Fix the chat scroll behavior for vertical screens.

Fetch the messages until the scrollbar becomes visible, so that the user
always has the ability to scroll up and load new messages.
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eugenijm 2020-11-06 01:20:08 +03:00
parent dbeecd18ac
commit 15ea9d8c91
3 changed files with 17 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import PostStatusForm from '../post_status_form/post_status_form.vue'
import ChatTitle from '../chat_title/chat_title.vue'
import chatService from '../../services/chat_service/chat_service.js'
import { promiseInterval } from '../../services/promise_interval/promise_interval.js'
import { getScrollPosition, getNewTopPosition, isBottomedOut, scrollableContainerHeight } from './chat_layout_utils.js'
import { getScrollPosition, getNewTopPosition, isBottomedOut, scrollableContainerHeight, isScrollable } from './chat_layout_utils.js'
import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core'
import {
faChevronDown,
@ -287,6 +287,14 @@ const Chat = {
if (isFirstFetch) {
this.updateScrollableContainerHeight()
}
// In vertical screens, the first batch of fetched messages may not always take the
// full height of the scrollable container.
// If this is the case, we want to fetch the messages until the scrollable container
// is fully populated so that the user has the ability to scroll up and load the history.
if (!isScrollable(this.$refs.scrollable) && messages.length > 0) {
this.fetchChat({ maxId: this.currentChatMessageService.minId })
}
})
})
})

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@ -24,3 +24,10 @@ export const isBottomedOut = (el, offset = 0) => {
export const scrollableContainerHeight = (inner, header, footer) => {
return inner.offsetHeight - header.clientHeight - footer.clientHeight
}
// Returns whether or not the scrollbar is visible.
export const isScrollable = (el) => {
if (!el) return
return el.scrollHeight > el.clientHeight
}