v8.0.0

8.0.0 (2022-03-17)

Bug Fixes

• improve performance of VirtualizedMessageList (d2f28af)
• maintain correct reference to values inside doMarkReadRequest (#1442) (30b79d6), closes #1324
• make scrollToLatestMessageOnFocus smarter (f37b193), closes #1415
• move UploadsPreview outside textarea wrapper (#1454) (8ebbf29)
• name from StreamChatType to StreamChatGenerics (653aef3)
• remove obsolete polyfill (2b13594), closes #1375
• remove translation warning (3d951f2)

Features

• onBlur prop for ChatAutoComplete (c9897f4), closes #1345
• support choosing a giphy version (0d97fc6)

BREAKING CHANGES

• All types now accept a single generic (help article)

v7.0.0

⚠️ BREAKING CHANGES ⚠️

• Replace stale react-images dependency with react-image-gallery, removed ModalImage #1318
• Add support for accessibility through the use of semantic HTML, ARIA attributes. Updates include changing HTML elements to different types as necessary #1314 and #1294

Feature

• Add support for QuotedMessages in a Thread #1356
• Add wordReplace prop to ChatAutoComplete to override default behavior #1347

Chore

• Fix small documentation typo #1312
• Improve compatibility with NextJS #1315
• Use the Avatar from the ComponentContext in QuotedMessagePreview #1311
• Set ImagePreviewer to disabled if multiple uploads is not allowed #1330
• Export QuotedMessagePreview component #1339
• Add guide on how to build a custom list with channel members and have real time updates of their online status #1350
• Support URLs with encoded components #1353
• Remove UNSAFE warning from AutoCompleteTextarea #1354
• Add current text to openMentionsList method #1360
• Update to Window's hideOnThread prop to handle via CSS #1363
• Upgrade stream-chat-css dependency to v2.2.1 #1365

Bug

• Fix the logic for the VirtualizedMessageList's firstOfGroup prop #1338
• Fix bug where on channel.updated event own_capabilities and hidden values are lost #1346
• Add a fix so quotes (aka replies) are not still available in message options when quotes are disabled in configuration #1364

v6.12.2

Feature

• Add closeEmojiPickerOnClick and added focus to input after Emoji or attachment selection #1292

Chore

• Update Japanese and Korean translations #1296
• Fix broken documentation links #1300
• Add updated scoped CSS dependency stream-chat-css NPM package #1301
• Upgrade stream-chat-css dependency to v1.1.3 #1306
• Upgrade react-virtuoso to improve stability #1304
• Upgrade stream-chat dependency to v4.0.0

v6.12.0

Feature

• Add ability to manually open/close mentions list #1261
• Support custom message group CSS classes #1287
• Ability to drag and drop files to the entire window #1283
• Add semantic release #1293

Chore

• Render reaction list for frozen channels #1262
• Remove unsafe props from Textarea component #1263
• Use context Avatar in QuotedMessage and TypingIndicator #1264
• Pass setChannels state hook to list UI component #1265
• Update user info in messages when subscribed to presence events #1267
• File and image attachments are now filtered according to the application settings #1291
• Check for already encoded URLs in a message #1288
• Set reset state to false in usePaginatedChannels #1289

v6.11.0

Feature

• Support custom notifications in the VirtualizedMessageList component #1245

Chore

• Update type definitions for emoji-mart and moment dependencies #1254
• Add Vite app to examples directory #1255
• Upgrade react-virtuoso to fix Safari v15 edge case #1257
• Deprecate the theme prop on the Chat component #1258
• Upgrade mml-react dependency #1260

v6.10.0

Feature

• Export markdown utils functions used within renderText #1228
• Use own_capabilities field on channel to determine connected user permissions #1232
• Pass component names to custom context hooks for error tracing #1238

Chore

• Update German i18n translations #1224
• Upgrade react-virtuoso for zoom fix #1233
• Use optional activeUnreadHandler in Channel component's markRead function when provided #1237
• Replace custom context hook error throws with console warnings #1242

Bug

• Fix UI header bug for Levenshtein autocomplete mention search #1235
• Ensure channelConfig is updated when Channel mounts an unwatched channel #1239

v6.9.1

Feature

• Add chatContainer custom CSS class name override #1216

Chore

• Add descriptive error messages to custom context consumer hooks #1207
• Pass value prop to SuggestionItem component #1207
• Update docs for custom ChannelList event handler example #1209
• Add cooldownInterval to MessageInput context value memoization #1209
• Reduce packaged CSS bundle size #1219

Bug

• Prevent user start/stop watching events from resetting the channel state #1206

v6.9.0

Feature

• Add new virtual event example app #1189
• Memoize object values injected into context providers #1194
• Support emojis as the first character in a user name for the Avatar component's fallback #1201
• Provide the option to pass additional props to the Virtuoso component in the VirtualizedMessageList #1202

Chore

• Improve documentation around approved attachment types #1190
• Upgrade react-virtuoso dependency #1194
• Refactor ChannelList pagination offset logic to handle channels being added/removed from the list #1200

v6.8.0

Feature

• Improve user mention experience by ignoring diacritics, adding a useMentionsTransliteration prop to install an optional transliteration dependency, and using Levenshtein distance to match similar names #1176
• Add event listener to ChannelPreview to handle markAllRead function calls on the client #1178
• Add setText function to MessageInputContext, which overrides and sets the value of the MessageInput component's textarea element #1184
• Add activeUnreadHandler prop to Channel, which runs when the active channel has unread messages #1185

Chore

• Remove all SCSS files and import library styles from stream-chat-css dependency. This is non-breaking as the build process injects the external styles into the exact distributed directory as before. #1168
• Upgrade stream-chat and react-file-utils dependencies #1178

v6.7.2

Feature

• Add optional allowNewMessagesFromUnfilteredChannels argument to useNotificationMessageNewListener and useNotificationAddedToChannelListener hooks to prevent channel from incrementing the list #1175

Bug

• Fix issue with autocomplete mentions displaying muted users #1171
• Prevent user mention edge case crash #1172
• Fix reaction handler edge case on mobile web use case #1173
• Add missing default value for publishTypingEvent MessageInput prop #1174