RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Incorrect Image Aspect Ratios
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type: bug
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
This issue has been thoroughly documented on a previous, closed thread: https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/issues/20307. It is still a problem, as aspect ratios from, say, Giphy, are still extremely distorted.
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
Start by reading the prior closed issue #20307 and reproduce the distortion with an image from Giphy. Trace the image-rendering entry point from there, then verify that externally sourced images preserve their aspect ratios without distortion.
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
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100