feat(messaging-ui): message formatting + native spellcheck in the composer

Composer becomes a <textarea> so the PLATFORM supplies text services: red
spellcheck squiggles, right-click suggestions / add-to-dictionary, and mobile
autocorrect (spellCheck + autoCorrect + autoCapitalize). Nothing shipped for it.
Previously a single-line <input>, which Firefox does not spellcheck by default
(layout.spellcheckDefault=1 checks multi-line only) and which could not hold a
multi-line message at all. Enter sends, Shift+Enter (and IME composition) makes a
newline, and the box grows with content.

WhatsApp-style markup: *bold*, _italic_, ~strike~, `code`, ```fenced blocks```,
plus bare URLs. Cmd/Ctrl+B/I/E and a small toolbar wrap the selection in markers.
Messages stay PLAIN TEXT on the wire, so stored history and older clients are
unaffected — formatting is purely a render concern.

renderRichText() returns a ReactNode tree and never uses dangerouslySetInnerHTML,
so message text cannot inject markup; links are restricted to http/https/mailto
(safeHref) to close the javascript: vector. Code is tokenized first and its
contents stay literal; markers require word boundaries so snake_case_name and
"5 * 3" are not mangled.

Bumped to 0.1.9. SDK suite: 17 files / 95 tests green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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parent 3d08fa42f8
commit c946f1e061
8 changed files with 430 additions and 9 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
import { useMemo, useRef, useState, type ChangeEvent, type FormEvent, type KeyboardEvent } from 'react';
import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState, type ChangeEvent, type FormEvent, type KeyboardEvent } from 'react';
import {
SPECIAL_MENTIONS,
insertMention,
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ interface Suggestion {
insert: string;
}
/** Keyboard shortcut → the marker it wraps the selection in. */
const SHORTCUTS: Record<string, string> = { b: '*', i: '_', e: '`' };
/** Toolbar affordances for the same markers (strikethrough is button-only — no common shortcut). */
const FORMAT_BUTTONS: Array<{ marker: string; label: string; title: string }> = [
{ marker: '*', label: 'B', title: 'Bold (⌘B)' },
{ marker: '_', label: 'I', title: 'Italic (⌘I)' },
{ marker: '~', label: 'S', title: 'Strikethrough' },
{ marker: '`', label: '‹›', title: 'Code (⌘E)' },
];
/**
* The message input: draft, @mention autocomplete, and attachment staging. Shared by the main
* Thread and the ThreadPane (which passes a parentInteractionId so a reply lands in the thread).
@@ -24,7 +35,7 @@ export function Composer({
onSend,
onTyping,
parentInteractionId,
placeholder = 'Type a message… @ to mention',
placeholder = 'Type a message… @ to mention, *bold*',
}: {
members: Person[];
canUpload: boolean;
@@ -40,6 +51,36 @@ export function Composer({
const [uploading, setUploading] = useState(false);
const [uploadingName, setUploadingName] = useState<string | null>(null);
const fileRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
const inputRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
// Grow with the content up to the CSS max-height, then scroll — a chat box, not a fixed field.
useEffect(() => {
const el = inputRef.current;
if (!el) return;
el.style.height = 'auto';
el.style.height = `${el.scrollHeight}px`;
}, [draft]);
/**
* Wrap the current selection in a marker (or, with nothing selected, drop in an empty pair and
* park the caret inside). Text stays plain — the marker characters ARE the format, so this never
* needs a rich-text model and the native spellchecker keeps working on the raw string.
*/
function wrapSelection(marker: string): void {
const el = inputRef.current;
if (!el) return;
const start = el.selectionStart ?? draft.length;
const end = el.selectionEnd ?? start;
const selected = draft.slice(start, end);
const next = `${draft.slice(0, start)}${marker}${selected}${marker}${draft.slice(end)}`;
setDraft(next);
// Restore a sensible selection after React re-renders the value.
const caret = selected ? start + marker.length + selected.length + marker.length : start + marker.length;
requestAnimationFrame(() => {
el.focus();
el.setSelectionRange(selected ? start + marker.length : caret, selected ? caret - marker.length : caret);
});
}
const query = trailingMentionQuery(draft);
const suggestions = useMemo<Suggestion[]>(() => {
@@ -93,10 +134,26 @@ export function Composer({
}
}
function onKeyDown(e: KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>): void {
if (showSuggest && e.key === 'Enter') {
function onKeyDown(e: KeyboardEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>): void {
// Formatting shortcuts, matching the toolbar. Cmd on macOS, Ctrl elsewhere.
if (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) {
const marker = SHORTCUTS[e.key.toLowerCase()];
if (marker) {
e.preventDefault();
wrapSelection(marker);
return;
}
}
if (e.key !== 'Enter') return;
if (showSuggest) {
e.preventDefault();
pick(suggestions[0]!.insert);
return;
}
// Enter sends; Shift+Enter (and IME composition) inserts a newline.
if (!e.shiftKey && !e.nativeEvent.isComposing) {
e.preventDefault();
void submit();
}
}
@@ -125,6 +182,13 @@ export function Composer({
</button>
</div>
) : null}
<div className="miu-format-bar" role="group" aria-label="Formatting">
{FORMAT_BUTTONS.map((b) => (
<button key={b.marker} type="button" className="miu-format-btn" title={b.title} aria-label={b.title} onClick={() => wrapSelection(b.marker)}>
{b.label}
</button>
))}
</div>
<div className="miu-composer-row">
{canUpload ? (
<>
@@ -134,11 +198,18 @@ export function Composer({
</button>
</>
) : null}
<input
className="miu-input"
<textarea
ref={inputRef}
className="miu-input miu-textarea"
value={draft}
placeholder={placeholder}
aria-label="Message"
rows={1}
// Native platform text services: the browser/OS supplies the red squiggle, the right-click
// suggestions and "Add to dictionary", and mobile keyboards add autocorrect. Nothing to ship.
spellCheck
autoCorrect="on"
autoCapitalize="sentences"
onChange={(e) => {
setDraft(e.target.value);
onTyping?.();