$avatar_column_width: 46px; $distance_of_text_elements_from_message_box_top: 8.5px; $distance_of_non_text_elements_from_message_box: 6px; $message_box_margin: 3px; /* The time column usually just needs enough space to display the timestamp. The minimum width here is enough for "22:22 PM", which is roughly the widest this will be in English; this is nice as the timestamps and message controls will be vertically aligned. But in some locales, the time encoding is wider, (especially where the "PM" abbreviation is longer), so we allow the column to be wider for individual messages if required, up to `max-content`, to prevent ugly line-wrapping. In practice, it's unlikely we'll see anything wider than 60px. */ $time_column_min_width: 42px; /* + padding */ .message_row { display: grid; /* Prevent the messagebox column from overflowing the 1fr space allotted by specifying `minmax(0,1fr)`, which sets 0 as the minimum size, not the grid default of `auto`. */ grid-template: auto auto / 2px minmax(0, 1fr); grid-template-areas: "date_unread_marker date_row " "message_unread_marker messagebox"; border-left: 1px solid var(--color-message-list-border); border-right: 1px solid var(--color-message-list-border); background-color: var(--color-background-stream-message-content); &.direct_mention { background-color: var(--color-background-direct-mention); } &.group_mention { background-color: var(--color-background-group-mention); } .date_row { grid-area: date_row; /* We only want padding for the date rows between recipient blocks */ padding-bottom: 0; & span { font-size: calc(12em / 14); font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; line-height: 17px; /* identical to box height, or 131% */ text-align: right; letter-spacing: 0.04em; color: var(--color-date); /* Right padding matches time in message row and date in recipient row. */ padding: 8px 6px 8px 4px; } } .unread_marker { margin-left: var(--unread-marker-left); opacity: 0; transition: all 0.3s ease-out; &.slow_fade { transition: all 2s ease-out; } &.fast_fade { transition: all 0.3s ease-out; } &.date_unread_marker { grid-area: date_unread_marker; .unread-marker-fill { border-radius: 0 !important; height: 100% !important; } } &.message_unread_marker { grid-area: message_unread_marker; } } .unread-marker-fill { height: 100%; width: 2px; background: linear-gradient( 90deg, var(--color-unread-marker) 30%, hsl(217deg 64% 59% / 0%) ); } &.unread .unread_marker { transition: all 0.3s ease-out; opacity: 1; } .messagebox { grid-area: messagebox; word-wrap: break-word; cursor: pointer; border: none; /* The left padding value accounts for a 2px unread marker, ensuring a uniform 5px of padding on either side of the message box. */ padding: 0 5px 0 3px; &:hover .message_controls, &:hover .message_failed { .empty-star:hover { cursor: pointer; } > div { opacity: 1; visibility: visible; } } } .messagebox .messagebox-content { display: grid; align-items: baseline; padding-left: 10px; /* Prevent the message column from overflowing the 1fr space allotted by specifying `minmax(0,1fr)`, which sets 0 as the minimum size, not the grid default of `auto`. */ grid-template: var(--message-box-icon-height) repeat(3, auto) / $avatar_column_width minmax(0, 1fr) calc( 3 * var(--message-box-icon-width) ) 8px minmax($time_column_min_width, max-content); /* Named grid areas provide flexibility for positioning grid items reliably, even if the row or column definitions of the grid change. */ grid-template-areas: "edited message controls . time" ". message . . . " ". more . . . " ". reactions . . . "; @media (width < $sm_min), ((width >= $md_min) and (width < $mc_min)) { grid-template-columns: $avatar_column_width minmax(0, 1fr) max-content 8px minmax( $time_column_min_width, max-content ); } .message_controls { grid-area: controls; @media (width < $sm_min), ((width >= $md_min) and (width < $mc_min)) { /* This is intended to target the first message_controls child when there are 3 displayed. 4 = 3 + hidden message_failed element. */ .message_control_button:nth-last-child(4) { display: none; } } } .message_edit_notice { grid-area: edited; } .message_time { justify-self: end; padding-right: 5px; /* Maintain first-line baseline regardless of what happens in the message-content area (e.g., a collapsed message, or source/edit view). This line-height also keeps EDITED/MOVED messages in place, care of their baseline-group participation within the grid. That said, 28px is a bit of a magical number. In theory, this should be 27px. That's the height of a single-message row without a sender. (See the calculations for the height of a single-line, sender-less message row in the message box grid.) But when shifting into collapsed or source views, 28px is necessary to maintain the vertical alignment of the EDITED messages, hover controls, and timestamp. It's possible that this is also due to a a rounding error, given how --message-box-line-height is expressed as a unitless decimal. */ line-height: 28px; text-align: end; grid-area: time; &.notvisible { /* This happens when message failed to send. We don't want to display time but still want it to occupy space. */ width: 45px !important; position: unset !important; } } .slow-send-spinner { display: none; justify-self: end; margin-right: 10px; text-align: end; grid-area: time; } .message_content { grid-area: message; /* Space between two single line messages in a paragraph is 10px. There is 3px margin above and below a message. So, having a 2px padding above and below the message will make the space between all single paragraphs the same. */ padding: 2px 0; color: var(--color-text-message-default); line-height: var(--message-box-line-height); min-height: 17px; display: block; position: relative; overflow: hidden; &:empty { display: none; } &.condensed { max-height: 8.5em; min-height: 0; overflow: hidden; mask-image: linear-gradient( to top, hsl(0deg 0% 100% / 0%) 0%, hsl(0deg 0% 100%) 60px ); mask-size: cover; } &.collapsed { padding: 0; max-height: 0; min-height: 0; overflow: hidden; } } .message_reactions { grid-area: reactions; display: flex; /* Allow reactions to wrap in mobile viewports */ flex-wrap: wrap; /* Keep reactions aligned to start (top), so that the margin on the reaction button doesn't appear to stretch the reactions taller. */ align-items: flex-start; /* Control reaction spacing with a gap */ gap: 4px; } .message_edit { grid-area: message; /* Align self to start, rather than baseline, so the baseline is preserved from the message itself--keeping the time, edit message, and controls at the same vertical alignment. */ align-self: start; margin-top: $distance_of_non_text_elements_from_message_box; } .message_length_controller { grid-area: more; } .collapsed ~ .message_length_controller { /* When content is collapsed, the length controller should occupy the space ordinarily assigned to the message. */ grid-area: message; /* However, don't let the SHOW MORE button participate in the baseline group. */ align-self: start; .message_length_toggle { /* Ensure that a collapsed message maintains the same space around the toggle button as any other message-row content. */ margin: 4px 0; } } &.content_edit_mode .message_length_controller { /* If entering edit mode on a collapsed message, just hide the controller area. This preserves the collapsed state of the message, which need not be touched. We just need to hide the button. This works for condensed messages, too. */ display: none; } } &.include-sender { .messagebox .messagebox-content { grid-template-areas: "avatar sender controls . time" "avatar message . . . " ". more . . . " ". reactions . . . "; .message_edit { /* No top margin when there's a sender row */ margin-top: 0; } &.is-me-message { grid-template-areas: "avatar sender controls . time" "avatar sender . . . " ". more . . . " ". reactions . . . "; .message-avatar { /* Set the line-height to match the height of the avatar image to center me-messages within the baseline group. */ line-height: var(--message-box-avatar-height); align-self: baseline; } .message_sender { /* Don't display message sender as flexbox for me-messages. */ display: block; /* This preserves a consistent bottom spacing on the me-message grid, which ordinarily benefits from the margin of

elements in the markdown--which single-line me-messages do not receive. It also ensures a uniform space-relationship between the top: of the avatar and the top of the sender_name line. However, this should all arguably be handled from the grid container or the grid definition itself. */ margin: $message_box_margin 0; /* Set the same line-height as on message content for me-messages. */ line-height: var(--message-box-line-height); /* Display message components inline, with wrapping white-space, so the sender name and message display as a continuous line of wrapping text. */ .sender_name { white-space: normal; display: inline; } } &.content_edit_mode { .message_sender { /* Keep the me-message participating in the baseline */ visibility: hidden; } .message_edit { /* Use the sender grid area for the me-message edit/view-source box */ grid-area: sender; margin-top: $distance_of_non_text_elements_from_message_box; } } } .message-avatar { grid-area: avatar; /* The picture should not participate in the baseline group. */ align-self: start; /* Because the avatar may be the tallest element in a single-line me message, this margin preserves the overall height of the message box. */ margin: $distance_of_non_text_elements_from_message_box 0; } .status-message { font-weight: normal; } .message_content { padding-top: 0; grid-area: message; } .message_time { grid-area: time; /* Don't adjust the line-height for collapsed or edited/source messages when there's a sender, as the sender text is always visible. */ line-height: inherit; } .slow-send-spinner { align-self: center; position: unset; margin-top: 1px; } .message_edit_notice { /* When the edit notice is inline, as on edited me-messages, the inline-block and accompanying vertical-align styles will apply */ display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; /* A bit of margin here helps these not look associated with the name. */ margin-left: 4px; } .message_sender { overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; grid-area: sender; display: flex; /* Ensure flexed sender info (name, status emoji, inline EDITED) forms a baseline group, which will participate with the message-box grid's baseline group, too. */ align-items: baseline; margin-top: $message_box_margin; .zulip-icon.zulip-icon-bot { align-self: center; padding: 0 0 0 5px; } .sender_name { overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; /* It is important to use line-height `normal` here since user's name can be in any language and `line-height: 1` doesn't work to accommodate text from start and end vertically in all languages. */ line-height: normal; outline: none; align-self: baseline; } } } } /* Locally echoed messages. */ &.locally-echoed .message_time { opacity: 0; /* Don't show pointer when message_time doesn't has a link. */ cursor: default; } /* Show the spinner only for messages that are still locally echoed. */ &.locally-echoed .slow-send-spinner { display: unset !important; cursor: default; } } .recipient_row { /* See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2717480/css-selector-for-first-element-with-class/8539107#8539107 for details on how this works */ .message_row.unread { .date_unread_marker { display: none; } } /* Select all but the first .message_row.unread, and remove the properties set from the previous rule. */ .message_row.unread ~ .message_row.unread { .date_unread_marker { display: block; } } }