Merge branch 'master' into DanilaFe/backfill-changes

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hydrogen-web",
-  "version": "0.2.8",
+  "version": "0.2.11",
   "description": "A javascript matrix client prototype, trying to minize RAM usage by offloading as much as possible to IndexedDB",
   "main": "index.js",
   "directories": {

src/domain/SessionPickerViewModel.js

@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ export class SessionPickerViewModel extends ViewModel {
 
     async _exportData(id) {
         const sessionInfo = await this.platform.sessionInfoStorage.get(id);
-        const stores = await this.platform.storageFactory.export(id);
+        const stores = await this.logger.run("export", log => {
+            return this.platform.storageFactory.export(id, log);
+        });
         const data = {sessionInfo, stores};
         return data;
     }
@@ -161,7 +163,9 @@ export class SessionPickerViewModel extends ViewModel {
             const {sessionInfo} = data;
             sessionInfo.comment = `Imported on ${new Date().toLocaleString()} from id ${sessionInfo.id}.`;
             sessionInfo.id = this._createSessionContainer().createNewSessionId();
-            await this.platform.storageFactory.import(sessionInfo.id, data.stores);
+            await this.logger.run("import", log => {
+                return this.platform.storageFactory.import(sessionInfo.id, data.stores, log);
+            });
             await this.platform.sessionInfoStorage.add(sessionInfo);
             this._sessions.set(new SessionItemViewModel(sessionInfo, this));
         } catch (err) {

src/domain/ViewModel.js

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 // as in some cases it would really be more convenient to have multiple events (like telling the timeline to scroll down)
 // we do need to return a disposable from EventEmitter.on, or at least have a method here to easily track a subscription to an EventEmitter
 
-import {EventEmitter} from "../utils/EventEmitter.js";
+import {EventEmitter} from "../utils/EventEmitter";
 import {Disposables} from "../utils/Disposables.js";
 
 export class ViewModel extends EventEmitter {

src/domain/session/room/ComposerViewModel.js

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class ComposerViewModel extends ViewModel {
     }
 
     setReplyingTo(entry) {
-        const changed = this._replyVM?.internalId !== entry?.asEventKey().toString();
+        const changed = new Boolean(entry) !== new Boolean(this._replyVM) || !this._replyVM?.id.equals(entry.asEventKey());
         if (changed) {
             this._replyVM = this.disposeTracked(this._replyVM);
             if (entry) {

src/domain/session/room/timeline/TilesCollection.js

@@ -236,6 +236,21 @@ export class TilesCollection extends BaseObservableList {
     getFirst() {
         return this._tiles[0];
     }
+
+    getTileIndex(searchTile) {
+        const idx = sortedIndex(this._tiles, searchTile, (searchTile, tile) => {
+            return searchTile.compare(tile);
+        });
+        const foundTile = this._tiles[idx];
+        if (foundTile?.compare(searchTile) === 0) {
+            return idx;
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    sliceIterator(start, end) {
+        return this._tiles.slice(start, end)[Symbol.iterator]();
+    }
 }
 
 import {ObservableArray} from "../../../../observable/list/ObservableArray.js";

src/domain/session/room/timeline/TimelineViewModel.js

@@ -40,40 +40,74 @@ export class TimelineViewModel extends ViewModel {
         const {timeline, tilesCreator} = options;
         this._timeline = this.track(timeline);
         this._tiles = new TilesCollection(timeline.entries, tilesCreator);
+        this._startTile = null;
+        this._endTile = null;
+        this._topLoadingPromise = null;
+        this._requestedStartTile = null;
+        this._requestedEndTile = null;
+        this._requestScheduled = false;
+        this._showJumpDown = false;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return {bool} startReached if the start of the timeline was reached
-     */
-    async loadAtTop() {
-        if (this.isDisposed) {
-            // stop loading more, we switched room
-            return true;
+    /** if this.tiles is empty, call this with undefined for both startTile and endTile */
+    setVisibleTileRange(startTile, endTile) {
+        // don't clear these once done as they are used to check
+        // for more tiles once loadAtTop finishes
+        this._requestedStartTile = startTile;
+        this._requestedEndTile = endTile;
+        if (!this._requestScheduled) {
+            Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+                this._setVisibleTileRange(this._requestedStartTile, this._requestedEndTile);
+                this._requestScheduled = false;
+            });
+            this._requestScheduled = true;
         }
-        const firstTile = this._tiles.getFirst();
-        if (firstTile?.shape === "gap") {
-            return await firstTile.fill();
+    }
+
+    _setVisibleTileRange(startTile, endTile) {
+        let loadTop;
+        if (startTile && endTile) {
+            // old tiles could have been removed from tilescollection once we support unloading
+            this._startTile = startTile;
+            this._endTile = endTile;
+            const startIndex = this._tiles.getTileIndex(this._startTile);
+            const endIndex = this._tiles.getTileIndex(this._endTile);
+            for (const tile of this._tiles.sliceIterator(startIndex, endIndex + 1)) {
+                tile.notifyVisible();
+            }
+            loadTop = startIndex < 10;
+            this._setShowJumpDown(endIndex < (this._tiles.length - 1));
         } else {
-            const topReached = await this._timeline.loadAtTop(10);
-            return topReached;
+            // tiles collection is empty, load more at top
+            loadTop = true;
+            this._setShowJumpDown(false);
         }
-    }
 
-    unloadAtTop(/*tileAmount*/) {
-        // get lowerSortKey for tile at index tileAmount - 1
-        // tell timeline to unload till there (included given key)
-    }
-
-    loadAtBottom() {
-
-    }
-
-    unloadAtBottom(/*tileAmount*/) {
-        // get upperSortKey for tile at index tiles.length - tileAmount
-        // tell timeline to unload till there (included given key)
+        if (loadTop && !this._topLoadingPromise) {
+            this._topLoadingPromise = this._timeline.loadAtTop(10).then(hasReachedEnd => {
+                this._topLoadingPromise = null;
+                if (!hasReachedEnd) {
+                    // check if more items need to be loaded by recursing
+                    // use the requested start / end tile,
+                    // so we don't end up overwriting a newly requested visible range here
+                    this.setVisibleTileRange(this._requestedStartTile, this._requestedEndTile);
+                }
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     get tiles() {
         return this._tiles;
     }
+
+    _setShowJumpDown(show) {
+        if (this._showJumpDown !== show) {
+            this._showJumpDown = show;
+            this.emitChange("showJumpDown");
+        }
+    }
+
+    get showJumpDown() {
+        return this._showJumpDown;
+    }
 }

src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/EncryptedEventTile.js

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class EncryptedEventTile extends BaseTextTile {
         const parentResult = super.updateEntry(entry, params);
         // event got decrypted, recreate the tile and replace this one with it
         if (entry.eventType !== "m.room.encrypted") {
-            // the "shape" parameter trigger tile recreation in TimelineList
+            // the "shape" parameter trigger tile recreation in TimelineView
             return UpdateAction.Replace("shape");
         } else {
             return parentResult;

src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/GapTile.js

@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ export class GapTile extends SimpleTile {
         super(options);
         this._loading = false;
         this._error = null;
+        this._isAtTop = true;
     }
 
     async fill() {
-        // prevent doing this twice
-        if (!this._loading) {
+        if (!this._loading && !this._entry.edgeReached) {
             this._loading = true;
             this.emitChange("isLoading");
             try {
@@ -43,8 +43,25 @@ export class GapTile extends SimpleTile {
                 this.emitChange("isLoading");
             }
         }
-        // edgeReached will have been updated by fillGap
-        return this._entry.edgeReached;
+    }
+
+    notifyVisible() {
+        this.fill();
+    }
+
+    get isAtTop() {
+        return this._isAtTop;
+    }
+
+    updatePreviousSibling(prev) {
+        console.log("GapTile.updatePreviousSibling", prev);
+        super.updatePreviousSibling(prev);
+        const isAtTop = !prev;
+        if (this._isAtTop !== isAtTop) {
+            this._isAtTop = isAtTop;
+            console.log("isAtTop", this._isAtTop);
+            this.emitChange("isAtTop");
+        }
     }
 
     updateEntry(entry, params) {

src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/SimpleTile.js

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ export class SimpleTile extends ViewModel {
         return false;
     }
 
