User Status In-Chat

The 'Members' side panel shows a user's status via a dot on the lower right of the profile photo. I think there should be an option in settings to enable user status in-chat the same way (or as someone else stated elsewhere, a think outline around the user's profile photo). The reason I wish this was a feature is that in a server with hundreds or even thousands of members, it's cumbersome and time consuming to find them in the 'Members' bar. Having this as an extra setting would be excellent.