zulip/static/js/message_list_view.js

import {isSameDay} from "date-fns";
import $ from "jquery";
import _ from "lodash";

import * as resolved_topic from "../shared/js/resolved_topic";
import render_bookend from "../templates/bookend.hbs";
import render_login_to_view_image_button from "../templates/login_to_view_image_button.hbs";
import render_message_group from "../templates/message_group.hbs";
import render_recipient_row from "../templates/recipient_row.hbs";
import render_single_message from "../templates/single_message.hbs";

import * as activity from "./activity";
import * as blueslip from "./blueslip";
import * as color_class from "./color_class";
import * as compose from "./compose";
import * as compose_fade from "./compose_fade";
import * as condense from "./condense";
import * as hash_util from "./hash_util";
import {$t} from "./i18n";
import * as message_edit from "./message_edit";
import * as message_lists from "./message_lists";
import * as message_store from "./message_store";
import * as $message_viewport from "./message_viewport";
import * as muted_users from "./muted_users";
import * as narrow_state from "./narrow_state";
import {page_params} from "./page_params";
import * as people from "./people";
import * as popovers from "./popovers";
import * as reactions from "./reactions";
import * as recent_topics_util from "./recent_topics_util";
import * as rendered_markdown from "./rendered_markdown";
import * as rows from "./rows";
import * as stream_data from "./stream_data";
import * as sub_store from "./sub_store";
import * as submessage from "./submessage";
import * as timerender from "./timerender";
import * as user_topics from "./user_topics";
import * as util from "./util";

function same_day(earlier_msg, later_msg) {
    if (earlier_msg === undefined || later_msg === undefined) {
        return false;
    }
    return isSameDay(earlier_msg.msg.timestamp * 1000, later_msg.msg.timestamp * 1000);
}

function same_sender(a, b) {
    if (a === undefined || b === undefined) {
        return false;
    }
    return util.same_sender(a.msg, b.msg);
}

function same_recipient(a, b) {
    if (a === undefined || b === undefined) {
        return false;
    }
    return util.same_recipient(a.msg, b.msg);
}

function analyze_edit_history(message) {
    // Returns a dict of booleans that describe the message's history:
    //   * edited: if the message has had its content edited
    //   * moved: if the message has had its stream/topic edited
    //   * resolve_toggled: if the message has had a topic resolve/unresolve edit
    let edited = false;
    let moved = false;
    let resolve_toggled = false;

    if (message.edit_history !== undefined) {
        for (const edit_history_event of message.edit_history) {
            if (edit_history_event.prev_content) {
                edited = true;
            }

            if (edit_history_event.prev_stream) {
                moved = true;
            }

            if (edit_history_event.prev_topic) {
                // We know it has a topic edit. Now we need to determine if
                // it was a true move or a resolve/unresolve.
                if (
                    resolved_topic.is_resolved(edit_history_event.topic) &&
                    edit_history_event.topic.slice(2) === edit_history_event.prev_topic
                ) {
                    // Resolved.
                    resolve_toggled = true;
                    continue;
                }
                if (
                    resolved_topic.is_resolved(edit_history_event.prev_topic) &&
                    edit_history_event.prev_topic.slice(2) === edit_history_event.topic
                ) {
                    // Unresolved.
                    resolve_toggled = true;
                    continue;
                }
                // Otherwise, it is a real topic rename/move.
                moved = true;
            }
        }
    }
    return {edited, moved, resolve_toggled};
}

function render_group_display_date(group, message_container) {
    const time = new Date(message_container.msg.timestamp * 1000);
    const today = new Date();
    const date_element = timerender.render_date(time, undefined, today)[0];

    group.date = date_element.outerHTML;
}

function update_group_date_divider(group, message_container, prev) {
    const time = new Date(message_container.msg.timestamp * 1000);
    const today = new Date();

    if (prev !== undefined) {
        const prev_time = new Date(prev.msg.timestamp * 1000);
        if (!isSameDay(time, prev_time)) {
            // NB: group_date_divider_html is HTML, inserted into the document without escaping.
            group.group_date_divider_html = timerender.render_date(
                time,
                prev_time,
                today,
            )[0].outerHTML;
            group.show_group_date_divider = true;
        }
    } else {
        // Show the date in the recipient bar, but not a date separator bar.
        group.show_group_date_divider = false;
        group.group_date_divider_html = timerender.render_date(time, undefined, today)[0].outerHTML;
    }
}

function clear_group_date_divider(group) {
    group.show_group_date_divider = false;
    group.group_date_divider_html = undefined;
}

function clear_message_date_divider(msg) {
    // see update_message_date_divider for how
    // these get set
    msg.want_date_divider = false;
    msg.date_divider_html = undefined;
}

function update_message_date_divider(opts) {
    const prev_msg_container = opts.prev_msg_container;
    const curr_msg_container = opts.curr_msg_container;

    if (!prev_msg_container || same_day(curr_msg_container, prev_msg_container)) {
        clear_message_date_divider(curr_msg_container);
        return;
    }

    const prev_time = new Date(prev_msg_container.msg.timestamp * 1000);
    const curr_time = new Date(curr_msg_container.msg.timestamp * 1000);
    const today = new Date();

    curr_msg_container.want_date_divider = true;
    curr_msg_container.date_divider_html = timerender.render_date(
        curr_time,
        prev_time,
        today,
    )[0].outerHTML;
}

function set_timestr(message_container) {
    const time = new Date(message_container.msg.timestamp * 1000);
    message_container.timestr = timerender.stringify_time(time);
}

function set_topic_edit_properties(group, message) {
    group.realm_allow_message_editing = page_params.realm_allow_message_editing;
    group.always_visible_topic_edit = false;
    group.on_hover_topic_edit = false;
    // if a user who can edit a topic, can resolve it as well
    group.user_can_resolve_topic = message_edit.is_topic_editable(message);

