element-web/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.js

/*
Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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*/

/* global Velocity */

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import classNames from 'classnames';
import shouldHideEvent from '../../shouldHideEvent';
import {wantsDateSeparator} from '../../DateUtils';
import sdk from '../../index';

import MatrixClientPeg from '../../MatrixClientPeg';
import SettingsStore from '../../settings/SettingsStore';

const CONTINUATION_MAX_INTERVAL = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 minutes
const continuedTypes = ['m.sticker', 'm.room.message'];

/* (almost) stateless UI component which builds the event tiles in the room timeline.
 */
module.exports = React.createClass({
    displayName: 'MessagePanel',

    propTypes: {
        // true to give the component a 'display: none' style.
        hidden: PropTypes.bool,

        // true to show a spinner at the top of the timeline to indicate
        // back-pagination in progress
        backPaginating: PropTypes.bool,

        // true to show a spinner at the end of the timeline to indicate
        // forward-pagination in progress
        forwardPaginating: PropTypes.bool,

        // the list of MatrixEvents to display
        events: PropTypes.array.isRequired,

        // ID of an event to highlight. If undefined, no event will be highlighted.
        highlightedEventId: PropTypes.string,

        // The room these events are all in together, if any.
        // (The notification panel won't have a room here, for example.)
        room: PropTypes.object,

        // Should we show URL Previews
        showUrlPreview: PropTypes.bool,

        // event after which we should show a read marker
        readMarkerEventId: PropTypes.string,

        // whether the read marker should be visible
        readMarkerVisible: PropTypes.bool,

        // the userid of our user. This is used to suppress the read marker
        // for pending messages.
        ourUserId: PropTypes.string,

        // true to suppress the date at the start of the timeline
        suppressFirstDateSeparator: PropTypes.bool,

        // whether to show read receipts
        showReadReceipts: PropTypes.bool,

        // true if updates to the event list should cause the scroll panel to
        // scroll down when we are at the bottom of the window. See ScrollPanel
        // for more details.
        stickyBottom: PropTypes.bool,

        // callback which is called when the panel is scrolled.
        onScroll: PropTypes.func,

        // callback which is called when more content is needed.
        onFillRequest: PropTypes.func,

        // className for the panel
        className: PropTypes.string.isRequired,

        // shape parameter to be passed to EventTiles
        tileShape: PropTypes.string,

        // show twelve hour timestamps
        isTwelveHour: PropTypes.bool,

        // show timestamps always
        alwaysShowTimestamps: PropTypes.bool,

        // helper function to access relations for an event
        getRelationsForEvent: PropTypes.func,

        // whether to show reactions for an event
        showReactions: PropTypes.bool,
    },

    componentWillMount: function() {
        // the event after which we put a visible unread marker on the last
        // render cycle; null if readMarkerVisible was false or the RM was
        // suppressed (eg because it was at the end of the timeline)
        this.currentReadMarkerEventId = null;

        // the event after which we are showing a disappearing read marker
        // animation
        this.currentGhostEventId = null;

        // opaque readreceipt info for each userId; used by ReadReceiptMarker
        // to manage its animations
        this._readReceiptMap = {};

        // Track read receipts by event ID. For each _shown_ event ID, we store
        // the list of read receipts to display:
        //   [
        //       {
        //           userId: string,
        //           member: RoomMember,
        //           ts: number,
        //       },
        //   ]
        // This is recomputed on each render. It's only stored on the component
        // for ease of passing the data around since it's computed in one pass
        // over all events.
        this._readReceiptsByEvent = {};

        // Track read receipts by user ID. For each user ID we've ever shown a
        // a read receipt for, we store an object:
        //   {
        //       lastShownEventId: string,
        //       receipt: {
        //           userId: string,
        //           member: RoomMember,
        //           ts: number,
        //       },
        //   }
        // so that we can always keep receipts displayed by reverting back to
        // the last shown event for that user ID when needed. This may feel like
        // it duplicates the receipt storage in the room, but at this layer, we
        // are tracking _shown_ event IDs, which the JS SDK knows nothing about.
        // This is recomputed on each render, using the data from the previous
        // render as our fallback for any user IDs we can't match a receipt to a
        // displayed event in the current render cycle.
        this._readReceiptsByUserId = {};

