Messages

Learn how to use the InterMIND chat to communicate with your team and meeting participants.

Sending Messages

Text Messages

1. Open the Chat panel from the meeting sidebar, or pick a channel from the Channels page
2. Type your message in the input field at the bottom
3. Press Enter or click the Send button

Messages are delivered instantly to all participants.

Message Formatting

Messages support basic formatting:

• Standard text input
• Emoji support (use your system emoji picker or type emoji codes)
• URLs are automatically converted to clickable links

Editing Messages

You can edit your own messages after sending:

1. Hover over the message you want to edit
2. Click the Edit (pencil) icon
3. A fullscreen editor opens with a rich-text toolbar (bold, italic, strikethrough, headings, lists, blockquotes, links, code blocks)
4. Modify the text
5. Click Save to confirm or Cancel to discard

Important notes:

• Only the message author can edit their messages
• The "(edited)" indicator appears only when the actual text content changes — formatting-only changes (e.g., adding bold) do not mark the message as edited
• Translation is re-triggered when text changes, but preserved on format-only edits

Viewing Edit History

Readers can see what changed: open the chat's display-settings menu (gear icon in the chat header) and enable Show Edit History. Edited messages then show their previous versions above the current text as word-level diffs, each with its own timestamp. When you read a message in translation, the diff is built between translated versions, not the original language. The preference is per-device.

Deleting Messages

To delete a message you sent:

1. Hover over the message
2. Click the Delete (trash) icon
3. Confirm the deletion

Deleted messages are removed for all participants.

Host delete: The meeting host can delete any participant's message — the same Delete option in the message menu is available on others' messages when you're the host.

Replying to Messages

Open a message's context menu and choose Reply. The reply is staged as a chip above the input; send it like a normal message. The quoted block in the sent message is clickable and scrolls readers to the original.

If you select part of a message's text before clicking Reply, only the selected text is quoted — otherwise the whole message is. Transcript messages can be replied to as well.

Forwarding Messages

Two ways to forward:

• Context menu — open a message's menu → Forward and pick a target channel from the submenu. Targets are channels you belong to, plus your own Inbox (shown as "Saved (Inbox)").
• Drag and drop — drag the message bubble onto a channel in the sidebar. The row highlights when it will accept the drop.

Forwarding stages a draft in the target chat rather than sending immediately: a chip appears above that chat's input ("Forward N messages"), you can type a comment, and the forward goes out with your Send. Discard it with the chip's ×.

What to know:

• Forwarded messages carry a "Forwarded from {name}" label with the original author's name; the copy is sent by you
• Reactions, pins, and edit history do not travel with the forward
• Text, images, and files can be forwarded; transcripts can't (the menu explains this)
• A recap document forwards as a link — opening it still requires being a member of the source meeting
• Forwarding a message that's part of a selection forwards the whole selection; a photo album forwards as one unit

Selecting Multiple Messages

Drag on blank space in the message list (beside or between bubbles) to select whole messages — dragging on the text itself keeps normal text selection. On touch devices, tap messages to toggle them once selection is active.

A selection bar appears at the bottom with the count and bulk actions:

• Forward — forward the whole selection to a channel
• Delete — delete all selected messages after one confirmation; available only when every selected message is yours (or you're the host). When it's locked, the bar explains why
• Cancel — or press Escape, or click blank space, to clear the selection

Right-clicking a selected message shows the same selection-scoped actions instead of the single-message menu.

Notes

Send rich-text notes in the chat for longer, formatted content:

1. Click the "+" button next to the message input
2. Select Add Note
3. A fullscreen editor opens with a toolbar: headings (H1–H3), bold, italic, strikethrough, lists, blockquotes, links, code blocks
4. Write your note and click Send

Notes are stored as HTML files and rendered in a sandboxed preview within the chat. You can edit a note later via the Edit Note option in the message menu.

Reactions

React to any message with emoji:

1. Hover over a message
2. Click the React (smiley face) icon
3. Select an emoji from the picker
4. Your reaction appears below the message

Multiple participants can react to the same message, and reactions are grouped by emoji with a count.

Pinning Messages

Pin important messages so they're easy to find:

1. Hover over the message
2. Click the Pin icon
3. The message is highlighted and accessible from the pinned messages section

To view pinned messages:

• Look for the Pinned indicator or filter in the chat panel
• Pinned messages remain at the top or in a separate section for easy access

To unpin:

• Click the Unpin icon on a pinned message

Message History

Viewing History

All messages are stored permanently:

• Scroll up in the chat to load older messages
• Messages load in batches as you scroll
• The full history is preserved even after meetings end

Searching Messages

Use the search functionality to find specific messages:

• Type keywords in the search bar
• Results show matching messages with context
• Click a result to jump to that message in the chat

Chat Notifications

You'll receive notifications for new messages:

• In-app badge — Unread message count appears on the chat icon
• Browser tab title — The tab title updates to reflect unread chats

Tips

• Use Enter to send messages quickly
• Shift + Enter creates a new line without sending
• Alt + Arrow Up/Down navigates through your sent message history
• Ctrl/⌘ + F opens chat search
• Ctrl/⌘ + / opens the Ask AI help drawer
• Messages are auto-translated if you have a different language set (see Chat Translation)
• React to messages instead of typing short responses like "OK" or "👍"