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Typing indicator causes jumping of messages #5390
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I'd love to look at solving this one if it's not already taken by someone else. |
@technical-debt-collector Before you write any code, the big question is around what the design should be. If we reserve space for a typing indicator, that's quite a bit of lost space, all the time. We'll want to talk about that first. |
Please repair this. It is the most frustrating issue ever. I hate signal just for that single piece of... s..t. Typing indicator should not move any message up or down. It sholud just apears between last message and new message textbox. |
For the record, I have on many occasions misclicked as a result of people suddenly starting or stopping to type. Especially annoying when I accidentally click the wrong emoji and then have to quickly remove it and try to add the correct one again (while the other person is still typing). I would consider this a functional problem. |
This was thoroughly discussed in the community forums (e.g. here: https://community.signalusers.org/t/typing-indicators-reduce-distraction/6574/28). Including great solutions. Now what? How do we get this issue on the backlog?? |
Bug Description
When someone is typing a message I see a typing indicator (...) at the bottom. Then all previous messages are moved a little upwards. When the typing person makes a pause from typing, the typing indicator disappears and the above messages are moved down where they were before. This can happen several times when a person is writing a longer message.
I have Signal Desktop on a second monitor and you can see this up and down at the edge of the field of view, which is very distracting.
Steps to Reproduce
Actual Result:
4. notice how the typing indicator moves all messages up
5. notice how the messages come back down when the typing indicator disappears
Expected Result:
A reserved space for the typing indicator so that appearing and disappearing does not affect messages positions
Platform Info
Signal Version: v5.7.1
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 20H2 64bit, Build 19042.1052
Linked Device Version: OnePlus 8, Android 11 (Oxygen OS 11.0.7.7.IN21BA)
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