        // Remember the read marker ghost node so we can do the cleanup that
        // Velocity requires
        this._readMarkerGhostNode = null;

        // Cache hidden events setting on mount since Settings is expensive to
        // query, and we check this in a hot code path.
        this._showHiddenEventsInTimeline =
            SettingsStore.getValue("showHiddenEventsInTimeline");

        this._isMounted = true;
    },

    componentWillUnmount: function() {
        this._isMounted = false;
    },

    /* get the DOM node representing the given event */
    getNodeForEventId: function(eventId) {
        if (!this.eventNodes) {
            return undefined;
        }

        return this.eventNodes[eventId];
    },

    /* return true if the content is fully scrolled down right now; else false.
     */
    isAtBottom: function() {
        return this.refs.scrollPanel
            && this.refs.scrollPanel.isAtBottom();
    },

    /* get the current scroll state. See ScrollPanel.getScrollState for
     * details.
     *
     * returns null if we are not mounted.
     */
    getScrollState: function() {
        if (!this.refs.scrollPanel) { return null; }
        return this.refs.scrollPanel.getScrollState();
    },

    // returns one of:
    //
    //  null: there is no read marker
    //  -1: read marker is above the window
    //   0: read marker is within the window
    //  +1: read marker is below the window
    getReadMarkerPosition: function() {
        const readMarker = this.refs.readMarkerNode;
        const messageWrapper = this.refs.scrollPanel;

        if (!readMarker || !messageWrapper) {
            return null;
        }

        const wrapperRect = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(messageWrapper).getBoundingClientRect();
        const readMarkerRect = readMarker.getBoundingClientRect();

        // the read-marker pretends to have zero height when it is actually
        // two pixels high; +2 here to account for that.
        if (readMarkerRect.bottom + 2 < wrapperRect.top) {
            return -1;
        } else if (readMarkerRect.top < wrapperRect.bottom) {
            return 0;
        } else {
            return 1;
        }
    },

    /* jump to the top of the content.
     */
    scrollToTop: function() {
        if (this.refs.scrollPanel) {
            this.refs.scrollPanel.scrollToTop();
        }
    },

    /* jump to the bottom of the content.
     */
    scrollToBottom: function() {
        if (this.refs.scrollPanel) {
            this.refs.scrollPanel.scrollToBottom();
        }
    },

    /**
     * Page up/down.
     *
     * @param {number} mult: -1 to page up, +1 to page down
     */
    scrollRelative: function(mult) {
        if (this.refs.scrollPanel) {
            this.refs.scrollPanel.scrollRelative(mult);
        }
    },

    /**
     * Scroll up/down in response to a scroll key
     *
     * @param {KeyboardEvent} ev: the keyboard event to handle
     */
    handleScrollKey: function(ev) {
        if (this.refs.scrollPanel) {
            this.refs.scrollPanel.handleScrollKey(ev);
        }
    },

    /* jump to the given event id.
     *
     * offsetBase gives the reference point for the pixelOffset. 0 means the
     * top of the container, 1 means the bottom, and fractional values mean
     * somewhere in the middle. If omitted, it defaults to 0.
     *
     * pixelOffset gives the number of pixels *above* the offsetBase that the
     * node (specifically, the bottom of it) will be positioned. If omitted, it
     * defaults to 0.
     */
    scrollToEvent: function(eventId, pixelOffset, offsetBase) {
        if (this.refs.scrollPanel) {
            this.refs.scrollPanel.scrollToToken(eventId, pixelOffset, offsetBase);
        }
    },

    scrollToEventIfNeeded: function(eventId) {
        const node = this.eventNodes[eventId];
        if (node) {
            node.scrollIntoView({block: "nearest", behavior: "instant"});
        }
    },

