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Ability to Close Chat View on Element Web/Desktop like Intuitively on Android/iOS
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Description
On Android/iOS user can ‘go back’ from the chat view to close it, on Web/Desktop there seems to be no obvious way[1](#fn1).
The reason user might want to do this is to avoid ‘reading’ new messages whenever they open the window (see also: #16703).
Something like a close `(X)` or go back `(←)` button in the chat view title bar would be nice.
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Footnote 1: Currently there is a _keyboard shortcut only_ action “Go to Home View” (`Ctrl + Alt + H`) which can serve the purpose of close chat view, but it is _by no means obvious to normal users_, and a keyboard shortcut may not always work (#16692).
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