Add dialog to navigate long room topics (#8517)

Author: Germain

res/css/views/rooms/_RoomHeader.scss

@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ limitations under the License.
     cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+.mx_RoomTopic {
+    position: relative;
+}
+
 .mx_RoomHeader_topic {
     $lineHeight: $font-16px;
     $lines: 2;
@@ -209,6 +213,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 .mx_RoomHeader_appsButton::before {
     mask-image: url('$(res)/img/element-icons/room/apps.svg');
 }
+
 .mx_RoomHeader_appsButton_highlight::before {
     background-color: $accent;
 }
@@ -239,6 +244,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         padding: 0;
         margin: 0;
     }
+
     .mx_RoomHeader {
         overflow: hidden;
     }

src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx

@@ -267,13 +267,7 @@ const SpaceLanding = ({ space }: { space: Room }) => {
                 { settingsButton }
             </div>
         </div>
-        <RoomTopic room={space}>
-            { (topic, ref) => (
-                <div className="mx_SpaceRoomView_landing_topic" ref={ref}>
-                    { topic }
-                </div>
-            ) }
-        </RoomTopic>
+        <RoomTopic room={space} className="mx_SpaceRoomView_landing_topic" />
 
         <SpaceHierarchy space={space} showRoom={showRoom} additionalButtons={addRoomButton} />
     </div>;

src/components/views/elements/Linkify.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import React, { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import linkifyElement from "linkify-element";
+
+interface Props {
+    as?: string;
+    children: React.ReactNode;
+}
+
+export function Linkify({
+    as = "div",
+    children,
+}: Props): JSX.Element {
+    const ref = useRef();
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        linkifyElement(ref.current);
+    }, [children]);
+
+    return React.createElement(as, {
+        children,
+        ref,
+    });
+}

src/components/views/elements/RoomTopic.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2021 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+Copyright 2021 - 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,35 +14,87 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { EventType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/event";
+import React, { useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
-import { RoomStateEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room-state";
-import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
+import classNames from "classnames";
+import { EventType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/event";
 
-import { useTypedEventEmitter } from "../../../hooks/useEventEmitter";
 import { linkifyElement } from "../../../HtmlUtils";
+import { useTopic } from "../../../hooks/room/useTopic";
+import useHover from "../../../hooks/useHover";
+import Tooltip, { Alignment } from "./Tooltip";
+import { _t } from "../../../languageHandler";
+import dis from "../../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
+import { Action } from "../../../dispatcher/actions";
+import Modal from "../../../Modal";
+import InfoDialog from "../dialogs/InfoDialog";
+import { useDispatcher } from "../../../hooks/useDispatcher";
+import MatrixClientContext from "../../../contexts/MatrixClientContext";
+import AccessibleButton from "./AccessibleButton";
+import { Linkify } from "./Linkify";
 
-interface IProps {
+interface IProps extends React.HTMLProps<HTMLDivElement> {
     room?: Room;
-    children?(topic: string, ref: (element: HTMLElement) => void): JSX.Element;
 }
 
-export const getTopic = room => room?.currentState?.getStateEvents(EventType.RoomTopic, "")?.getContent()?.topic;
+export default function RoomTopic({
+    room,
+    ...props
+}: IProps) {
+    const client = useContext(MatrixClientContext);
+    const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>();
+    const hovered = useHover(ref);
+
+    const topic = useTopic(room);
+
+    const onClick = useCallback((e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+        props.onClick?.(e);
+        const target = e.target as HTMLElement;
+        if (target.tagName.toUpperCase() === "A") {
+            return;
+        }
 
-const RoomTopic = ({ room, children }: IProps): JSX.Element => {
-    const [topic, setTopic] = useState(getTopic(room));
-    useTypedEventEmitter(room.currentState, RoomStateEvent.Events, (ev: MatrixEvent) => {
-        if (ev.getType() !== EventType.RoomTopic) return;
-        setTopic(getTopic(room));
+        dis.fire(Action.ShowRoomTopic);
+    }, [props]);
+
+    useDispatcher(dis, (payload) => {
+        if (payload.action === Action.ShowRoomTopic) {
+            const canSetTopic = room.currentState.maySendStateEvent(EventType.RoomTopic, client.getUserId());
+
+            const modal = Modal.createDialog(InfoDialog, {
+                title: room.name,
+                description: <div>
+                    <Linkify as="p">{ topic }</Linkify>
+                    { canSetTopic && <AccessibleButton
+                        kind="primary_outline"
+                        onClick={() => {
+                            modal.close();
+                            dis.dispatch({ action: "open_room_settings" });
+                        }}>
+                        { _t("Edit topic") }
+                    </AccessibleButton> }
+                </div>,
+                hasCloseButton: true,
+                button: false,
+            });
+        }
     });
+
     useEffect(() => {
-        setTopic(getTopic(room));
-    }, [room]);
+        linkifyElement(ref.current);
+    }, [topic]);
 
