** [@farhadd](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/farhadd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/customized-watchos-replies/3829 "2019-05-16T18:29:39Z")
On Apple Watch, when i get a rocket message I would like to be able to customize the one-touch canned replies which appear on the screen. --- ## [\[Mobile\] Add swipe to left on a message to quickly reply, as used by Telegram](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/mobile-add-swipe-to-left-on-a-message-to-quickly-reply-as-used-by-telegram/2626)
**Author:** [@TheMythPT](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/TheMythPT)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/mobile-add-swipe-to-left-on-a-message-to-quickly-reply-as-used-by-telegram/2626 "2019-05-12T18:22:58Z")
Telegram uses swipe to left to reply to a message. This would be a great addition to the mobile app. Check the video here: https://streamable.com/5jqeg --- ## [\[Android\] Preload chats and show them instantly](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/android-preload-chats-and-show-them-instantly/2628)
**Author:** [@utkarsh.barsaiyan](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/utkarsh.barsaiyan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/android-preload-chats-and-show-them-instantly/2628 "2019-04-29T21:28:58Z")
One deal-breaker for Rocket.Chat is definitely the 2 second wait time for loading a chat. All popular messaging apps like Whatsapp, Messenger, etc. quickly show the chat upon clicking. I think Rocket.Chat should do this … [Next page](https://forums.rocket.chat/c/feature-requests/8.md?page=1)