PLT-1759 - Auto-complete for !channels when posting messages. (#3890)

* Auto-complete for !channels when posting messages.

This is part 1 of the fix for PLT-1759 to make channels linkable.

Still to do:
- Make the !channels clickable when they appear in messages. This is
  blocked until PR #3865 is resolved as it looks like that refactors
  some of the code that would be touched by making this change.

- Unit tests. Again, I think the above referenced PR should be merged
  before tackling this.

* Fix style problems.

* Highlighting of !channel-names in messages.

This only identifies the !channel-name (not the display name). The
implementation of the auto-complete on channel names now needs to be
modified to convert to the channel handle before sending the message.

* Display !channel-name as !Display Name.

When we encounter !channel-name in a message, display it as a link using
the channel's actual name rather than it's handle (name).

* Match on names and display name, and use name.

* Autocomplete channels matching on both the name and the the display
  name.
* Use the name as the text we fill in instead of the display name. It's
  potentially a bit ugly, but it minimises complexity for now as
  otherwise we'd have to do complicated things to the message box.

* Fix style issues.

* Load more channels everywhere.

Whenever we load the list of channels, we should also load the list of
more channels. This is to enable auto-completing and auto-linking of all
channels whether or not the user is in them currently.

* Include more channels in the map for linking.

* Listen for channel list updates for autolinking.

* Remove accidental console.log.

* Autocomplete on more channels too.

* i18n for channel autocomplete.

* Link directly to channels in !channel mentions.

This currently does not work if you aren't a member of that channel.
Need to decide what the correct behaviour is in that case.

* Fix style issues.

* Show channel name and handle in suggestion.

* Match channels only at start or after space.

* Better matching in text-formatting.

Only match channels after a space-type character or at the start in the
posts list too.

* Move the route construction to make tests work.

Moves route-construction out of text_formatting.jsx and into utils.jsx
so that the unit tests work once again.

webapp/actions/global_actions.jsx

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export function emitChannelClickEvent(channel) {
     }
     function switchToChannel(chan) {
         AsyncClient.getChannels(true);
+        AsyncClient.getMoreChannels(true);
         AsyncClient.getChannelExtraInfo(chan.id);
         AsyncClient.updateLastViewedAt(chan.id);
         AsyncClient.getPosts(chan.id);
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ export function doFocusPost(channelId, postId, data) {
         post_list: data
     });
     AsyncClient.getChannels(true);
+    AsyncClient.getMoreChannels(true);
     AsyncClient.getChannelExtraInfo(channelId);
     AsyncClient.getPostsBefore(postId, 0, Constants.POST_FOCUS_CONTEXT_RADIUS, true);
     AsyncClient.getPostsAfter(postId, 0, Constants.POST_FOCUS_CONTEXT_RADIUS, true);
@@ -435,6 +437,7 @@ export function loadDefaultLocale() {
 
 export function viewLoggedIn() {
     AsyncClient.getChannels();
+    AsyncClient.getMoreChannels();
     AsyncClient.getChannelExtraInfo();
 
     // Clear pending posts (shouldn't have pending posts if we are loading)

webapp/components/post_view/components/post_message_container.jsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 
+import ChannelStore from 'stores/channel_store.jsx';
 import EmojiStore from 'stores/emoji_store.jsx';
 import PreferenceStore from 'stores/preference_store.jsx';
 import {Preferences} from 'utils/constants.jsx';
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export default class PostMessageContainer extends React.Component {
         this.onEmojiChange = this.onEmojiChange.bind(this);
         this.onPreferenceChange = this.onPreferenceChange.bind(this);
         this.onUserChange = this.onUserChange.bind(this);
+        this.onChannelChange = this.onChannelChange.bind(this);
 
         const mentionKeys = UserStore.getCurrentMentionKeys();
         mentionKeys.push('@here');
@@ -34,7 +36,8 @@ export default class PostMessageContainer extends React.Component {
             emojis: EmojiStore.getEmojis(),
             enableFormatting: PreferenceStore.getBool(Preferences.CATEGORY_ADVANCED_SETTINGS, 'formatting', true),
             mentionKeys,
-            usernameMap: UserStore.getProfilesUsernameMap()
+            usernameMap: UserStore.getProfilesUsernameMap(),
+            channelNamesMap: ChannelStore.getChannelNamesMap()
         };
     }
 
@@ -42,12 +45,16 @@ export default class PostMessageContainer extends React.Component {
         EmojiStore.addChangeListener(this.onEmojiChange);
         PreferenceStore.addChangeListener(this.onPreferenceChange);
         UserStore.addChangeListener(this.onUserChange);
+        ChannelStore.addChangeListener(this.onChannelChange);
+        ChannelStore.addMoreChangeListener(this.onChannelChange);
     }
 
     componentWillUnmount() {
         EmojiStore.removeChangeListener(this.onEmojiChange);
         PreferenceStore.removeChangeListener(this.onPreferenceChange);
         UserStore.removeChangeListener(this.onUserChange);
+        ChannelStore.removeChangeListener(this.onChannelChange);
+        ChannelStore.removeMoreChangeListener(this.onChannelChange);
     }
 
     onEmojiChange() {
@@ -72,6 +79,12 @@ export default class PostMessageContainer extends React.Component {
         });
     }
 
