fix shoutbox header, use custom scroll-to-bottom system, remove vue-chat-scroll, temporarily add chat test hack

src/App.vue

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
       <media-modal />
     </div>
     <chat-panel
-      v-if="currentUser && chat"
+      v-if="currentUser"
       :floating="true"
       class="floating-chat mobile-hidden"
     />

src/components/chat_panel/chat_panel.js

@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ const chatPanel = {
     userProfileLink (user) {
       return generateProfileLink(user.id, user.username, this.$store.state.instance.restrictedNicknames)
     }
+  },
+  watch: {
+    messages (newVal) {
+      const scrollEl = this.$el.querySelector('.chat-window')
+      if (!scrollEl) return
+      if (scrollEl.scrollTop + scrollEl.offsetHeight + 20 > scrollEl.scrollHeight) {
+        this.$nextTick(() => {
+          if (!scrollEl) return
+          scrollEl.scrollTop = scrollEl.scrollHeight - scrollEl.offsetHeight
+        })
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 

src/components/chat_panel/chat_panel.vue

@@ -10,17 +10,15 @@
         @click.stop.prevent="togglePanel"
       >
         <div class="title">
-          <span>{{ $t('shoutbox.title') }}</span>
+          {{ $t('shoutbox.title') }}
           <FAIcon
             v-if="floating"
             icon="times"
+            class="close-icon"
           />
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div
-        v-chat-scroll
-        class="chat-window"
-      >
+      <div class="chat-window">
         <div
           v-for="message in messages"
           :key="message.id"
@@ -94,6 +92,13 @@
     .icon {
       color: $fallback--text;
       color: var(--text, $fallback--text);
+      margin-right: 0.5em;
+    }
+
+    .title {
+      display: flex;
+      justify-content: space-between;
+      align-items: center;
     }
   }
 

src/main.js

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import pushNotifications from './lib/push_notifications_plugin.js'
 
 import messages from './i18n/messages.js'
 
-import VueChatScroll from 'vue-chat-scroll'
 import VueClickOutside from 'v-click-outside'
 import PortalVue from 'portal-vue'
 import VBodyScrollLock from './directives/body_scroll_lock'
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ const currentLocale = (window.navigator.language || 'en').split('-')[0]
 Vue.use(Vuex)
 Vue.use(VueRouter)
 Vue.use(VueI18n)
-Vue.use(VueChatScroll)
 Vue.use(VueClickOutside)
 Vue.use(PortalVue)
 Vue.use(VBodyScrollLock)

src/modules/chat.js

@@ -18,6 +18,25 @@ const chat = {
   actions: {
     initializeChat (store, socket) {
       const channel = socket.channel('chat:public')
+      let id = 0
+      const createmsg = () => {
+        id += 1
+        return {
+          text: 'test' + id,
+          author: {
+            username: 'test',
+            avatar: '',
+            id
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      const loop = () => {
+        store.commit('addMessage', createmsg())
+        setTimeout(loop, 3000)
+      }
+      loop()
+
       channel.on('new_msg', (msg) => {
         store.commit('addMessage', msg)
       })