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April 30, 2026, 8:25am
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No, it is not possible with sandboxed webxdc apps as of now. It would be possible with a different, “client xdc” or “system xdc” extension that could plug into the interface. It is already possible with a bot, however.
Duplicate of:
It would be nice to have option to generate link preview (link card) on sender client side, and send it to receiver of message. Benefit is that receiver would be able to glance and read description before clicking on link.
Here are a few examples of link preview:
Is there plan for feature like that? I couldn’t find anything searching forum.
Discord, telegram, WhatsApp, twitter, mastodon, Facebook and co all show a link preview which is pulled from special meta tags (“open graph meta tags” is their name, here is a list of them: Complete List of HTML Meta Tags · GitHub ):
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