RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat

Replied messages in community chats can't be read or referenced to if they have longer form.

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Description

Description:

Replied messages in community chats can't be read or referenced to if they have longer form.

Steps to reproduce:
  1. Go to community channel
  2. Click on Replied messages of other people that have longer form.
Expected behavior:

You should be able to read whole message or at-least referenced to message whose replied has been answered.

Actual behavior:

Nothing happens, you can't read the whole message and also not referenced to original message.

can't_read_whole_messages.webm

Client Setup Information
  • Desktop App or Browser Version: firefox
  • Operating System: win 10

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in a community channel using the linked recording as reference, then trace the replied-message interaction in the frontend. Done means a longer replied message can be read in full and the original message can be referenced.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

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

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