From 8dff27c56ffd1f94afe4901a76c9b676251808a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry-Hiles <henry@henryhiles.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 21:45:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] use room alias where available

---
 lib/widgets/chat_page/composer/mention_overlay.dart | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/widgets/chat_page/composer/mention_overlay.dart b/lib/widgets/chat_page/composer/mention_overlay.dart
index a78bdd1..8013d36 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/chat_page/composer/mention_overlay.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/chat_page/composer/mention_overlay.dart
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class MentionOverlay extends ConsumerWidget {
                               ? null
                               : Text(room.metadata!.topic!, maxLines: 1),
                           onTap: () => addTag(
-                            id: "[#${room.metadata?.name ?? "Unnamed Room"}](https://matrix.to/#/${room.metadata?.id})",
+                            id: "[#${room.metadata?.name ?? "Unnamed Room"}](https://matrix.to/#/${room.metadata?.canonicalAlias ?? room.metadata?.id})",
                             name:
                                 (room.metadata?.canonicalAlias ??
                                         room.metadata?.id)