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Ever tried searching for a conversation you had with someone, and you search for something you remember saying, and click ‘go to message’ and rather than take you to the conversation with all the important context you were actually looking for, it just shows that single message on the center of the screen all by itself with no way to see the rest of the conversation?

That’s the best.



There actually is a (stupid) workaround: You first pop out the chat into a separate window. Then search for the message in the main window. Now click "go to message", you will jump to the message in the separate chat window, giving you the context.


Thank you. I can’t wait to try this out. In the meantime, I’m at a loss for words…


This. Every time this happens I'm having a sudden desire to throw my computer out of the window.


Can’t say I’ve ran into that.

Try using “/find” function in the global search.


Used it. Doesn’t help.

And while we’re in the subject, global find is also awful.

Why do I have to find then click through to more messages before it gives me filtering options. It’s incredibly unintuitive.




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