Attachments and shared items
A room chat carries more than text. You can upload files, share files the room already has, send your location or a saved place, post a saved link, and share contact cards. Everything you share is kept in the room: files land in Files, links in Links, places in Locations and contacts in Contacts. Everyone in the room can share items in chat.
How to attach something to a message
- Open the room chat.
- Select the attach button next to the message box.
- Choose what to share:
- Upload: upload files from your device.
- Room files: share a file that is already in the room's Files.
- Location: share where you are now.
- Saved location: share one of the room's saved places.
- Saved link: share one of the room's saved links.
- New contact: create a contact card and share it.
- Saved contact: share one of the room's contacts.
- Camera, Gallery and Contact (mobile app): take a photo, pick photos or share a contact from your phone.
- Add a message if you like and send it.
How to drag files into chat
- Open the room chat on desktop.
- Drag files from your computer onto the chat. Drag and drop files here appears.
- Drop the files to upload them. When the upload finishes, select View Files to open them in the room's Files.
tip
Every link posted in the room chat is saved to the room's Links automatically, so the room's bookmarks build themselves from the conversation.
note
File uploads use the room's storage. If your company has switched off uploads or a Drive source, those options do not appear.