+    onChannelChange() {
+        this.setState({
+            channelNamesMap: ChannelStore.getChannelNamesMap()
+        });
+    }
+
     render() {
         return (
             <PostMessageView
@@ -81,7 +94,8 @@ export default class PostMessageContainer extends React.Component {
                 enableFormatting={this.state.enableFormatting}
                 mentionKeys={this.state.mentionKeys}
                 usernameMap={this.state.usernameMap}
+                channelNamesMap={this.state.channelNamesMap}
             />
         );
     }
-}
+}

webapp/components/post_view/components/post_message_view.jsx

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export default class PostMessageView extends React.Component {
         emojis: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired,
         enableFormatting: React.PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
         mentionKeys: React.PropTypes.arrayOf(React.PropTypes.string).isRequired,
-        usernameMap: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired
+        usernameMap: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+        channelNamesMap: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired
     };
 
     shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps) {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export default class PostMessageView extends React.Component {
 
         // Don't check if props.usernameMap changes since it is very large and inefficient to do so.
         // This mimics previous behaviour, but could be changed if we decide it's worth it.
+        // The same choice (and reasoning) is also applied to the this.props.channelNamesMap.
 
         return false;
     }
@@ -53,7 +55,8 @@ export default class PostMessageView extends React.Component {
             emojis: this.props.emojis,
             siteURL: Utils.getSiteURL(),
             mentionKeys: this.props.mentionKeys,
-            usernameMap: this.props.usernameMap
+            usernameMap: this.props.usernameMap,
+            channelNamesMap: this.props.channelNamesMap
         });
 
         return (
@@ -63,4 +66,4 @@ export default class PostMessageView extends React.Component {
             />
         );
     }
-}
+}

webapp/components/suggestion/channel_mention_provider.jsx

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2015 Mattermost, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+// See License.txt for license information.
+
+import React from 'react';
+
+import SuggestionStore from 'stores/suggestion_store.jsx';
+import ChannelStore from 'stores/channel_store.jsx';
+import Constants from 'utils/constants.jsx';
+
+import Suggestion from './suggestion.jsx';
+
+const MaxChannelSuggestions = 40;
+
+class ChannelMentionSuggestion extends Suggestion {
+    render() {
+        const isSelection = this.props.isSelection;
+        const item = this.props.item;
+
+        const channelName = item.channel.display_name;
+        let purpose = item.channel.purpose;
+
+        let className = 'mentions__name';
+        if (isSelection) {
+            className += ' suggestion--selected';
+        }
+
+        const description = '(!' + item.channel.name + ')';
+
+        return (
+            <div
+                className={className}
+                onClick={this.handleClick}
+            >
+                <div className='mention__align'>
+                    <span>
+                        {channelName}
+                    </span>
+                    <span className='mention__channelname'>
+                        {' '}
+                        {description}
+                    </span>
+                </div>
+                <div className='mention__purpose'>
+                    {purpose}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+function filterChannelsByPrefix(channels, prefix, limit) {
+    const filtered = [];
+
+    for (const id of Object.keys(channels)) {
+        if (filtered.length >= limit) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        const channel = channels[id];
+
+        if (channel.delete_at > 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (channel.display_name.toLowerCase().startsWith(prefix) || channel.name.startsWith(prefix)) {
+            filtered.push(channel);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return filtered;
+}
+
+export default class ChannelMentionProvider {
+    handlePretextChanged(suggestionId, pretext) {
+        const captured = (/(^|\s)(!([^!]*))$/i).exec(pretext.toLowerCase());
+        if (captured) {
+            const prefix = captured[3];
+
+            const channels = ChannelStore.getAll();
+            const moreChannels = ChannelStore.getMoreAll();
+
+            // Remove private channels from the list.
+            const publicChannels = channels.filter((channel) => {
+                return channel.type === 'O';
+            });
+
+            // Filter channels by prefix.
+            const filteredChannels = filterChannelsByPrefix(
+                    publicChannels, prefix, MaxChannelSuggestions);
+            const filteredMoreChannels = filterChannelsByPrefix(
+                    moreChannels, prefix, MaxChannelSuggestions - filteredChannels.length);
+
+            // Sort channels by display name.
+            [filteredChannels, filteredMoreChannels].forEach((items) => {
+                items.sort((a, b) => {
+                    const aPrefix = a.display_name.startsWith(prefix);
+                    const bPrefix = b.display_name.startsWith(prefix);
+
+                    if (aPrefix === bPrefix) {
+                        return a.display_name.localeCompare(b.display_name);
+                    } else if (aPrefix) {
+                        return -1;
+                    }
+
+                    return 1;
+                });
+            });
+
+            // Wrap channels in an outer object to avoid overwriting the 'type' property.
+            const wrappedChannels = filteredChannels.map((item) => {
+                return {
+                    type: Constants.MENTION_CHANNELS,
+                    channel: item
+                };
+            });
+            const wrappedMoreChannels = filteredMoreChannels.map((item) => {
+                return {
+                    type: Constants.MENTION_MORE_CHANNELS,
+                    channel: item
+                };
+            });
+
+            const wrapped = wrappedChannels.concat(wrappedMoreChannels);
+
+            const mentions = wrapped.map((item) => '!' + item.channel.name);
+
+            SuggestionStore.addSuggestions(suggestionId, mentions, wrapped, ChannelMentionSuggestion, captured[2]);
+        }
+    }
+}

