In web chats and Bitrix24 mobile apps for Windows and Mac, you can use hotkeys to speed up your work and format messages.
You can see available hotkeys in the chat settings > the Keyboard shortcuts tab.
Key combinations are available only for chats in a web version, and for chats and calls in the Bitrix24 app.
Hotkeys in the browser
| Option | Windows | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Switch to the search for a chat room | ALT + 0 | ALT + 0 |
| Open chat from the list of recent chats | ALT + [1-9] | ALT + [1-9] |
| Cite the message | CTRL + click message menu | CMD + click message menu |
| Cite the text | >> before the quoted text in the input field | >> before the quoted text in the input field |
| Quick editing of a previous message | ↑ in the input field | ↑ in the input field |
| Inserting a name in the input field | CTRL + click a user's avatar | CMD + click a user's avatar |
| Use boldface for the highlighted text | CTRL + B | CMD + B |
| Make the highlighted text in slanted font | CTRL + I | CMD + I |
| Underline the highlighted text | CTRL + U | CMD + U |
| Cross out the highlighted text | CTRL + S | CMD + S |
| Change the layout of the highlighted text | CTRL + E | CMD + E |
| User menu output | click a user's avatar | click a user's avatar |
| Display all chats grouped by type | click in the contact search field | click in the contact search field |
Hotkeys in the Bitrix24 desktop app
| Calls | ||
|---|---|---|
| Option | Windows | macOS |
| Turn the microphone on/off | CTRL + SHIFT + A | CMD + SHIFT + A |
| Turn on the microphone temporarily (push to talk) | Hold SPACE | Hold SPACE |
| Enable/disable the screen display | CTRL + SHIFT + S | CMD + SHIFT + S |
| Turn the camera on/off | CTRL + SHIFT + V | CMD + SHIFT + V |
| Enable/disable call recording | CTRL + SHIFT + R | CMD + SHIFT + R |
| Raise/Lower Hand | CTRL + SHIFT + H | CMD + SHIFT + H |
| Collapse/uncollapse call | CTRL + SHIFT + C | CMD + SHIFT + C |
| Enable Speaker or Grid mode depending on the currently selected mode | CTRL + SHIFT + W | CMD + SHIFT + W |
| Enable/disable the sound, coming from the participants | CTRL + SHIFT + M | CMD + SHIFT + M |
| Open/close the list of participants (in the video conference) | CTRL + SHIFT + U | CMD + SHIFT + U |
| Chats | ||
|---|---|---|
| Option | Windows | macOS |
| Switch to the search for a chat room | ALT + 0 | ALT + 0 |
| Open chat from the list of recent chats | ALT + [1-9] | ALT + [1-9] |
| Cite the message | CTRL + click message menu | CMD + click message menu |
| Cite the text | >> before the quoted text in the input field | >> before the quoted text in the input field |
| Quick editing of a previous message | ↑ in the input field | ↑ in the input field |
| Inserting a name in the input field | CTRL + click a user's avatar | CMD + click a user's avatar |
| Use boldface for the highlighted text | CTRL + B | CMD + B |
| Make the highlighted text in slanted font | CTRL + I | CMD + I |
| Underline the highlighted text | CTRL + U | CMD + U |
| Cross out the highlighted text | CTRL + S | CMD + S |
| Change the layout of the highlighted text | CTRL + T | CMD + T |
| User menu output | click a user's avatar | click a user's avatar |
| Display all chats grouped by type | click in the contact search field | click in the contact search field |
| Saved messages for notes | click your avatar at the top left | click your avatar at the top left |
Send a message
You can configure hotkeys used for sending messages by clicking the Enter button at the bottom right corner. You can switch between Enter and Ctrl+Enter. Also, you can expand the text entry box by pulling its top margin.
Formatting messages with BB codes
[b]bold[/b]: bold[i]italic[/i]: italic[u]underline[/u]: underline[s]cross out[/s]:cross out>>: the text after the two angle brackets will be displayed as a quote.[url=http://bitrix24.com]Bitrix24[/url]: Bitrix24 if a direct link is specified in the text of the message, it is automatically converted into a clickable link in the dialog.link to image: if you specify a direct link to the image in the body of the message, a preview of that image will be shown in the dialog.[icon=your-link-address title=description]: if you want to send an icon to the chat room, choose the desired icon on the http://emojipedia.org and copy the link to that emoji, then paste the BB code into the chat (supported formats: .svg, .png, .gif and .jpg).
Read more in the article Add emoji to Bitrix24 chat.
Likes and emoticons
You can like messages and add emoji to your message by clicking the corresponding button.
