UI for forwarding messages has completely disappeared

[ara4n]

although it still works, it doesn't prompt you to select the destination whatsoever. needs design urgently

[turt2live]

backstory: years of regressions and lack of attention have slowly dwindled this down to just an h2 hovering near the top of the page. It used to have all kinds of neat fading effects, actual backgrounds, clear instructions, etc.

[t3chguy]

Related #5641

[t3chguy]

Related #11195

[jryans]

I think this is a duplicate of #10165. (Also, it seems unrelated to new-room-list?)

[t3chguy]

I mean you forward by clicking the room list but yes otherwise

I would say that #5641 covers the whole situation well enough, its just poor UX, now more than ever

[niquewoodhouse]

Quick wireframe of this using the notification settings modal. A bit rushed but just to aid discussion as I don't know what the UI used to look like.

• Can preview message for context and re-assurance
• Can't add a message
• Can multi-pick rooms/chats

Is this roughly what it was like? Does it seem feasible and good?

[t3chguy]

Previously (completely developer design) it gave you a modal-like prompt to select a room in the Room List, and upon you clicking that room in the room list it'd forward the message there.

[niquewoodhouse]

Here's a UI that I think makes sense. It's not pixel perfect, just an indication of what would make sense from a design perspective.

1. Fwd message

• Preview of message (uses same component as reply in timeline)

2. Sending

3. Forwarded message

In testing this, it doesn't look like forwarded messages include the name/image of the original author or where's it's from, which I think isn't ideal. So I'd advocate for it to look like the above.

[t3chguy]

In testing this, it doesn't look like forwarded messages include the name/image of the original author or where's it's from, which I think isn't ideal. So I'd advocate for it to look like the above.

That would be blocked on a Matrix spec proposal https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/4747

[MurzNN]

Also message forwarding (one or several) can be implemented using message attachments, proposed here: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/2289