webapp/components/textbox.jsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import $ from 'jquery';
 import AtMentionProvider from './suggestion/at_mention_provider.jsx';
+import ChannelMentionProvider from './suggestion/channel_mention_provider.jsx';
 import CommandProvider from './suggestion/command_provider.jsx';
 import EmoticonProvider from './suggestion/emoticon_provider.jsx';
 import SuggestionList from './suggestion/suggestion_list.jsx';
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export default class Textbox extends React.Component {
             connection: ''
         };
 
-        this.suggestionProviders = [new AtMentionProvider(), new EmoticonProvider()];
+        this.suggestionProviders = [new AtMentionProvider(), new ChannelMentionProvider(), new EmoticonProvider()];
         if (props.supportsCommands) {
             this.suggestionProviders.push(new CommandProvider());
         }

webapp/i18n/en.json

@@ -1697,8 +1697,10 @@
   "sso_signup.team_error": "Please enter a team name",
   "suggestion.mention.all": "Notifies everyone in the channel, use in {townsquare} to notify the whole team",
   "suggestion.mention.channel": "Notifies everyone in the channel",
+  "suggestion.mention.channels": "My Channels",
   "suggestion.mention.here": "Notifies everyone in the channel and online",
   "suggestion.mention.members": "Channel Members",
+  "suggestion.mention.morechannels": "Other Channels",
   "suggestion.mention.nonmembers": "Not in Channel",
   "suggestion.mention.special": "Special Mentions",
   "suggestion.search.private": "Private Groups",

webapp/sass/components/_mentions.scss

@@ -54,3 +54,13 @@
 .mention--highlight {
     background-color: $yellow;
 }
+
+.mention__purpose {
+    @include opacity(.5);
+    line-height: normal;
+    margin-left: 5px;
+}
+
+.mention__channelname {
+    @include opacity(.5);
+}

webapp/stores/channel_store.jsx

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class ChannelStoreClass extends EventEmitter {
         this.setUnreadCounts = this.setUnreadCounts.bind(this);
         this.getUnreadCount = this.getUnreadCount.bind(this);
         this.getUnreadCounts = this.getUnreadCounts.bind(this);
+        this.getChannelNamesMap = this.getChannelNamesMap.bind(this);
 
         this.currentId = null;
         this.postMode = this.POST_MODE_CHANNEL;
@@ -358,6 +359,28 @@ class ChannelStoreClass extends EventEmitter {
             this.channels.splice(element, 1);
         }
     }
+
+    getChannelNamesMap() {
+        var channelNamesMap = {};
+
+        var channels = this.getChannels();
+        for (var key in channels) {
+            if (channels.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+                var channel = channels[key];
+                channelNamesMap[channel.name] = channel;
+            }
+        }
+
+        var moreChannels = this.getMoreChannels();
+        for (var moreKey in moreChannels) {
+            if (moreChannels.hasOwnProperty(moreKey)) {
+                var moreChannel = moreChannels[moreKey];
+                channelNamesMap[moreChannel.name] = moreChannel;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return channelNamesMap;
+    }
 }
 
 var ChannelStore = new ChannelStoreClass();

webapp/utils/constants.jsx

@@ -835,6 +835,8 @@ export const Constants = {
     PERMISSIONS_ALL: 'all',
     PERMISSIONS_TEAM_ADMIN: 'team_admin',
     PERMISSIONS_SYSTEM_ADMIN: 'system_admin',
+    MENTION_CHANNELS: 'mention.channels',
+    MENTION_MORE_CHANNELS: 'mention.morechannels',
     MENTION_MEMBERS: 'mention.members',
     MENTION_NONMEMBERS: 'mention.nonmembers',
     MENTION_SPECIAL: 'mention.special',

webapp/utils/text_formatting.jsx

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import XRegExp from 'xregexp';
 // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15033196/using-javascript-to-check-whether-a-string-contains-japanese-characters-includi
 const cjkPattern = /[\u3000-\u303f\u3040-\u309f\u30a0-\u30ff\uff00-\uff9f\u4e00-\u9faf\u3400-\u4dbf]/;
 