    /* check the scroll state and send out pagination requests if necessary.
     */
    checkFillState: function() {
        if (this.refs.scrollPanel) {
            this.refs.scrollPanel.checkFillState();
        }
    },

    _isUnmounting: function() {
        return !this._isMounted;
    },

    // TODO: Implement granular (per-room) hide options
    _shouldShowEvent: function(mxEv) {
        if (mxEv.sender && MatrixClientPeg.get().isUserIgnored(mxEv.sender.userId)) {
            return false; // ignored = no show (only happens if the ignore happens after an event was received)
        }

        if (this._showHiddenEventsInTimeline) {
            return true;
        }

        const EventTile = sdk.getComponent('rooms.EventTile');
        if (!EventTile.haveTileForEvent(mxEv)) {
            return false; // no tile = no show
        }

        // Always show highlighted event
        if (this.props.highlightedEventId === mxEv.getId()) return true;

        return !shouldHideEvent(mxEv);
    },

    _getEventTiles: function() {
        const DateSeparator = sdk.getComponent('messages.DateSeparator');
        const MemberEventListSummary = sdk.getComponent('views.elements.MemberEventListSummary');

        this.eventNodes = {};

        let visible = false;
        let i;

        // first figure out which is the last event in the list which we're
        // actually going to show; this allows us to behave slightly
        // differently for the last event in the list. (eg show timestamp)
        //
        // we also need to figure out which is the last event we show which isn't
        // a local echo, to manage the read-marker.
        let lastShownEvent;

        let lastShownNonLocalEchoIndex = -1;
        for (i = this.props.events.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
            const mxEv = this.props.events[i];
            if (!this._shouldShowEvent(mxEv)) {
                continue;
            }

            if (lastShownEvent === undefined) {
                lastShownEvent = mxEv;
            }

            if (mxEv.status) {
                // this is a local echo
                continue;
            }

            lastShownNonLocalEchoIndex = i;
            break;
        }

        const ret = [];

        let prevEvent = null; // the last event we showed

        // assume there is no read marker until proven otherwise
        let readMarkerVisible = false;

        // if the readmarker has moved, cancel any active ghost.
        if (this.currentReadMarkerEventId && this.props.readMarkerEventId &&
                this.props.readMarkerVisible &&
                this.currentReadMarkerEventId !== this.props.readMarkerEventId) {
            this.currentGhostEventId = null;
        }

        this._readReceiptsByEvent = {};
        if (this.props.showReadReceipts) {
            this._readReceiptsByEvent = this._getReadReceiptsByShownEvent();
        }

        const isMembershipChange = (e) => e.getType() === 'm.room.member';

        for (i = 0; i < this.props.events.length; i++) {
            const mxEv = this.props.events[i];
            const eventId = mxEv.getId();
            const last = (mxEv === lastShownEvent);

            const wantTile = this._shouldShowEvent(mxEv);

            // Wrap consecutive member events in a ListSummary, ignore if redacted
            if (isMembershipChange(mxEv) && wantTile) {
                let readMarkerInMels = false;
                const ts1 = mxEv.getTs();
                // Ensure that the key of the MemberEventListSummary does not change with new
                // member events. This will prevent it from being re-created unnecessarily, and
                // instead will allow new props to be provided. In turn, the shouldComponentUpdate
                // method on MELS can be used to prevent unnecessary renderings.
                //
                // Whilst back-paginating with a MELS at the top of the panel, prevEvent will be null,
                // so use the key "membereventlistsummary-initial". Otherwise, use the ID of the first
                // membership event, which will not change during forward pagination.
                const key = "membereventlistsummary-" + (prevEvent ? mxEv.getId() : "initial");

                if (this._wantsDateSeparator(prevEvent, mxEv.getDate())) {
                    const dateSeparator = <li key={ts1+'~'}><DateSeparator key={ts1+'~'} ts={ts1} /></li>;
                    ret.push(dateSeparator);
                }