    // Messages with no topics should always have an edit icon visible
    // to encourage updating them. Admins can also edit any topic.
    if (message.topic === compose.empty_topic_placeholder()) {
        group.always_visible_topic_edit = true;
    } else if (message_edit.is_topic_editable(message)) {
        group.on_hover_topic_edit = true;
    }
}

function populate_group_from_message_container(group, message_container) {
    group.is_stream = message_container.msg.is_stream;
    group.is_private = message_container.msg.is_private;

    if (group.is_stream) {
        group.background_color = stream_data.get_color(message_container.msg.stream);
        group.color_class = color_class.get_css_class(group.background_color);
        group.invite_only = stream_data.is_invite_only_by_stream_name(message_container.msg.stream);
        group.is_web_public = stream_data.is_web_public(message_container.msg.stream_id);
        group.topic = message_container.msg.topic;
        group.match_topic = util.get_match_topic(message_container.msg);
        group.stream_url = message_container.stream_url;
        group.topic_url = message_container.topic_url;
        const sub = sub_store.get(message_container.msg.stream_id);
        if (sub === undefined) {
            // Hack to handle unusual cases like the tutorial where
            // the streams used don't actually exist in the subs
            // module.  Ideally, we'd clean this up by making the
            // tutorial populate stream_settings_ui.js "properly".
            group.stream_id = -1;
        } else {
            group.stream_id = sub.stream_id;
        }
        group.topic_is_resolved = resolved_topic.is_resolved(group.topic);
        group.topic_muted = user_topics.is_topic_muted(group.stream_id, group.topic);
    } else if (group.is_private) {
        group.pm_with_url = message_container.pm_with_url;
        group.display_reply_to = message_store.get_pm_full_names(message_container.msg);
    }
    group.display_recipient = message_container.msg.display_recipient;
    group.topic_links = message_container.msg.topic_links;

    set_topic_edit_properties(group, message_container.msg);
    render_group_display_date(group, message_container);
}

export class MessageListView {
    constructor(list, table_name, collapse_messages) {
        this.list = list;
        this.collapse_messages = collapse_messages;
        this._rows = new Map();
        this.message_containers = new Map();
        this.table_name = table_name;
        if (this.table_name) {
            this.clear_table();
        }
        this._message_groups = [];

        // Half-open interval of the indices that define the current render window
        this._render_win_start = 0;
        this._render_win_end = 0;
    }

    // Number of messages to render at a time
    _RENDER_WINDOW_SIZE = 400;
    // Number of messages away from edge of render window at which we
    // trigger a re-render
    _RENDER_THRESHOLD = 50;

    _get_msg_timestring(message_container) {
        let last_edit_timestamp;
        if (message_container.msg.local_edit_timestamp !== undefined) {
            last_edit_timestamp = message_container.msg.local_edit_timestamp;
        } else {
            last_edit_timestamp = message_container.msg.last_edit_timestamp;
        }
        if (last_edit_timestamp !== undefined) {
            const last_edit_time = new Date(last_edit_timestamp * 1000);
            const today = new Date();
            return (
                timerender.render_date(last_edit_time, undefined, today)[0].textContent +
                " at " +
                timerender.stringify_time(last_edit_time)
            );
        }
        return undefined;
    }

    _add_msg_edited_vars(message_container) {
        // This function computes data on whether the message was edited
        // and in what ways, as well as where the "EDITED" or "MOVED"
        // label should be located, and adds it to the message_container
        // object.
        //
        // The bools can be defined only when the message is edited
        // (or when the `last_edit_timestr` is defined). The bools are:
        //   * `edited_in_left_col`      -- when label appears in left column.
        //   * `edited_alongside_sender` -- when label appears alongside sender info.
        //   * `edited_status_msg`       -- when label appears for a "/me" message.
        const last_edit_timestr = this._get_msg_timestring(message_container);
        const include_sender = message_container.include_sender;
        const is_hidden = message_container.is_hidden;
        const status_message = Boolean(message_container.status_message);
        const edit_history_details = analyze_edit_history(message_container.msg);

        if (
            last_edit_timestr === undefined ||
            !(edit_history_details.moved || edit_history_details.edited)
        ) {
            // For messages whose edit history at most includes
            // resolving topics, we don't display an EDITED/MOVED
            // notice at all. (The message actions popover will still
            // display an edit history option, so you can see when it
            // was marked as resolved if you need to).
            delete message_container.last_edit_timestr;
            message_container.edited_in_left_col = false;
            message_container.edited_alongside_sender = false;
            message_container.edited_status_msg = false;
            return;
        }

        message_container.last_edit_timestr = last_edit_timestr;
        message_container.edited_in_left_col = !include_sender && !is_hidden;
        message_container.edited_alongside_sender = include_sender && !status_message;
        message_container.edited_status_msg = include_sender && status_message;
        message_container.moved = edit_history_details.moved && !edit_history_details.edited;
    }

    set_calculated_message_container_variables(message_container, is_revealed) {
        set_timestr(message_container);

        /*
            If the message needs to be hidden because the sender was muted, we do
            a few things:
            1. Hide the sender avatar and name.
            2. Hide reactions on that message.
            3. Do not give a background color to that message even if it mentions the
               current user.

