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Wrong avatar initials when using Swedish chars
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type: bug
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Description
Look at people names and their initials in RC avatar in the attached file. See how it's incorrect. Is it the special Swedish characters like "ö" that messes things up?
You can test it here on live:
https://demo.rocket.chat/avatar/Christine.Södeberg
We are on RC version 0.58.2
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Research direction
Reproduce the incorrect initials using the live avatar URL and the attached example, then locate the avatar initials entry point in the frontend. Check behavior for Swedish characters such as "ö"; done means names like Christine Södeberg display the correct initials and the behavior is covered by a regression test.
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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