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Send messages

Messages are how you talk in Latte — in a group channel with your class or team, or one-to-one in a private chat. Every message you send shows up for everyone in the conversation instantly, on every device.

  1. Open Groups from the navigation and select a conversation — a group or a name under Direct Messages. A group opens on its Chat tab.

  2. Click the message field at the bottom (it reads Message) and type what you want to say.

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    A group's Chat tab with a message typed into the Message input field, ready to send

  3. Press Enter (or click the Send icon) to send. To add a new line instead of sending, press Shift+Enter.

On the Latte desktop app

The desktop app is the same chat — messages you send there sync to your phone and the web instantly.

Good to know

A message needs at least one visible character — Latte won't send a blank or spaces-only message. You can drop in emojis and GIFs or attach files and photos before you send.

If a conversation looks empty​

An empty conversation and a conversation that failed to load look different on purpose, so you can always tell which one you are looking at:

  • A welcome card inviting you to send the first message means the conversation really is empty — nobody has posted yet. Go ahead and start it.
  • A red "Messages didn't load" card means the messages exist but could not be fetched, usually because the connection dropped while they were loading. Use Try again on that card to retry. If it keeps failing, check your internet connection and reopen the conversation.

Latte will not show the welcome card for a conversation that actually has messages in it.