            Further, is a hidden message was just revealed, we make sure to show
            the sender.
        */

        const is_hidden =
            muted_users.is_user_muted(message_container.msg.sender_id) && !is_revealed;

        message_container.is_hidden = is_hidden;
        // Make sure the right thing happens if the message was edited to mention us.
        if (!is_hidden && message_container.msg.mentioned) {
            // Currently the API does not differentiate between a group mention and
            // a user mention. For now, we parse the markdown to see if the message
            // mentions the user.
            let is_user_mention = false;
            const $msg = $(message_container.msg.content);
            $msg.find(".user-mention:not(.silent)").each(function () {
                const user_id = rendered_markdown.get_user_id_for_mention_button(this);
                if (user_id === "*") {
                    return;
                }
                if (people.is_my_user_id(user_id)) {
                    is_user_mention = true;
                }
            });

            // If a message includes a user mention, then we don't care if there is a
            // group/wildcard mention, and color the message as a user mention. If the
            // message didn't include a user mention, then it was a usergroup/wildcard
            // mention (which is the only other option for `mentioned` being true).
            if (message_container.msg.mentioned_me_directly && is_user_mention) {
                message_container.mention_classname = "direct_mention";
            } else {
                message_container.mention_classname = "group_mention";
            }
        } else {
            // If there are no mentions, the classname might need to be updated (i.e.
            // removed) to reflect this.
            message_container.mention_classname = null;
        }
        message_container.include_sender = message_container.include_sender && !is_hidden;
        if (is_revealed) {
            // If the message is to be revealed, we show the sender anyways, because the
            // the first message in the group (which would hold the sender) can still be
            // hidden.
            message_container.include_sender = true;
        }

        message_container.sender_is_bot = people.sender_is_bot(message_container.msg);
        message_container.sender_is_guest = people.sender_is_guest(message_container.msg);

        message_container.small_avatar_url = people.small_avatar_url(message_container.msg);
        if (message_container.msg.stream) {
            message_container.background_color = stream_data.get_color(
                message_container.msg.stream,
            );
        }

        this._maybe_format_me_message(message_container);
        // Once all other variables are updated
        this._add_msg_edited_vars(message_container);
    }

    maybe_add_subscription_marker(group, last_msg_container, first_msg_container) {
        // The `historical` flag is present on messages which were
        // sent a time when the current user was not subscribed to the
        // stream receiving the message.
        //
        // When a narrow contains only messages within a given stream,
        // we can infer that whenever the historical flag flips
        // between adjacent messages, the current user must have
        // (un)subscribed in between those messages.
        if (!this.list.data.filter.has_operator("stream")) {
            return;
        }
        if (last_msg_container === undefined) {
            return;
        }

        const last_subscribed = !last_msg_container.msg.historical;
        const first_subscribed = !first_msg_container.msg.historical;
        const stream = first_msg_container.msg.stream;

        if (!last_subscribed && first_subscribed) {
            group.bookend_top = true;
            group.subscribed = true;
            group.stream_name = stream;
            return;
        }

        if (last_subscribed && !first_subscribed) {
            group.bookend_top = true;
            group.just_unsubscribed = true;
            group.stream_name = stream;
            return;
        }
    }

    build_message_groups(message_containers) {
        const start_group = () => ({
            message_containers: [],
            message_group_id: _.uniqueId("message_group_"),
        });

        let current_group = start_group();
        const new_message_groups = [];
        let prev;

        const add_message_container_to_group = (message_container) => {
            if (same_sender(prev, message_container)) {
                prev.next_is_same_sender = true;
            }
            current_group.message_containers.push(message_container);
        };

        const finish_group = () => {
            if (current_group.message_containers.length > 0) {
                populate_group_from_message_container(
                    current_group,
                    current_group.message_containers[0],
                );
                current_group.message_containers.at(-1).include_footer = true;
                new_message_groups.push(current_group);
            }
        };

        for (const message_container of message_containers) {
            const message_reactions = reactions.get_message_reactions(message_container.msg);
            message_container.msg.message_reactions = message_reactions;
            message_container.include_recipient = false;
            message_container.include_footer = false;

            if (
                same_recipient(prev, message_container) &&
                this.collapse_messages &&
                prev.msg.historical === message_container.msg.historical
            ) {
                add_message_container_to_group(message_container);
                update_message_date_divider({
                    prev_msg_container: prev,
                    curr_msg_container: message_container,
                });
            } else {
                finish_group();
                current_group = start_group();
                add_message_container_to_group(message_container);

                update_group_date_divider(current_group, message_container, prev);
                clear_message_date_divider(message_container);

                message_container.include_recipient = true;
                message_container.subscribed = false;
                message_container.unsubscribed = false;

                this.maybe_add_subscription_marker(current_group, prev, message_container);

                if (message_container.msg.stream) {
                    message_container.stream_url = hash_util.by_stream_url(
                        message_container.msg.stream_id,
                    );
                    message_container.topic_url = hash_util.by_stream_topic_url(
                        message_container.msg.stream_id,
                        message_container.msg.topic,
                    );
                } else {
                    message_container.pm_with_url = message_container.msg.pm_with_url;
                }
            }

            message_container.include_sender = true;
            if (
                !message_container.include_recipient &&
                !prev.status_message &&
                same_day(prev, message_container) &&
                same_sender(prev, message_container)
            ) {
                message_container.include_sender = false;
            }

            this.set_calculated_message_container_variables(message_container);

            prev = message_container;
        }

        finish_group();

        return new_message_groups;
    }

    join_message_groups(first_group, second_group) {
        // join_message_groups will combine groups if they have the
        // same_recipient and the view supports collapsing, otherwise
        // it may add a subscription_marker if required.  It returns
        // true if the two groups were joined in to one and the
        // second_group should be ignored.
        if (first_group === undefined || second_group === undefined) {
            return false;
        }
        const last_msg_container = first_group.message_containers.at(-1);
        const first_msg_container = second_group.message_containers[0];

