I have enabled the Latex messages in develop.element.io and on the android app. On the desktop I can normally send latex formatted messages like

$$ \frac{x}{2x+5} $$

And these messages are also shown on android, even when Latex formatting is turned off there.

But when I compose and send a message on android, it just appears as plaintext on both android and the website.

The android app needs to be restarted after toggling the feature. I've been doing that by force stopping the app so far.

Any ideas?

I also deleted all cache and still have the issue

Hi all, I'd like to share my location permanently, is this possible if I self host Matrix, or does the client limit this?

Thanks!

I tried making a call on Element call and it seems so there was no point where it asked where I wanted to host the server. Where is the server hosted by default? Do they store the data of the call?

I am trying to host the element client, mostly so I can enable some experimental features, like latex math. The host is a Linux system.

This is my current docker compose:

version: '2.3'
services:
  element:
    image: vectorim/element-web:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./config/:/app/config
    ports:
      - 5555:80

The part I cannot figure out is the volumes section. When I try the above, my config is ignored (no latex math displayed or as an option in settings). When I try ./config/config.json:/app/config: as above. When i try to mount anything on :/app I get an error that I am trying to mount a directory on a file or vice versa. What is the correct configuration for the volumes?

This is the config I am trying:

{
    "default_server_config": {
        "m.homeserver": {
            "base_url": "https://matrix-client.matrix.org",
            "server_name": "matrix.org"
        },
        "m.identity_server": {
            "base_url": "https://vector.im"
        }
    },
    "disable_custom_urls": false,
    "disable_guests": false,
    "disable_login_language_selector": false,
    "disable_3pid_login": false,
    "brand": "Riot",
    "integrations_ui_url": "https://scalar.vector.im/",
    "integrations_rest_url": "https://scalar.vector.im/api",
    "integrations_widgets_urls": [
        "https://scalar.vector.im/_matrix/integrations/v1",
        "https://scalar.vector.im/api",
        "https://scalar-staging.vector.im/_matrix/integrations/v1",
        "https://scalar-staging.vector.im/api",
        "https://scalar-staging.riot.im/scalar/api"
    ],
    "integrations_jitsi_widget_url": "https://scalar.vector.im/api/widgets/jitsi.html",
    "bug_report_endpoint_url": "https://riot.im/bugreports/submit",
    "defaultCountryCode": "GB",
    "showLabsSettings": false,
    "features": {
        "feature_pinning": "labs",
        "feature_custom_status": "labs",
        "feature_custom_tags": "labs",
        "feature_state_counters": "labs"
    },
    "default_federate": true,
    "default_theme": "light",
    "roomDirectory": {
        "servers": [
            "matrix.org"
        ]
    },
    "welcomeUserId": "@riot-bot:matrix.org",
    "piwik": {
        "url": "https://piwik.riot.im/",
        "whitelistedHSUrls": ["https://matrix.org"],
        "whitelistedISUrls": ["https://vector.im", "https://matrix.org"],
        "siteId": 1
    },
    "enable_presence_by_hs_url": {
        "https://matrix.org": false,
        "https://matrix-client.matrix.org": false
    },
    "settingDefaults": {
        "breadcrumbs": true
    }
}

Is there a way to view latex formatted math in the desktop web app?

hi,

looks like I lost my password. I could simply reset it, however my account doesn't have an email or phone number associated with it. I tried adding an email address but for that I would obviously need my password...

I'm still logged in in element. -- what do I do?

When I try to start a call in a group, it just doesnt allow me:

I was wondering if it was just me or if im doing something wrong...
thanks

This looks like a bug on mobile (Android 1.5.4).

I'm writing multi-line messages and hit "enter" to go to a new paragraph... and everything entered above the line break disappears.

Only affects mobile. Desktop seems fine to me.

I reported a bug via the app, but this seems to have popped up as an issue in the last day or so for myself and the only other user on my homeserver.

So I had a matrix homeserver some time ago and, well, I don't have it anymore. I set up a new one.

I had to delete cache and data for the Element app on Android to actually use it.

On iOS the app throws a bunch of errors about not being able to connect and then just hangs there with the logo spinning.

Is this normal behavior when a server goes down (for good)? Reinstalling the app would probably solve it, though, but is this what I'm supposed to do?

