The context pane
Use the pane beside a conversation to see the Coworker's computer, the documents and files in play, and the artifacts it creates, including documents you write together.
The context pane sits to the right of a conversation. It collects what the Coworker is using or has produced in that conversation. Its header reads Context.
Show, hide and resize#
Select Hide in the pane header to collapse the pane completely, leaving only a small Show context icon button at the top right, and select that button to open it again. Drag the pane's left edge to change its width. Each section has its own header with an arrow; select it to collapse or expand that section.
On a tablet (screens between 840 and 1199 pixels wide) the pane starts collapsed to give the conversation more room. Select the Show context icon to expand it.
On a phone the pane is a menu: select the Show context icon at the right of the conversation header to slide it in from the right, and Hide (or the dimmed area, or Escape) to close it. See Chatting with a Coworker.
Below the header, View followed by the Coworker's name and 's details opens the Coworker's details page.
Sections#
The Coworker's computer#
This section is titled with the Coworker's name followed by 's Computer. It shows a picture of the Coworker's screen when the Coworker is using a computer in this conversation. See The Coworker's computer. Before you open a conversation, it reads "Open a conversation to see the computer" followed by the Coworker's name "is using in it."
Shared context#
Documents the Coworker drew on in this conversation are listed here by file name, one entry per document even if it was cited several times. Select a document to read its full text in the pane. Markdown documents display formatted; other text shows as plain text. For a document that came from a web page or a SharePoint file, Open source opens the original. Select Back to return to the sections, or to the document you were editing if you opened this from a mention in it.
Below the documents, a Files group appears once the conversation has files and lists every one of them. See Attaching files.
When the conversation has no cited documents and no files, the section says "Documents" followed by the Coworker's name "draws on in this conversation are listed here."
Artifacts#
Everything the Coworker creates in the conversation is listed here, one row per artifact: published reports, tools and dashboards (with their version, such as v2) and documents you write together (labelled Document). Select a row to open it in the pane. Select New document to start an empty document, Import to bring in a Markdown or Word file as a new document, or Open existing to bring one of your documents, or one shared with you, into this conversation. In a new chat the three buttons are there too: the documents you choose are listed (with Remove) and join the conversation when you send your first message. See Artifacts and Document artifacts. To see all your artifacts across conversations, use the Artifacts page. Until there is one, a new chat says "Documents you open or create for this chat appear here." and an open conversation says "Documents, reports, tools and dashboards created in this conversation appear here."
When the pane updates#
The lists of files and artifacts refresh whenever the conversation gains a message. A new artifact of any type, such as a page the Coworker publishes or a document it creates, opens in the pane on its own.