                // If RM event is the first in the MELS, append the RM after MELS
                if (mxEv.getId() === this.props.readMarkerEventId) {
                    readMarkerInMels = true;
                }

                const summarisedEvents = [mxEv];
                for (;i + 1 < this.props.events.length; i++) {
                    const collapsedMxEv = this.props.events[i + 1];

                    // Ignore redacted/hidden member events
                    if (!this._shouldShowEvent(collapsedMxEv)) {
                        // If this hidden event is the RM and in or at end of a MELS put RM after MELS.
                        if (collapsedMxEv.getId() === this.props.readMarkerEventId) {
                            readMarkerInMels = true;
                        }
                        continue;
                    }

                    if (!isMembershipChange(collapsedMxEv) ||
                        this._wantsDateSeparator(mxEv, collapsedMxEv.getDate())) {
                        break;
                    }

                    // If RM event is in MELS mark it as such and the RM will be appended after MELS.
                    if (collapsedMxEv.getId() === this.props.readMarkerEventId) {
                        readMarkerInMels = true;
                    }

                    summarisedEvents.push(collapsedMxEv);
                }

                let highlightInMels = false;

                // At this point, i = the index of the last event in the summary sequence
                let eventTiles = summarisedEvents.map((e) => {
                    if (e.getId() === this.props.highlightedEventId) {
                        highlightInMels = true;
                    }
                    // In order to prevent DateSeparators from appearing in the expanded form
                    // of MemberEventListSummary, render each member event as if the previous
                    // one was itself. This way, the timestamp of the previous event === the
                    // timestamp of the current event, and no DateSeperator is inserted.
                    return this._getTilesForEvent(e, e, e === lastShownEvent);
                }).reduce((a, b) => a.concat(b));

                if (eventTiles.length === 0) {
                    eventTiles = null;
                }

                ret.push(<MemberEventListSummary key={key}
                    events={summarisedEvents}
                    onToggle={this._onHeightChanged} // Update scroll state
                    startExpanded={highlightInMels}
                >
                        { eventTiles }
                </MemberEventListSummary>);

                if (readMarkerInMels) {
                    ret.push(this._getReadMarkerTile(visible));
                }

                prevEvent = mxEv;
                continue;
            }

            if (wantTile) {
                // make sure we unpack the array returned by _getTilesForEvent,
                // otherwise react will auto-generate keys and we will end up
                // replacing all of the DOM elements every time we paginate.
                ret.push(...this._getTilesForEvent(prevEvent, mxEv, last));
                prevEvent = mxEv;
            }

            let isVisibleReadMarker = false;

            if (eventId === this.props.readMarkerEventId) {
                visible = this.props.readMarkerVisible;

                // if the read marker comes at the end of the timeline (except
                // for local echoes, which are excluded from RMs, because they
                // don't have useful event ids), we don't want to show it, but
                // we still want to create the <li/> for it so that the
                // algorithms which depend on its position on the screen aren't
                // confused.
                if (i >= lastShownNonLocalEchoIndex) {
                    visible = false;
                }
                ret.push(this._getReadMarkerTile(visible));
                readMarkerVisible = visible;
                isVisibleReadMarker = visible;
            }

            // XXX: there should be no need for a ghost tile - we should just use a
            // a dispatch (user_activity_end) to start the RM animation.
            if (eventId === this.currentGhostEventId) {
                // if we're showing an animation, continue to show it.
                ret.push(this._getReadMarkerGhostTile());
            } else if (!isVisibleReadMarker &&
                       eventId === this.currentReadMarkerEventId) {
                // there is currently a read-up-to marker at this point, but no
                // more. Show an animation of it disappearing.
                ret.push(this._getReadMarkerGhostTile());
                this.currentGhostEventId = eventId;
            }
        }

        this.currentReadMarkerEventId = readMarkerVisible ? this.props.readMarkerEventId : null;
        return ret;
    },

