FR: Bring chat window to front on message/call arrival

[gerroon]

Description

Hi

I am not sure if this is already implemented but not working but it would be nice if there is a way to bring the main Riot messaging window to front when a message or a call arrives. This is mainly an accesibility request for elderly people who cant find tiny icons on a task bar, or notification areas, even if they know there is an icon with some alert going on, it is hard for elderly folks to control the mouse and try to open Riot's main window.

I tested this on Linux and Windows desktops using Riot 0.16 and in both versions Riot was not opening the main page on messgae or call arrivals. I looked around the settings to spot anything useful for such thing but I was not able to see any such settings. Forgive me if I missed the obvious.

Steps to reproduce

Put Riot in the tray area or minimize it

Ask your friends or use another account to send a message to this particular Riot account on Windows desktop

Describe how what happens differs from what you expected.

Riot only shows a floating bubble window on Windows 7, but not on my Debian Linux (testing) desktop I do not see any floating bubble. The floating bubble might be fine for younger people but that was not enough for my elderly parents to take the proper action to initiate a chat or the call.

Riot only shows the number of new messages in with tiny fonts which is very hard to see or distinguish for people with sight issues or for elderly folks.

Version information

• Platform: web (in-browser) or desktop?

For the desktop app:

I tested this both on Windows 7 x64 and Linux Debian Testing x64 using Riot 0.16.0 Desktop.

thanks

[ara4n]

This should be possible, at least in Windows, with one of the various hacky workarounds from electron/electron#2867. What is the target OS here?

[gerroon]

Hi,

I personally would like to be addressed for Windows first. I assume that many older folks will be either using OSX or WIndows