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Global “Do Not Disturb” / Mute notifications toggle with keyboard shortcut
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Description
### Your use case
Currently, Element does not provide a fast way to temporarily mute all notifications globally (similar to a “Do Not Disturb” mode).
While room-level mute and notification settings exist, users often need a quick, reversible, global mute option — especially during meetings, presentations, or focused work.
There are existing discussions around time-based muting (e.g. element-meta / element-web issues), but this request focuses specifically on usability and speed, ideally via a keyboard shortcut. https://github.com/element-hq/element-meta/issues/1223
Why this is useful
- Frequent context switching (meetings, screen sharing, focus time)
- Users coming from Slack / Teams expect a quick DND toggle
- OS-level DND is not always sufficient or desired
- Improves accessibility and workflow efficiency
### Have you considered any alternatives?
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Research direction
No implementation files, tests, or entry points are identified in the issue. Start by reading the linked element-meta/element-web issue 1223 and compare the existing room-level mute and notification settings in the relevant Element clients. Done should include an agreed global toggle, a keyboard shortcut, and a reversible user-visible notification state.
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Assessment
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100