fix: avoid moving the channel to top when switching a channel or marking it as read

src/app/chat/event_handling.nim

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ proc handleChatEvents(self: ChatController) =
     self.view.updateChats(evArgs.chats)
     self.view.pushMessages(evArgs.messages)
 
+  self.status.events.on("channelUpdate") do(e: Args):
+    var evArgs = ChatUpdateArgs(e)
+    self.view.updateChats(evArgs.chats, false)
+
   self.status.events.on("chatHistoryCleared") do(e: Args):
     var args = ChannelArgs(e)
     self.view.clearMessages(args.chat.id)

src/app/chat/view.nim

@@ -287,14 +287,15 @@ QtObject:
       self.unreadMessageCnt = unreadTotal
       self.unreadMessagesCntChanged()
 
-  proc updateChats*(self: ChatsView, chats: seq[Chat]) =
+  proc updateChats*(self: ChatsView, chats: seq[Chat], triggerChange:bool = true) =
     for chat in chats:
       self.upsertChannel(chat.id)
-      self.chats.updateChat(chat)
+      self.chats.updateChat(chat, triggerChange)
       if(self.activeChannel.id == chat.id):
         self.activeChannel.setChatItem(chat)
         self.currentSuggestions.setNewData(self.status.contacts.getContacts())
-        self.activeChannelChanged()
+        if triggerChange: 
+          self.activeChannelChanged()
     self.calculateUnreadMessages()
 
   proc renameGroup*(self: ChatsView, newName: string) {.slot.} =

src/app/chat/views/channels_list.nim

@@ -113,17 +113,19 @@ QtObject:
       if chat.name == name:
         return chat.color
 
-  proc updateChat*(self: ChannelsList, channel: Chat) =
+  proc updateChat*(self: ChannelsList, channel: Chat, moveToTop: bool = true) =
     let idx = self.upsertChannel(channel)
     if idx == -1: return
     
     let topLeft = self.createIndex(0, 0, nil)
     let bottomRight = self.createIndex(self.chats.len, 0, nil)
-    if idx != 0: # Move last updated chat to the top of the list
-      self.chats.delete(idx)
-      self.chats.insert(channel, 0)
-    else:
-      self.chats[0] = channel
+
+    if moveToTop:
+      if idx != 0: # Move last updated chat to the top of the list
+        self.chats.delete(idx)
+        self.chats.insert(channel, 0)
+      else:
+        self.chats[0] = channel
 
     self.dataChanged(topLeft, bottomRight, @[ChannelsRoles.Name.int, ChannelsRoles.ContentType.int, ChannelsRoles.LastMessage.int, ChannelsRoles.Timestamp.int, ChannelsRoles.UnreadMessages.int, ChannelsRoles.Identicon.int, ChannelsRoles.ChatType.int, ChannelsRoles.Color.int, ChannelsRoles.HasMentions.int])
 

src/status/chat.nim

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ proc markAllChannelMessagesRead*(self: ChatModel, chatId: string): JsonNode =
   result = parseJson(response)
   if self.channels.hasKey(chatId):
     self.channels[chatId].unviewedMessagesCount = 0
-    self.events.emit("chatUpdate", ChatUpdateArgs(messages: @[], chats: @[self.channels[chatId]], contacts: @[]))
+    self.events.emit("channelUpdate", ChatUpdateArgs(messages: @[], chats: @[self.channels[chatId]], contacts: @[]))
 
 
 proc confirmJoiningGroup*(self: ChatModel, chatId: string) =