#136 [bug] message history scrolling calculation

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: endernoke
Originally owned by: endernoke

Describe the bug
When calculating the number of visible messages in the scrolling chat history, we hardcoded the average height of each message to be 3 lines which is obviously technical debt.
Usually a lot of empty space is left in the message history view which hurts UX:

This is especially bad when there are a lot of images in the chat (which have height = 17 lines), so the chat history display might overflow. This may lead to inconsistent scrolling.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. npm run start chat
2. Select a chat
3. Observe display behavior, try scrolling up/down with :k, :j

Expected behavior
Message history display should utilize all available space, by either displaying all messages that fit in the display area or spacing the messages evenly.

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: [e.g. iOS]
• Browser [e.g. chrome, safari]
• Version [e.g. 22]

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: [e.g. iPhone6]
• OS: [e.g. iOS8.1]
• Browser [e.g. stock browser, safari]
• Version [e.g. 22]

Additional context
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[Anonymous]

• assigned_to: endernoke

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: endernoke

There's a breakthrough in getting a generic scrollview to work, will have a PR coming today/tmr 😄

[Anonymous]

Ticket changed by: supreme-gg-gg

• status: open --> closed