        // Join two groups into one.
        if (
            this.collapse_messages &&
            same_recipient(last_msg_container, first_msg_container) &&
            last_msg_container.msg.historical === first_msg_container.msg.historical
        ) {
            if (
                !last_msg_container.status_message &&
                !first_msg_container.msg.is_me_message &&
                same_day(last_msg_container, first_msg_container) &&
                same_sender(last_msg_container, first_msg_container)
            ) {
                first_msg_container.include_sender = false;
            }
            if (same_sender(last_msg_container, first_msg_container)) {
                last_msg_container.next_is_same_sender = true;
            }
            first_group.message_containers = first_group.message_containers.concat(
                second_group.message_containers,
            );
            return true;
        }

        // We may need to add a subscripton marker after merging the groups.
        this.maybe_add_subscription_marker(second_group, last_msg_container, first_msg_container);

        return false;
    }

    merge_message_groups(new_message_groups, where) {
        // merge_message_groups takes a list of new messages groups to add to
        // this._message_groups and a location where to merge them currently
        // top or bottom. It returns an object of changes which needed to be
        // rendered in to the page. The types of actions are append_group,
        // prepend_group, rerender_group, append_message.
        //
        // append_groups are groups to add to the top of the rendered DOM
        // prepend_groups are group to add to the bottom of the rendered DOM
        // rerender_groups are group that should be updated in place in the DOM
        // append_messages are messages which should be added to the last group in the DOM
        // rerender_messages are messages which should be updated in place in the DOM

        const message_actions = {
            append_groups: [],
            prepend_groups: [],
            rerender_groups: [],
            append_messages: [],
            rerender_messages_next_same_sender: [],
        };
        let first_group;
        let second_group;
        let curr_msg_container;
        let prev_msg_container;

        if (where === "top") {
            first_group = new_message_groups.at(-1);
            second_group = this._message_groups[0];
        } else {
            first_group = this._message_groups.at(-1);
            second_group = new_message_groups[0];
        }

        if (first_group) {
            prev_msg_container = first_group.message_containers.at(-1);
        }

        if (second_group) {
            curr_msg_container = second_group.message_containers[0];
        }

        const was_joined = this.join_message_groups(first_group, second_group);
        if (was_joined) {
            update_message_date_divider({
                prev_msg_container,
                curr_msg_container,
            });
        } else {
            clear_message_date_divider(curr_msg_container);
        }

        if (where === "top") {
            if (was_joined) {
                // join_message_groups moved the old message to the end of the
                // new group. We need to replace the old rendered message
                // group. So we will reuse its ID.

                first_group.message_group_id = second_group.message_group_id;
                message_actions.rerender_groups.push(first_group);

                // Swap the new group in
                this._message_groups.shift();
                this._message_groups.unshift(first_group);

                new_message_groups = new_message_groups.slice(0, -1);
            } else if (
                !same_day(second_group.message_containers[0], first_group.message_containers[0])
            ) {
                // The groups did not merge, so we need up update the date row for the old group
                update_group_date_divider(second_group, curr_msg_container, prev_msg_container);
                // We could add an action to update the date row, but for now rerender the group.
                message_actions.rerender_groups.push(second_group);
            }
            message_actions.prepend_groups = new_message_groups;
            this._message_groups = new_message_groups.concat(this._message_groups);
        } else {
            if (was_joined) {
                // rerender the last message
                message_actions.rerender_messages_next_same_sender.push(prev_msg_container);
                message_actions.append_messages = new_message_groups[0].message_containers;
                new_message_groups = new_message_groups.slice(1);
            } else if (first_group !== undefined && second_group !== undefined) {
                if (same_day(prev_msg_container, curr_msg_container)) {
                    clear_group_date_divider(second_group);
                } else {
                    // If we just sent the first message on a new day
                    // in a narrow, make sure we render a date separator.
                    update_group_date_divider(second_group, curr_msg_container, prev_msg_container);
                }
            }
            message_actions.append_groups = new_message_groups;
            this._message_groups = this._message_groups.concat(new_message_groups);
        }

        return message_actions;
    }

    _put_row($row) {
        // $row is a jQuery object wrapping one message row
        if ($row.hasClass("message_row")) {
            this._rows.set(rows.id($row), $row);
        }
    }

    _post_process($message_rows) {
        // $message_rows wraps one or more message rows

        if (!($message_rows instanceof $)) {
            // An assertion check that we're calling this properly
            blueslip.error("programming error--pass in jQuery objects");
        }

        for (const dom_row of $message_rows) {
            const $row = $(dom_row);
            this._put_row($row);
            this._post_process_single_row($row);
        }

        if (page_params.is_spectator) {
            // For images that fail to load due to being rate limited or being denied access
            // by server in general, we tell user to login to be able to view the image.
            $message_rows.find(".message_inline_image img").on("error", (e) => {
                $(e.target)
                    .closest(".message_inline_image")
                    .replaceWith(render_login_to_view_image_button());
            });
        }
    }

    _post_process_single_row($row) {
        // For message formatting that requires some post-processing
        // (and is not possible to handle solely via CSS), this is
        // where we modify the content.  It is a goal to minimize how
        // much logic is present in this function; wherever possible,
        // we should implement features with the Markdown processor,
        // HTML and CSS.

        if ($row.length !== 1) {
            blueslip.error("programming error--expected single element");
        }

        const $content = $row.find(".message_content");

        rendered_markdown.update_elements($content);

        const id = rows.id($row);
        message_edit.maybe_show_edit($row, id);

        submessage.process_submessages({
            $row,
            message_id: id,
        });
    }

    _get_message_template(message_container) {
        const msg_reactions = reactions.get_message_reactions(message_container.msg);
        message_container.msg.message_reactions = msg_reactions;
        const msg_to_render = {
            ...message_container,
            table_name: this.table_name,
        };
        return render_single_message(msg_to_render);
    }

