Reply in a thread
Open the actions on the message you want to answer and choose Reply in thread; the replies open in a panel beside the channel.
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- Point at the message you want to answer. Its actions appear above it.
- Choose Reply in thread. On a phone, press and hold the message and choose it from the sheet.
- Type your reply in Message this thread and send it.
The thread opens as a panel beside the channel. Your first reply is what creates the thread, so nothing is saved until you send it. After that the original message grows a footer that reads {{count}} replies, and anybody in the channel can open the thread from there.
A thread has no name until somebody gives it one. Until then it is shown as Discussion.
Reply in the channel instead
Reply quotes the message in the channel's own composer rather than starting a thread. The composer then shows Replying to {{name}}, and Cancel reply drops the quote. Use it for a one-line answer that everyone in the channel should see.
There is no Reply in thread inside a thread. Threads do not nest.
Rename or close a thread
The thread panel header carries a pencil control, Rename thread. Enter a name in Thread name and save it; names can be up to 256 characters. The header's overflow menu also resolves and reopens the thread, and offers Open thread in full view, which opens the thread on its own page at /spaces/{roomId}/threads/{threadId}. Close thread closes the panel and leaves the thread in place.
If it did not work
- If Reply in thread is absent, you are already inside a thread panel, or the message has not finished sending. Wait for the message to settle and try again.
- Thread rename failed. is a service failure. Choose the pencil again and save.
- Enter a thread name. or Thread names can contain up to 256 characters. means the name is empty or too long.
- If you cannot type in the channel or the thread at all, see You cannot post in a channel.
Related pages
- Find the threads in a channel — Threads appear under the channel row in the navigation column and in full on the channel's Threads tab.
- Unread and Mentions — Unread counts conversations that need you; Mentions counts the individual mentions inside them. Both are per destination.
- Channels and sub-channels — A channel is one shared conversation inside a Space; a sub-channel sits under a channel and draws its members from it.