element-hq / element-hq/element-web
Message previews use mxid instead of display name when mentioning users
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A-Message-Previews
P3
S-Tolerable
T-Defect
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- TypeScript
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Description
### Description
Mentioning a user usually inserts a "pill" which Element resolves to a user's display name. This isn't done for the message preview and thus inconsistent and confusing.
Logs being sent: no
### Version information
- **Platform**: desktop
- **OS**: Arch Linux
- **Version**: Element Nightly version: 2021012201 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/element-desktop-nightly-bin/)
Kind of related maybe: vector-im/element-meta#1603
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