Configurable Chat History as List view (#2560)

Swaps ChatTextEdit with ChatTextList if list view is enabled. This leaves ui.chatEdit in main window as nullptr. This means that ui.chatEdit cannot be translated automatically because we set the field to nullptr when using ChatTextList.

Author: bear101

ChangeLog.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Default Qt Client
 - Last login time shown in "User Accounts" dialog
 - Ability to sort by "Last Login Time" in "User Accounts" dialog
 - Ability to send toast notifications on Linux and Windows
+- Ability to change chat history to list view in "Preferences" dialog
 - Improve "Server Properties" dialog accessibility
 - WebRTC updated from r4332 to r6818
 - Qt updated to 6.9.0beta3 on macOS and Windows

Client/qtTeamTalk/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ if (Qt5_FOUND OR Qt6_FOUND)
     useraccountsmodel.h encryptionsetupdlg.h utiltt.h utilxml.h
     utilos.h serverdlg.h moveusersdlg.h useraccountdlg.h soundeventsmodel.h
     mytableview.h mytabwidget.h shortcutsmodel.h utilmedia.h
+    chattextlist.h
 
     main.cpp mainwindow.cpp preferencesdlg.cpp uservideowidget.cpp
     channelstree.cpp channeldlg.cpp userinfodlg.cpp
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ if (Qt5_FOUND OR Qt6_FOUND)
     useraccountsmodel.cpp encryptionsetupdlg.cpp utiltt.cpp utilxml.cpp
     utilos.cpp serverdlg.cpp moveusersdlg.cpp useraccountdlg.cpp soundeventsmodel.cpp
     mytableview.cpp mytabwidget.cpp shortcutsmodel.cpp utilmedia.cpp
+    chattextlist.cpp
     mainwindow.ui channel.ui preferences.ui
     serverlist.ui userinfo.ui bannedusers.ui useraccounts.ui
     serverproperties.ui uservideo.ui keycomp.ui textmessage.ui

Client/qtTeamTalk/chattextedit.cpp

@@ -122,8 +122,18 @@ QString getTextMessagePrefix(const TextMessage& msg, const User& user)
 ChatTextEdit::ChatTextEdit(QWidget * parent/* = 0*/)
 : QPlainTextEdit(parent)
 {
+    setAccessibleName(tr("History"));
+
     new UrlSyntaxHighlighter(document());
     viewport()->setMouseTracking(true);
+    setTabChangesFocus(true);
+    setUndoRedoEnabled(false);
+    setReadOnly(true);
+    setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextInteractionFlag::LinksAccessibleByKeyboard |
+                            Qt::TextInteractionFlag::LinksAccessibleByMouse |
+                            Qt::TextInteractionFlag::TextBrowserInteraction |
+                            Qt::TextInteractionFlag::TextSelectableByKeyboard |
+                            Qt::TextInteractionFlag::TextSelectableByMouse);
 }
 
 QString ChatTextEdit::getTimeStamp(const QDateTime& tm, bool force_ts)

Client/qtTeamTalk/chattextedit.h

@@ -22,20 +22,36 @@
 
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
 
-class ChatTextEdit : public QPlainTextEdit
+class ChatTextHistory
+{
+public:
+    virtual ~ChatTextHistory() = default;
+
+    virtual void updateServer(const ServerProperties& srvprop) = 0;
+    virtual void joinedChannel(int channelid) = 0;
+
+    virtual QString addTextMessage(const MyTextMessage& msg) = 0;
+    virtual void addLogMessage(const QString& msg) = 0;
+
+    virtual bool hasFocus() const = 0;
+    virtual void setFocus() = 0;
+};
+
+class ChatTextEdit : public QPlainTextEdit, public ChatTextHistory
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
     ChatTextEdit(QWidget * parent = 0);
 
-    void updateServer(const ServerProperties& srvprop);
-
-    void joinedChannel(int channelid);
+    void updateServer(const ServerProperties& srvprop) override;
 
-    QString addTextMessage(const MyTextMessage& msg);
-    void addLogMessage(const QString& msg);
+    void joinedChannel(int channelid) override;
 
+    QString addTextMessage(const MyTextMessage& msg) override;
+    void addLogMessage(const QString& msg) override;
+    bool hasFocus() const override { return QPlainTextEdit::hasFocus(); }
+    void setFocus() override { QPlainTextEdit::setFocus(); }
 signals:
     void clearHistory();
 private: