Additional user statuses

[rockneverdies55]

Possible solutions:

• let user define the status with a brief text
• have admins define some additional global user statuses
• or (least preferred) add few more options to rocket.chat
  (such as "In a meeting", "Extended Busy", "Be Right Back", "Do Not Disturb", "With a client", "Working From Home" etc... )

[acaronmd]

I'd love to see all these options. I'd also love to have this available in the API.

[giray]

👍

[joshuacoty]

👍

[terr-steak]

+1

[MxAshUp]

👍

[tristanflorcb]

+1

[rauhmaru]

+1

[JohnDorianMD]

+1

[justinreock-roguewave]

+1

[spathare21]

+1

[Flickster42490]

+1

[agentlol]

+1

[Bobreshovr]

+1

[davidmason]

This is particularly needed in the browser because my status is automatically set to Away when I do not have that tab focused. I would prefer that the client not claim I am away unless I lock my screen, but if it does happen I need my team to be able to distinguish between when I am on a different tab and when I am actually AFK.

I can post in every channel every time I get up, but that information gets out of date as soon as I return and post that I am back. At the moment it is the only way to let my team know whether I'm just away for 5 minutes making a cup of tea, or if I'm taking a longer break.

[steve-a-ihtsdo]

+1

[dmoldovan123]

+1

[jbarrere]

Status could also be automatically updated when user is on a meeting (according to an outlook calendar or ical)

[trax44]

[cyclops24]

+1

[acteru]

+1

[MatthewTrout]

+1

[TomaszKorwel]

+1

[maxpen]

why hasn't this been added yet? ;o

[localguru]

+1

[g3org3y]

+1

[skral]

+1

[mfraiss]

+1

[lukaszkups]

+1

[cyrilferte]

+1

[m2u-84]

+1

[mbrgm]

Please use the thumbs-up button on the original post instead of filling peoples' inboxes with '+1' emails. Github added this feature for that reason.

If you have additional use cases to share and/or want to elaborate on why this feature would be useful, that's a reason for a comment. If you just want to say 'I want this', please use the thumbs-up button. Thank you!

[crud42]

Hi all!
In the meantime, does anyone have experience using a custom javascript? We have this option to add custom scripts and i wonder if that would work adding a custom message, too.
Best

[KervyN]

rodrigok moved this from Desireable to Review/QA in June/2018 7 days ago

Oh yeah!

[btorellALTA]

So, what ended up happening with this feature in the June 2018 Review? Is this still simply "planned" or is there any chance PR #9353 might be worked on to be mergeable?

[marcus-no]

/away <optional time in minutes, remove away status when passed> <optional away message> would be sweet.

[taenzerme]

What's the current status on this? We're considering moving to Rocket Chat but would need a custom user status feature. Is this implemented already?

[krispayne]

It is not, as far as I know. I work remote so having a status is really necessary. Especially with the ability to mute notifications.

[bjump85]

+1

As a remote worker, I second the handiness of a feature like this.

[Loki-Afro]

Whats the status of this feature?

[reetp]

Whats the status of this feature?

Try open.rocket.chat

It is coming but it is still buggy. Looks like Custom Status is covered here:

#13933

[Hudell]

I'm gonna close this since the feature was already implemented. If anybody finds any errors or wants to add something, please register a new issue.