Microsoft Teams Copying Name, Timestamp, and Message

Re-enabling the feature to include Names and TimeStamps would be very much appreciated.

As previously illustrated....

[Yesterday 8:15 AM] James Smith

Message

[Yesterday 8:30 AM] John White

Message

[Yesterday 9:30 AM] Jackson Taylor

Message

VS

Message

Message

Message

Does anyone know if there is a thread we can upvote to make this an optional feature?

I had this issue investigated last week. Here is the response from Microsoft:

It was a feature requested on the user feedback page: Copying the selected text should only copy selected text, not sender · Community (microsoft.com)

Some customers are advocating for this to be an optional feature.

Osahon Ozabor

I would love, love, love if it we could choose between the two options.

How to implement?

Here's my idea. I think it would please the most people.

Step one: add a Select Message(s) item.

• PC and web: Add it to the Message Quick Menu or the Context Menu
• Mobile: Add it to a Long-Press Menu

Step two: activating Select Message(s) would do the following.

• Activate message selection mode
• Pop the option Select All
• Pop the option to Copy Message(s) With Date, Time, Author
• Pop the option to Copy Message(s) Without Date, Time, Author

Notes:

• The user can activate Select All to--you guessed it--select all messages in the conversation.
• The user can pick and choose messages to copy by clicking or tapping each message to select it, using checkboxes, or another standard method.
• The app would indicate what messages are selected using an outline around each message, filled checkboxes, or another appropriate method.

This implementation would/should be compatible and consistent with the standards and norms for each Teams experience: PC, web, keyboard, mouse, touch, and assistive technology. In addition, people could just "normally" highlight/select the message text to copy that portion of the text or the entire message body.

Alternatively, this could be a toggle in Settings in each experience, though I like that idea less.

Thank you for working on this!

I was expecting to see the name, date, and time like normal when I was copying a message. I had also found it useful to have it included on other communication pieces.

A workaround that worked for me is using the web version and copying the text from a MS Teams message like normal and it worked.

Example:

[10:36 AM] Tim Shivanonda (External)

I wish I could copy text from the desktop application with the timestamp

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I had this issue investingated last week. Here is the response from Microsoft:

I have shared the video with the senior team, and they have confirmed that this is indeed a new update in Microsoft Teams. It was a feature requested on the user feedback page.
This update is being rolled out to all tenants globally, not just to your users.

see link Copying the selected text should only copy selected text, not sender · Community (microsoft.com)
{https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/6186a0fe-f402-ef11-a73d-6045bd7e894e}

Additionally, some customers are advocating for this to be an optional feature, and hopefully, that will be implemented as well.

Osahon Ozabor.

Support Engineer - Microsoft Teams.
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