-    get internalId() {
-        return this._entry.asEventKey().toString();
+    get id() {
+        return this._entry.asEventKey();
     }
 
     get isPending() {
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ export class SimpleTile extends ViewModel {
         return this._entry;
     }
 
+    compare(tile) {
+        return this.upperEntry.compare(tile.upperEntry);
+    }
+
     compareEntry(entry) {
         return this._entry.compare(entry);
     }
@@ -119,6 +123,8 @@ export class SimpleTile extends ViewModel {
     
     }
 
+    notifyVisible() {}
+
     dispose() {
         this.setUpdateEmit(null);
         super.dispose();

src/logging/LogItem.js

@@ -43,12 +43,16 @@ export class LogItem {
     /** logs a reference to a different log item, usually obtained from runDetached.
     This is useful if the referenced operation can't be awaited. */
     refDetached(logItem, logLevel = null) {
-        if (!logItem._values.refId) {
-            logItem.set("refId", this._logger._createRefId());
-        }
+        logItem.ensureRefId();
         return this.log({ref: logItem._values.refId}, logLevel);
     }
 
+    ensureRefId() {
+        if (!this._values.refId) {
+            this.set("refId", this._logger._createRefId());
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new child item and runs it in `callback`.
      */
@@ -231,4 +235,8 @@ export class LogItem {
         this._children.push(item);
         return item;
     }
+
+    get logger() {
+        return this._logger;
+    }
 }

src/logging/NullLogger.js

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ export class NullLogItem {
 
     refDetached() {}
 
+    ensureRefId() {}
+
     get level() {
         return LogLevel;
     }

src/matrix/Sync.js

@@ -296,14 +296,10 @@ export class Sync {
             // avoid corrupting state by only
             // storing the sync up till the point
             // the exception occurred
-            try {
-                syncTxn.abort();
-            } catch (abortErr) {
-                log.set("couldNotAbortTxn", true);
-            }
-            throw err;
+            syncTxn.abort(log);
+            throw syncTxn.getCause(err);
         }
-        await syncTxn.complete();
+        await syncTxn.complete(log);
     }
 
     _afterSync(sessionState, inviteStates, roomStates, archivedRoomStates, log) {

src/matrix/room/BaseRoom.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {EventEmitter} from "../../utils/EventEmitter.js";
+import {EventEmitter} from "../../utils/EventEmitter";
 import {RoomSummary} from "./RoomSummary.js";
 import {GapWriter} from "./timeline/persistence/GapWriter.js";
 import {RelationWriter} from "./timeline/persistence/RelationWriter.js";

src/matrix/room/Invite.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {EventEmitter} from "../../utils/EventEmitter.js";
+import {EventEmitter} from "../../utils/EventEmitter";
 import {SummaryData, processStateEvent} from "./RoomSummary.js";
 import {Heroes} from "./members/Heroes.js";
 import {MemberChange, RoomMember, EVENT_TYPE as MEMBER_EVENT_TYPE} from "./members/RoomMember.js";

src/matrix/room/timeline/Timeline.js

@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ export class Timeline {
         // as they should only populate once the view subscribes to it
         // if they are populated already, the sender profile would be empty
 
-        // 30 seems to be a good amount to fill the entire screen
-        const readerRequest = this._disposables.track(this._timelineReader.readFromEnd(30, txn, log));
+        // choose good amount here between showing messages initially and
+        // not spending too much time decrypting messages before showing the timeline.
+        // more messages should be loaded automatically until the viewport is full by the view if needed.
+        const readerRequest = this._disposables.track(this._timelineReader.readFromEnd(20, txn, log));
         try {
             const entries = await readerRequest.complete();
             this._setupEntries(entries);

src/matrix/room/timeline/persistence/SyncWriter.js

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export class SyncWriter {
                     storageEntry.displayName = member.displayName;
                     storageEntry.avatarUrl = member.avatarUrl;
                 }
-                txn.timelineEvents.insert(storageEntry);
+                txn.timelineEvents.insert(storageEntry, log);
                 const entry = new EventEntry(storageEntry, this._fragmentIdComparer);
                 entries.push(entry);
                 const updatedRelationTargetEntries = await this._relationWriter.writeRelation(entry, txn, log);

src/matrix/storage/idb/Storage.ts

@@ -17,22 +17,26 @@ limitations under the License.
 import {Transaction} from "./Transaction";
 import { STORE_NAMES, StoreNames, StorageError } from "../common";
 import { reqAsPromise } from "./utils";
+import { BaseLogger } from "../../../logging/BaseLogger.js";
 
 const WEBKITEARLYCLOSETXNBUG_BOGUS_KEY = "782rh281re38-boguskey";
 
 export class Storage {
     private _db: IDBDatabase;
     private _hasWebkitEarlyCloseTxnBug: boolean;
-    private _idbFactory: IDBFactory
-    private _IDBKeyRange: typeof IDBKeyRange
-    storeNames: typeof StoreNames;
 
-    constructor(idbDatabase: IDBDatabase, idbFactory: IDBFactory, _IDBKeyRange: typeof IDBKeyRange, hasWebkitEarlyCloseTxnBug: boolean) {
+    readonly logger: BaseLogger;
+    readonly idbFactory: IDBFactory
+    readonly IDBKeyRange: typeof IDBKeyRange;
+    readonly storeNames: typeof StoreNames;
+
+    constructor(idbDatabase: IDBDatabase, idbFactory: IDBFactory, _IDBKeyRange: typeof IDBKeyRange, hasWebkitEarlyCloseTxnBug: boolean, logger: BaseLogger) {
         this._db = idbDatabase;
-        this._idbFactory = idbFactory;
-        this._IDBKeyRange = _IDBKeyRange;
+        this.idbFactory = idbFactory;
+        this.IDBKeyRange = _IDBKeyRange;
         this._hasWebkitEarlyCloseTxnBug = hasWebkitEarlyCloseTxnBug;
         this.storeNames = StoreNames;
+        this.logger = logger;
     }
 
     _validateStoreNames(storeNames: StoreNames[]): void {
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ export class Storage {
             if (this._hasWebkitEarlyCloseTxnBug) {
                 await reqAsPromise(txn.objectStore(storeNames[0]).get(WEBKITEARLYCLOSETXNBUG_BOGUS_KEY));
             }
-            return new Transaction(txn, storeNames, this._idbFactory, this._IDBKeyRange);
+            return new Transaction(txn, storeNames, this);
         } catch(err) {
             throw new StorageError("readTxn failed", err);
         }
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ export class Storage {
             if (this._hasWebkitEarlyCloseTxnBug) {
                 await reqAsPromise(txn.objectStore(storeNames[0]).get(WEBKITEARLYCLOSETXNBUG_BOGUS_KEY));
             }
-            return new Transaction(txn, storeNames, this._idbFactory, this._IDBKeyRange);
+            return new Transaction(txn, storeNames, this);
         } catch(err) {
             throw new StorageError("readWriteTxn failed", err);
         }

src/matrix/storage/idb/StorageFactory.ts

@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ import { exportSession, importSession, Export } from "./export";
 import { schema } from "./schema";
 import { detectWebkitEarlyCloseTxnBug } from "./quirks";
 import { BaseLogger } from "../../../logging/BaseLogger.js";
+import { LogItem } from "../../../logging/LogItem.js";
 
 const sessionName = (sessionId: string) => `hydrogen_session_${sessionId}`;
-const openDatabaseWithSessionId = function(sessionId: string, idbFactory: IDBFactory, log?: BaseLogger) {
+const openDatabaseWithSessionId = function(sessionId: string, idbFactory: IDBFactory, log: LogItem) {
     const create = (db, txn, oldVersion, version) => createStores(db, txn, oldVersion, version, log);
     return openDatabase(sessionName(sessionId), create, schema.length, idbFactory);
 }
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ export class StorageFactory {
         this._IDBKeyRange = _IDBKeyRange;
     }
 
