Configurable option to change chat history to list view

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/chattextedit.h

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class ChatTextHistory
     virtual void addLogMessage(const QString& msg) = 0;
 
     virtual bool hasFocus() const = 0;
+    virtual void setFocus() = 0;
 };
 
 class ChatTextEdit : public QPlainTextEdit, public ChatTextHistory
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ class ChatTextEdit : public QPlainTextEdit, public ChatTextHistory
     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:

Client/qtTeamTalk/chattextlist.h

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class ChatTextList : public QListWidget, public ChatTextHistory
     QString addTextMessage(const MyTextMessage& msg) override;
     void addLogMessage(const QString& msg) override;
     bool hasFocus() const override { return QListWidget::hasFocus(); }
+    void setFocus() override { QListWidget::setFocus(); }
 
     void clearHistory();
     void copyAllHistory();

Client/qtTeamTalk/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "utilmedia.h"
 #include "moveusersdlg.h"
 #include "useraccountdlg.h"
+#include "chattextlist.h"
 
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QInputDialog>
@@ -2764,11 +2765,29 @@ void MainWindow::setupChatHistory()
 {
     m_chathistory.clear();
 
-    //ui.chatTab->layout()->replaceWidget()
+    bool listview = ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_CHAT_HISTORY_LISTVIEW, SETTINGS_DISPLAY_CHAT_HISTORY_LISTVIEW_DEFAULT).toBool();
+    if (listview)
+    {
+        auto chat = new ChatTextList(ui.chatTab);
+        delete ui.chatTab->layout()->replaceWidget(ui.chatEdit, chat);
+        m_chathistory[TAB_CHAT] = chat;
+
+        auto video = new ChatTextList(ui.videoTab);
+        delete ui.videoTab->layout()->replaceWidget(ui.videochatEdit, video);
+        m_chathistory[TAB_VIDEO] = video;
 
-    m_chathistory[TAB_CHAT] = ui.chatEdit;
-    m_chathistory[TAB_VIDEO] = ui.videochatEdit;
-    m_chathistory[TAB_DESKTOP] = ui.desktopchatEdit;
+        auto desktop = new ChatTextList(ui.desktopTab);
+        delete ui.desktopTab->layout()->replaceWidget(ui.desktopchatEdit, desktop);
+        m_chathistory[TAB_DESKTOP] = desktop;
+
+        ui.chatEdit = ui.videochatEdit = ui.desktopchatEdit = nullptr;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        m_chathistory[TAB_CHAT] = ui.chatEdit;
+        m_chathistory[TAB_VIDEO] = ui.videochatEdit;
+        m_chathistory[TAB_DESKTOP] = ui.desktopchatEdit;
+    }
 }
 
 void MainWindow::updateTabPages()

Client/qtTeamTalk/preferences.ui

@@ -427,6 +427,13 @@
               </property>
              </widget>
             </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QCheckBox" name="chatlistviewChkBox">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Show chat history as list view instead of text edit</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
             <item>
              <widget class="QCheckBox" name="ServnameChkBox">
               <property name="text">
@@ -2257,17 +2264,17 @@
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
-  <customwidget>
-   <class>MyTableView</class>
-   <extends>QTableView</extends>
-   <header>mytableview.h</header>
-  </customwidget>
   <customwidget>
    <class>MyTabWidget</class>
    <extends>QTabWidget</extends>
    <header>mytabwidget.h</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>MyTableView</class>
+   <extends>QTableView</extends>
+   <header>mytableview.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="resources.qrc"/>

Client/qtTeamTalk/preferencesdlg.cpp

@@ -461,6 +461,8 @@ void PreferencesDlg::initDisplayTab()
     ui.voiceActLevelChkBox->setChecked(ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_VOICE_ACT_SLIDER,
                                                          SETTINGS_DISPLAY_VOICE_ACT_SLIDER_DEFAULT).toBool());
     ui.msgpopupChkBox->setChecked(ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_MESSAGEPOPUP, true).toBool());
+    ui.chatlistviewChkBox->setChecked(ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_CHAT_HISTORY_LISTVIEW,
+                                                        SETTINGS_DISPLAY_CHAT_HISTORY_LISTVIEW_DEFAULT).toBool());
     ui.videodlgChkBox->setChecked(ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_VIDEOPOPUP, false).toBool());
     ui.vidtextChkBox->setChecked(ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_VIDEOTEXT_SHOW, false).toBool());
     ui.desktopdlgChkBox->setChecked(ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_DESKTOPPOPUP, false).toBool());
@@ -787,6 +789,12 @@ void PreferencesDlg::slotSaveChanges()
         ttSettings->setValue(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_MOTD_DLG, ui.dlgMOTDChkBox->isChecked());
         ttSettings->setValue(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_CHANNEL_TOPIC, ui.chanTopicChkBox->isChecked());
         ttSettings->setValue(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_START_SERVERLIST, ui.startServerListChkBox->isChecked());
+        bool modlistview = ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_CHAT_HISTORY_LISTVIEW, SETTINGS_DISPLAY_CHAT_HISTORY_LISTVIEW_DEFAULT).toBool() != ui.chatlistviewChkBox->isChecked();
+        ttSettings->setValue(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_CHAT_HISTORY_LISTVIEW, ui.chatlistviewChkBox->isChecked());
+        if (modlistview)
+            QMessageBox::critical(this, tr("Chat History"),
+                                  tr("Please restart application to change to chat history control"));
+
     }
     if(m_modtab.find(CONNECTION_TAB) != m_modtab.end())
     {

