How-to · Writing a message

Mention a file in the composer

Point a message at a specific file by picking it, rather than typing its path from memory.

You want a message to reference a specific file, picked rather than typed from memory.

Press Ctrl + . (⌘ + . on a Mac) to open the file picker over the composer.
Type part of the file's name or path into the picker's own search box.
Press Enter on the highlighted row, or click a row. Picking a file writes @path into the draft and closes the picker.

To mention a second file, press Ctrl + . again. The picker offers no way to pick several files at once, so reopening it is how a message ends up with several mentions.

Dragging a file onto the composer does not mention it. The composer's drop target only takes an image.

See File mentions for which files the picker offers and how typing narrows them.