    _render_group(opts) {
        const message_groups = opts.message_groups;
        const use_match_properties = opts.use_match_properties;
        const table_name = opts.table_name;

        return $(
            render_message_group({
                message_groups,
                use_match_properties,
                table_name,
            }),
        );
    }

    render(messages, where, messages_are_new) {
        // This function processes messages into chunks with separators between them,
        // and templates them to be inserted as table rows into the DOM.

        if (messages.length === 0) {
            return undefined;
        }

        const list = this.list; // for convenience
        const table_name = this.table_name;
        const $table = rows.get_table(table_name);
        let orig_scrolltop_offset;

        // If we start with the message feed scrolled up (i.e.
        // the bottom message is not visible), then we will respect
        // the user's current position after rendering, rather
        // than auto-scrolling.
        const started_scrolled_up = $message_viewport.is_scrolled_up();

        // The messages we are being asked to render are shared with between
        // all messages lists. To prevent having both list views overwriting
        // each others' data we will make a new message object to add data to
        // for rendering.
        const message_containers = messages.map((message) => {
            if (message.starred) {
                message.starred_status = $t({defaultMessage: "Unstar"});
            } else {
                message.starred_status = $t({defaultMessage: "Star"});
            }

            message.url = hash_util.by_conversation_and_time_url(message);

            return {msg: message};
        });

        const save_scroll_position = () => {
            if (orig_scrolltop_offset === undefined && this.selected_row().length > 0) {
                orig_scrolltop_offset = this.selected_row().offset().top;
            }
        };

        const restore_scroll_position = () => {
            if (
                !recent_topics_util.is_visible() &&
                list === message_lists.current &&
                orig_scrolltop_offset !== undefined
            ) {
                list.view.set_message_offset(orig_scrolltop_offset);
                list.reselect_selected_id();
            }
        };

        if (message_containers.length === 0) {
            return undefined;
        }

        const new_message_groups = this.build_message_groups(message_containers, this.table_name);
        const message_actions = this.merge_message_groups(new_message_groups, where);
        let new_dom_elements = [];
        let $rendered_groups;
        let $dom_messages;
        let $last_message_row;
        let $last_group_row;

        for (const message_container of message_containers) {
            this.message_containers.set(message_container.msg.id, message_container);
        }

        // Render new message groups on the top
        if (message_actions.prepend_groups.length > 0) {
            save_scroll_position();

            $rendered_groups = this._render_group({
                message_groups: message_actions.prepend_groups,
                use_match_properties: this.list.is_search(),
                table_name: this.table_name,
            });

            $dom_messages = $rendered_groups.find(".message_row");
            new_dom_elements = new_dom_elements.concat($rendered_groups);

            this._post_process($dom_messages);

            // The date row will be included in the message groups or will be
            // added in a rerendered in the group below
            $table.find(".recipient_row").first().prev(".date_row").remove();
            $table.prepend($rendered_groups);
            condense.condense_and_collapse($dom_messages);
        }

        // Rerender message groups
        if (message_actions.rerender_groups.length > 0) {
            save_scroll_position();

            for (const message_group of message_actions.rerender_groups) {
                const $old_message_group = $(`#${CSS.escape(message_group.message_group_id)}`);
                // Remove the top date_row, we'll re-add it after rendering
                $old_message_group.prev(".date_row").remove();

                $rendered_groups = this._render_group({
                    message_groups: [message_group],
                    use_match_properties: this.list.is_search(),
                    table_name: this.table_name,
                });

                $dom_messages = $rendered_groups.find(".message_row");
                // Not adding to new_dom_elements it is only used for autoscroll

                this._post_process($dom_messages);
                $old_message_group.replaceWith($rendered_groups);
                condense.condense_and_collapse($dom_messages);
            }
        }

        // Update the rendering for message rows which used to be last
        // and now know whether the following message has the same
        // sender.
        //
        // It is likely the case that we can just remove the block
        // entirely, since it appears the next_is_same_sender CSS
        // class doesn't do anything.
        if (message_actions.rerender_messages_next_same_sender.length > 0) {
            const targets = message_actions.rerender_messages_next_same_sender;

            for (const message_container of targets) {
                const $row = this.get_row(message_container.msg.id);
                $row.find("div.messagebox").toggleClass(
                    "next_is_same_sender",
                    message_container.next_is_same_sender,
                );
            }
        }

        // Insert new messages in to the last message group
        if (message_actions.append_messages.length > 0) {
            $last_message_row = $table.find(".message_row").last().expectOne();
            $last_group_row = rows.get_message_recipient_row($last_message_row);
            $dom_messages = $(
                message_actions.append_messages
                    .map((message_container) => this._get_message_template(message_container))
                    .join(""),
            ).filter(".message_row");

            this._post_process($dom_messages);
            $last_group_row.append($dom_messages);

            condense.condense_and_collapse($dom_messages);
            new_dom_elements = new_dom_elements.concat($dom_messages);
        }

        // Add new message groups to the end
        if (message_actions.append_groups.length > 0) {
            // Remove the trailing bookend; it'll be re-added after we do our rendering
            this.clear_trailing_bookend();

            $rendered_groups = this._render_group({
                message_groups: message_actions.append_groups,
                use_match_properties: this.list.is_search(),
                table_name: this.table_name,
            });

            $dom_messages = $rendered_groups.find(".message_row");
            new_dom_elements = new_dom_elements.concat($rendered_groups);

            this._post_process($dom_messages);

