LHN - Conversation is not scrolled in LHN after chat switching

[isagoico]

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Action Performed:

1. Log in to New Expensify
2. Be sure to use an account that has several chats opened
3. Click on the search icon
4. Search for a user that you don't have a conversation with

Expected Result:

Conversation should be in the visible area of the LHN after chat switching.

Actual Result:

Conversation is not scrolled and in view in LHN after chat switching

Workaround:

User has to scroll to the bottom of the list to find the current chat.

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

• Web
• iOS
• Android
• Desktop App
• Mobile Web

Version Number: 1.0.80-0

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

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From @quinthar https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1626918594122600

Switching to a chat on desktop Chrome doesn't cause it to appear in the LHN.

[MelvinBot]

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

[MelvinBot]

@sketchydroide Whoops! This issue is 2 days overdue. Let's get this updated quick!

[MelvinBot]

@sketchydroide Eep! 4 days overdue now. Issues have feelings too...

[sketchydroide]

This did not appear on K2, I did not know of it, will take a look today

[sketchydroide]

@isagoico do you know if this ever happened? I'm not sure it has...
This does sound like a nice thing to have, but needs some verification if this is a improvement or a bug.

[isagoico]

I don't think it happened before 🤔 But I agree it would be a nice thing to have.

[mallenexpensify]

I'm a lil confused too, but I think I get it...
When in "Most recent" mode, if you search then select a chat with a user, but don't send them a message, the chat doesn't show up in LHN, right? (also.. if you type a draft it doesn't show in LHN either).

So.. we need to decide...

1. Should the chat show even if no new message was sent?
2. Should it show temporarily while you have the chat open in the main pane, then disappear if no chat has been sent
3. Current - continues to not show in LHN until a message has been sent or received.

I think we can toss #2 because, since the chat is already in the main pane once you've selected the user in search, there's no actionable reason why you'd need/want to click that same user in LHN. The reason to potentially change our current setup would be to keep that chat in LHN even if you didn't send a message. I can't think of a specific use case where that would be beneficial, my first 'vote' is #3 and do nothing

[sketchydroide]

Yeah I think I'm with you here Matt, After a couple of days thinking, I don't see any benefit for the user to have this, there is no action they can/need to do in the user they are chatting with.

I would very much prefer to have something happen to all the chats that have unread messages, sometimes I need to look around for whatever chat/user/room has unread messages. But I think a filter button, or read all unread messages button would do the trick for that. Either way that is not related to this GH.

[mallenexpensify]

@sketchydroide check out #focus mode in Preferences, it'll show all unread in LHN.

@quinthar since you brought up the issue, do you have more thoughts/feedback? I want to make sure we're not 'missing something'

[sketchydroide]

Bumping this, not sure if anyone will have time "allocation" to answer this week, so I'm keeping this open for another week or 2

[sketchydroide]

Ok I'm closing this, it does seem to be a priority, or needed, if we change our minds we can open it again.