Can't navigate long topics

[nadonomy]

I'm in a room with a long topic, and I can't read it all. Specifically, I'm trying to click on a link which is clipped out of bounds, and it's not clickable when viewing room settings making it even more frustrating.

Should we implement a mechanic that reveals more of the room topic? Either by making it reveal more on hover, or scrollable, or with a 'Show more/Show less' interaction. Simple first option:

• Click topic -> modal
• Room avatar & room name as modal title
• Topic as modal body
• X button/ESC to close

[lampholder]

I'd never considered the link-clicking case. It's not uncommon for links to get stuffed into the room topic, so it would be nice to improve this.

[jryans]

I do wish there was some minimal Markdown support in the topic, or at least some way to express [text](url) so you can compactly show a link without resorting to URL shorteners.

[hwine]

I do wish there was some minimal Markdown support in the topic,

@jryans you might want to upvote #5180 as well.

[aaronraimist]

Related/dup: #1836

[anoadragon453]

I do like the way Discord tackle this. Very simply, you can click on the topic in order to reveal the full thing.

2021-05-06.10-45-17.mp4

You'll need to think about what happens when a user tries to click a link in the unexpanded topic, but that's the only UX complication I can see.