feat(dm-list-group-avatars): show group DM avatars

.changeset/dm-list-group-avatars.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+default: minor
+---
+
+Show group DM composite avatars in the sidebar DM list.

src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { useRoomTypingMember } from '$hooks/useRoomTypingMembers';
 import { TypingIndicator } from '$components/typing-indicator';
 import { stopPropagation } from '$utils/keyboard';
 import { getMatrixToRoom } from '$plugins/matrix-to';
-import { getCanonicalAliasOrRoomId, isRoomAlias } from '$utils/matrix';
+import { getCanonicalAliasOrRoomId, isRoomAlias, mxcUrlToHttp } from '$utils/matrix';
 import { getViaServers } from '$plugins/via-servers';
 import { useMediaAuthentication } from '$hooks/useMediaAuthentication';
 import { useSetting } from '$state/hooks/settings';
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ import { useAutoDiscoveryInfo } from '$hooks/useAutoDiscoveryInfo';
 import { livekitSupport } from '$hooks/useLivekitSupport';
 import { Presence, useUserPresence } from '$hooks/useUserPresence';
 import { AvatarPresence, PresenceBadge } from '$components/presence';
+import { useGroupDMMembers } from '$hooks/useGroupDMMembers';
+import { UserAvatar } from '$components/user-avatar';
+import * as css from './styles.css';
 import { RoomNavUser } from './RoomNavUser';
 import { SidebarUnreadBadge } from '$components/sidebar';
 
@@ -292,6 +295,10 @@ export function RoomNavItem({
     (receipt) => receipt.userId !== mx.getUserId()
   );
 
+  const isGroupDM = direct === true && room.getJoinedMemberCount() > 2;
+  // Keep hook call unconditional; pass undefined when not a group DM so the hook no-ops.
+  const groupMembers = useGroupDMMembers(mx, isGroupDM ? room : undefined, 3);
+
   const nicknames = useAtomValue(nicknamesAtom);
   const dmUserId = direct ? room.getAvatarFallbackMember()?.userId : undefined;
   const matrixRoomName = useRoomName(room);
@@ -419,63 +426,88 @@ export function RoomNavItem({
                 style={hideTextStyling(hideText)}
               >
                 <NavItemContent style={hideTextStyling(hideText)}>
-                  <Box
-                    as="span"
-                    grow="Yes"
-                    alignItems="Center"
-                    justifyContent="Start"
-                    gap="200"
-                    style={hideTextStyling(hideText)}
-                  >
-                    <AvatarPresence
-                      badge={
-                        presence &&
-                        presence.presence !== Presence.Offline && (
-                          <PresenceBadge
-                            presence={presence.presence}
-                            size={hideText ? '300' : '200'}
-                          />
-                        )
-                      }
-                      style={hideTextStyling(hideText)}
-                    >
-                      <Avatar
-                        size={hideText ? undefined : '200'}
-                        radii="400"
+                  <Box as="span" grow="Yes" alignItems="Center" style={hideTextStyling(hideText)}>
+                    {isGroupDM && showAvatar && groupMembers.length > 1 ? (
+                      // Group DM: triangle layout of mini avatars
+                      <div className={css.GroupAvatarRow}>
+                        {groupMembers.map((member) => {
+                          const avatarSrc = member.avatarUrl
+                            ? (mxcUrlToHttp(
+                                mx,
+                                member.avatarUrl,
+                                useAuthentication,
+                                32,
+                                32,
+                                'crop'
+                              ) ?? undefined)
+                            : undefined;
+                          return (
+                            <Avatar key={member.userId} className={css.GroupAvatarMini}>
+                              <UserAvatar
+                                userId={member.userId}
+                                src={avatarSrc}
+                                alt={member.displayName ?? member.userId}
+                                renderFallback={() => (
+                                  <Text as="span" size="T200">
+                                    {nameInitials(member.displayName ?? member.userId)}
+                                  </Text>
+                                )}
+                              />
+                            </Avatar>
+                          );
+                        })}
+                      </div>
+                    ) : (
+                      <AvatarPresence
+                        badge={
+                          presence &&
+                          presence.presence !== Presence.Offline && (
+                            <PresenceBadge
+                              presence={presence.presence}
+                              size={hideText ? '300' : '200'}
+                            />
+                          )
+                        }
                         style={hideTextStyling(hideText)}
                       >
-                        {showAvatar ? (
-                          <RoomAvatar
-                            roomId={room.roomId}
-                            src={
-                              ((!direct || customDMCards) &&
-                                getRoomAvatarUrl(mx, room, 96, useAuthentication)) ||
-                              getDirectRoomAvatarUrl(mx, room, 96, useAuthentication)
-                            }
-                            uniformIcons
-                            alt={roomName}
-                            renderFallback={() => (
-                              <Text as="span" size="H6">
-                                {nameInitials(roomName)}
-                              </Text>
-                            )}
-                          />
-                        ) : (
-                          <RoomIcon
-                            style={{
-                              opacity:
-                                unread || hasRoomUnread || isActiveCall
-                                  ? config.opacity.P500
-                                  : config.opacity.P300,
-                            }}
-                            filled={selected || isActiveCall}
-                            size="100"
-                            joinRule={room.getJoinRule()}
-                            roomType={room.getType()}
-                          />
-                        )}
-                      </Avatar>
-                    </AvatarPresence>
+                        <Avatar
+                          size={hideText ? undefined : '200'}
+                          radii="400"
+                          style={hideTextStyling(hideText)}
+                        >
+                          {showAvatar ? (
+                            <RoomAvatar
+                              roomId={room.roomId}
+                              src={
+                                ((!direct || customDMCards) &&
+                                  getRoomAvatarUrl(mx, room, 96, useAuthentication)) ||
+                                getDirectRoomAvatarUrl(mx, room, 96, useAuthentication)
+                              }
+                              uniformIcons
+                              alt={roomName}
+                              renderFallback={() => (
+                                <Text as="span" size="H6">
+                                  {nameInitials(roomName)}
+                                </Text>
+                              )}
+                            />
+                          ) : (
+                            <RoomIcon
+                              style={{
+                                opacity:
+                                  unread || hasRoomUnread || isActiveCall
+                                    ? config.opacity.P500
+                                    : config.opacity.P300,
+                              }}
+                              filled={selected || isActiveCall}
+                              size="100"
+                              joinRule={room.getJoinRule()}
+                              roomType={room.getType()}
+                            />
+                          )}
+                        </Avatar>
+                      </AvatarPresence>
+                    )}
                     {unread && hideText && (
                       <SidebarUnreadBadge
                         highlight={unread.highlight > 0}

