RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.ReactNative
bug: Reply Button Not Functioning Properly in Chat
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Description
Description
When clicking on a chat message, the Reply button does not seem to work. This might be because the entire message is wrapped inside a button/Touchable that opens the thread. While this design makes it easier for users to enter a thread without searching for the reply button, I don't think this was the intended behavior.
Screen Recording
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a6c9d369-c93d-48ca-847e-d71d059d5097
Proposed Solutions
We have a few possible ways to address this:
- Remove the Reply button altogether if we continue allowing users to open threads by clicking anywhere on the message.
- Disable the whole message click and make sure only the Reply button opens the thread.
- Reply button opens the thread and focuses on the text input opening the keyboard inside the thread. (Clicking will open it like this )
Please share your thoughts on which approach would be best. I'm happy to discuss further! 🚀
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Research direction
No source files or tests are named. Reproduce the reply interaction shown in the screen recording, then trace the chat message and Reply-button entry points to determine which interaction should open the thread and whether the composer should receive focus. Done means the agreed behavior works consistently when opening a thread from a message and from Reply.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- react-native, typescript
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100