Zulip homepage

Help center home

Guides

Getting started

Setting up your organization

Account basics

Preferences

Writing messages

Sending messages

Reading messages

People

Groups

Channels

Topics

Notifications

Apps

Zulip administration

Organization profile

Import an organization

Account creation and authentication

User management

Channel management

Permissions management

Organization settings

Bots & integrations

Support

Back to Zulip

Replying to messages

Many chat apps have prominent “reply” or “reply in thread” buttons. These buttons are necessary, because it's often hard to figure out what conversation messages belong to if you don't use them.

When you start composing a message in Zulip, it will automatically be addressed to the conversation thread you're reading (unless you are starting a new thread). Because everything is organized into threads, it'll almost always be clear what you're responding to. This means there is no need to repeat what has already been said when you reply.

You can still quote part of an older message for reference, or forward a message to another thread.

Reply to messages in a conversation

  • Desktop/Web
  • Mobile

  1. Click the Message... button at the bottom of the app.

  2. Compose your message. You can preview your message before sending.

  3. Click the Send () button, or use a keyboard shortcut to send your message.

You can also reply by clicking on a message, or using the R or Enter keyboard shortcuts to reply to the message in the blue box.

  1. Tap the Message ... text in the compose box at the bottom of the app.

  2. Compose your message, and tap the Send () button in the bottom right corner of the app.

If you're reading messages in a channel feed, or the combined feed, navigate to the conversation view by tapping the message recipient bar of the conversation you want to reply to.

Don't see an answer to your question? Contact this Zulip server's administrators for support.