src/app/features/room-nav/styles.css.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,48 @@
 import { style } from '@vanilla-extract/css';
-import { config } from 'folds';
+import { color, config } from 'folds';
 
 export const CategoryButton = style({
   flexGrow: 1,
 });
 export const CategoryButtonIcon = style({
   opacity: config.opacity.P400,
 });
+
+/**
+ * Group DM multi-avatar layout for the nav item's Avatar size="200" (24 px) slot.
+ * Three mini avatars are stacked in a triangle: top-centre, bottom-left, bottom-right.
+ */
+export const GroupAvatarRow = style({
+  position: 'relative',
+  // Match the Avatar size="200" footprint so layout is not disrupted.
+  width: '24px',
+  height: '24px',
+  flexShrink: 0,
+});
+
+export const GroupAvatarMini = style({
+  position: 'absolute',
+  width: '14px',
+  height: '14px',
+  border: `1.5px solid ${color.Surface.Container}`,
+  borderRadius: '50%',
+  overflow: 'hidden',
+  selectors: {
+    '&:nth-child(1)': {
+      top: '0',
+      left: '50%',
+      transform: 'translateX(-50%)',
+      zIndex: 3,
+    },
+    '&:nth-child(2)': {
+      bottom: '0',
+      left: '0',
+      zIndex: 2,
+    },
+    '&:nth-child(3)': {
+      bottom: '0',
+      right: '0',
+      zIndex: 1,
+    },
+  },
+});

src/app/hooks/useGroupDMMembers.ts

@@ -19,19 +19,51 @@ const isBridgeBot = (userId: string): boolean => {
   return false;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Read member info synchronously from already-loaded room state.
+ * Returns partial data (no profile API) so the first render has something to
+ * show rather than being empty while the async fetch is in-flight.
+ */
+function getInitialMembers(
+  mx: MatrixClient,
+  room: Room | undefined,
+  maxMembers: number
+): GroupMemberInfo[] {
+  if (!room) return [];
+  const currentUserId = mx.getUserId();
+  return room
+    .getMembers()
+    .filter((m) => m.membership === 'join' && m.userId !== currentUserId && !isBridgeBot(m.userId))
+    .slice(0, maxMembers)
+    .map((m) => ({
+      userId: m.userId,
+      displayName: m.name || m.userId,
+      avatarUrl: m.getMxcAvatarUrl() ?? undefined,
+    }));
+}
+
 /**
  * Fetches member information for a group DM.
  * Gets all joined members from room state and fetches their profiles.
  * Sorts members by who last sent messages (most recent first), with members who haven't sent messages last.
  */
 export const useGroupDMMembers = (
   mx: MatrixClient,
-  room: Room,
+  room: Room | undefined,
   maxMembers = 3
 ): GroupMemberInfo[] => {
-  const [members, setMembers] = useState<GroupMemberInfo[]>([]);
+  // Seed from local room state so the triple-avatar layout renders on the
+  // first paint instead of flashing in after the async profile fetch.
+  const [members, setMembers] = useState<GroupMemberInfo[]>(() =>
+    getInitialMembers(mx, room, maxMembers)
+  );
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false;
+    if (!room) {
+      setMembers([]);
+      return undefined;
+    }
     const fetchMembers = async () => {
       try {
         const currentUserId = mx.getUserId();
@@ -106,14 +138,20 @@ export const useGroupDMMembers = (
         });
 
         const fetchedMembers = await Promise.all(memberPromises);
+        if (cancelled) return;
         setMembers(fetchedMembers);
       } catch {
+        if (cancelled) return;
         // If fetching fails, set empty array
         setMembers([]);
       }
     };
 
     fetchMembers();
+
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+    };
   }, [mx, room, maxMembers]);
 
   return members;