Show previous and successive messages of the same thread

[GretaD]

Signed-off-by: GretaD gretadoci@gmail.com

[ChristophWurst]

Looks good! Does it work? :)

[GretaD]

Looks good! Does it work? :)

almost :) its missing some front end polishing

[GretaD]

@jancborchardt right now, the threading looks like this:

I did a test structure with the button, just so you could have something to test.

• What is left from my side(not design related) is the link between the thread and the actual message - so when you click, it shows the whole body reply. Im poking you now, just so you have more time to think :)

What I need from you is to please tell me, what's the best way to show the threading. Google has it like this: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/GExDeK52zJZTAb-xfJJv2lHMC3CO1yNP1NkacanRStlMebBWUKqGtBytx82dgTYsWvsPHYIQc6bjVaJOkUCLdpWqwSRSr_gONGx9DSzm0kYYEueXxKlK3N4n6ygv1aWX
I like the google idea but we have to see how we can integrate it.
Nevertheless, please tell me your idea, and if you can show it with image examples, i would be very grateful :).

[jancborchardt]

@GretaD yes, doing it like Gmail sounds great! :) Also another good reference is Hey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCeYTysLyGI&t=19m45s

Ideal would be if we could also collapse any quoted messages or signatures from previous messages to save space and reduce necessary scrolling, but that is maybe a further step.

[GretaD]

@GretaD yes, doing it like Gmail sounds great! :) Also another good reference is Hey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCeYTysLyGI&t=19m45s

Ideal would be if we could also collapse any quoted messages or signatures from previous messages to save space and reduce necessary scrolling, but that is maybe a further step.

<3 thank you, i will let you know when its ready for a final review, so you dont lose time to check my fixups.

[GretaD]

BUG

• Fix Iframe for MessageHTMLBody

[ChristophWurst]

Ideal would be if we could also collapse any quoted messages or signatures from previous messages to save space and reduce necessary scrolling, but that is maybe a further step.

Yep, this is definitely a later step as it's not a trivial problem to solve. We either have to rewrite the original message in a way that the iframe displays with collapsible quotes or we need some JS inside the iframe. Both paths are rather complex and I would like to focus on the grouping and navigation between related messages first.

[ChristophWurst]

Rebased. Now this works with the latest changes from #3439, yay.

[ChristophWurst]

Jumping between messages from the same thread works very nicely already :)

[ChristophWurst]

Layout-wise we currently have

• msg1
• msg2
• msg3 (currently active one, but still shown as link)
• msg4
• content of msg3

… if you open a message in the middle of a thread. But it should be

• msg1
• msg2
• content of msg3
• msg4

… like in gmail/hey. Does that make sense? not sure how well the messages newer than the current message will render when they are down below, but let's find out :)

[ChristophWurst]

This is very basic but let's integrate and improve the design step by step 👍