Accessing other conversations while in a call?

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The issue you are facing:

While in a Call, I would like to be able to view other Conversations in the Nextcloud Talk app, but attempting to do so currently requires you to either leave the Call, or as a workaround, open Talk in another browser or device. It would be nice to be able to pop the Call out into a separate window and then look at other conversations in the main window. Is such a thing possible? Am I missing a setting or button that allows me to do this?

Discord is able to do this, so it is not a limitation of Electron apps.

Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y/N): N

Steps to replicate it:

  1. Start or join a call in a conversation

  2. Attempt to view another conversation

  3. Get told you have to leave the call to view another conversation

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How will you share camera, microphone and speakers to the several conversations?

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I don’t want to share the camera etc. to the other conversations, I would just like to be able to read them, and to write messages to them, whilst in a call - i.e., while involved in a call in Conversation A, I would also like to be able to read and send text messages in Conversation B (not join another Call).

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if you’re using a browser you can open another tab or another browser… you can also install the talk app.

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That’s exactly what I am doing as a workaround - using the app for the main client, where the video call is, and then using a browser to use other conversations. It’s just it would be nice to be able to do it all in the one app, and not have to resort to workarounds.

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I think you can Command+Click on another conversation to open another window. It’s not officially supported that way, but works

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Thanks, that is definitely better than the open-in-a-browser workaround.

The best solution for me looks to be to use this Command+Click/middle-click to open the conversation the call is in, and initiate/join in that pop-up window, and use the main window for everything else.

Thanks @SysKeeper!