    _getTilesForEvent: function(prevEvent, mxEv, last) {
        const EventTile = sdk.getComponent('rooms.EventTile');
        const DateSeparator = sdk.getComponent('messages.DateSeparator');
        const ret = [];

        const isEditing = this.props.editEvent && this.props.editEvent.getId() === mxEv.getId();
        // is this a continuation of the previous message?
        let continuation = false;

        // Some events should appear as continuations from previous events of
        // different types.

        const eventTypeContinues =
            prevEvent !== null &&
            continuedTypes.includes(mxEv.getType()) &&
            continuedTypes.includes(prevEvent.getType());

        // if there is a previous event and it has the same sender as this event
        // and the types are the same/is in continuedTypes and the time between them is <= CONTINUATION_MAX_INTERVAL
        if (prevEvent !== null && prevEvent.sender && mxEv.sender && mxEv.sender.userId === prevEvent.sender.userId &&
            (mxEv.getType() === prevEvent.getType() || eventTypeContinues) &&
            (mxEv.getTs() - prevEvent.getTs() <= CONTINUATION_MAX_INTERVAL)) {
            continuation = true;
        }

/*
        // Work out if this is still a continuation, as we are now showing commands
        // and /me messages with their own little avatar. The case of a change of
        // event type (commands) is handled above, but we need to handle the /me
        // messages seperately as they have a msgtype of 'm.emote' but are classed
        // as normal messages
        if (prevEvent !== null && prevEvent.sender && mxEv.sender
                && mxEv.sender.userId === prevEvent.sender.userId
                && mxEv.getType() == prevEvent.getType()
                && prevEvent.getContent().msgtype === 'm.emote') {
            continuation = false;
        }
*/

        // local echoes have a fake date, which could even be yesterday. Treat them
        // as 'today' for the date separators.
        let ts1 = mxEv.getTs();
        let eventDate = mxEv.getDate();
        if (mxEv.status) {
            eventDate = new Date();
            ts1 = eventDate.getTime();
        }

        // do we need a date separator since the last event?
        if (this._wantsDateSeparator(prevEvent, eventDate)) {
            const dateSeparator = <li key={ts1}><DateSeparator key={ts1} ts={ts1} /></li>;
            ret.push(dateSeparator);
            continuation = false;
        }

        const eventId = mxEv.getId();
        const highlight = (eventId === this.props.highlightedEventId);

        // we can't use local echoes as scroll tokens, because their event IDs change.
        // Local echos have a send "status".
        const scrollToken = mxEv.status ? undefined : eventId;

        const readReceipts = this._readReceiptsByEvent[eventId];

        ret.push(
            <li key={eventId}
                ref={this._collectEventNode.bind(this, eventId)}
                data-scroll-tokens={scrollToken}
            >
                <EventTile mxEvent={mxEv}
                    continuation={continuation}
                    isRedacted={mxEv.isRedacted()}
                    replacingEventId={mxEv.replacingEventId()}
                    isEditing={isEditing}
                    onHeightChanged={this._onHeightChanged}
                    readReceipts={readReceipts}
                    readReceiptMap={this._readReceiptMap}
                    showUrlPreview={this.props.showUrlPreview}
                    checkUnmounting={this._isUnmounting}
                    eventSendStatus={mxEv.replacementOrOwnStatus()}
                    tileShape={this.props.tileShape}
                    isTwelveHour={this.props.isTwelveHour}
                    permalinkCreator={this.props.permalinkCreator}
                    last={last}
                    isSelectedEvent={highlight}
                    getRelationsForEvent={this.props.getRelationsForEvent}
                    showReactions={this.props.showReactions}
                />
            </li>,
        );

        return ret;
    },

    _wantsDateSeparator: function(prevEvent, nextEventDate) {
        if (prevEvent == null) {
            // first event in the panel: depends if we could back-paginate from
            // here.
            return !this.props.suppressFirstDateSeparator;
        }
        return wantsDateSeparator(prevEvent.getDate(), nextEventDate);
    },

