Automatically send files if they finish uploading.
When sending a file I have to wait for it to be uploaded before I can send it. Why don't send it but keep it uploading? It´s a waste of time. I don't won't to wait. It's frustrating.

12 comments
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TK commented
what a waste of time that i need to hit the send button after uploading to the teams chat. some of my larger files take 10-20 mins to upload, by that time i have moved on to other things forgetting to hit the send button. i dont mind the upload portion, but why cant it automatically send after uploading, or at lease give us the option to do so.
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Luke Sanford commented
My primary chat to one user is STILL locked by this message after a week. I found that I could "popout" a separate chat window and continue the chat there. The chat appears on the primary window chat but is not blocked by the upload lock.
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Jessica commented
I'm currently staring at a 70% uploaded file....waiting.....to be able to hit "enter" on an important message with directions to a team member.
Any reason it can't auto-send when it finishes uploading? Adobe has a similar function when you go to close a file while it's actively saving–– "This file will close when it finishes saving." Automatically. Beautiful.
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Nick commented
What if my file takes 10mins to upload? During this time, I can't talk to the person. Such bad design...
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Brandon Evans commented
Yes! I don't want to babysit Teams while it uploads. Please fix this! Twice yesterday I tried to send a file, had to wait so I moved on to something else, and then a few hours later realized that I hadn't sent it.
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Nathan Wells commented
This issue actually has a lot of votes on various pages - if we all vote for on all of these perhaps we can get this issue fixed:
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/35817508-clicking-send-during-file-upload-should-send-when
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/18895597-automatically-send-files-if-they-finish-uploading
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/34131589-bug-sending-message-while-uploading-file-requi
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/33600163-message-is-not-being-sent-if-enter-is-pressed-befo
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/33073282-send-uploaded-files-immoderately-currently-you-ha -
Brian Critchlow commented
Yes please! If i upload a file and hit the send button, just let the message continue sending after the upload is complete. I hate having to wait around for the upload to finish before I can hit the send button again.
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Eugeniy commented
Look at Skype: it is easy to send files there, but in Teams you have to wait when the file will be uploaded before sending it.
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Shannon Murdoch commented
Yeah at the very least fix the upload bar to represent the ability to send the message. It's annoying to see the upload bar complete, hit Send, and then be told to wait until the upload has finished... :-(
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Herbie commented
I totally agree. If I let it upload and move on to something else and forget about it, then it never gets "sent" even tho it uploaded. Ridiculous.
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Sergio Villa commented
Completely frustrating. A very bad behaviour, absolutely useless.
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Rob Chalmers commented
Agree - especially with large files it's easy to forget to press the send button once you've moved onto other channels or chats