            // This next line is a workaround for a weird scrolling
            // bug on Chrome.  Basically, in Chrome 64, we had a
            // highly reproducible bug where if you hit the "End" key
            // 5 times in a row in a `near:1` narrow (or any other
            // narrow with enough content below to try this), the 5th
            // time (because RENDER_WINDOW_SIZE / batch_size = 4,
            // i.e. the first time we need to rerender to show the
            // message "End" jumps to) would trigger an unexpected
            // scroll, resulting in some chaotic scrolling and
            // additional fetches (from bottom_whitespace ending up in
            // the view).  During debugging, we found that this adding
            // this next line seems to prevent the Chrome bug from firing.
            $message_viewport.scrollTop();

            $table.append($rendered_groups);
            condense.condense_and_collapse($dom_messages);
        }

        restore_scroll_position();

        const last_message_group = this._message_groups.at(-1);
        if (last_message_group !== undefined) {
            list.last_message_historical =
                last_message_group.message_containers.at(-1).msg.historical;
        }

        const stream_name = narrow_state.stream();
        if (stream_name !== undefined) {
            // If user narrows to a stream, doesn't update
            // trailing bookend if user is subscribed.
            const sub = stream_data.get_sub(stream_name);
            if (sub === undefined || !sub.subscribed || page_params.is_spectator) {
                list.update_trailing_bookend();
            }
        }

        if (list === message_lists.current) {
            // Update the fade.

            const get_element = (message_group) => {
                // We don't have a MessageGroup class, but we can at least hide the messy details
                // of rows.js from compose_fade.  We provide a callback function to be lazy--
                // compose_fade may not actually need the elements depending on its internal
                // state.
                const $message_row = this.get_row(message_group.message_containers[0].msg.id);
                return rows.get_message_recipient_row($message_row);
            };

            compose_fade.update_rendered_message_groups(new_message_groups, get_element);
        }

        if (list === message_lists.current && messages_are_new) {
            if (started_scrolled_up) {
                return {
                    need_user_to_scroll: true,
                };
            }
            const new_messages_height = this._new_messages_height(new_dom_elements);
            const need_user_to_scroll = this._maybe_autoscroll(new_messages_height);

            if (need_user_to_scroll) {
                return {
                    need_user_to_scroll: true,
                };
            }
        }

        return undefined;
    }

    _new_messages_height(rendered_elems) {
        let new_messages_height = 0;

        for (const $elem of rendered_elems.reverse()) {
            // Sometimes there are non-DOM elements in rendered_elems; only
            // try to get the heights of actual trs.
            if ($elem.is("div")) {
                new_messages_height += $elem.height();
            }
        }

        return new_messages_height;
    }

    _scroll_limit($selected_row, viewport_info) {
        // This scroll limit is driven by the TOP of the feed, and
        // it's the max amount that we can scroll down (or "skooch
        // up" the messages) before knocking the selected message
        // out of the feed.
        const selected_row_top = $selected_row.offset().top;
        let scroll_limit = selected_row_top - viewport_info.visible_top;

        if (scroll_limit < 0) {
            // This shouldn't happen, but if we're off by a pixel or
            // something, we can deal with it, and just warn.
            blueslip.warn("Selected row appears too high on screen.");
            scroll_limit = 0;
        }

        return scroll_limit;
    }

    _maybe_autoscroll(new_messages_height) {
        // If we are near the bottom of our feed (the bottom is visible) and can
        // scroll up without moving the pointer out of the viewport, do so, by
        // up to the amount taken up by the new message.
        //
        // returns `true` if we need the user to scroll

        const $selected_row = this.selected_row();
        const $last_visible = rows.last_visible();

        // Make sure we have a selected row and last visible row. (defensive)
        if (!($selected_row && $selected_row.length > 0 && $last_visible)) {
            return false;
        }

        if (new_messages_height <= 0) {
            return false;
        }

        if (!activity.client_is_active) {
            // Don't autoscroll if the window hasn't had focus
            // recently.  This in intended to help protect us from
            // auto-scrolling downwards when the window is in the
            // background and might be having some functionality
            // throttled by modern Chrome's aggressive power-saving
            // features.
            blueslip.log("Suppressing scroll down due to inactivity");
            return false;
        }

        // do not scroll if there are any active popovers.
        if (popovers.any_active()) {
            // If a popover is active, then we are pretty sure the
            // incoming message is not from the user themselves, so
            // we don't need to tell users to scroll down.
            return false;
        }

        const info = $message_viewport.message_viewport_info();
        const scroll_limit = this._scroll_limit($selected_row, info);

        // This next decision is fairly debatable.  For a big message that
        // would push the pointer off the screen, we do a partial autoscroll,
        // which has the following implications:
        //    a) user sees scrolling (good)
        //    b) user's pointer stays on screen (good)
        //    c) scroll amount isn't really tied to size of new messages (bad)
        //    d) all the bad things about scrolling for users who want messages
        //       to stay on the screen
        let scroll_amount;
        let need_user_to_scroll;

        if (new_messages_height <= scroll_limit) {
            // This is the happy path where we can just scroll
            // automatically, and the user will see the new message.
            scroll_amount = new_messages_height;
            need_user_to_scroll = false;
        } else {
            // Sometimes we don't want to scroll the entire height of
            // the message, but our callers can give appropriate
            // warnings if the message is gonna be offscreen.
            // (Even if we are somewhat constrained here, the message may
            // still end up being visible, so we do some arithmetic.)
            scroll_amount = scroll_limit;
            const offset = $message_viewport.offset_from_bottom($last_visible);

