RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Message Attachments w/o Title and "Collapse Embedded Media by Default" Hides Content
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Description
Description:
When "Collapse Embedded Media by Default" is set to true, message attachments usually have an expand/collapse widget that can be used to expand a collapsed message. If the message attachment has no title, then this widget is not rendered and there is no way to expand the message content. Instead, you get a blank message.
With "Collapse Embedded Media by Default" set to true:
With it set to false:
Server Setup Information:
- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 60.4
- Operating System: Fedora and Windows
- Deployment Method(snap/docker/tar/etc): Docker
- Number of Running Instances: 5
- DB Replicaset Oplog: Yes
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Research direction
No file or test entry point is identified in the issue. Reproduce the blank attachment with "Collapse Embedded Media by Default" enabled and a message attachment without a title; trace the attachment rendering and expansion control. Done means untitled attachments remain expandable and their content is visible while the setting is enabled.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100