-    const ref = e => e && linkifyElement(e);
-    if (children) return children(topic, ref);
-    return <span ref={ref}>{ topic }</span>;
-};
+    const className = classNames(props.className, "mx_RoomTopic");
 
-export default RoomTopic;
+    return <div {...props}
+        ref={ref}
+        onClick={onClick}
+        dir="auto"
+        className={className}
+    >
+        { topic }
+        { hovered && (
+            <Tooltip label={_t("Click to read topic")} alignment={Alignment.Bottom} />
+        ) }
+    </div>;
+}

src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.tsx

@@ -186,11 +186,10 @@ export default class RoomHeader extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             </ContextMenuTooltipButton>
         );
 
-        const topicElement = <RoomTopic room={this.props.room}>
-            { (topic, ref) => <div className="mx_RoomHeader_topic" ref={ref} title={topic} dir="auto">
-                { topic }
-            </div> }
-        </RoomTopic>;
+        const topicElement = <RoomTopic
+            room={this.props.room}
+            className="mx_RoomHeader_topic"
+        />;
 
         let roomAvatar;
         if (this.props.room) {

src/components/views/rooms/RoomPreviewCard.tsx

@@ -182,13 +182,7 @@ const RoomPreviewCard: FC<IProps> = ({ room, onJoinButtonClicked, onRejectButton
             <RoomName room={room} />
         </h1>
         <RoomInfoLine room={room} />
-        <RoomTopic room={room}>
-            { (topic, ref) =>
-                topic ? <div className="mx_RoomPreviewCard_topic" ref={ref}>
-                    { topic }
-                </div> : null
-            }
-        </RoomTopic>
+        <RoomTopic room={room} className="mx_RoomPreviewCard_topic" />
         { room.getJoinRule() === "public" && <RoomFacePile room={room} /> }
         { notice ? <div className="mx_RoomPreviewCard_notice">
             { notice }

src/components/views/spaces/SpaceSettingsGeneralTab.tsx

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import AccessibleButton from "../elements/AccessibleButton";
 import SpaceBasicSettings from "./SpaceBasicSettings";
 import { avatarUrlForRoom } from "../../../Avatar";
 import { IDialogProps } from "../dialogs/IDialogProps";
-import { getTopic } from "../elements/RoomTopic";
 import { leaveSpace } from "../../../utils/leave-behaviour";
+import { getTopic } from "../../../hooks/room/useTopic";
 
 interface IProps extends IDialogProps {
     matrixClient: MatrixClient;

src/dispatcher/actions.ts

@@ -313,4 +313,9 @@ export enum Action {
      * logs. Fires with no payload.
      */
     DumpDebugLogs = "dump_debug_logs",
+
+    /**
+     * Show current room topic
+     */
+    ShowRoomTopic = "show_room_topic"
 }

src/hooks/room/useTopic.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { EventType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/event";
+import { MatrixEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event";
+import { Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room";
+import { RoomStateEvent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room-state";
+
+import { useTypedEventEmitter } from "../useEventEmitter";
+
+export const getTopic = (room: Room) => {
+    return room?.currentState?.getStateEvents(EventType.RoomTopic, "")?.getContent()?.topic;
+};
+
+export function useTopic(room: Room): string {
+    const [topic, setTopic] = useState(getTopic(room));
+    useTypedEventEmitter(room.currentState, RoomStateEvent.Events, (ev: MatrixEvent) => {
+        if (ev.getType() !== EventType.RoomTopic) return;
+        setTopic(getTopic(room));
+    });
+    useEffect(() => {
+        setTopic(getTopic(room));
+    }, [room]);
+
+    return topic;
+}

src/hooks/useHover.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+export default function useHover(ref: React.MutableRefObject<HTMLElement>) {
+    const [hovered, setHoverState] = useState(false);
+
+    const handleMouseOver = () => setHoverState(true);
+    const handleMouseOut = () => setHoverState(false);
+
+    useEffect(
+        () => {
+            const node = ref.current;
+            if (node) {
+                node.addEventListener("mouseover", handleMouseOver);
+                node.addEventListener("mouseout", handleMouseOut);
+
+                return () => {
+                    node.removeEventListener("mouseover", handleMouseOver);
+                    node.removeEventListener("mouseout", handleMouseOut);
+                };
+            }
+        },
+        [ref],
+    );
+
+    return hovered;
+}

src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json

@@ -2370,6 +2370,8 @@
     "Including %(commaSeparatedMembers)s": "Including %(commaSeparatedMembers)s",
     "%(count)s people you know have already joined|other": "%(count)s people you know have already joined",
     "%(count)s people you know have already joined|one": "%(count)s person you know has already joined",
+    "Edit topic": "Edit topic",
+    "Click to read topic": "Click to read topic",
     "Message search initialisation failed, check <a>your settings</a> for more information": "Message search initialisation failed, check <a>your settings</a> for more information",
     "Use the <a>Desktop app</a> to see all encrypted files": "Use the <a>Desktop app</a> to see all encrypted files",
     "Use the <a>Desktop app</a> to search encrypted messages": "Use the <a>Desktop app</a> to search encrypted messages",