RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Option to only play gifs on hover
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area: ui/ux
planned
triaged
type: improvement
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
On native clients we seem to run into a problem where too many gifs playing causes the render loop to get blocked. We need to adopt what other platforms have done, and don't play them automatically. Maybe only hover?
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 locating GIF rendering in the native clients and trace how playback currently begins. Define the hover behavior and verify that GIFs no longer play automatically, while confirming that the render loop is not blocked by multiple playing GIFs.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, typescript
- Domain
- frontend, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100