Client/qtTeamTalk/settings.h

@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 #define SETTINGS_DISPLAY_VU_METER_UPDATES_DEFAULT   true
 #define SETTINGS_DISPLAY_VOICE_ACT_SLIDER           "display/voice-act-slider"
 #define SETTINGS_DISPLAY_VOICE_ACT_SLIDER_DEFAULT   true
+#define SETTINGS_DISPLAY_CHAT_HISTORY_LISTVIEW      "display/chat-history-as-listview"
+#define SETTINGS_DISPLAY_CHAT_HISTORY_LISTVIEW_DEFAULT false
 #define SETTINGS_DISPLAY_USERSCOUNT                 "display/userscount"
 #define SETTINGS_DISPLAY_USERSCOUNT_DEFAULT         true
 #define SETTINGS_DISPLAY_SHOWUSERNAME               "display/showusername"

Client/qtTeamTalk/textmessagedlg.cpp

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "utilsound.h"
 #include "utiltts.h"
 #include "utilui.h"
+#include "chattextlist.h"
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QMessageBox>
@@ -57,6 +58,22 @@ TextMessageDlg::TextMessageDlg(const User& user, const textmessages_t& msgs,
 void TextMessageDlg::init(const User& user)
 {
     ui.setupUi(this);
+    bool listview = ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_CHAT_HISTORY_LISTVIEW, SETTINGS_DISPLAY_CHAT_HISTORY_LISTVIEW_DEFAULT).toBool();
+    if (listview)
+    {
+        auto chat = new ChatTextList(ui.groupBox);
+        delete ui.groupBox->layout()->replaceWidget(ui.historyTextEdit, chat);
+        m_history = chat;
+        ui.historyTextEdit = nullptr;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        m_history = ui.historyTextEdit;
+        connect(ui.historyTextEdit, &ChatTextEdit::clearHistory, [&]() {
+            emit(clearUserTextMessages(m_userid));
+        });
+    }
+
     setWindowIcon(QIcon(APPICON));
     restoreGeometry(ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_TEXTMSGWINDOWPOS).toByteArray());
     ui.splitter->restoreState(ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_DISPLAY_TEXTMSGWINDOWPOS_SPLITTER).toByteArray());
@@ -67,9 +84,6 @@ void TextMessageDlg::init(const User& user)
     connect(ui.newmsgTextEdit, &QPlainTextEdit::textChanged, this, &TextMessageDlg::slotTextChanged);
     connect(ui.newmsgTextEdit, &SendTextEdit::sendTextMessage,
             this, &TextMessageDlg::slotSendMsg);
-    connect(ui.historyTextEdit, &ChatTextEdit::clearHistory, [&]() {
-        emit(clearUserTextMessages(m_userid));
-    });
     slotUpdateUser(user);
     slotTextChanged();
 
@@ -190,7 +204,7 @@ void TextMessageDlg::newMsg(const MyTextMessage& msg, bool store)
     {
     case MSGTYPE_USER :
     {
-        QString line = ui.historyTextEdit->addTextMessage(msg);
+        QString line = m_history->addTextMessage(msg);
         ui.newmsgGroupBox->setTitle(tr("New message"));
 
         QString folder = ttSettings->value(SETTINGS_MEDIASTORAGE_USERLOGFOLDER).toString();
@@ -249,11 +263,11 @@ void TextMessageDlg::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent* e)
     if (e->key() == Qt::Key_F6)
     {
         if (ui.newmsgTextEdit->hasFocus())
-            ui.historyTextEdit->setFocus();
-        else if (ui.historyTextEdit->hasFocus())
+            m_history->setFocus();
+        else if (m_history->hasFocus())
             ui.newmsgTextEdit->setFocus();
     }
-    if (ui.historyTextEdit->hasFocus())
+    if (m_history->hasFocus())
     {
         QString key = e->text();
         if (!key.isEmpty() && key.size() == 1)

Client/qtTeamTalk/textmessagedlg.h

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class TextMessageDlg : public QDialog
     void init(const User& user);
 
     Ui::TextMessageDlg ui;
+    ChatTextHistory* m_history;
     int m_userid;
     void newMsg(const MyTextMessage& msg, bool store);
     bool m_textchanged;