Refactored system message received upon trying to send a message while anonymous

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - Minor: Limit the number of recent chatters to improve memory usage and reduce freezes. (#2796, #2814)
 - Minor: Added `/popout` command. Usage: `/popout [channel]`. It opens browser chat for the provided channel. Can also be used without arguments to open current channels browser chat. (#2556, #2812)
 - Minor: Improved matching of game names when using `/setgame` command (#2636)
+- Minor: Added a link to accounts page in settings to "You need to be logged in to send messages" message. (#2862)
 - Minor: Switch to Twitch v2 emote API for animated emote support. (#2863)
 - Bugfix: Fixed FFZ emote links for global emotes (#2807, #2808)
 

src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp

@@ -328,11 +328,33 @@ void TwitchChannel::sendMessage(const QString &message)
 
     if (!app->accounts->twitch.isLoggedIn())
     {
-        // XXX: It would be nice if we could add a link here somehow that opened
-        // the "account manager" dialog
-        this->addMessage(
-            makeSystemMessage("You need to log in to send messages. You can "
-                              "link your Twitch account in the settings."));
+        if (message.isEmpty())
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const auto linkColor = MessageColor(MessageColor::Link);
+        const auto accountsLink = Link(Link::OpenAccountsPage, QString());
+        const auto currentUser = getApp()->accounts->twitch.getCurrent();
+        const auto expirationText =
+            QString("You need to log in to send messages. You can link your "
+                    "Twitch account");
+        const auto loginPromptText = QString("in the settings.");
+
+        auto builder = MessageBuilder();
+        builder.message().flags.set(MessageFlag::System);
+        builder.message().flags.set(MessageFlag::DoNotTriggerNotification);
+
+        builder.emplace<TimestampElement>();
+        builder.emplace<TextElement>(expirationText, MessageElementFlag::Text,
+                                     MessageColor::System);
+        builder
+            .emplace<TextElement>(loginPromptText, MessageElementFlag::Text,
+                                  linkColor)
+            ->setLink(accountsLink);
+
+        this->addMessage(builder.release());
+
         return;
     }