Show that a user is typing

[cbacit]

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When users are typing it would be great to see when they are typing. Or even show when a users reads the message.

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[nickvergessen]

I think typing is not really feasable performancewise.

Read status is dealt with in #1012

[medworthy]

Currently I am using Riot.im to host meetings. Within Riot there is an indicator (within the input field) which displays when a user is typing. Due to having fairly free form meetings, this indicator helps percipients uphold a form of etiquette (ie. allows percipients to wait until the current typist finishes typing before those percipients provide further replies).

I am also using a XMPP framework for personal purposes and various XMPP / Jabber clients also provide a similar typing indicator.

One of the features that would encourage me to move from Riot and start using Nextcloud Talk within a production scenario would be the inclusion of a typing indicator.

[nickvergessen]

A simple 👍 on the original report is enough 😎

[ladrua]

I guess it would require the use of websocket?

[nickvergessen]

Yeah, which we have with the external signaling backend.
Then again, the question is when to do this, only in 1-1 chats? Also in group chats? What should happen if multiple people type, ...