Messages and Live Messages

[lilyzhaoyilu]

Message Component

:woman_mechanic: means working on it (woman_mechanic)

Functionality - display

basic display

• [ ] shows corresponding messages when clicking on channel/people
• [ ] sends messages to corresponding channels/peoples
• [ ] re-fetch corresponding messages when clicking on another channel/another person
• [ ] can scroll the message component without seeing the scrollbar for modern browsers, like chrome and firefox.
• [ ] message view is always pinned to the bottom of the message
• [ ] message is displayed chronically - the most recently one is on the bottom

advanced display :woman_mechanic:

• [ ] shows messages' author
• [ ] shows messages' create time for each
• [ ] bonus: prettify message time, group the same messages based on days and time like Slack

Functionality - Live

• [ ] should receive messages without refreshing webpage

Functionality - Send

basic

• [ ] can send message to the chosen channel/person
• [ ] can send by clicking the button

advanced :woman_mechanic:

• [ ] send message has auto on scroll
• [ ] buttons are at the appropriate places
• [ ] send message textarea is at the bottom of the page
• [ ] can press enter on keyboard and then send the message
• [ ] or can press enter to switch lines and ctrl enter to send messages