Add files, GIFs and stickers to a message
Drop a file onto the message box, pick one with the Add button, or paste it with Ctrl V. A message can carry up to 10 files, at most 25 MB together.
Files
Press the Add button in the box and choose Upload from computer, or drag the file onto the box. Pictures, videos, sounds and 3D models get a preview in the conversation. The limits:
- up to 10 files in a message
- at most 25 MB together; 100 MB for a message that carries a Nuke or Fusion node file or a Blender scene
- programs and scripts (.exe, .msi, .bat and the like) can't be sent as they are: zip them first
- folders can't be added: zip them and send the ZIP
For bigger files, send a sharing link.
Emoji, GIFs and stickers
The smiley in the box (Emoji, GIFs and stickers) opens three tabs: Emoji, GIF and Stickers. GIFs are searched on GIPHY and among Devchaos's own GIFs, and go as soon as you click one. The stickers show Dev, the Devchaos mascot, the crew, and reactions; in a message they appear large and without a frame.
Nudges and winks
In direct messages and groups, the bottom row of the box has two more buttons. Nudge shakes the other side's window for a moment; you can send one a minute, and the shortcut is Ctrl Shift N. Wink plays a short animation large on the other side's screen; one every 30 seconds. Project channels have neither. If you'd rather not have them on your screen, turn off Shake the window on a nudge, play winks on screen in Settings › Notifications.
Something went wrong?
A file won't attach and a warning shows.
The warning says why: the message is over the size limit in total, the file is a program or a script, or you picked a folder. Spread the files over several messages, or send a sharing link for a large file.
The GIF tab shows only Devchaos GIFs.
GIPHY can't be reached at the moment, so Devchaos's own GIFs are shown. Try again a little later.
A file in an old message won't open.
In conversations Devchaos keeps, messages are deleted after 180 days, together with the files they carried. There is more on the page about where files live.
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