            // For determining whether we need to show the user a "you
            // need to scroll down" notification, the obvious check
            // would be `offset > scroll_amount`, and that is indeed
            // correct with a 1-line message in the compose box.
            // However, the compose box is open with the content of
            // the message just sent when this code runs, and
            // `offset_from_bottom` if an offset from the top of the
            // compose box, which is about to be reset to empty.  So
            // to compute the offset at the time the user might see
            // this notification, we need to adjust by the amount that
            // the current compose is bigger than the empty, open
            // compose box.
            const compose_textarea_default_height = 42;
            const compose_textarea_current_height = $("#compose-textarea").height();
            const expected_change =
                compose_textarea_current_height - compose_textarea_default_height;
            const expected_offset = offset - expected_change;
            need_user_to_scroll = expected_offset > scroll_amount;
        }

        // Ok, we are finally ready to actually scroll.
        if (scroll_amount > 0) {
            $message_viewport.system_initiated_animate_scroll(scroll_amount);
        }

        return need_user_to_scroll;
    }

    clear_rendering_state(clear_table) {
        if (clear_table) {
            this.clear_table();
        }
        this.list.last_message_historical = false;

        this._render_win_start = 0;
        this._render_win_end = 0;
    }

    update_render_window(selected_idx, check_for_changed) {
        const new_start = Math.max(selected_idx - this._RENDER_WINDOW_SIZE / 2, 0);
        if (check_for_changed && new_start === this._render_win_start) {
            return false;
        }

        this._render_win_start = new_start;
        this._render_win_end = Math.min(
            this._render_win_start + this._RENDER_WINDOW_SIZE,
            this.list.num_items(),
        );
        return true;
    }

    maybe_rerender() {
        const selected_idx = this.list.selected_idx();

        // We rerender under the following conditions:
        // * The selected message is within this._RENDER_THRESHOLD messages
        //   of the top of the currently rendered window and the top
        //   of the window does not abut the beginning of the message
        //   list
        // * The selected message is within this._RENDER_THRESHOLD messages
        //   of the bottom of the currently rendered window and the
        //   bottom of the window does not abut the end of the
        //   message list
        if (
            !(
                (selected_idx - this._render_win_start < this._RENDER_THRESHOLD &&
                    this._render_win_start !== 0) ||
                (this._render_win_end - selected_idx <= this._RENDER_THRESHOLD &&
                    this._render_win_end !== this.list.num_items())
            )
        ) {
            return false;
        }

        if (!this.update_render_window(selected_idx, true)) {
            return false;
        }

        this.rerender_preserving_scrolltop();
        return true;
    }

    rerender_preserving_scrolltop(discard_rendering_state) {
        // old_offset is the number of pixels between the top of the
        // viewable window and the selected message
        let old_offset;
        const $selected_row = this.selected_row();
        const selected_in_view = $selected_row.length > 0;
        if (selected_in_view) {
            old_offset = $selected_row.offset().top;
        }
        if (discard_rendering_state) {
            // If we know that the existing render is invalid way
            // (typically because messages appear out-of-order), then
            // we discard the message_list rendering state entirely.
            this.clear_rendering_state(true);
            this.update_render_window(this.list.selected_idx(), false);
        }
        return this.rerender_with_target_scrolltop($selected_row, old_offset);
    }

    set_message_offset(offset) {
        const $msg = this.selected_row();
        $message_viewport.scrollTop($message_viewport.scrollTop() + $msg.offset().top - offset);
    }

    rerender_with_target_scrolltop(selected_row, target_offset) {
        // target_offset is the target number of pixels between the top of the
        // viewable window and the selected message
        this.clear_table();
        this.render(
            this.list.all_messages().slice(this._render_win_start, this._render_win_end),
            "bottom",
        );

        // If we could see the newly selected message, scroll the
        // window such that the newly selected message is at the
        // same location as it would have been before we
        // re-rendered.
        if (target_offset !== undefined) {
            if (this.selected_row().length === 0 && this.list.selected_id() > -1) {
                this.list.select_id(this.list.selected_id(), {use_closest: true});
            }

            this.set_message_offset(target_offset);
        }
    }

    _find_message_group(message_group_id) {
        // Ideally, we'd maintain this data structure with a hash
        // table or at least a pointer from the message containers (in
        // either case, updating the data structure when message
        // groups are merged etc.) , but we only call this from flows
        // like message editing, so it's not a big performance
        // problem.
        return this._message_groups.find(
            // Since we don't have a way to get a message group from
            // the containing message container, we just do a search
            // to find it.
            (message_group) => message_group.message_group_id === message_group_id,
        );
    }

    _rerender_header(message_containers) {
        // Given a list of messages that are in the **same** message group,
        // rerender the header / recipient bar of the messages
        if (message_containers.length === 0) {
            return;
        }

        const $first_row = this.get_row(message_containers[0].msg.id);

        // We may not have the row if the stream or topic was muted
        if ($first_row.length === 0) {
            return;
        }

        const $recipient_row = rows.get_message_recipient_row($first_row);
        const $header = $recipient_row.find(".message_header");
        const message_group_id = $recipient_row.attr("id");

        // Since there might be multiple dates within the message
        // group, it's important to look up the original/full message
        // group rather than doing an artificial rerendering of the
        // message header from the set of message containers passed in
        // here.
        const group = this._find_message_group(message_group_id);
        if (group === undefined) {
            blueslip.error("Could not find message group for rerendering headers");
            return;
        }

        // TODO: It's possible that we no longer need this populate
        // call; it was introduced in an earlier version of this code
        // where we constructed an artificial message group for this
        // rerendering rather than looking up the original version.
        populate_group_from_message_container(group, group.message_containers[0]);

        const $rendered_recipient_row = $(render_recipient_row(group));

