element-hq / element-hq/element-web

Room list: mentions in low-priority rooms are not low priority for me

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A-Room-List O-Occasional S-Major T-Defect X-Needs-Product Z-ProductPolish
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. Mark a room as low priority
2. Someone mentions you in that room
3. The room shows a green icon next to it, but remains in the Low Priority section, so I can't see it because it's scrolled off the bottom

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?

If someone mentions me, even in a low-priority room, I want to be able to see it immediately.

Similarly, if someone invites me or mentions me, but I currently have the Favourites section expanded, I don't see it, because it appears in the Chats section.

I know I have banged on about it before, but I would like a flat list of rooms (no sections) where the most important things appear at the top. In this case, a low-priority room with a mention would be more important than e.g. an unread normal room.

#### What happened instead?

I didn't notice I was mentioned because it was scrolled off the bottom of the room list.

### Application version

Element version: 78273c569b26-js-171029678727 Crypto version: Rust SDK 0.18.0 (6fe03c1), Vodozemac 0.10.0

Contributor guide

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by reproducing the room-list behavior in Element Web with a low-priority room, a mention, and expanded Favourites; trace how rooms are grouped and ordered. Done means mentions and invitations are surfaced where the user can see them immediately, including from low-priority rooms, with the expected ordering agreed and covered by tests.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
design, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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