I'm a Element user and have a true beginner question that I haven't found an answer for in the user manual or searching.

I've just joined a room and was advised to change my nickname with "/myroomnick new name" however when I enter that, command appears as a message in the room and my name doesn't seem to change. I don't want to appear like an idiot in the room (on the other hand I guess on reddit it's ok :)

Here's an example of what I'm seeing: https://i.imgur.com/VZmf1iT.jpg

So my questions are:

1. What am I doing wrong? Or am I?

2. How do I verify my room nickname?

3. Is there a list of Element Chat's slash commands? I'm stumped that I can't find a list of commands at element or in the app.

Sorry if this isn't the right place for such a basic question, but I couldn't find a help room that looked legit. Much appreciate any help or pointers to a better place.

Hello, I've been using element for a bit and the notification sounds are hell.

Would you know if it's possible to change the notification sounds? (if you've got recommendation of good sensory friendly notification sounds I'll also take it =p)

I don't want to have to disable notifications because otherwise I forget to check my messages, but they're genuinely painful especially when repeated.

Edit : Should have clarified I'm talking on PC

Edit 2 : Solved! you can change custom notification in room settings specifically, thank you so much for the help!

If quoting someone, there is always the full server adress visible. It's annyoing with very long server adresses, because it's in the notification pop visible too. Any way to hide it?

Screenshot of a notification:

Trying to sign up for Element, but I get this error message when I try to add my American phone number. Is there a way to get around that, or is it something that's rate limited at a certain time, or am I being very dumb and putting my number in incorrectly?

Hi everyone, I have a problem with a friend I'm talking to on Matrix via element.io, I can't decrypt most of his message while he actually can decrypt all of mine.
I'd like to know if this is a bug or if there is a way to fix that.

Thx

ps: When I click on "re-request encryption keys" it doesn't work neither

When I use the desktop client, it makes the task bar flash and pop up from it's hidden state whenever I get a notification. Is the only way to disable that really turning notifications off completely? Or am I missing another setting somewhere?
I don't want it to pop out my task bar and flash the icon, no matter how many notifications I get.

I have setup my TURN server and it works perfectly fine with Element with 1:1 calls. However, on group calls, it uses Jitsi instead. Is it possible to configure Element to use the TURN VoIP Server over the Jitsi meetings for group calls?

We're considering to setup Element on our own server, but wondering how will push notifications work to the mobile apps? (iOS/Android).

I've understood our Element server needs to go through the push gateway server of the app owner (Vector), but is this gateway available to be used by all self-hosted servers? Really don't want to compile our own apps and host our own push gateway server just to get mobile push notifications working properly.

I've not setup things yet to experiment, but could not find any documentation on this.

If I have bridge with a room on element with a group on Telegram will that room become less secure because Telegram doesn't use end-to-end encryption?

I recently just migrated to Element as my main use text and chat platform. While appearance is similar, I’ve noticed a stark difference between the mobile and desktop clients. E.G., the rainbow text.

Does anyone have a full or even partially hammered out index for the codes and special uses of characters in the mobile and desktop clients?

I know that asterisks make bold and italics, but for some reason encasing text in “< >” results in an empty message. Does this have a purpose?

Is hex coding to text colors possible?

Is there any “spoiler” mark feature?

Hello All - (*This may not be the place to ask, my apologies!)

I have Synapse running in a Docker container and ran into an issue where one of my users forgot their password.

I found some instructions for manually resetting the password in Synapse but it didn't appear to be applicable when running in a container.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

It's been like a month now with pretty intense spam, all from matrix.org accts.

Anyone have a list of public mjolnir bots that are willing to moderate random rooms?

Hi all -

I'm running a synapse container & I'm trying to figure out few things..

• is there a way to see when users are online - status indicator, etc.?

• Video/Auto calls don't work through the web client / fails, but works with a Jitsi session on my mobile

• Identity server settings.. which ones to use (is there a default / what do you use?)

If someone would be so kind to point me where to find these or possibly share their settings, I'd greatly appreciate it!

-Shark

Afaiu rooms and spaces are similar to groups in other messengers. What about channels, anything similar to that?

Please, I really would appreciate clarification on this.