feat: request older status updates

src/app/chat/view.nim

@@ -498,6 +498,22 @@ QtObject:
     write = setLoadingMessages
     notify = loadingMessagesChanged
 
+  proc requestMoreTimelineMessages*(self: ChatsView, fetchRange: int) {.slot.} =
+    self.loadingMessages = true
+    self.loadingMessagesChanged(true)
+
+    var allTopics: seq[string] = @[]
+    for contact in self.status.contacts.getContacts():
+      for t in self.status.mailservers.getMailserverTopicsByChatId(getTimelineChatId(contact.id)).map(topic => topic.topic):
+        allTopics.add(t)
+
+    let currentOldestMessageTimestamp = self.oldestMessageTimestamp
+    self.oldestMessageTimestamp = self.oldestMessageTimestamp - fetchRange
+
+    self.status.mailservers.requestMessages(allTopics, self.oldestMessageTimestamp, currentOldestMessageTimestamp, true)
+    self.oldestMessageTimestampChanged()
+    self.messagesLoaded();    
+
   proc requestMoreMessages*(self: ChatsView, fetchRange: int) {.slot.} =
     self.loadingMessages = true
     self.loadingMessagesChanged(true)

src/app/chat/views/chat_item.nim

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import NimQml, Tables, std/wrapnils
 import ../../../status/[chat/chat, status, ens, accounts]
 from ../../../status/libstatus/types import Setting
 import ../../../status/libstatus/settings as status_settings
+import ../../../status/libstatus/utils as status_utils
 
 import chat_members
 
@@ -111,6 +112,12 @@ QtObject:
   QtProperty[QVariant] members:
     read = getMembers
 
+  proc isTimelineChat*(self: ChatItemView): bool {.slot.} = result = ?.self.chatItem.id == status_utils.getTimelineChatId()
+
+  QtProperty[bool] isTimelineChat:
+    read = isTimelineChat
+
+
   proc hasMentions*(self: ChatItemView): bool {.slot.} = result = ?.self.chatItem.hasMentions
 
   QtProperty[bool] hasMentions:

src/app/chat/views/message_list.nim

@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ QtObject:
 
   proc addFakeMessages*(self: ChatMessageList) =
     self.messages.add(self.chatIdentifier(self.id))
-    self.messages.add(self.fetchMoreMessagesButton())
 
   proc newChatMessageList*(chatId: string, status: Status, addFakeMessages: bool = true): ChatMessageList =
     new(result, delete)
@@ -76,6 +75,8 @@ QtObject:
     result.id = chatId
     if addFakeMessages:
       result.addFakeMessages()
+
+    result.messages.add(result.fetchMoreMessagesButton())
     result.messageIndex = initTable[string, int]()
     result.timedoutMessages = initHashSet[string]()
     result.status = status
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ QtObject:
     self.messages = @[]
     if (addFakeMessages):
       self.addFakeMessages()
+    self.messages.add(self.fetchMoreMessagesButton())
     self.endResetModel()
 
   proc setMessageReactions*(self: ChatMessageList, messageId: string, newReactions: string)=

ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/Message.qml

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Item {
         Item {
             visible: chatsModel.activeChannel.chatType !== Constants.chatTypePrivateGroupChat || chatsModel.activeChannel.isMember
             id: wrapper
-            height: wrapper.visible ? fetchMoreButton.height + fetchDate.height + 3 + Style.current.smallPadding*2 : 0
+            height: wrapper.visible ? childrenRect.height + Style.current.smallPadding*2 : 0
             anchors.left: parent.left
             anchors.right: parent.right
             Separator {
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@ Item {
                   cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor
                   anchors.fill: parent
                   onClicked: {
-                    chatsModel.requestMoreMessages(Constants.fetchRangeLast24Hours)
+                    if(chatsModel.activeChannel.isTimelineChat){
+                        chatsModel.requestMoreTimelineMessages(Constants.fetchRangeLast24Hours);
+                    } else {
+                        chatsModel.requestMoreMessages(Constants.fetchRangeLast24Hours);
+                    }
+                    
                     timer.setTimeout(function(){ 
                         chatsModel.hideLoadingIndicator()
                     }, 3000);

ui/app/AppLayouts/Timeline/TimelineLayout.qml

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ ScrollView {
     id: root
     Layout.fillWidth: true
     Layout.fillHeight: true
-    contentHeight: chatLogView.contentHeight + 40
+    contentHeight: chatLogView.contentHeight + 140
     clip: true
     ScrollBar.horizontal.policy: ScrollBar.AlwaysOff
-
+    
     property var onActivated: function () {
         chatsModel.setActiveChannelToTimeline()
         statusUpdateInput.textInput.forceActiveFocus(Qt.MouseFocusReason)