-    async create(sessionId: string, log?: BaseLogger): Promise<Storage> {
+    async create(sessionId: string, log: LogItem): Promise<Storage> {
         await this._serviceWorkerHandler?.preventConcurrentSessionAccess(sessionId);
         requestPersistedStorage().then(persisted => {
             // Firefox lies here though, and returns true even if the user denied the request
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ export class StorageFactory {
 
         const hasWebkitEarlyCloseTxnBug = await detectWebkitEarlyCloseTxnBug(this._idbFactory);
         const db = await openDatabaseWithSessionId(sessionId, this._idbFactory, log);
-        return new Storage(db, this._idbFactory, this._IDBKeyRange, hasWebkitEarlyCloseTxnBug);
+        return new Storage(db, this._idbFactory, this._IDBKeyRange, hasWebkitEarlyCloseTxnBug, log.logger);
     }
 
     delete(sessionId: string): Promise<IDBDatabase> {
@@ -79,18 +80,18 @@ export class StorageFactory {
         return reqAsPromise(req);
     }
 
-    async export(sessionId: string): Promise<Export> {
-        const db = await openDatabaseWithSessionId(sessionId, this._idbFactory);
+    async export(sessionId: string, log: LogItem): Promise<Export> {
+        const db = await openDatabaseWithSessionId(sessionId, this._idbFactory, log);
         return await exportSession(db);
     }
 
-    async import(sessionId: string, data: Export): Promise<void> {
-        const db = await openDatabaseWithSessionId(sessionId, this._idbFactory);
+    async import(sessionId: string, data: Export, log: LogItem): Promise<void> {
+        const db = await openDatabaseWithSessionId(sessionId, this._idbFactory, log);
         return await importSession(db, data);
     }
 }
 
-async function createStores(db: IDBDatabase, txn: IDBTransaction, oldVersion: number | null, version: number, log?: BaseLogger): Promise<void> {
+async function createStores(db: IDBDatabase, txn: IDBTransaction, oldVersion: number | null, version: number, log: LogItem): Promise<void> {
     const startIdx = oldVersion || 0;
     return log.wrap({l: "storage migration", oldVersion, version}, async log => {
         for(let i = startIdx; i < version; ++i) {

src/matrix/storage/idb/Store.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {QueryTarget, IDBQuery} from "./QueryTarget";
 import {IDBRequestAttemptError} from "./error";
 import {reqAsPromise} from "./utils";
 import {Transaction} from "./Transaction";
+import {LogItem} from "../../../logging/LogItem.js";
 
 const LOG_REQUESTS = false;
 
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ export class Store<T> extends QueryTarget<T> {
         return new QueryTarget<T>(new QueryTargetWrapper<T>(this._idbStore.index(indexName)), this._transaction);
     }
 
-    put(value: T): void {
+    put(value: T, log?: LogItem): void {
         // If this request fails, the error will bubble up to the transaction and abort it,
         // which is the behaviour we want. Therefore, it is ok to not create a promise for this
         // request and await it.
@@ -151,16 +152,52 @@ export class Store<T> extends QueryTarget<T> {
         // 
         // Note that this can still throw synchronously, like it does for TransactionInactiveError,
         // see https://www.w3.org/TR/IndexedDB-2/#transaction-lifetime-concept
-        this._idbStore.put(value);
+        const request = this._idbStore.put(value);
+        this._prepareErrorLog(request, log, "put", undefined, value);
     }
 
-    add(value: T): void {
+    add(value: T, log?: LogItem): void {
         // ok to not monitor result of request, see comment in `put`.
-        this._idbStore.add(value);
+        const request = this._idbStore.add(value);
+        this._prepareErrorLog(request, log, "add", undefined, value);
     }
 
-    delete(keyOrKeyRange: IDBValidKey | IDBKeyRange): Promise<undefined> {
+    delete(keyOrKeyRange: IDBValidKey | IDBKeyRange, log?: LogItem): void {
         // ok to not monitor result of request, see comment in `put`.
-        return reqAsPromise(this._idbStore.delete(keyOrKeyRange));
+        const request = this._idbStore.delete(keyOrKeyRange);
+        this._prepareErrorLog(request, log, "delete", keyOrKeyRange, undefined);
+    }
+
+    private _prepareErrorLog(request: IDBRequest, log: LogItem | undefined, operationName: string, key: IDBValidKey | IDBKeyRange | undefined, value: T | undefined) {
+        if (log) {
+            log.ensureRefId();
+        }
+        reqAsPromise(request).catch(err => {
+            try {
+                if (!key && value) {
+                    key = this._getKey(value);
+                }
+            } catch {
+                key = "getKey failed";
+            }
+            this._transaction.addWriteError(err, log, operationName, key);
+        });
+    }
+
+    private _getKey(value: T): IDBValidKey {
+        const {keyPath} = this._idbStore;
+        if (Array.isArray(keyPath)) {
+            let field: any = value;
+            for (const part of keyPath) {
+                if (typeof field === "object") {
+                    field = field[part];
+                } else {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            return field as IDBValidKey;
+        } else {
+            return value[keyPath] as IDBValidKey;
+        }        
     }
 }

src/matrix/storage/idb/Transaction.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {StoreNames} from "../common";
 import {txnAsPromise} from "./utils";
 import {StorageError} from "../common";
 import {Store} from "./Store";
+import {Storage} from "./Storage";
 import {SessionStore} from "./stores/SessionStore";
 import {RoomSummaryStore} from "./stores/RoomSummaryStore";
 import {InviteStore} from "./stores/InviteStore";
@@ -35,20 +36,46 @@ import {OutboundGroupSessionStore} from "./stores/OutboundGroupSessionStore";
 import {GroupSessionDecryptionStore} from "./stores/GroupSessionDecryptionStore";
 import {OperationStore} from "./stores/OperationStore";
 import {AccountDataStore} from "./stores/AccountDataStore";
+import {LogItem} from "../../../logging/LogItem.js";
+import {BaseLogger} from "../../../logging/BaseLogger.js";
+
+class WriteErrorInfo {
+    constructor(
+        public readonly error: StorageError,
+        public readonly refItem: LogItem | undefined,
+        public readonly operationName: string,
+        public readonly key: IDBValidKey | IDBKeyRange | undefined,
+    ) {}
+}
 
 export class Transaction {
     private _txn: IDBTransaction;
     private _allowedStoreNames: StoreNames[];
     private _stores: { [storeName in StoreNames]?: any };
-    idbFactory: IDBFactory
-    IDBKeyRange: typeof IDBKeyRange
+    private _storage: Storage;
+    private _writeErrors: WriteErrorInfo[];
 
-    constructor(txn: IDBTransaction, allowedStoreNames: StoreNames[], _idbFactory: IDBFactory, _IDBKeyRange: typeof IDBKeyRange) {
+    constructor(txn: IDBTransaction, allowedStoreNames: StoreNames[], storage: Storage) {
         this._txn = txn;
         this._allowedStoreNames = allowedStoreNames;
         this._stores = {};
-        this.idbFactory = _idbFactory;
-        this.IDBKeyRange = _IDBKeyRange;
+        this._txn = txn;
+        this._allowedStoreNames = allowedStoreNames;
+        this._stores = {};
+        this._storage = storage;
+        this._writeErrors = [];
+    }
+
+    get idbFactory(): IDBFactory {
+        return this._storage.idbFactory;
+    }
+
+    get IDBKeyRange(): typeof IDBKeyRange {
+        return this._storage.IDBKeyRange;
+    }
+
+    get logger(): BaseLogger {
+        return this._storage.logger;
     }
 
     _idbStore(name: StoreNames): Store<any> {
@@ -139,12 +166,66 @@ export class Transaction {
         return this._store(StoreNames.accountData, idbStore => new AccountDataStore(idbStore));
     }
 