    // Get a list of read receipts that should be shown next to this event
    // Receipts are objects which have a 'userId', 'roomMember' and 'ts'.
    _getReadReceiptsForEvent: function(event) {
        const myUserId = MatrixClientPeg.get().credentials.userId;

        // get list of read receipts, sorted most recent first
        const { room } = this.props;
        if (!room) {
            return null;
        }
        const receipts = [];
        room.getReceiptsForEvent(event).forEach((r) => {
            if (!r.userId || r.type !== "m.read" || r.userId === myUserId) {
                return; // ignore non-read receipts and receipts from self.
            }
            if (MatrixClientPeg.get().isUserIgnored(r.userId)) {
                return; // ignore ignored users
            }
            const member = room.getMember(r.userId);
            receipts.push({
                userId: r.userId,
                roomMember: member,
                ts: r.data ? r.data.ts : 0,
            });
        });
        return receipts;
    },

    // Get an object that maps from event ID to a list of read receipts that
    // should be shown next to that event. If a hidden event has read receipts,
    // they are folded into the receipts of the last shown event.
    _getReadReceiptsByShownEvent: function() {
        const receiptsByEvent = {};
        const receiptsByUserId = {};

        let lastShownEventId;
        for (const event of this.props.events) {
            if (this._shouldShowEvent(event)) {
                lastShownEventId = event.getId();
            }
            if (!lastShownEventId) {
                continue;
            }

            const existingReceipts = receiptsByEvent[lastShownEventId] || [];
            const newReceipts = this._getReadReceiptsForEvent(event);
            receiptsByEvent[lastShownEventId] = existingReceipts.concat(newReceipts);

            // Record these receipts along with their last shown event ID for
            // each associated user ID.
            for (const receipt of newReceipts) {
                receiptsByUserId[receipt.userId] = {
                    lastShownEventId,
                    receipt,
                };
            }
        }

        // It's possible in some cases (for example, when a read receipt
        // advances before we have paginated in the new event that it's marking
        // received) that we can temporarily not have a matching event for
        // someone which had one in the last. By looking through our previous
        // mapping of receipts by user ID, we can cover recover any receipts
        // that would have been lost by using the same event ID from last time.
        for (const userId in this._readReceiptsByUserId) {
            if (receiptsByUserId[userId]) {
                continue;
            }
            const { lastShownEventId, receipt } = this._readReceiptsByUserId[userId];
            const existingReceipts = receiptsByEvent[lastShownEventId] || [];
            receiptsByEvent[lastShownEventId] = existingReceipts.concat(receipt);
            receiptsByUserId[userId] = { lastShownEventId, receipt };
        }
        this._readReceiptsByUserId = receiptsByUserId;

        // After grouping receipts by shown events, do another pass to sort each
        // receipt list.
        for (const eventId in receiptsByEvent) {
            receiptsByEvent[eventId].sort((r1, r2) => {
                return r2.ts - r1.ts;
            });
        }

        return receiptsByEvent;
    },

    _getReadMarkerTile: function(visible) {
        let hr;
        if (visible) {
            hr = <hr className="mx_RoomView_myReadMarker"
                    style={{opacity: 1, width: '99%'}}
                />;
        }

        return (
            <li key="_readupto" ref="readMarkerNode"
                  className="mx_RoomView_myReadMarker_container">
                { hr }
            </li>
        );
    },

    _startAnimation: function(ghostNode) {
        if (this._readMarkerGhostNode) {
            Velocity.Utilities.removeData(this._readMarkerGhostNode);
        }
        this._readMarkerGhostNode = ghostNode;

        if (ghostNode) {
            // eslint-disable-next-line new-cap
            Velocity(ghostNode, {opacity: '0', width: '10%'},
                     {duration: 400, easing: 'easeInSine',
                      delay: 1000});
        }
    },

    _getReadMarkerGhostTile: function() {
        const hr = <hr className="mx_RoomView_myReadMarker"
                  style={{opacity: 1, width: '99%'}}
                  ref={this._startAnimation}
            />;

