Zulip Desktop App & Web Navigational Tour

Attachment: 4613/Zulip_Desktop_Tour_Generic.pdf

Contents:

Left Sidebar –

pages 2-5

Right Sidebar –

page 6

Center Information Panel –

pages 7-8

Composition Box for Composing Content –

pages 9-11

Far-Left Sidebar –

page 12

Settings in Upper Right Corner –

pages 13

Zulip Desktop App & Web

Navigational Tour

This document highlights several, but not all, of the basic

ways to get around and do things with Zulip. As you use

Zulip, you will discover more and more of the robust and

varied features it has to offer.

Clicking the

menu icon

toggles the

sidebar on and

off.

Left Sidebar:

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Views

is the first section

in the Left Sidebar.

This displays

Recent

Conversations

to the right

in the center panel.

This displays your

Inbox

(unread messages).

This displays a

Combined

Feed

of all your messages.

This displays messages
that

@Mentioned

you.

This displays messages
you have

Starred

to the

right in the center panel.

Behind this icon is the
option to display messages
that have received

Reactions

or

Drafts

you

haven’t completed.

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Clicking

Views

expands the menu for

an alternate look.

Clicking

Views

again,

toggles back to the

original look.

Moving down the Left Sidebar Navigation

Menu,

Direct Messages

appear next.

Clicking any entry will

display its messages

to the right.

Clicking on the

Direct

Messages

header

collapses and expands

this section.

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The

filter

icon

toggles

on and off a filter to

quickly find your

desired channel.

Further down the left sidebar is the

Channels

section which contains messages and

information organized by channel.

Clicking on any entry

will display its content

to the right in the

center panel.

Mousing-over entries displays settings controls. Clicking on displays

more settings for allowing, muting or following the topics, etc.

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Clicking the

icon just above the

right sidebar toggles

it on and off.

Clicking on any entry

will display messages

and content with that

user or users to the left

in the center panel.

Right Sidebar Menu:

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Search your list of

users by clicking on

the .

6

Center Information Panel:

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As you select entries from

the

Left Sidebar

, the

content of your choices

display in the center panel:

As you select entries

from the

Right Sidebar

,

the content of your

choices display in the

center panel:

Click on some choices in each sidebar and

compare how the information in the center

panel displays. Try Search too.

1

1

Zulip has a very rubust

Search

engine in

addition to the left and

right sidebars.

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Center Information Panel:

1

2

3

Creating or Replying to Information Items

Click in any message or post (like

1

and

2

above) or click in the

Composition Box itself at the bottom of the center panel (like

3

above) to

expand the

Composition Box

for creating or replying to posts, direct

messages and conversations.

Composition Box:

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Composition Box for Composing Content:

Zulip provides multiple ways to do most tasks and processes. This section

covers the basics for creating and replying to content.

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2

6 5

4

3

}

1

Click the

drop-down

in the

Channel

field in the upper right

of the box (the field may be

populated with a previous value).

Then scroll-down and select

Direct message

if you want to

send a direct message to

someone. Or scroll further down

to choose to make a post to one

of the various

channels

.

NOTE:

Our example will

continue with showing the steps

for posting to a channel and

topic. Composing a Direct

Message follows a parallel

process.

1

Choose Channel

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Composition Box for Composing Content:

1

2

6 5

4

3

2

If the desired topic is already in the

Topic

field, simply

move to Step 3.

If you need to switch to a different topic that already

exists in the channel, remove the old value and then

start typing the topic name. Choose it from the

suggested results once it appears.

If creating a new topic in the channel, remove the old

Topic name, type new topic name and hit Enter.

NOTE:

Zulip Topics are a feature enhancement over

Slack. By using topics in conjunction with channels,

organization is enhanced with Zulip.

2

Choose Topic

3

Compose Message

3

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Composition Box for Composing Content:

1

2

6 5

4

3

If needed, use ribbon to add attachments, GIFs, links,

emoticons, formatting and other options.

6

Send Button

5

Optional: Scheduled Send / Drafts

4

Use Ribbon Options

Content may be scheduled for

posting later as well as immediately.

Incomplete posts can be saved as

drafts and completed later.

The functionality of the Enter key

can also be controlled here.

7

7

Drafts Button

When post is edited

and ready, click Send.

Click Drafts to retrieve

draft messages for further

editing.

Finished Post in Chosen Channel & Topic

11

Far-left Sidebar (Desktop Version Only)

Organization Chooser

(Organization is Zulip’s term that’s comparable to Slack Workspace.)

Connect to additional Organizations

Do Not Disturb

Reload Zulip page

Go Back to Previous Page

Settings

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Upper Right Settings

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Click this to toggle the Right Sidebar on and off.

Click this to view Zulip’s Help Center and related

information.

Click this to view and adjust personal settings, account

information, preferences, profile information, etc.

View and adjust dark/light mode settings, profile settings,

status settings, load a profile picture, etc.

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Created:	2025-02-25 18:36 GMT
Updated:	2025-02-26 02:57 GMT
Published:	2025-02-26 02:57 GMT
Converted:	2025-11-11 12:35 GMT
Change Author:	Bud Cornwell
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