zulip/templates/zerver/help/view-information-about-a-message.md

Viewing information about a message

To view more information about a message, first locate the message you want to learn more about in your view. Click on the name of the user that sent the message; the message sender's name turns blue upon hover.

Upon clicking on the message sender's name, a tooltip will appear with more information about the message.

Information about a message

1. The Message to stream section describes which stream the message was sent to.

   In this example, the message was sent to the Denmark stream.

2. The Sent by section displays the username and email address of the message sender.

   In this example, King Hamlet sent the messsage. His email address is hamlet@zulip.com.

3. This Timestamp section shows the exact date and time at which the message was sent.

   In this example, the message was sent at December 20, 2016 at 8:23:20 A.M. PST (UTC -8).

4. Clicking the Send a private message link allows you to directly send a private message to the message sender.

   

   In this example, clicking on the link transforms your messaging box to send a private message to King Hamlet.

5. Clicking the Narrow to private message link narrows your view to display all private messages exchanged between the message sender and you by using the search operator pm-with.

   

   In this example, clicking on the link transforms your view to show all private messages exchanged between King Hamlet and you by using the search operator pm-with:hamlet@zulip.com.

6. Clicking the Narrow to messages sent by link narrows your view to display all messages the message sender sent to streams that you're subscribed to and private group chats you're both in using the search operator by sender.

   

   In this example, clicking on the link transforms your view to show all messages sent by King Hamlet sent to public streams you're subscribed to as well as private group chats you're both in by using the search operator sender:hamlet@zulip.com.