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View messages from a stream

home view

In the home view, you'll see messages from all streams and topics. However, you may only want to see messages from a single stream. This is also called 'narrowing' to a stream.

To view messages from a stream, select the stream from the stream list on the left.

narrowed view

Only messages from the selected stream will be displayed.

In the stream list, the stream whose messages are currently being viewed will be highlighted in blue, and the topics in that stream will be displayed below the stream name.

An alternative way to view messages from only one stream is to type stream: in the search bar at the top, and then enter the name of the stream whose messages you want to view. Autocomplete options to narrow to a stream will appear as you type.

narrow from search

You can view messages from a stream that you're not subscribed to through the search bar, but you'll generally want to subscribe to streams whose messages you want to view.