From 38c34017a3760e62fb08025c76fd3c7a25006e58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Lu <david.lu97@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 08:49:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] PLT-4200/3708 Fixed outside team DM switching, allowed
 switching to uncreated DMs (#4111)

* Fixed outside team DM switching, allowed switching to uncreated DMs

* Update channel_switch_modal.jsx
---
 webapp/components/channel_switch_modal.jsx | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 webapp/utils/utils.jsx                     |  7 -----
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/webapp/components/channel_switch_modal.jsx b/webapp/components/channel_switch_modal.jsx
index 57bc8b2d09..ec257bab59 100644
--- a/webapp/components/channel_switch_modal.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/channel_switch_modal.jsx
@@ -27,14 +27,30 @@ export default class SwitchChannelModal extends React.Component {
         this.onExited = this.onExited.bind(this);
         this.handleKeyDown = this.handleKeyDown.bind(this);
         this.handleSubmit = this.handleSubmit.bind(this);
+        this.handleDmUserChange = this.handleDmUserChange.bind(this);
         this.suggestionProviders = [new SwitchChannelProvider()];
 
         this.state = {
+            dmUsers: UserStore.getDirectProfiles(),
             text: '',
             error: ''
         };
     }
 
+    componentDidMount() {
+        UserStore.addDmListChangeListener(this.handleDmUserChange);
+    }
+
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        UserStore.removeDmListChangeListener(this.handleDmUserChange);
+    }
+
+    handleDmUserChange() {
+        this.setState({
+            dmUsers: UserStore.getDirectProfiles()
+        });
+    }
+
     componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
         if (this.props.show && !prevProps.show) {
             const textbox = this.refs.search.getTextbox();
@@ -83,7 +99,25 @@ export default class SwitchChannelModal extends React.Component {
 
         if (name.indexOf(Utils.localizeMessage('channel_switch_modal.dm', '(Direct Message)')) > 0) {
             const dmUsername = name.substr(0, name.indexOf(Utils.localizeMessage('channel_switch_modal.dm', '(Direct Message)')) - 1);
-            channel = ChannelStore.getByName(Utils.getDirectChannelNameByUsername(dmUsername, UserStore.getCurrentUser().username).trim());
+            let user = null;
+            for (const id in this.state.dmUsers) {
+                if (this.state.dmUsers[id].username === dmUsername) {
+                    user = this.state.dmUsers[id];
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (user) {
+                Utils.openDirectChannelToUser(
+                    user,
+                    (ch) => {
+                        channel = ch;
+                    },
+                    () => {
+                        channel = null;
+                    }
+                );
+            }
         } else {
             channel = ChannelStore.getByName(this.state.text.trim());
         }
diff --git a/webapp/utils/utils.jsx b/webapp/utils/utils.jsx
index 5a47b0a634..73765495ce 100644
--- a/webapp/utils/utils.jsx
+++ b/webapp/utils/utils.jsx
@@ -1032,13 +1032,6 @@ export function getDirectChannelName(id, otherId) {
     return handle;
 }
 
-export function getDirectChannelNameByUsername(username, otherUsername) {
-    const id = UserStore.getProfileByUsername(username).id;
-    const otherId = UserStore.getProfileByUsername(otherUsername).id;
-
-    return getDirectChannelName(id, otherId);
-}
-
 // Used to get the id of the other user from a DM channel
 export function getUserIdFromChannelName(channel) {
     var ids = channel.name.split('__');