[HOLD for payment 2021-11-04] Don't show drafts in LHN until after a user has left a chat with content still in the compose box.

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Coming off this issue #4615
cc @meetmangukiya , @vitHoracek

Action Performed:

Start typing with a user who is not currently at the top of you LHN

Expected Result:

The LHN doesn't change and move the chat to the top showing you're currently typing a message.

See notes for more context.

Actual Result:

LHN 'flashes' and loads the current chat at the top of LHN, which is distracting and unnecessary.

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

• Web
• Desktop App

Notes:

1. When someone is composing a text and there are characters in the compose box, 'do nothing'.
2. If a users leaves a chat and there are characters still in the box (aka a draft message), then move it up to the top of LHN. That way it wouldn't 'flash' and distract a user when they're in the middle of composing a message. I don't think there's much value in seeing a draft message while you're composing, only once

Version Number: Version 1.0.94-1
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1631062473055500

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[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @muttmuure (AutoAssignerTriage), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4749 for more details.

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @Gonals (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[mallenexpensify]

@vitHoracek , didn't want to assign to you but feel free to swap yourself out for @Gonals and/or the CME if you want.

[mallenexpensify]

@meetmangukiya will have 'first dibs' on fixing this issue because they completed the other, related issue and have confirmed they're interested in working on this improvement to the original issue.

[mountiny]

@mallenexpensify Thank you, I can take it on since I have the context from the issue this came from.

This can be worked on by External contributor.

[mallenexpensify]

@meetmangukiya can you submit a proposal here so I can hire you? And confirm in a comment here once you have?
https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~0188b3f5cc094d8f7e

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @Beamanator (Exported), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/7972 for more details.

[mallenexpensify]

Sorry @Beamanator , @mountiny's got this one. He must not officially be on the CME team which is why you were added.

[meetmangukiya]

Applied on upwork @mallenexpensify

[parasharrajat]

Proposal

If we want to Hide the Draft pencil icon until the user is active on the report and stop it from flashing from the sidebar.

1. Pass a new argument to the CreateOption Method named as activeReportID.
2. Update the hasDraftComment Check in the createOption

   App/src/libs/OptionsListUtils.js

   Line 245 in 01f351c

   hasDraftComment: _.size(reportDraftComment) > 0,

   .

to

        hasDraftComment: (report.reportID !== activeReportID) && _.size(reportDraftComment) > 0,

3. Update all instances of CreateOption Call to pass the activeReportID parameter.

Note: Sorry, I think I didn't understand the task correctly. Updating the proposal...

If we only want to remove the flash on the sidebar

1. We need to update this check so that it does not prioritize the active report.
   

   App/src/libs/OptionsListUtils.js

   Line 450 in 01f351c

   } else if (prioritizeReportsWithDraftComments && reportOption.hasDraftComment) {

        if(prioritizeReportsWithDraftComments && reportOption.reportID !== activeReportID && reportOption.hasDraftComment)

[mountiny]

@meetmangukiya Could you please provide the proposal here as well? Without that, we cannot hire you. Thank you 🙇

I have seen you have wrote a comment in the issue this came from here, but that cannot be considered as a full proposal unfortunately.

[mountiny]

Thank you for your proposal @parasharrajat! We have promised first go for @meetmangukiya as this is coming from an issue they worked on. In the comment linked above, they have proposed slightly different approach then your proposal, so I will see what their written up proposal will look like and then choose the best!

Also @parasharrajat, just to clarify, what we want to achieve here and you have probably understood it in the second updated proposal. We do not want to hide the pencil colour, we basically want to change the moment we reorder the list with a new draft to a moment we switch between reports and not while someone is typing as the flash is distracting.

[mallenexpensify]

Hired @meetmangukiya in Upwork!

[mallenexpensify]

n6 hold, will get to soon....

[mallenexpensify]

n6 hold still in effect

[parasharrajat]

I am reviewing the PR and I may have found an issue. #5317 (comment)

[kadiealexander]

Please refer to this post for updated information on the n6 hold, we've raised the bonus to $250 for all issues where a PR is created before the N6 hold is lifted.

[mountiny]

This is not Overdue. PR is in a review.

[mallenexpensify]

Assigned to @meetmangukiya (forgot to earlier), n6-hold is lifted, label removed!

[mountiny]

For anyone following this issue, here is a new issue, which stems out of this #6050. It is not exactly regression as we wanted this behaviour but real use showed it is really weird and confusing, so we want to update it once more. cc @meetmangukiya

[meetmangukiya]

Haha, so we want to keep the icons working, but reordering shouldn't be?

[mountiny]

@meetmangukiya correct 😂 the problem is that it looks weird when you have the draft pencil icon visible -> send a message -> and the icon is still there until we switch reports.

I thought it might not be so odd, but it is and it was out of scope for this issue. So if you want to tackle it, feel free to submit a proposal to the linked issue:)

[meetmangukiya]

Alright, thanks for updating me @mountiny. I will send a proposal when I find some time.

[botify]

The solution for this issue has been 🚀 deployed to production 🚀 in version 1.1.10-2 and is now subject to a 7-day regression period 📆. Here is the list of pull requests that resolve this issue:

• fix: do not update sidebar for active report drafts #5317

If no regressions arise, payment will be issued on 2021-11-04. 🎊

[mallenexpensify]

Paid in Upwork, added $250 n6-hold bonus. Thanks @meetmangukiya !