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13 questions linked to/from Invite someone into chat
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How do comment @replies work?
How do the comment replies (aka "pinging users") work?
Who can I send an @reply to?
How do I respond to a specific user when entering my comment?
Will they be notified?
What do people mean ...
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How do I contact other users?
How can I contact another user, if that user has not specified any contact details in their profile?
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RFC: Better chat @mentions – A prototype
Status: 75% - We have a prototype to play with the UI
Previous RFC: RFC: Better chat @mentions
Problem Statement & Background
Please see the previous RFC.
Proposed solution
The feedback to the ...
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Notify me when someone forgets a chat ping
TL;DR: Chat should ping like comments do. If someone forgets to @mention me and we're the only two people with access to the room, I'd like to receive a notification.
As a moderator, I increasingly ...
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Receiving Stack Overflow's Chat Notification
This is regarding the feature where we can chat regarding a question on SO. There is an automated process for creating the room from comments. It's a very useful feature in case the OP is not able to ...
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Add "invite user to chat" function on main site
I really enjoy the chat and sometimes I feel like I'd like to invite a user to my chat room from the main site.
I'm sure you know the situation where you get involved in a discussion on the main site ...
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Inviting a user to chat from the profile page?
In the chat faq under "How do I know when someone is talking?" section it says:
If you need to invite someone to your room, do it from the user's profile page or from the user card that pops up ...
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How do I invite someone to chat or send a private message?
In this question I made a suggestion to @Jens Schauder to make a modification to their answer. I notice now that they have copy-pasted part of my answer (which I asked them to do) and have screwed up ...
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Keyboard Shortcuts in SE Chat
The Stack Exchange chat FAQ should be updated with some documentation on what keyboard shortcuts are available. e.g.:
Typing @<startofname>-<tab> starts an autocomplete of people's names (...
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Is the FAQ for Chat correct?
According to the StackExchange Chat FAQ:
If you need to invite someone to your room, do it from the user's chat profile page or from the user card that pops up when you click on their avatar in a ...
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Can I see who invited me to a chat?
I had a chat invitation pop up and I'd like to know who invited me to it. Is this possible?
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How is the comment/chat @ auto-complete implemented?
It's easy to see in Fiddler that this isn't server based, so I'm guessing that this is some sort of jQuery wizardry.
Specifically:
Detection of when auto-complete should pop up
Determining the list ...
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Couple of chat questions
I sometimes see a dialog, I forget the exact wording but it's something like "please avoid extended discussion in comments" and there is a really handy link to create a chat room and move discussion ...
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