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# Composer Features
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## Auto Complete
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- Hitting tab tries to auto-complete the word before the caret as a room member
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- If no matching name is found, a visual bell is shown
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- @ + a letter opens auto complete for members starting with the given letter
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- When inserting a user pill at the start in the composer, a colon and space is appended to the pill
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- When inserting a user pill anywhere else in composer, only a space is appended to the pill
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- # + a letter opens auto complete for rooms starting with the given letter
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- : open auto complete for emoji
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- Pressing arrow-up/arrow-down while the autocomplete is open navigates between auto complete options
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- Pressing tab while the autocomplete is open goes to the next autocomplete option,
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wrapping around at the end after reverting to the typed text first.
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## Formatting
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- When selecting text, a formatting bar appears above the selection.
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- The formatting bar allows to format the selected test as:
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bold, italic, strikethrough, a block quote, and a code block (inline if no linebreak is selected).
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- Formatting is applied as markdown syntax.
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- Hitting ctrl/cmd+B also marks the selected text as bold
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- Hitting ctrl/cmd+I also marks the selected text as italic
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- Hitting ctrl/cmd+> also marks the selected text as a blockquote
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## Misc
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- When hitting the arrow-up button while having the caret at the start in the composer,
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the last message sent by the syncing user is edited.
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- Clicking a display name on an event in the timeline inserts a user pill into the composer
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- Emoticons (like :-), >:-), :-/, ...) are replaced by emojis while typing if the relevant setting is enabled
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- Typing in the composer sends typing notifications in the room
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- Pressing ctrl/mod+z and ctrl/mod+y undoes/redoes modifications
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- Pressing shift+enter inserts a line break
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- Pressing enter sends the message.
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- Choosing "Quote" in the context menu of an event inserts a quote of the event body in the composer.
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- Choosing "Reply" in the context menu of an event shows a preview above the composer to reply to.
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- Pressing alt+arrow up/arrow down navigates in previously sent messages, putting them in the composer.
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