v.0.3.6 message input box update

frontend/src/components/Message.jsx

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const QUICK_EMOJIS = ['👍', '❤️', '😂', '😮', '😢', '🙏'];
 function formatMsgContent(content) {
   if (!content) return '';
   // First handle @mentions
-  let html = content.replace(/@\[([^\]]+)\]\(\d+\)/g, (_, name) => `<span class="mention">@${name}</span>`);
+  let html = content.replace(/@\[([^\]]+)\]/g, (_, name) => `<span class="mention">@${name}</span>`);
   // Then linkify bare URLs (not already inside a tag)
   html = html.replace(/(https?:\/\/[^\s<>"]+)/g, (url) => {
     // Trim trailing punctuation that's unlikely to be part of the URL

frontend/src/components/MessageInput.css

@@ -237,38 +237,3 @@
   }
 }
 
-/* Mention display overlay — sits over the textarea to show formatted @names */
-.input-wrap {
-  position: relative;
-}
-
-.msg-input-mirror {
-  position: absolute;
-  top: 0; left: 0; right: 0;
-  pointer-events: none;      /* clicks pass through to textarea */
-  overflow: hidden;
-  white-space: pre-wrap;
-  word-break: break-word;
-  color: var(--text-primary);
-  border-color: transparent;  /* hide the border — textarea draws it */
-  background: transparent;
-  z-index: 1;
-}
-
-.msg-input-raw {
-  position: relative;
-  color: transparent;          /* hide raw text — mirror shows it */
-  caret-color: var(--text-primary); /* but keep the cursor visible */
-  background: transparent;
-  z-index: 2;
-}
-
-/* Bold mention chips inside the mirror */
-.mention-chip {
-  font-weight: 700;
-  color: var(--primary);
-  font-style: normal;
-}
-
-/* Placeholder is on the raw textarea; mirror has none */
-.msg-input-mirror::placeholder { display: none; }

frontend/src/components/MessageInput.jsx

@@ -12,20 +12,6 @@ function isEmojiOnly(str) {
   return emojiRegex.test(str.trim());
 }
 
-
-// Convert raw mention syntax to display HTML for the input mirror overlay
-function renderInputDisplay(raw) {
-  // Escape HTML special chars first
-  const escaped = raw
-    .replace(/&/g, '&')
-    .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
-    .replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
-  // Replace @[name](id) with bold @name span
-  return escaped.replace(/@\[([^\]]+)\]\(\d+\)/g,
-    (_, name) => `<strong class="mention-chip">@${name}</strong>`
-  );
-}
-
 export default function MessageInput({ group, replyTo, onCancelReply, onSend, onTyping }) {
   const [text, setText] = useState('');
   const [imageFile, setImageFile] = useState(null);
@@ -39,7 +25,6 @@ export default function MessageInput({ group, replyTo, onCancelReply, onSend, on
   const [showAttachMenu, setShowAttachMenu] = useState(false);
   const [showEmojiPicker, setShowEmojiPicker] = useState(false);
   const inputRef = useRef(null);
-  const mirrorRef = useRef(null);
   const typingTimer = useRef(null);
   const wasTyping = useRef(false);
   const mentionStart = useRef(-1);
@@ -109,10 +94,8 @@ export default function MessageInput({ group, replyTo, onCancelReply, onSend, on
     el.style.height = 'auto';
     const lineHeight = parseFloat(getComputedStyle(el).lineHeight);
     const maxHeight = lineHeight * 5 + 20;
-    const newH = Math.min(el.scrollHeight, maxHeight) + 'px';
-    el.style.height = newH;
+    el.style.height = Math.min(el.scrollHeight, maxHeight) + 'px';
     el.style.overflowY = el.scrollHeight > maxHeight ? 'auto' : 'hidden';
-    if (mirrorRef.current) mirrorRef.current.style.height = newH;
 
     const cur = e.target.selectionStart;
     const lastAt = val.lastIndexOf('@', cur - 1);
@@ -142,8 +125,8 @@ export default function MessageInput({ group, replyTo, onCancelReply, onSend, on
   const insertMention = (user) => {
     const before = text.slice(0, mentionStart.current);
     const after = text.slice(inputRef.current.selectionStart);
-    const mention = `@[${user.display_name || user.name}](${user.id}) `;
-    setText(before + mention + after);
+    const name = user.display_name || user.name;
+    setText(before + `@[${name}] ` + after);
     setShowMention(false);
     setMentionResults([]);
     inputRef.current.focus();
@@ -177,10 +160,8 @@ export default function MessageInput({ group, replyTo, onCancelReply, onSend, on
     if (inputRef.current) {
       inputRef.current.style.height = 'auto';
       inputRef.current.style.overflowY = 'hidden';
-      if (mirrorRef.current) mirrorRef.current.style.height = 'auto';
     }
 
-    // Tag emoji-only messages so they can be rendered large
     const emojiOnly = !!trimmed && isEmojiOnly(trimmed);
     await onSend({ content: trimmed || null, imageFile, linkPreview: lp, emojiOnly });
   };
@@ -352,17 +333,10 @@ export default function MessageInput({ group, replyTo, onCancelReply, onSend, on
         )}
 
         <div className="input-wrap">
-          {/* Mirror overlay renders formatted mention text over the transparent textarea */}
-          <div
-            ref={mirrorRef}
-            className="msg-input msg-input-mirror"
-            aria-hidden="true"
-            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: renderInputDisplay(text) || '' }}
-          />
           <textarea
             ref={inputRef}
-            className="msg-input msg-input-raw"
-            placeholder={!text ? `Message ${group?.name || ''}...` : ''}
+            className="msg-input"
+            placeholder={`Message ${group?.name || ''}...`}
             value={text}
             onChange={handleChange}
             onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}

frontend/src/components/Sidebar.jsx

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export default function Sidebar({ groups, activeGroupId, onSelectGroup, notifica
           </div>
           <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
             <span className="group-last-msg truncate">
-              {(group.last_message || '').replace(/@\[([^\]]+)\]\(\d+\)/g, '@$1') || (group.is_readonly ? '📢 Read-only' : 'No messages yet')}
+              {(group.last_message || '').replace(/@\[([^\]]+)\]/g, '@$1') || (group.is_readonly ? '📢 Read-only' : 'No messages yet')}
             </span>
             {notifs > 0 && <span className="badge shrink-0">{notifs}</span>}
             {hasUnread && notifs === 0 && <span className="badge badge-unread shrink-0">{unreadCount}</span>}

frontend/src/index.css

@@ -373,12 +373,6 @@ a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
   background: var(--primary);
 }
 
-[data-theme="dark"] .msg-input-mirror {
-  color: var(--text-primary);
-}
-[data-theme="dark"] .msg-input-raw {
-  caret-color: var(--text-primary);
-}
 
 /* Night mode: .in bubble (dark surface) — base mention colour is too dark, use light primary */
 [data-theme="dark"] .in .mention {
@@ -399,3 +393,4 @@ a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
 [data-theme="dark"] .reaction-btn:hover {
   background: var(--primary-light);
 }
+