Possibility to open the chat window by using custom button/js

[PatrykJ]

It could be nice to have a possibility to open/expand the chat window by clicking on a custom button. Plenty of people would like to have (and need) this option.

You can also see this topic: https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Content-Design-Questions/Chat-Messages-custom-button-open-chat-wind...

[PatrykJ]

Hi all, I'm very pleased to announce that we now have the ability to open the chat launcher by appending #hs-chat-open to your URLs, or by adding that as an anchor link tag on any buttons/links/etc. on your page. The team is also working on some more sophisticated solutions to enable the same behavior with custom CSS elements. I will update here when that goes live as well, but please enjoy the new functionality if you've been waiting for it! Details here: https://knowledge.hubspot.com/articles/kcs_article/conversations/how-to-use-conversations#automatically-open.

[jaysyder]

Surprised this is a new idea, and makes a lot of sense to get better customer interaction rather than having buttons direct them to other forms when there is a great chat system ready for them to use.

[caverainc]

+1 for sure!

[paulOM]

I haven't used a chat widget that doesn't have this functionality. definitely a +1.  Any basic JS API would make it very useful.

[raphaelarias]

+1.

Other services have this feature.

[raphaelarias]

+1

[Loic]

Would be amazing to have the Bots to appear when a click is triggered via a button or link.

[cmyers]

+1

[denault]

Absolutely necessary for more complex UIs and user flows. 

[dominiquerottet]

+1

[stinhambo]

 Like a Driftlink! Can also be accomplished with a Javascript call.

[SaltyAlex]

This. So much this.

[salty_stephen]

Please make this a thing

[JoseHan]

Yes! This would be an amazing feature to have. 

[myworks-peter]

+1. Really surprised this isn't a possibility...but then again...probably better to work on the ability to send images/attachments over chat first 

[Onur]

100% need this.

Drift is making a BIG deal out of this feature and all of the up coming chatbot providers also provide this.

I am surprised that HS didn't consider it yet

[nsellden]

I agree - we were going to test this with a Drift link, but now that HubSpot has the bot available, I would like to keep it all within the platform.

[Onur]

I have also responded to a feature request about this feature here:

Please join the crowd and let's get some momentum behind this.

It would be a really valuable implementation!

Give it an upvote: https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Possibility-to-open-the-chat-window-by-using-custom-b... 

Additionally, it could be done with custom code, so I have also posted on the dev forum, which is monitored by HubSpot employees and other users who are more able to work with custom situations: https://integrate.hubspot.com/t/open-the-chat-window-using-a-custom-button/11545

[SaltyAlex]

Thanks Onur! Seems the search or my keywords sucked; I've thrown a vote in that one as well!

[markpetty]

+1 I really need this. All set to integrate, but cannot without this basic requirement.

[AntonLexStart]

Definitely, +1, would be cool to see if there is a betta for it!