# Custom status next to the names of the contacts in the sidebar

**URL:** <https://forums.rocket.chat/t/custom-status-next-to-the-names-of-the-contacts-in-the-sidebar/12376>\
**Category:** Community Ideas\
**Tags:** projectideas, design, rocketchat-apps\
**Created:** [October 12, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/custom-status-next-to-the-names-of-the-contacts-in-the-sidebar/12376 "2021-10-12T13:12:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![TristanJacques](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@TristanJacques](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/TristanJacques)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/custom-status-next-to-the-names-of-the-contacts-in-the-sidebar/12376/1 "2021-10-12T13:12:53Z")

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It would be interesting to see all the custom status of its contacts in the sidebar, without having to click on a contact to discover its status.

The custom status would be displayed after the name.

This could be a parameter of your choice.

**In the professional context, we could immediately see who is on vacation, teleworking, in a meeting, etc.**

If we could report these statuses via the API, we could automate them for example with a calendar.

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**Author:** ![dudanogueira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/dudanogueira/32/2529_2.png) [@dudanogueira](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/dudanogueira)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/custom-status-next-to-the-names-of-the-contacts-in-the-sidebar/12376/2 "2021-10-12T23:39:17Z")

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Hi @TristanJacques!! Welcome to our forums.

That’s a really nice idea! What do you think about opening a feature request?

> **[GitHub - RocketChat/feature-requests: This repository is used to track...](https://github.com/RocketChat/feature-requests)**
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I’ll see if there is already something like that planed or in the backlog.

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**Author:** ![TristanJacques](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@TristanJacques](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/TristanJacques)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/custom-status-next-to-the-names-of-the-contacts-in-the-sidebar/12376/3 "2021-10-13T14:03:11Z")

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Hello @dudanogueira

Thank you for your message.

There is an equivalent request: [Display User Status Text in Member's List side panel · Issue #138 · RocketChat/feature-requests · GitHub](https://github.com/RocketChat/feature-requests/issues/138)

I think my proposal can revive and complete this idea which has not yet been implemented.

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**Author:** ![dudanogueira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/dudanogueira/32/2529_2.png) [@dudanogueira](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/dudanogueira)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/custom-status-next-to-the-names-of-the-contacts-in-the-sidebar/12376/4 "2021-10-13T19:57:53Z")

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Great!

I left my 👍 there