RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Stuck on the page after opening a txt file in desktop app
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
type: bug
type: improvement
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 46.1k
- Forks
- 13.9k
- Avg merge
- 3d 3h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 130
Description
Description:
Upon opening a text file within the chat, the screen becomes frozen on that particular page, leaving no alternative for navigating back except for restarting the application.
Steps to reproduce:
- Send a file to someone in direct message or a public channel.
- Now, open the file in the chat itself.
- You will see a greyish black screen with the content of the txt file. There is no option to go back or close this other than restarting the app.
Expected behavior:
Option to close or navigate back.
Actual behavior:
Server Setup Information:
- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 3.9.0
- Operating System: Windows 11
Client Setup Information
- Desktop App or Browser Version: Desktop App
- Operating System: Windows 11
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- 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 in the desktop app on Windows 11 by sending and opening a .txt file from a direct message or public channel. Trace the text-file viewer flow; done means the viewer provides a working close or back option without requiring an application restart.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100