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#22 Hide Names & Avatars toggle (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+N)

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2026-06-29
2026-06-28
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Originally created by: kristofferR

Adds the Caprine "Hide Names and Avatars" privacy feature.

What

A toggle that blurs contact names, avatars and message previews in the conversation list — handy when screen-sharing, recording, or using Carrier in a public space.

Reachable three ways, all driving one setting (hide_names_avatars, default off):

  • Settings window checkbox
  • View ▸ Hide Names & Avatars menu item
  • Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+N accelerator (on that menu item — distinct from Cmd+N = New Window)

How

  • src-tauri/inject/messenger.js toggles a data-carrier-hide-names attribute on <html> from window.__CARRIER_SETTINGS__, re-applying on the carrier:settings push — same pattern as compact mode, no reload.
  • src-tauri/inject/messenger.css blurs the rows. Crucially it anchors on the proven a[href*="/t/"] conversation-list selector that the jump-to-chat shortcut already relies on, rather than a guessed deep selector — so it won't silently break as Facebook's class names churn.
  • src-tauri/src/lib.rs — Settings field + default, View-menu item with the accelerator, and the mutate_settings toggle handler.

Scope / follow-up

Deliberately scoped to the conversation list (the primary screen-share privacy surface: the names + faces of everyone you talk to). Blurring the open thread's header name and in-thread sender avatars is left as a follow-up because it needs verification against the live Messenger DOM — I'm avoiding shipping unverified selectors after the compact-mode stale-selector bug (#20).

Gate

cargo fmt ✓ · cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings ✓ · cargo test --lib (26 passed) ✓ · node --check inject/messenger.js ✓

Ref [#17]

https://claude.ai/code/session_01F7ysWachjSb1AiPZZ74pxN

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
  • Added a new “Hide Names & Avatars” option that blurs contact names and avatars in conversations while keeping rows clickable.
  • The setting is available in the app menu and is saved for future sessions.
  • The view updates immediately when the setting is changed.

Related

Tickets: #10
Tickets: #17
Tickets: #23

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    src-tauri/inject/**/*.{js,css} **📄 CodeRabbit inference engine (AGENTS.md)** > Keep the Messenger injection layer in `src-tauri/inject/` limited to document-start behavior: `messenger.css` hides Facebook chrome and applies theme/compact/login CSS, and `messenger.js` handles shortcuts, zoom, image viewer, notifications, unread badge, force-theme, and login-page tidy-up. Files: - `src-tauri/inject/messenger.css` - `src-tauri/inject/messenger.js`
    {src-tauri/src/**/*.rs,src-tauri/inject/**/*.js,dist/settings.html} **📄 CodeRabbit inference engine (AGENTS.md)** > For Messenger-to-Carrier IPC, the remote Facebook page must not call Carrier commands directly; use Tauri plugins (`plugin:opener|open_url`, `plugin:notification|notify`, `plugin:window|set_theme`/`set_badge_count`, `plugin:event|emit`) and core events handled by `app.listen_any` (`carrier:open-settings`, `carrier:check-updates`, `carrier:unread`). Push settings to the page via `window.__CARRIER_SETTINGS__` plus a `carrier:settings` event. Files: - `src-tauri/inject/messenger.js` - `src-tauri/src/lib.rs`
    src-tauri/src/lib.rs **📄 CodeRabbit inference engine (AGENTS.md)** > Preserve the macOS theme-rendering workarounds in the Rust shell: do not rely on Tauri `set_background_color` for the window background, keep the WKWebView/title-bar transparency handling, recreate windows on theme switches, and apply the login page’s dark mode via JS rather than native theming. Files: - `src-tauri/src/lib.rs`
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    📝 Walkthrough ## Walkthrough Adds a "Hide Names & Avatars" feature: a new `hide_names_avatars` boolean field in `Settings` (defaulting to `false`), a native View menu item that toggles and persists it, a JS IIFE that syncs the setting to a `data-carrier-hide-names` HTML attribute, and CSS that blurs conversation-row links when that attribute is present. ## Changes **Hide Names & Avatars** |Layer / File(s)|Summary| |---|---| |**Settings field and menu wiring**
    `src-tauri/src/lib.rs`|`hide_names_avatars: bool` added to `Settings` with `false` default; "Hide Names & Avatars" menu item created and inserted into the View submenu; `handle_menu_event` toggles the field via `mutate_settings` on the `"hide_names"` action.| |**JS and CSS injection**
    `src-tauri/inject/messenger.js`, `src-tauri/inject/messenger.css`|JS IIFE applies `data-carrier-hide-names` on `document.documentElement` from `__CARRIER_SETTINGS__.hide_names_avatars` at startup and on `carrier:settings` events; CSS blurs `a[href*="/t/"]` links inside grid/navigation regions when the attribute is set.| ## Estimated code review effort 🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~5 minutes ## Possibly related issues - **[kristofferR/Carrier#17](https://github.com/kristofferR/Carrier/issues/17)**: Directly implements the "Hide names & avatars" feature described in that issue, including the CSS blur, JS toggle, and menu-backed setting. - **[kristofferR/Carrier#15](https://github.com/kristofferR/Carrier/issues/15)**: Uses the same `Settings`/`carrier:settings` injection pattern as this PR adds another privacy setting. ## Poem > 🐰 A blur for the names, a blur for the face, > The avatars fade to a soft, gentle haze. > One toggle to hide them, one click sets the rule, > My CSS whiskers have made privacy cool! > Hop hop, your secrets are safe now — hooray! 🌸
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  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2026-06-29

    Originally posted by: kristofferR

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  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2026-06-29

    Ticket changed by: kristofferR

    • status: open --> closed
     

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