Chat - Impossible to identify correct link in header as links are clickable across whole header

[lanitochka17]

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Issue found when executing PR #20484

Action Performed:

1. Open any chat
2. Send message
3. Create thread
4. Click thread header to the right from header details - a bit higher and lower

Expected Result:

It should be clear where it takes you if you click

Actual Result:

Header links are both clickable across the whole width of header. So it is hard to identify what you click - thread settings or link back to parent chat. Click higher - go to settings, click lower - parent chat

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.28.3

Reproducible in staging?: Yes

Reproducible in production?: No

If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:

Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):

Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856

Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

Bug6094481_video_84__3_.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team

Slack conversation:

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[melvin-bot]

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

[francoisl]

cc @chiragsalian since it's related to #20484.

I don't think this should be a blocker, looks like it's working as intended. Maybe it could use better styling, like displaying a "return arrow" (e.g. ↩) next to the "From ..." message, to make it clear that clicking/tapping it will take you back to the parent thread?

[mountiny]

I agree, this is not a bug or a blocker, I think I will go ahead and close this @francoisl feel free to reopen if you feel strongly about the improvements, I think they might as well just come up in slack and we can handle that separately there