-    complete(): Promise<void> {
-        return txnAsPromise(this._txn);
+    async complete(log?: LogItem): Promise<void> {
+        try {
+            await txnAsPromise(this._txn);
+        } catch (err) {
+            if (this._writeErrors.length) {
+                this._logWriteErrors(log);
+                throw this._writeErrors[0].error;
+            }
+            throw err;
+        }
     }
 
-    abort(): void {
+    getCause(error: Error) {
+        if (error instanceof StorageError) {
+            if (error.errcode === "AbortError" && this._writeErrors.length) {
+                return this._writeErrors[0].error;
+            }
+        }
+        return error;
+    }
+
+    abort(log?: LogItem): void {
         // TODO: should we wrap the exception in a StorageError?
-        this._txn.abort();
+        try {
+            this._txn.abort();
+        } catch (abortErr) {
+            log?.set("couldNotAbortTxn", true);
+        }
+        if (this._writeErrors.length) {
+            this._logWriteErrors(log);
+        }
+    }
+
+    addWriteError(error: StorageError, refItem: LogItem | undefined, operationName: string, key: IDBValidKey | IDBKeyRange | undefined) {
+        // don't log subsequent `AbortError`s
+        if (error.errcode !== "AbortError" || this._writeErrors.length === 0) {
+            this._writeErrors.push(new WriteErrorInfo(error, refItem, operationName, key));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private _logWriteErrors(parentItem: LogItem | undefined) {
+        const callback = errorGroupItem => {
+            // we don't have context when there is no parentItem, so at least log stores
+            if (!parentItem) {
+                errorGroupItem.set("allowedStoreNames", this._allowedStoreNames);
+            }
+            for (const info of this._writeErrors) {
+                errorGroupItem.wrap({l: info.operationName, id: info.key}, item => {
+                    if (info.refItem) {
+                        item.refDetached(info.refItem);
+                    }
+                    item.catch(info.error);
+                });
+            }
+        };
+        const label = `${this._writeErrors.length} storage write operation(s) failed`;
+        if (parentItem) {
+            parentItem.wrap(label, callback);
+        } else {
+            this.logger.run(label, callback);
+        }
     }
 }

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/DeviceIdentityStore.ts

@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ export class DeviceIdentityStore {
         return this._store.index("byCurve25519Key").get(curve25519Key);
     }
 
-    remove(userId: string, deviceId: string): Promise<undefined> {
-        return this._store.delete(encodeKey(userId, deviceId));
+    remove(userId: string, deviceId: string): void {
+        this._store.delete(encodeKey(userId, deviceId));
     }
 
-    removeAllForUser(userId: string): Promise<undefined> {
+    removeAllForUser(userId: string): void {
         // exclude both keys as they are theoretical min and max,
         // but we should't have a match for just the room id, or room id with max
         const range = this._store.IDBKeyRange.bound(encodeKey(userId, MIN_UNICODE), encodeKey(userId, MAX_UNICODE), true, true);
-        return this._store.delete(range);
+        this._store.delete(range);
     }
 }

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/GroupSessionDecryptionStore.ts

@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ export class GroupSessionDecryptionStore {
         this._store.put(decryption as GroupSessionEntry);
     }
     
-    removeAllForRoom(roomId: string): Promise<undefined> {
+    removeAllForRoom(roomId: string): void {
         const range = this._store.IDBKeyRange.bound(
             encodeKey(roomId, MIN_UNICODE, MIN_UNICODE),
             encodeKey(roomId, MAX_UNICODE, MAX_UNICODE)
         );
-        return this._store.delete(range);
+        this._store.delete(range);
     }
 }

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/InboundGroupSessionStore.ts

@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ export class InboundGroupSessionStore {
         this._store.put(session);
     }
 
-    removeAllForRoom(roomId: string): Promise<undefined> {
+    removeAllForRoom(roomId: string) {
         const range = this._store.IDBKeyRange.bound(
             encodeKey(roomId, MIN_UNICODE, MIN_UNICODE),
             encodeKey(roomId, MAX_UNICODE, MAX_UNICODE)
         );
-        return this._store.delete(range);
+        this._store.delete(range);
     }
 }

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/OlmSessionStore.ts

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class OlmSessionStore {
         this._store.put(session as OlmSessionEntry);
     }
 
-    remove(senderKey: string, sessionId: string): Promise<undefined> {
-        return this._store.delete(encodeKey(senderKey, sessionId));
+    remove(senderKey: string, sessionId: string): void {
+        this._store.delete(encodeKey(senderKey, sessionId));
     }
 }

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/OperationStore.ts

@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ export class OperationStore {
         this._store.put(operation as OperationEntry);
     }
 
-    remove(id: string): Promise<undefined> {
-        return this._store.delete(id);
+    remove(id: string): void {
+        this._store.delete(id);
     }
 
     async removeAllForScope(scope: string): Promise<undefined> {

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/OutboundGroupSessionStore.ts

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export class OutboundGroupSessionStore {
         this._store = store;
     }
 
-    remove(roomId: string): Promise<undefined> {
-        return this._store.delete(roomId);
+    remove(roomId: string): void {
+        this._store.delete(roomId);
     }
 
     get(roomId: string): Promise<OutboundSession | null> {

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/PendingEventStore.ts

@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ export class PendingEventStore {
         }
     }
 
-    remove(roomId: string, queueIndex: number): Promise<undefined> {
+    remove(roomId: string, queueIndex: number) {
         const keyRange = this._eventStore.IDBKeyRange.only(encodeKey(roomId, queueIndex));
-        return this._eventStore.delete(keyRange);
+        this._eventStore.delete(keyRange);
     }
 
     async exists(roomId: string, queueIndex: number): Promise<boolean> {
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ export class PendingEventStore {
         return this._eventStore.selectAll();
     }
 
-    removeAllForRoom(roomId: string): Promise<undefined> {
+    removeAllForRoom(roomId: string): void {
         const minKey = encodeKey(roomId, KeyLimits.minStorageKey);
         const maxKey = encodeKey(roomId, KeyLimits.maxStorageKey);
         const range = this._eventStore.IDBKeyRange.bound(minKey, maxKey);
-        return this._eventStore.delete(range);
+        this._eventStore.delete(range);
     }
 }

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/RoomStateStore.ts

@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ export class RoomStateStore {
         this._roomStateStore.put(entry);
     }
 
-    removeAllForRoom(roomId: string): Promise<undefined> {
+    removeAllForRoom(roomId: string): void {
         // exclude both keys as they are theoretical min and max,
         // but we should't have a match for just the room id, or room id with max
         const range = this._roomStateStore.IDBKeyRange.bound(roomId, `${roomId}|${MAX_UNICODE}`, true, true);
-        return this._roomStateStore.delete(range);
+        this._roomStateStore.delete(range);
     }
 }

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/RoomSummaryStore.ts

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class RoomSummaryStore {
         return roomId === fetchedKey;
     }
 
-    remove(roomId: string): Promise<undefined> {
-        return this._summaryStore.delete(roomId);
+    remove(roomId: string): void {
+        this._summaryStore.delete(roomId);
     }
 }

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/TimelineEventStore.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { encodeUint32 } from "../utils";
 import {KeyLimits} from "../../common";
 import {Store} from "../Store";
 import {TimelineEvent, StateEvent} from "../../types";
+import {LogItem} from "../../../../logging/LogItem.js";
 
 interface Annotation {
     count: number;
@@ -265,11 +266,10 @@ export class TimelineEventStore {
      *  @return nothing. To wait for the operation to finish, await the transaction it's part of.
      *  @throws {StorageError} ...
      */
-    insert(entry: TimelineEventEntry): void {
+    insert(entry: TimelineEventEntry, log: LogItem): void {
         (entry as TimelineEventStorageEntry).key = encodeKey(entry.roomId, entry.fragmentId, entry.eventIndex);
         (entry as TimelineEventStorageEntry).eventIdKey = encodeEventIdKey(entry.roomId, entry.event.event_id);
-        // TODO: map error? or in idb/store?
-        this._timelineStore.add(entry as TimelineEventStorageEntry);
+        this._timelineStore.add(entry as TimelineEventStorageEntry, log);
     }
 
     /** Updates the entry into the store with the given [roomId, eventKey] combination.

