Scroll to bottom feature does not differentiate between new messages and 'read' messages

[xinfli]

The "New messages" always show when I scroll up, even I already read all messages.
Is it possible to mark all messages as read, or can I hide the "New messages"?
Thanks.

[corinagum]

Hi @xinfli, the "New messages" notification actually indicates there are new messages at the bottom of the chat (most recent messages). Could you test and see if it disappears when you scroll to the bottom of the chat? Is this a feature you would still prefer to hide?

[xinfli]

Hi @corinagum Thanks, the notification works fine as design (When scroll to bottom, it will disapper), but not as I expected.
I think it should only indicate that there are new message UNREAD arrived, then I should scroll to bottom to read it;
But now the notification will always show when ever I scroll up, that makes us confused.
If this notification only indicate that I'm not reading the newest message, I think it should be renamed to "Go to bottom".

[corinagum]

@xinfli, thanks for the details. :) While the team discusses this, please know that you are more than welcome to pick and choose the components you want to use. If the "New messages" button is a blocking feature for you, you can take it out if you wish. Please take a look at 13.customization-speech-ui for guidance on implementation.

Discussion

It sounds like there are potentially three issues here:

1. "New messages" is syntactically inaccurate and better wording should be provided. A simple "Scroll to bottom" would more properly reflect the behavior of the button.
2. If "New messages" IS the syntactically intended functionality, this component may be buggy and an 'unread' feature should be implemented.
   • I think both 1 and 2 would benefit from a discussion with design. @mewa1024, @DesignPolice do you have thoughts?
3. Scroll to bottom button is customize-able, but text is not. @compulim and @cwhitten, is providing text modifications something we want to look into providing? With my limited knowledge this seems non-trivial.

[mewa1024]

I think issue 2 above is accurate, and that this should be the behavior: "New messages" should disappear once the new/unseen message has scrolled into view, but it should not reappear when that message scrolls out of view again.

[DesignPolice]

I would agree with @mewa1024 as well.

[corinagum]

We've had more offline discussion -- this issue is related to compulim/react-scroll-to-bottom#10 - both issues will need to be resolved at the same time.

We want to have a 'read' marker where all messages are marked as read when the user hits the bottom of the container.

I'm keeping this issue open for tracking both.

[xinfli]

Thanks all for your quick response 👍
I'd like if there is a new feature to mark message as read, by now I will hide it in our product :-)

[compulim]

This is done in 4.8.0.