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User/Channel Autocomplete not working in Your Message on New Discussion Popup Diaglog
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Description
Description:
When creating a new New Discussion topic, on the Create New Disussion Popup Dialog, the Your Message field does not all the autocompletion of Name/Rooms and/or Channels
Steps to reproduce:
- On the Web Client goto any Channel
- Click on the + sign and Create New Discussion
- Click into the "Your Message" field/box
- Try to type a user using @ or a room using #
Expected behavior:
In normall message fields/box the @ and/or # would provide an autocomplete of names/rooms as you type.
Actual behavior:
Nothing happens.

Server Setup Information:
- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 5.4.3
- Operating System: Ubuntu
- Deployment Method: Droplet on Digitial Ocean
- Number of Running Instances: 1
- NodeJS Version: v14.19.3
- MongoDB Version: 5.0.12 / wiredTiger (oplog Enabled)
Client Setup Information
- Desktop App or Browser Version: Google Chrome Version 110.0.5481.177 (Official Build) (64-bit)
- Operating System: Fedora 37
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the web client's Create New Discussion popup and its Your Message field, then compare it with normal message fields where @ and # autocomplete works. Reproduce the issue using the listed steps and verify that user, room, or channel suggestions appear while typing in the popup.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, typescript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100