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/TimelineFragmentStore.ts

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export class TimelineFragmentStore {
         return this._store.get(encodeKey(roomId, fragmentId));
     }
 
-    removeAllForRoom(roomId: string): Promise<undefined> {
-        return this._store.delete(this._allRange(roomId));
+    removeAllForRoom(roomId: string): void {
+        this._store.delete(this._allRange(roomId));
     }
 }

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/TimelineRelationStore.ts

@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@ export class TimelineRelationStore {
         this._store.add({key: encodeKey(roomId, targetEventId, relType, sourceEventId)});
     }
 
-    remove(roomId: string, targetEventId: string, relType: string, sourceEventId: string): Promise<undefined> {
-        return this._store.delete(encodeKey(roomId, targetEventId, relType, sourceEventId));
+    remove(roomId: string, targetEventId: string, relType: string, sourceEventId: string): void {
+        this._store.delete(encodeKey(roomId, targetEventId, relType, sourceEventId));
     }
 
-    removeAllForTarget(roomId: string, targetId: string): Promise<undefined> {
+    removeAllForTarget(roomId: string, targetId: string): void {
         const range = this._store.IDBKeyRange.bound(
             encodeKey(roomId, targetId, MIN_UNICODE, MIN_UNICODE),
             encodeKey(roomId, targetId, MAX_UNICODE, MAX_UNICODE),
             true,
             true
         );
-        return this._store.delete(range);
+        this._store.delete(range);
     }
 
     async getForTargetAndType(roomId: string, targetId: string, relType: string): Promise<RelationEntry[]> {

src/matrix/storage/idb/stores/UserIdentityStore.ts

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class UserIdentityStore {
         this._store.put(userIdentity);
     }
 
-    remove(userId: string): Promise<undefined> {
-        return this._store.delete(userId);
+    remove(userId: string): void {
+        this._store.delete(userId);
     }
 }

src/matrix/storage/idb/utils.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import { IDBRequestError } from "./error";
 import { StorageError } from "../common";
+import { AbortError } from "../../../utils/error.js";
 
 let needsSyncPromise = false;
 
@@ -112,22 +113,8 @@ export function txnAsPromise(txn): Promise<void> {
             // @ts-ignore
             needsSyncPromise && Promise._flush && Promise._flush();
         });
-        txn.addEventListener("error", event => {
-            const request = event.target;
-            // catch first error here, but don't reject yet,
-            // as we don't have access to the failed request in the abort event handler
-            if (!error && request) {
-                error = new IDBRequestError(request);
-            }
-        });
         txn.addEventListener("abort", event => {
-            if (!error) {
-                const txn = event.target;
-                const dbName = txn.db.name;
-                const storeNames = Array.from(txn.objectStoreNames).join(", ")
-                error = new StorageError(`Transaction on ${dbName} with stores ${storeNames} was aborted.`);
-            }
-            reject(error);
+            reject(new AbortError());
             // @ts-ignore
             needsSyncPromise && Promise._flush && Promise._flush();
         });

src/platform/web/ui/AvatarView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {BaseUpdateView} from "./general/BaseUpdateView.js";
+import {BaseUpdateView} from "./general/BaseUpdateView";
 import {renderStaticAvatar, renderImg} from "./avatar.js";
 
 /*
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class AvatarView extends BaseUpdateView {
         this._avatarTitleChanged();
         this._root = renderStaticAvatar(this.value, this._size);
         // takes care of update being called when needed
-        super.mount(options);
+        this.subscribeOnMount(options);
         return this._root;
     }
 

src/platform/web/ui/RootView.js

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {SessionView} from "./session/SessionView.js";
 import {LoginView} from "./login/LoginView.js";
 import {SessionLoadView} from "./login/SessionLoadView.js";
 import {SessionPickerView} from "./login/SessionPickerView.js";
-import {TemplateView} from "./general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "./general/TemplateView";
 import {StaticView} from "./general/StaticView.js";
 
 export class RootView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/avatar.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {tag, text, classNames, setAttribute} from "./general/html.js";
+import {tag, text, classNames, setAttribute} from "./general/html";
 /**
  * @param  {Object} vm   view model with {avatarUrl, avatarColorNumber, avatarTitle, avatarLetter}
  * @param  {Number} size

src/platform/web/ui/css/themes/element/icons/chevron-down.svg

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg
+   width="17"
+   height="9"
+   viewBox="0 0 17 9"
+   fill="none"
+   version="1.1"
+   id="svg839"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <g
+     clip-path="url(#clip0)"
+     id="g832"
+     transform="rotate(-90,4.3001277,4.8826258)">
+    <path
+       fill-rule="evenodd"
+       clip-rule="evenodd"
+       d="M 8.20723,2.70711 C 8.59775,3.09763 8.59878,3.73182 8.20952,4.1236 L 3.27581,9.08934 8.22556,14.0391 c 0.39052,0.3905 0.39155,1.0247 0.00229,1.4165 -0.38926,0.3918 -1.0214,0.3928 -1.41192,0.0023 L 1.15907,9.80101 C 0.768549,9.41049 0.767523,8.7763 1.15678,8.38452 L 6.79531,2.70939 C 7.18457,2.31761 7.8167,2.31658 8.20723,2.70711 Z"
+       fill="#8d99a5"
+       id="path830" />
+  </g>
+  <defs
+     id="defs837">
+    <clipPath
+       id="clip0">
+      <rect
+         width="8"
+         height="17"
+         fill="#ffffff"
+         transform="rotate(180,4.25,8.5)"
+         id="rect834"
+         x="0"
+         y="0" />
+    </clipPath>
+  </defs>
+</svg>

src/platform/web/ui/css/themes/element/timeline.css

@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
+.Timeline_jumpDown {
+    width: 40px;
+    height: 40px;
+    bottom: 16px;
+    right: 32px;
+    border-radius: 100%;
+    border: 1px solid #8d99a5;
+    background-image: url("./icons/chevron-down.svg");
+    background-position: center;
+    background-color: white;
+    background-repeat: no-repeat;
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+
 .Timeline_message {
     display: grid;
     grid-template:
@@ -362,3 +376,11 @@ only loads when the top comes into view*/
 .GapView > :not(:first-child) {
     margin-left: 12px;
 }
+
+.GapView {
+    padding: 52px 20px;
+}
+
+.GapView.isAtTop {
+    padding: 52px 20px 12px 20px;
+}

src/platform/web/ui/css/timeline.css

@@ -14,13 +14,36 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
+.Timeline {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    position: relative;
+    min-height: 0;
+}
 
-.RoomView_body > ul {
-    overflow-y: auto;
-    overscroll-behavior: contain;
-    list-style: none;
+.Timeline_jumpDown {
+    position: absolute;
+}
+
+.Timeline_scroller {
+    overflow-y: scroll;
+    overscroll-behavior-y: contain;
+    overflow-anchor: none;
     padding: 0;
     margin: 0;
+    /* need to read the offsetTop of tiles relative to this element in TimelineView  */
+    position: relative;
+    min-height: 0;
+    flex: 1 0 0;
+}
+
+.Timeline_scroller > ul {
+    list-style: none;
+    /* use small horizontal padding so first/last children margin isn't collapsed
+    at the edge and a scrollbar shows up when setting margin-top to bottom-align
+    content when there are not yet enough tiles to fill the viewport */
+    padding: 1px 0;
+    margin: 0;
 }
 
 .message-container {
@@ -49,13 +72,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 }
 
 .GapView {
-    visibility: hidden;
     display: flex;
-    padding: 10px 20px;
-}
-
-.GapView.isLoading {
-    visibility: visible;
 }
 
