matrix-spec/specification/modules/tags.rst

Room Tagging
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.. _module:tagging:

Users can add tags to rooms. Tags are short strings used to label rooms, e.g.
"work", "family". A room may have multiple tags. Tags are only visible to the
user that set them but are shared across all their devices.

Events
------

The tags on a room are received as single ``m.tag`` event in the
``private_user_data`` section of a room in a v2 /sync.

The ``m.tag`` can also be received in a v1 /events response or in the
``private_user_data`` section of a room in v1 /initialSync. ``m.tag``
events appearing in v1 /events will have a ``room_id`` with the room
the tags are for.

Each tag has an associated JSON object with information about the tag, e.g how
to order the rooms with a given tag.

Ordering information is given under the ``order`` key as a string. The string
are compared lexicographically by unicode codepoint to determine which should
displayed first. So a room with a tag with an ``order`` key of ``"apples"``
would appear before a room with a tag with an ``order`` key of ``"oranges"``.
If a room has a tag without an ``order`` key then it should appear after the
rooms with that tag that have an ``order`` key.


{{m_tag_event}

Client Behaviour
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{{v2_tags_http_api}}