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title: "Finding Your Way Around - Help Desk - mssgs"
description: "The bottom bar, the buttons at the top of your chat list, and the shortcuts that save you taps."
canonical: https://mss.gs/en/help/getting-started/finding-your-way
language: en
---

# Finding Your Way Around

The bottom bar, the buttons at the top of your chat list, and the shortcuts that save you taps.

## The bottom bar

Five tabs sit on the bar at the bottom of the screen:

- **DMs**: your direct messages with friends.

- **Community**: the community you are in. The tab takes that community's name.

- **Post**: the camera, to post to your feed, a story or a chat.

- **Feed**: posts from people you follow and public posts.

- **Map**: friends who share their location with you.

*Your chats, with streaks on the right and the bottom bar underneath.*

## More tabs

Swipe the bar sideways for the rest: **Games**, **Memories**, **Private Groups**, **Settings**, **Tools**, **Clips**, **Reminders**, **News** and **Magister** (Dutch school timetables). **Archive** joins them once you archive a chat.

Swipe **up** on the bar to see every tab at once. In edit mode you drag a tile to move it, and the first five land on the bar. The **+ Hotkey** tile pins a community, a chat or a tool to the bar as its own button.

## The buttons above your chats

| Button | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Your avatar | Opens your story if you have one, otherwise your profile. |
| Magnifying glass | Search your chats and find new people. |
| Game controller | Start or join a game. |
| Gear | Settings. |
| QR code | Your personal QR code, for friends to scan. |
| + | Start a DM with someone by username. |

An envelope or a paper plane appears next to them when DM requests are waiting for you, or when you are waiting on someone else.

## Shortcuts worth knowing

- **Hold the DMs tab** for your recent chats and a quick way to start a game.

- **Hold the Community tab** to switch communities and peek at unread channels.

- **Swipe right** in a community to open the list of communities and channels.

- **Hold a chat** in your list for its options: pin, archive, lock, notification sound and more.

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