        // give it a key which depends on the event id. That will ensure that
        // we get a new DOM node (restarting the animation) when the ghost
        // moves to a different event.
        return (
            <li key={"_readuptoghost_"+this.currentGhostEventId}
                  className="mx_RoomView_myReadMarker_container">
                { hr }
            </li>
        );
    },

    _collectEventNode: function(eventId, node) {
        this.eventNodes[eventId] = node;
    },

    // once dynamic content in the events load, make the scrollPanel check the
    // scroll offsets.
    _onHeightChanged: function() {
        const scrollPanel = this.refs.scrollPanel;
        if (scrollPanel) {
            scrollPanel.checkScroll();
        }
    },

    _onTypingShown: function() {
        const scrollPanel = this.refs.scrollPanel;
        // this will make the timeline grow, so checkScroll
        scrollPanel.checkScroll();
        if (scrollPanel && scrollPanel.getScrollState().stuckAtBottom) {
            scrollPanel.preventShrinking();
        }
    },

    _onTypingHidden: function() {
        const scrollPanel = this.refs.scrollPanel;
        if (scrollPanel) {
            // as hiding the typing notifications doesn't
            // update the scrollPanel, we tell it to apply
            // the shrinking prevention once the typing notifs are hidden
            scrollPanel.updatePreventShrinking();
            // order is important here as checkScroll will scroll down to
            // reveal added padding to balance the notifs disappearing.
            scrollPanel.checkScroll();
        }
    },

    updateTimelineMinHeight: function() {
        const scrollPanel = this.refs.scrollPanel;

        if (scrollPanel) {
            const isAtBottom = scrollPanel.isAtBottom();
            const whoIsTyping = this.refs.whoIsTyping;
            const isTypingVisible = whoIsTyping && whoIsTyping.isVisible();
            // when messages get added to the timeline,
            // but somebody else is still typing,
            // update the min-height, so once the last
            // person stops typing, no jumping occurs
            if (isAtBottom && isTypingVisible) {
                scrollPanel.preventShrinking();
            }
        }
    },

    onTimelineReset: function() {
        const scrollPanel = this.refs.scrollPanel;
        if (scrollPanel) {
            scrollPanel.clearPreventShrinking();
        }
    },

    render: function() {
        const ScrollPanel = sdk.getComponent("structures.ScrollPanel");
        const WhoIsTypingTile = sdk.getComponent("rooms.WhoIsTypingTile");
        const Spinner = sdk.getComponent("elements.Spinner");
        let topSpinner;
        let bottomSpinner;
        if (this.props.backPaginating) {
            topSpinner = <li key="_topSpinner"><Spinner /></li>;
        }
        if (this.props.forwardPaginating) {
            bottomSpinner = <li key="_bottomSpinner"><Spinner /></li>;
        }

        const style = this.props.hidden ? { display: 'none' } : {};

        const className = classNames(
            this.props.className,
            {
                "mx_MessagePanel_alwaysShowTimestamps": this.props.alwaysShowTimestamps,
            },
        );

        let whoIsTyping;
        if (this.props.room && !this.props.tileShape) {
            whoIsTyping = (<WhoIsTypingTile
                room={this.props.room}
                onShown={this._onTypingShown}
                onHidden={this._onTypingHidden}
                ref="whoIsTyping" />
            );
        }

        return (
            <ScrollPanel ref="scrollPanel" className={className}
                    onScroll={this.props.onScroll}
                    onResize={this.onResize}
                    onFillRequest={this.props.onFillRequest}
                    onUnfillRequest={this.props.onUnfillRequest}
                    style={style}
                    stickyBottom={this.props.stickyBottom}
                    resizeNotifier={this.props.resizeNotifier}>
                { topSpinner }
                { this._getEventTiles() }
                { whoIsTyping }
                { bottomSpinner }
            </ScrollPanel>
        );
    },
});