Mentioning Teammates¶
@Mentions¶
Use @mentions to get the attention of specific team members.
@username¶
You can mention a teammate by using the @ symbol plus their username to send them a mention notification.
Type @ to bring up a list of team members who can be mentioned. To filter the list, type the first few letters of any username, first name, last name, or nickname. The Up and Down arrow keys can then be used to scroll through entries in the list, and pressing ENTER will select which user to mention. Once selected, the username will automatically replace the full name or nickname.
The following example sends a special mention notification to alice that alerts her of the channel and message where she has been mentioned. If alice is away from Mattermost and has email notifications turned on, then she will receive an email alert of her mention along with the message text.
@alice how did your interview go with the new candidate?
If the user you mentioned does not belong to the channel, a System Message will be posted to let you know. This is a temporary message only seen by the person who triggered it. To add the mentioned user to the channel, go to the dropdown menu beside the channel name and select Add Members.
@channel and @all¶
You can mention an entire channel by typing @channel or @all. All members of the channel will receive a mention notification that behaves the same way as if the members had been mentioned personally. If used in Town Square, it will notify all members of your team.
@channel great work on interviews this week. I think we found some excellent potential candidates!
@here¶
You can mention everyone who is online in a channel by typing @here. This will send a desktop notification and push notification to members of the channel who are online. It will also be counted as a mention in the sidebar. Members who are offline will not receive a notification, and when they come back to the site they will not see a mention counted in the channel sidebar. Members who are away will only receive a desktop notification if they have notifications set to “all activity”, and they will not see a mention counted in the sidebar.
@here can someone do a quick review of this?
Words That Trigger Mentions¶
In addition to being notified by @username and @channel, you can customize words that trigger mention notifications in Account Settings > Notifications > Words that trigger mentions. By default, you will receive mention notifications for your username, first name, and for @channel, @all, and @here.
You can add a list of customized words you would like to get mention notifications for by typing them into the input box separated by commas. This is useful if you want to be notified of all posts on certain topics, for example, “interviewing” or “marketing”.
Recent Mentions¶
Click @ next to the search box to query for your most recent @mentions and words that trigger mentions. Click Jump next to a search result in the right-hand sidebar to jump the center pane to the channel and location of the message with the mention.
