Reply in a thread

1. Point at the message you want to answer. Its actions appear above it.
2. Choose Reply in thread. On a phone, press and hold the message and choose it from the sheet.
3. Type your reply in Message this thread and send it.

The thread opens as a panel beside the channel. Your first reply creates the thread, so nothing is saved until you send it. After that the original message shows a reply count, 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 message box rather than starting a thread. The box shows who you are replying to, and Cancel reply drops the quote. Use it for an 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.