RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
When "View Outside Room" permission had change to false, the auto complete mention was not displayed on mobile (working on desktop)
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Description
Description:
Mention autocomplete which allows the user to see a list of users in the current channel after typing @... does not pop up the users list on mobile devices, it works fine for the same user on desktop app / native web browser. (When "View Outside Room" permission is False.)
Steps to reproduce:
- Verify your user which does not have "View Outside Room" permission.
- Join a channel
- Try to mention other users by typing @ + first letter
Expected behavior:
Will display the autocomplete list for both desktop and mobile.
Actual behavior:
Desktop are working fine:

Mobile are not :

Server Setup Information:
- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 3.10.0-develop
- Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04
- Deployment Method: tar
- Number of Running Instances: 1
- DB Replicaset Oplog: 0
- NodeJS Version: v12.20.1
- MongoDB Version: 4.2.8
Client Setup Information
- Desktop App or Browser Version: 3.0.3
- Operating System: Window 10 pro , Android , IOS
Contributor guide
First steps
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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
Reproduce the issue on Android or iOS with a user who lacks “View Outside Room” permission, then trace the mobile mention autocomplete behavior and its permission-filtered user lookup. Done means typing @ followed by a letter displays the autocomplete list on mobile as it does on desktop.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100