// @flow import React from 'react'; import AbstractMessageContainer, { type Props } from '../AbstractMessageContainer'; import ChatMessageGroup from './ChatMessageGroup'; /** * Displays all received chat messages, grouped by sender. * * @extends AbstractMessageContainer */ export default class MessageContainer extends AbstractMessageContainer { /** * Whether or not chat has been scrolled to the bottom of the screen. Used * to determine if chat should be scrolled automatically to the bottom when * the {@code ChatInput} resizes. */ _isScrolledToBottom: boolean; /** * Reference to the HTML element at the end of the list of displayed chat * messages. Used for scrolling to the end of the chat messages. */ _messagesListEndRef: Object; /** * A React ref to the HTML element containing all {@code ChatMessageGroup} * instances. */ _messageListRef: Object; /** * Initializes a new {@code MessageContainer} instance. * * @param {Props} props - The React {@code Component} props to initialize * the new {@code MessageContainer} instance with. */ constructor(props: Props) { super(props); this._isScrolledToBottom = true; this._messageListRef = React.createRef(); this._messagesListEndRef = React.createRef(); this._onChatScroll = this._onChatScroll.bind(this); } /** * Implements {@code Component#render}. * * @inheritdoc */ render() { const groupedMessages = this._getMessagesGroupedBySender(); const messages = groupedMessages.map((group, index) => { const messageType = group[0] && group[0].messageType; return ( ); }); return (
{ messages }
); } /** * Scrolls to the bottom again if the instance had previously been scrolled * to the bottom. This method is used when a resize has occurred below the * instance and bottom scroll needs to be maintained. * * @returns {void} */ maybeUpdateBottomScroll() { if (this._isScrolledToBottom) { this.scrollToBottom(false); } } /** * Automatically scrolls the displayed chat messages down to the latest. * * @param {boolean} withAnimation - Whether or not to show a scrolling * animation. * @returns {void} */ scrollToBottom(withAnimation: boolean) { this._messagesListEndRef.current.scrollIntoView({ behavior: withAnimation ? 'smooth' : 'auto' }); } _getMessagesGroupedBySender: () => Array>; _onChatScroll: () => void; /** * Callback invoked to listen to the current scroll location. * * @private * @returns {void} */ _onChatScroll() { const element = this._messageListRef.current; this._isScrolledToBottom = element.scrollHeight - element.scrollTop === element.clientHeight; } }