RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Quoted message is not linked with the actual parent message
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area: ui/ux
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type: bug
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Description: Clicking on quoted message doesn't scroll to the actual message
Steps to reproduce:
- Open any chat
- Scroll up a few pages to test auto-scroll
- Quote any message. Type some text and hit enter.
- Now in the quoted message, click on the timestamp.
Expected behavior: It should auto-scroll to the actual message that you quoted.
Actual behavior: Nothing happens
Server Setup Information:
- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 3.6.0
- Operating System: Linux
- Deployment Method: tar
- Number of Running Instances: 1
- DB Replicaset Oplog: Enabled
- NodeJS Version: v12.14.0
- MongoDB Version:4.0.20
Client Setup Information
- Desktop App or Browser Version: 2.17.11 Desktop
- Operating System: Win 10
Additional context
Relevant logs:
When I send a message with Quote, I get this error in console:
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in a chat using the listed steps and inspect the browser console error shown in the report. Trace the quoted-message timestamp click and verify that it navigates or scrolls to the original quoted message; done means the expected message is brought into view instead of nothing happening.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100