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Reply to specific message in chat on desktop app

Having the ability to reply to specific messages in a chat on the desktop app. This is available on mobile today.

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Sam shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
on the backlog  ·  AdminAlex (Teams Engineering, Microsoft Teams) responded  · 

Thank you for your continued feedback. As many people have pointed out, this is available on mobile today. Support for replying to a specific message is on the backlog for desktop. I’ll let you know when we have progress to share. Thanks.

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  • Bob commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Come'on, can't just invent a combination of keys to allow activating an older meesage and pop a contextual list/field where a reply is allowed? This is extremely useful and time saver in long/fast chats...

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I can add weather conditions but can't reply on a message? How is this still on the backlog? How much time would it cost one person to code this?

  • Ical commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Dear Alex,
    Any progress on this request? Is it now possible to reply to specific message in PC?
    Thanks!

  • Anon commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Upvote for this feature, its a no-brainer that this should be standard functionality for a collaboration tool

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is pretty embarrassing. The most upvotes for of the simplest features.. At least 6 months passed with nothing.

    Well done microsoft!

  • HG commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Dear Alex,
    Any progress on this request? Is it now possible to reply to specific message in PC?
    Thanks!

  • Bobby B commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I agree. It's been almost a year since I've seen folks complaining about this. It's ridiculous that I have to go to the message on mobile to respond to a specific message. Given then advancements that have been made since COVID and Microsoft being forced to step up its game, I would think some of these small fixes/enhancements would have been a quick no-brainer.

  • Grata commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This important feature does cause workflow to jump to the mobile device to reply. Is this really a 7mo project?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Not sure if already posted here, but there is a solution to reply a specific message in the desktop version of Teams. Simply copy the message that you want to reply to, press "shift + <" in the message box and paste the previously copied text. If necessary you can also tag the person again in the copied text.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    YES YES YES!!! It is so important when conversation is between more than 3 users :)

  • Shawn Carrié commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Completely ridiculous that this basic feature doesn't exist. I hate that my company switched to Microsoft.

  • SamCPP commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    My workflow is literally to change to my phone when I want to reply. How on earth is this feature taking so long to implement?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Still waiting for this feature... the most voted feature, yet still in backlog. I think majority of us use desktop app more than the mobile app.

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