 .GapView > :nth-child(2) {

src/platform/web/ui/general/BaseUpdateView.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
 Copyright 2021 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+Copyright 2021 Daniel Fedorin <danila.fedorin@gmail.com>
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,40 +15,54 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-export class BaseUpdateView {
-    constructor(value) {
+import {IMountArgs, ViewNode, IView} from "./types";
+
+export interface IObservableValue {
+    on?(event: "change", handler: (props?: string[]) => void): void;
+    off?(event: "change", handler: (props?: string[]) => void): void;
+}
+
+export abstract class BaseUpdateView<T extends IObservableValue> implements IView {
+    protected _value: T
+    protected _boundUpdateFromValue: ((props?: string[]) => void) | null
+
+    abstract mount(args?: IMountArgs): ViewNode;
+    abstract root(): ViewNode | undefined;
+    abstract update(...any);
+
+    constructor(value :T) {
         this._value = value;
         // TODO: can avoid this if we adopt the handleEvent pattern in our EventListener
         this._boundUpdateFromValue = null;
     }
 
-    mount(options) {
+    subscribeOnMount(options?: IMountArgs): void {
         const parentProvidesUpdates = options && options.parentProvidesUpdates;
         if (!parentProvidesUpdates) {
             this._subscribe();
         }
     }
 
-    unmount() {
+    unmount(): void {
         this._unsubscribe();
     }
 
-    get value() {
+    get value(): T {
         return this._value;
     }
 
-    _updateFromValue(changedProps) {
+    _updateFromValue(changedProps?: string[]) {
         this.update(this._value, changedProps);
     }
 
-    _subscribe() {
+    _subscribe(): void {
         if (typeof this._value?.on === "function") {
-            this._boundUpdateFromValue = this._updateFromValue.bind(this);
+            this._boundUpdateFromValue = this._updateFromValue.bind(this) as (props?: string[]) => void;
             this._value.on("change", this._boundUpdateFromValue);
         }
     }
 
-    _unsubscribe() {
+    _unsubscribe(): void {
         if (this._boundUpdateFromValue) {
             if (typeof this._value.off === "function") {
                 this._value.off("change", this._boundUpdateFromValue);

src/platform/web/ui/general/LazyListView.js

@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {el} from "./html.js";
-import {mountView} from "./utils.js";
-import {insertAt, ListView} from "./ListView.js";
+import {el} from "./html";
+import {mountView} from "./utils";
+import {ListView} from "./ListView";
+import {insertAt} from "./utils";
 
 class ItemRange {
     constructor(topCount, renderCount, bottomCount) {

src/platform/web/ui/general/ListView.js

@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2020 Bruno Windels <bruno@windels.cloud>
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-import {el} from "./html.js";
-import {mountView} from "./utils.js";
-
-export function insertAt(parentNode, idx, childNode) {
-    const isLast = idx === parentNode.childElementCount;
-    if (isLast) {
-        parentNode.appendChild(childNode);
-    } else {
-        const nextDomNode = parentNode.children[idx];
-        parentNode.insertBefore(childNode, nextDomNode);
-    }
-}
-
-export class ListView {
-    constructor({list, onItemClick, className, tagName = "ul", parentProvidesUpdates = true}, childCreator) {
-        this._onItemClick = onItemClick;
-        this._list = list;
-        this._className = className;
-        this._tagName = tagName;
-        this._root = null;
-        this._subscription = null;
-        this._childCreator = childCreator;
-        this._childInstances = null;
-        this._mountArgs = {parentProvidesUpdates};
-        this._onClick = this._onClick.bind(this);
-    }
-
-    root() {
-        return this._root;
-    }
-
-    update(attributes) {
-        if (attributes.hasOwnProperty("list")) {
-            if (this._subscription) {
-                this._unloadList();
-                while (this._root.lastChild) {
-                    this._root.lastChild.remove();
-                }
-            }
-            this._list = attributes.list;
-            this.loadList();
-        }
-    }
-
-    mount() {
-        const attr = {};
-        if (this._className) {
-            attr.className = this._className;
-        }
-        this._root = el(this._tagName, attr);
-        this.loadList();
-        if (this._onItemClick) {
-            this._root.addEventListener("click", this._onClick);
-        }
-        return this._root;
-    }
-
-    unmount() {
-        if (this._list) {
-            this._unloadList();
-        }
-    }
-
-    _onClick(event) {
-        if (event.target === this._root) {
-            return;
-        }
-        let childNode = event.target;
-        while (childNode.parentNode !== this._root) {
-            childNode = childNode.parentNode;
-        }
-        const index = Array.prototype.indexOf.call(this._root.childNodes, childNode);
-        const childView = this._childInstances[index];
-        this._onItemClick(childView, event);
-    }
-
-    _unloadList() {
-        this._subscription = this._subscription();
-        for (let child of this._childInstances) {
-            child.unmount();
-        }
-        this._childInstances = null;
-    }
-
-    loadList() {
-        if (!this._list) {
-            return;
-        }
-        this._subscription = this._list.subscribe(this);
-        this._childInstances = [];
-        const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
-        for (let item of this._list) {
-            const child = this._childCreator(item);
-            this._childInstances.push(child);
-            fragment.appendChild(mountView(child, this._mountArgs));
-        }
-        this._root.appendChild(fragment);
-    }
-
-    onAdd(idx, value) {
-        this.onBeforeListChanged();
-        const child = this._childCreator(value);
-        this._childInstances.splice(idx, 0, child);
-        insertAt(this._root, idx, mountView(child, this._mountArgs));
-        this.onListChanged();
-    }
-
-    onRemove(idx/*, _value*/) {
-        this.onBeforeListChanged();
-        const [child] = this._childInstances.splice(idx, 1);
-        child.root().remove();
-        child.unmount();
-        this.onListChanged();
-    }
-
-    onMove(fromIdx, toIdx/*, value*/) {
-        this.onBeforeListChanged();
-        const [child] = this._childInstances.splice(fromIdx, 1);
-        this._childInstances.splice(toIdx, 0, child);
-        child.root().remove();
-        insertAt(this._root, toIdx, child.root());
-        this.onListChanged();
-    }
-
-    onUpdate(i, value, params) {
-        if (this._childInstances) {
-            const instance = this._childInstances[i];
-            instance && instance.update(value, params);
-        }
-    }
-
-    recreateItem(index, value) {
-        if (this._childInstances) {
-            const child = this._childCreator(value);
-            if (!child) {
-                this.onRemove(index, value);
-            } else {
-                const [oldChild] = this._childInstances.splice(index, 1, child);
-                this._root.replaceChild(child.mount(this._mountArgs), oldChild.root());
-                oldChild.unmount();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    onBeforeListChanged() {}
-    onListChanged() {}
-}

