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User and room mentions
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This module allows users to "mention" other users and rooms within a room event.
This is primarily used as an indicator that the recipient should receive a notification
about the event.
This is achieved by including metadata in the m.mentions content property of
the event to reference the entity being mentioned.
m.mentions is defined as follows:
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Additionally, see the .m.rule.is_user_mention and
.m.rule.is_room_mention push rules.
Users should not add their own Matrix ID to the m.mentions property as outgoing
messages cannot self-notify.
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If an encrypted event contains an m.mentions in its payload, it should be
encrypted as normal. To properly process mentions in encrypted rooms, events
must be decrypted first. See receiving notifications.
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Note that, for backwards compatibility, push rules such as .m.rule.contains_display_name,
.m.rule.contains_user_name, and
.m.rule.roomnotif continue to match if the body of
the event contains the user's display name or ID. To avoid unintentional notifications,
it is recommended that clients include a m.mentions property on each event.
(If there are no mentions to include it can be an empty object.)
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In previous versions of the specification, mentioning users was done by
including the user's display name or the localpart of their Matrix ID and room
mentions were done by including the string "@room" in the plaintext body of
the event. This was prone to confusing and buggy behaviour.
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Client behaviour
Although it is possible to silently mention users, it is recommended to include a
Matrix URI in the HTML body of an m.room.message
event. This applies only to m.room.message events where the msgtype is
m.text, m.emote, or m.notice. The format for the event must be
org.matrix.custom.html and therefore requires a formatted_body.
Clients should use the following guidelines when adding a Matrix URI
representing a mention to events to be sent:
- When linking to users, use the user's potentially ambiguous display name for the anchor's text. If the user does not have a display name, use the user's ID.
- When linking to rooms, use the canonical alias for the room. If the room does not have a canonical alias, prefer one of the aliases listed on the room. If no alias can be found, fall back to the room ID. In all cases, use the alias/room ID being linked to as the anchor's text.
The text component of the anchor should be used in the event's body
where the link would normally be represented, as shown in the example
above.
Clients should display mentions differently from other elements. For example, this may be done by changing the background color of the mention to indicate that it is different from a normal link.
If the current user is mentioned in a message, the client should show that
mention differently from other mentions, such as by using a red
background color to signify to the user that they were mentioned. Note that
it is possible for a user to be mentioned without including their Matrix URI
in the event.
When clicked, the mention should navigate the user to the appropriate user or room information.