        $header.replaceWith($rendered_recipient_row);
    }

    _rerender_message(message_container, {message_content_edited, is_revealed}) {
        const $row = this.get_row(message_container.msg.id);
        const was_selected = this.list.selected_message() === message_container.msg;

        this.set_calculated_message_container_variables(message_container, is_revealed);

        const $rendered_msg = $(this._get_message_template(message_container));
        if (message_content_edited) {
            $rendered_msg.addClass("fade-in-message");
        }
        this._post_process($rendered_msg);
        $row.replaceWith($rendered_msg);

        if (was_selected) {
            this.list.select_id(message_container.msg.id);
        }
    }

    reveal_hidden_message(message_id) {
        const message_container = this.message_containers.get(message_id);
        this._rerender_message(message_container, {
            message_content_edited: false,
            is_revealed: true,
        });
    }

    hide_revealed_message(message_id) {
        const message_container = this.message_containers.get(message_id);
        this._rerender_message(message_container, {
            message_content_edited: false,
            is_revealed: false,
        });
    }

    rerender_messages(messages, message_content_edited) {
        // Convert messages to list messages
        let message_containers = messages.map((message) => this.message_containers.get(message.id));
        // We may not have the message_container if the stream or topic was muted
        message_containers = message_containers.filter(
            (message_container) => message_container !== undefined,
        );

        const message_groups = [];
        let current_group = [];

        for (const message_container of message_containers) {
            if (
                current_group.length === 0 ||
                same_recipient(current_group.at(-1), message_container)
            ) {
                current_group.push(message_container);
            } else {
                message_groups.push(current_group);
                current_group = [];
            }
            this._rerender_message(message_container, {message_content_edited, is_revealed: false});
        }

        if (current_group.length !== 0) {
            message_groups.push(current_group);
        }

        for (const messages_in_group of message_groups) {
            this._rerender_header(messages_in_group, message_content_edited);
        }
    }

    append(messages, messages_are_new) {
        const cur_window_size = this._render_win_end - this._render_win_start;
        let render_info;

        if (cur_window_size < this._RENDER_WINDOW_SIZE) {
            const slice_to_render = messages.slice(0, this._RENDER_WINDOW_SIZE - cur_window_size);
            render_info = this.render(slice_to_render, "bottom", messages_are_new);
            this._render_win_end += slice_to_render.length;
        }

        // If the pointer is high on the page such that there is a
        // lot of empty space below and the render window is full, a
        // newly received message should trigger a rerender so that
        // the new message, which will appear in the viewable area,
        // is rendered.
        const needed_rerender = this.maybe_rerender();

        if (needed_rerender) {
            render_info = {need_user_to_scroll: true};
        }

        return render_info;
    }

    prepend(messages) {
        this._render_win_start += messages.length;
        this._render_win_end += messages.length;

        const cur_window_size = this._render_win_end - this._render_win_start;
        if (cur_window_size < this._RENDER_WINDOW_SIZE) {
            const msgs_to_render_count = this._RENDER_WINDOW_SIZE - cur_window_size;
            const slice_to_render = messages.slice(messages.length - msgs_to_render_count);
            this.render(slice_to_render, "top", false);
            this._render_win_start -= slice_to_render.length;
        }

        // See comment for maybe_rerender call in the append code path
        this.maybe_rerender();
    }

    clear_table() {
        // We do not want to call .empty() because that also clears
        // jQuery data.  This does mean, however, that we need to be
        // mindful of memory leaks.
        rows.get_table(this.table_name).children().detach();
        this._rows.clear();
        this._message_groups = [];
        this.message_containers.clear();
    }

    get_row(id) {
        const $row = this._rows.get(id);

        if ($row === undefined) {
            // For legacy reasons we need to return an empty
            // jQuery object here.
            return $(undefined);
        }

        return $row;
    }

    clear_trailing_bookend() {
        const $trailing_bookend = rows.get_table(this.table_name).find(".trailing_bookend");
        $trailing_bookend.remove();
    }

    render_trailing_bookend(
        stream_name,
        subscribed,
        deactivated,
        just_unsubscribed,
        can_toggle_subscription,
        is_spectator,
    ) {
        // This is not the only place we render bookends; see also the
        // partial in message_group.hbs, which do not set is_trailing_bookend.
        const $rendered_trailing_bookend = $(
            render_bookend({
                stream_name,
                can_toggle_subscription,
                subscribed,
                deactivated,
                just_unsubscribed,
                is_spectator,
                is_trailing_bookend: true,
            }),
        );
        rows.get_table(this.table_name).append($rendered_trailing_bookend);
    }

    selected_row() {
        return this.get_row(this.list.selected_id());
    }

    get_message(id) {
        return this.list.get(id);
    }

    change_message_id(old_id, new_id) {
        if (this._rows.has(old_id)) {
            const $row = this._rows.get(old_id);
            this._rows.delete(old_id);

            $row.attr("zid", new_id);
            $row.attr("id", this.table_name + new_id);
            $row.removeClass("local");
            this._rows.set(new_id, $row);
        }

        if (this.message_containers.has(old_id)) {
            const message_container = this.message_containers.get(old_id);
            this.message_containers.delete(old_id);
            this.message_containers.set(new_id, message_container);
        }
    }

    _maybe_format_me_message(message_container) {
        if (message_container.is_hidden) {
            // If the message is to be hidden anyway, no need to render
            // it differently.
            return;
        }
        if (message_container.msg.is_me_message) {
            // Slice the '<p>/me ' off the front, and '</p>' off the first line
            // 'p' tag is sliced off to get sender in the same line as the
            // first line of the message
            const msg_content = message_container.msg.content;
            const p_index = msg_content.indexOf("</p>");
            message_container.status_message =
                msg_content.slice("<p>/me ".length, p_index) +
                msg_content.slice(p_index + "</p>".length);
            message_container.include_sender = true;
        } else {
            message_container.status_message = false;
        }
    }
}