src/platform/web/ui/general/ListView.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 Bruno Windels <bruno@windels.cloud>
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import {el} from "./html";
+import {mountView, insertAt} from "./utils";
+import {BaseObservableList as ObservableList} from "../../../../observable/list/BaseObservableList.js";
+import {IView, IMountArgs} from "./types";
+
+interface IOptions<T, V> {
+    list: ObservableList<T>,
+    onItemClick?: (childView: V, evt: UIEvent) => void,
+    className?: string,
+    tagName?: string,
+    parentProvidesUpdates?: boolean
+}
+
+type SubscriptionHandle = () => undefined;
+
+export class ListView<T, V extends IView> implements IView {
+
+    private _onItemClick?: (childView: V, evt: UIEvent) => void;
+    private _list: ObservableList<T>;
+    private _className?: string;
+    private _tagName: string;
+    private _root?: Element;
+    private _subscription?: SubscriptionHandle;
+    private _childCreator: (value: T) => V;
+    private _childInstances?: V[];
+    private _mountArgs: IMountArgs;
+
+    constructor(
+        {list, onItemClick, className, tagName = "ul", parentProvidesUpdates = true}: IOptions<T, V>, 
+        childCreator: (value: T) => V
+    ) {
+        this._onItemClick = onItemClick;
+        this._list = list;
+        this._className = className;
+        this._tagName = tagName;
+        this._root = undefined;
+        this._subscription = undefined;
+        this._childCreator = childCreator;
+        this._childInstances = undefined;
+        this._mountArgs = {parentProvidesUpdates};
+    }
+
+    root(): Element | undefined {
+        // won't be undefined when called between mount and unmount
+        return this._root;
+    }
+
+    update(attributes: IOptions<T, V>) {
+        if (attributes.list) {
+            if (this._subscription) {
+                this._unloadList();
+                while (this._root!.lastChild) {
+                    this._root!.lastChild.remove();
+                }
+            }
+            this._list = attributes.list;
+            this.loadList();
+        }
+    }
+
+    mount(): Element {
+        const attr: {[name: string]: any} = {};
+        if (this._className) {
+            attr.className = this._className;
+        }
+        const root = this._root = el(this._tagName, attr);
+        this.loadList();
+        if (this._onItemClick) {
+            root.addEventListener("click", this);
+        }
+        return root;
+    }
+
+    handleEvent(evt: Event) {
+        if (evt.type === "click") {
+            this._handleClick(evt as UIEvent);
+        }
+    }
+
+    unmount(): void {
+        if (this._list) {
+            this._unloadList();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private _handleClick(event: UIEvent) {
+        if (event.target === this._root || !this._onItemClick) {
+            return;
+        }
+        let childNode = event.target as Element;
+        while (childNode.parentNode !== this._root) {
+            childNode = childNode.parentNode as Element;
+        }
+        const index = Array.prototype.indexOf.call(this._root!.childNodes, childNode);
+        const childView = this._childInstances![index];
+        if (childView) {
+            this._onItemClick(childView, event);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private _unloadList() {
+        this._subscription = this._subscription!();
+        for (let child of this._childInstances!) {
+            child.unmount();
+        }
+        this._childInstances = undefined;
+    }
+
+    protected loadList() {
+        if (!this._list) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this._subscription = this._list.subscribe(this);
+        this._childInstances = [];
+        const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
+        for (let item of this._list) {
+            const child = this._childCreator(item);
+            this._childInstances!.push(child);
+            fragment.appendChild(mountView(child, this._mountArgs));
+        }
+        this._root!.appendChild(fragment);
+    }
+
+    protected onAdd(idx: number, value: T) {
+        const child = this._childCreator(value);
+        this._childInstances!.splice(idx, 0, child);
+        insertAt(this._root!, idx, mountView(child, this._mountArgs));
+    }
+
+    protected onRemove(idx: number, value: T) {
+        const [child] = this._childInstances!.splice(idx, 1);
+        child.root()!.remove();
+        child.unmount();
+    }
+
+    protected onMove(fromIdx: number, toIdx: number, value: T) {
+        const [child] = this._childInstances!.splice(fromIdx, 1);
+        this._childInstances!.splice(toIdx, 0, child);
+        child.root()!.remove();
+        insertAt(this._root!, toIdx, child.root()! as Element);
+    }
+
+    protected onUpdate(i: number, value: T, params: any) {
+        if (this._childInstances) {
+            const instance = this._childInstances![i];
+            instance && instance.update(value, params);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected recreateItem(index: number, value: T) {
+        if (this._childInstances) {
+            const child = this._childCreator(value);
+            if (!child) {
+                this.onRemove(index, value);
+            } else {
+                const [oldChild] = this._childInstances!.splice(index, 1, child);
+                this._root!.replaceChild(child.mount(this._mountArgs), oldChild.root()!);
+                oldChild.unmount();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public getChildInstanceByIndex(idx: number): V | undefined {
+        return this._childInstances?.[idx];
+    }
+}

src/platform/web/ui/general/LoadingView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "./TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "./TemplateView";
 import {spinner} from "../common.js";
 
 export class LoadingView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/general/Menu.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "./TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "./TemplateView";
 
 export class Menu extends TemplateView {
     static option(label, callback) {

src/platform/web/ui/general/Popup.js

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export class Popup {
         return true;
     }
 
-    /* fake UIView api, so it can be tracked by a template view as a subview */
+    /* fake IView api, so it can be tracked by a template view as a subview */
     root() {
         return this._fakeRoot;
     }

src/platform/web/ui/general/StaticView.js

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {tag} from "../general/html.js";
+import {tag} from "../general/html";
 
 export class StaticView {
     constructor(value, render = undefined) {

src/platform/web/ui/general/TemplateView.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
 Copyright 2020 Bruno Windels <bruno@windels.cloud>
+Copyright 2021 Daniel Fedorin <danila.fedorin@gmail.com>
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,11 +15,12 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import { setAttribute, text, isChildren, classNames, TAG_NAMES, HTML_NS } from "./html.js";
-import {mountView} from "./utils.js";
-import {BaseUpdateView} from "./BaseUpdateView.js";
+import { setAttribute, text, isChildren, classNames, TAG_NAMES, HTML_NS, ClassNames, Child} from "./html";
+import {mountView} from "./utils";
+import {BaseUpdateView, IObservableValue} from "./BaseUpdateView";
+import {IMountArgs, ViewNode, IView} from "./types";
 
-function objHasFns(obj) {
+function objHasFns(obj: ClassNames<unknown>): obj is { [className: string]: boolean } {
     for(const value of Object.values(obj)) {
         if (typeof value === "function") {
             return true;
@@ -26,6 +28,17 @@ function objHasFns(obj) {
     }
     return false;
 }
+
+
+export type RenderFn<T> = (t: Builder<T>, vm: T) => ViewNode;
+type EventHandler = ((event: Event) => void);
+type AttributeStaticValue = string | boolean;
+type AttributeBinding<T> = (value: T) => AttributeStaticValue;
+export type AttrValue<T> = AttributeStaticValue | AttributeBinding<T> | EventHandler | ClassNames<T>;
+export type Attributes<T> = { [attribute: string]: AttrValue<T> };
+type ElementFn<T> = (attributes?: Attributes<T> | Child | Child[], children?: Child | Child[]) => Element;
+export type Builder<T> = TemplateBuilder<T> & { [tagName in typeof TAG_NAMES[string][number]]: ElementFn<T> };
+
 /**
     Bindable template. Renders once, and allows bindings for given nodes. If you need
     to change the structure on a condition, use a subtemplate (if)
@@ -39,18 +52,21 @@ function objHasFns(obj) {
         - add subviews inside the template
 */
 // TODO: should we rename this to BoundView or something? As opposed to StaticView ...
-export class TemplateView extends BaseUpdateView {
-    constructor(value, render = undefined) {
+export class TemplateView<T extends IObservableValue> extends BaseUpdateView<T> {
+    private _render?: RenderFn<T>;
+    private _eventListeners?: { node: Element, name: string, fn: EventHandler, useCapture: boolean }[] = undefined;
+    private _bindings?: (() => void)[] = undefined;
+    private _root?: ViewNode = undefined;
+    // public because used by TemplateBuilder
+    _subViews?: IView[] = undefined;
+
+    constructor(value: T, render?: RenderFn<T>) {
         super(value);
         // TODO: can avoid this if we have a separate class for inline templates vs class template views
         this._render = render;
-        this._eventListeners = null;
-        this._bindings = null;
-        this._subViews = null;
-        this._root = null;
     }
 
-    _attach() {
+    _attach(): void {
         if (this._eventListeners) {
             for (let {node, name, fn, useCapture} of this._eventListeners) {
                 node.addEventListener(name, fn, useCapture);
@@ -58,7 +74,7 @@ export class TemplateView extends BaseUpdateView {
         }
     }
 
-    _detach() {
+    _detach(): void {
         if (this._eventListeners) {
             for (let {node, name, fn, useCapture} of this._eventListeners) {
                 node.removeEventListener(name, fn, useCapture);
@@ -66,13 +82,13 @@ export class TemplateView extends BaseUpdateView {
         }
     }
 
-    mount(options) {
-        const builder = new TemplateBuilder(this);
+    mount(options?: IMountArgs): ViewNode {
+        const builder = new TemplateBuilder(this) as Builder<T>;
         try {
             if (this._render) {
                 this._root = this._render(builder, this._value);
-            } else if (this.render) {   // overriden in subclass
-                this._root = this.render(builder, this._value);
+            } else if (this["render"]) {   // overriden in subclass
+                this._root = this["render"](builder, this._value);
             } else {
                 throw new Error("no render function passed in, or overriden in subclass");
             }
@@ -80,12 +96,12 @@ export class TemplateView extends BaseUpdateView {
             builder.close();
         }
         // takes care of update being called when needed
-        super.mount(options);
+        this.subscribeOnMount(options);
         this._attach();
-        return this._root;
+        return this._root!;
     }
 
