Full-screen chat as default for collaboration setup

martin · June 16, 2025, 1:24am

We have these, but isDrawerPreferred is always true if no preference has been set:

plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/services/chat-state-manager.js

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          get isFullPagePreferred() {
            return !!(
              this.site.mobileView ||
              this._store.getObject(PREFERRED_MODE_KEY) === FULL_PAGE_CHAT
            );
          }
          
          get isDrawerPreferred() {
            return !!(
              !this.isFullPagePreferred ||
              (this.site.desktopView &&
                (!this._store.getObject(PREFERRED_MODE_KEY) ||
                  this._store.getObject(PREFERRED_MODE_KEY) === DRAWER_CHAT))
            );
          }

I think it would be nice if we had a hasNoPreferredMode getter for this situation that just checks the store, here is a PR:

github.com/discourse/discourse

DEV: Adds `hasNoPreferredMode` to chat state manager

main ← dev/has-no-preferred-mode-chat

opened 01:24AM - 16 Jun 25 UTC

martin-brennan

+17 -1

This commit introduces a new property `hasNoPreferredMode` to the chat state ma…nager, which represents a user who has not purposely set chat mode to drawer or full page, meaning they have no LocalStorage value set. This can be useful for themes to change the chat mode but only if the user has no preference already. c.f. https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-screen-chat-as-default-for-collaboration-setup/369849

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Full-screen chat as default for collaboration setup

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