-// Performs formatting of user posts including highlighting mentions and search terms and converting urls, hashtags, and
+// Performs formatting of user posts including highlighting mentions and search terms and converting urls, hashtags,
-// @mentions to links by taking a user's message and returning a string of formatted html. Also takes a number of options
+// @mentions and !channels to links by taking a user's message and returning a string of formatted html. Also takes
-// as part of the second parameter:
+// a number of options as part of the second parameter:
 // - searchTerm - If specified, this word is highlighted in the resulting html. Defaults to nothing.
 // - mentionHighlight - Specifies whether or not to highlight mentions of the current user. Defaults to true.
 // - mentionKeys - A list of mention keys for the current user to highlight.
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ const cjkPattern = /[\u3000-\u303f\u3040-\u309f\u30a0-\u30ff\uff00-\uff9f\u4e00-
 //     links that can be handled by a special click handler.
 // - usernameMap - An object mapping usernames to users. If provided, at mentions will be replaced with internal links that can
 //      be handled by a special click handler (Utils.handleFormattedTextClick)
+// - channelNamesMap - An object mapping channel display names to channels. If provided, !channel mentions will be replaced with
+//      links to the relevant channel.
 export function formatText(text, inputOptions) {
     let output = text;
 
@@ -61,6 +63,10 @@ export function doFormatText(text, options) {
         output = autolinkAtMentions(output, tokens, options.usernameMap);
     }
 
+    if (options.channelNamesMap) {
+        output = autolinkChannelMentions(output, tokens, options.channelNamesMap);
+    }
+
     output = autolinkEmails(output, tokens);
     output = autolinkHashtags(output, tokens);
 
@@ -198,6 +204,57 @@ function autolinkAtMentions(text, tokens, usernameMap) {
     return output;
 }
 
+function autolinkChannelMentions(text, tokens, channelNamesMap) {
+    function channelMentionExists(c) {
+        return !!channelNamesMap[c];
+    }
+    function addToken(channelName, mention, displayName) {
+        const index = tokens.size;
+        const alias = `MM_CHANNELMENTION${index}`;
+
+        tokens.set(alias, {
+            value: `<a class='mention-link' href='#' data-channel-mention="${channelName}">${displayName}</a>`,
+            originalText: mention
+        });
+        return alias;
+    }
+
+    function replaceChannelMentionWithToken(fullMatch, spacer, mention, channelName) {
+        let channelNameLower = channelName.toLowerCase();
+
+        if (channelMentionExists(channelNameLower)) {
+            // Exact match
+            const alias = addToken(channelNameLower, mention, '!' + channelNamesMap[channelNameLower].display_name);
+            return spacer + alias;
+        }
+
+        // Not an exact match, attempt to truncate any punctuation to see if we can find a channel
+        const originalChannelName = channelNameLower;
+
+        for (let c = channelNameLower.length; c > 0; c--) {
+            if (punctuation.test(channelNameLower[c - 1])) {
+                channelNameLower = channelNameLower.substring(0, c - 1);
+
+                if (channelMentionExists(channelNameLower)) {
+                    const suffix = originalChannelName.substr(c - 1);
+                    const alias = addToken(channelNameLower, '!' + channelNameLower, '!' + channelNamesMap[channelNameLower].display_name);
+                    return spacer + alias + suffix;
+                }
+            } else {
+                // If the last character is not punctuation, no point in going any further
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return fullMatch;
+    }
+
+    let output = text;
+    output = output.replace(/(^|\s)(!([a-z0-9.\-_]*))/gi, replaceChannelMentionWithToken);
+
+    return output;
+}
+
 export function escapeRegex(text) {
     return text.replace(/[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&');
 }

webapp/utils/utils.jsx

@@ -1355,6 +1355,7 @@ export function handleFormattedTextClick(e) {
     const mentionAttribute = e.target.getAttributeNode('data-mention');
     const hashtagAttribute = e.target.getAttributeNode('data-hashtag');
     const linkAttribute = e.target.getAttributeNode('data-link');
+    const channelMentionAttribute = e.target.getAttributeNode('data-channel-mention');
 
     if (mentionAttribute) {
         e.preventDefault();
@@ -1372,5 +1373,7 @@ export function handleFormattedTextClick(e) {
 
             browserHistory.push(linkAttribute.value);
         }
+    } else if (channelMentionAttribute) {
+        browserHistory.push('/' + TeamStore.getCurrent().name + '/channels/' + channelMentionAttribute.value);
     }
 }