-    unmount() {
+    unmount(): void {
         this._detach();
         super.unmount();
         if (this._subViews) {
@@ -95,11 +111,11 @@ export class TemplateView extends BaseUpdateView {
         }
     }
 
-    root() {
+    root(): ViewNode | undefined {
         return this._root;
     }
 
-    update(value) {
+    update(value: T, props?: string[]): void {
         this._value = value;
         if (this._bindings) {
             for (const binding of this._bindings) {
@@ -108,35 +124,36 @@ export class TemplateView extends BaseUpdateView {
         }
     }
 
-    _addEventListener(node, name, fn, useCapture = false) {
+    _addEventListener(node: Element, name: string, fn: (event: Event) => void, useCapture: boolean = false): void {
         if (!this._eventListeners) {
             this._eventListeners = [];
         }
         this._eventListeners.push({node, name, fn, useCapture});
     }
 
-    _addBinding(bindingFn) {
+    _addBinding(bindingFn: () => void): void {
         if (!this._bindings) {
             this._bindings = [];
         }
         this._bindings.push(bindingFn);
     }
 
-    addSubView(view) {
+    addSubView(view: IView): void {
         if (!this._subViews) {
             this._subViews = [];
         }
         this._subViews.push(view);
     }
 
-    removeSubView(view) {
+    removeSubView(view: IView): void {
+        if (!this._subViews) { return; }
         const idx = this._subViews.indexOf(view);
         if (idx !== -1) {
             this._subViews.splice(idx, 1);
         }
     }
 
-    updateSubViews(value, props) {
+    updateSubViews(value: IObservableValue, props: string[]) {
         if (this._subViews) {
             for (const v of this._subViews) {
                 v.update(value, props);
@@ -146,33 +163,35 @@ export class TemplateView extends BaseUpdateView {
 }
 
 // what is passed to render
-class TemplateBuilder {
-    constructor(templateView) {
+export class TemplateBuilder<T extends IObservableValue> {
+    private _templateView: TemplateView<T>;
+    private _closed: boolean = false;
+
+    constructor(templateView: TemplateView<T>) {
         this._templateView = templateView;
-        this._closed = false;
     }
 
-    close() {
+    close(): void {
         this._closed = true;
     }
 
-    _addBinding(fn) {
+    _addBinding(fn: () => void): void {
         if (this._closed) {
             console.trace("Adding a binding after render will likely cause memory leaks");
         }
         this._templateView._addBinding(fn);
     }
 
-    get _value() {
-        return this._templateView._value;
+    get _value(): T {
+        return this._templateView.value;
     }
 
-    addEventListener(node, name, fn, useCapture = false) {
+    addEventListener(node: Element, name: string, fn: (event: Event) => void, useCapture: boolean = false): void {
         this._templateView._addEventListener(node, name, fn, useCapture);
     }
 
-    _addAttributeBinding(node, name, fn) {
-        let prevValue = undefined;
+    _addAttributeBinding(node: Element, name: string, fn: (value: T) => boolean | string): void {
+        let prevValue: string | boolean | undefined = undefined;
         const binding = () => {
             const newValue = fn(this._value);
             if (prevValue !== newValue) {
@@ -184,11 +203,11 @@ class TemplateBuilder {
         binding();
     }
 
-    _addClassNamesBinding(node, obj) {
+    _addClassNamesBinding(node: Element, obj: ClassNames<T>): void {
         this._addAttributeBinding(node, "className", value => classNames(obj, value));
     }
 
-    _addTextBinding(fn) {
+    _addTextBinding(fn: (value: T) => string): Text {
         const initialValue = fn(this._value);
         const node = text(initialValue);
         let prevValue = initialValue;
@@ -204,21 +223,30 @@ class TemplateBuilder {
         return node;
     }
 
-    _setNodeAttributes(node, attributes) {
+    _isEventHandler(key: string, value: AttrValue<T>): value is (event: Event) => void {
+        // This isn't actually safe, but it's incorrect to feed event handlers to
+        // non-on* attributes.
+        return key.startsWith("on") && key.length > 2 && typeof value === "function";
+    }
+
+    _setNodeAttributes(node: Element, attributes: Attributes<T>): void {
         for(let [key, value] of Object.entries(attributes)) {
-            const isFn = typeof value === "function";
             // binding for className as object of className => enabled
-            if (key === "className" && typeof value === "object" && value !== null) {
+            if (typeof value === "object") {
+                if (key !== "className" || value === null) {
+                    // Ignore non-className objects.
+                    continue;
+                }
                 if (objHasFns(value)) {
                     this._addClassNamesBinding(node, value);
                 } else {
-                    setAttribute(node, key, classNames(value));
+                    setAttribute(node, key, classNames(value, this._value));
                 }
-            } else if (key.startsWith("on") && key.length > 2 && isFn) {
+            } else if (this._isEventHandler(key, value)) {
                 const eventName = key.substr(2, 1).toLowerCase() + key.substr(3);
                 const handler = value;
                 this._templateView._addEventListener(node, eventName, handler);
-            } else if (isFn) {
+            } else if (typeof value === "function") {
                 this._addAttributeBinding(node, key, value);
             } else {
                 setAttribute(node, key, value);
@@ -226,14 +254,14 @@ class TemplateBuilder {
         }
     }
 
-    _setNodeChildren(node, children) {
+    _setNodeChildren(node: Element, children: Child | Child[]): void{
         if (!Array.isArray(children)) {
             children = [children];
         }
         for (let child of children) {
             if (typeof child === "function") {
                 child = this._addTextBinding(child);
-            } else if (!child.nodeType) {
+            } else if (typeof child === "string") {
                 // not a DOM node, turn into text
                 child = text(child);
             }
@@ -241,7 +269,7 @@ class TemplateBuilder {
         }
     }
     
-    _addReplaceNodeBinding(fn, renderNode) {
+    _addReplaceNodeBinding<R>(fn: (value: T) => R, renderNode: (old: ViewNode | null) => ViewNode): ViewNode {
         let prevValue = fn(this._value);
         let node = renderNode(null);
 
@@ -260,14 +288,14 @@ class TemplateBuilder {
         return node;
     }
 
-    el(name, attributes, children) {
+    el(name: string, attributes?: Attributes<T> | Child | Child[], children?: Child | Child[]): ViewNode {
         return this.elNS(HTML_NS, name, attributes, children);
     }
 
-    elNS(ns, name, attributes, children) {
-        if (attributes && isChildren(attributes)) {
+    elNS(ns: string, name: string, attributes?: Attributes<T> | Child | Child[], children?: Child | Child[]): ViewNode {
+        if (attributes !== undefined && isChildren(attributes)) {
             children = attributes;
-            attributes = null;
+            attributes = undefined;
         }
 
         const node = document.createElementNS(ns, name);
@@ -284,20 +312,22 @@ class TemplateBuilder {
 
     // this inserts a view, and is not a view factory for `if`, so returns the root element to insert in the template
     // you should not call t.view() and not use the result (e.g. attach the result to the template DOM tree).
-    view(view, mountOptions = undefined) {
+    view(view: IView, mountOptions?: IMountArgs): ViewNode {
         this._templateView.addSubView(view);
         return mountView(view, mountOptions);
     }
 
     // map a value to a view, every time the value changes
-    mapView(mapFn, viewCreator) {
+    mapView<R>(mapFn: (value: T) => R, viewCreator: (mapped: R) => IView | null): ViewNode {
         return this._addReplaceNodeBinding(mapFn, (prevNode) => {
             if (prevNode && prevNode.nodeType !== Node.COMMENT_NODE) {
                 const subViews = this._templateView._subViews;
-                const viewIdx = subViews.findIndex(v => v.root() === prevNode);
-                if (viewIdx !== -1) {
-                    const [view] = subViews.splice(viewIdx, 1);
-                    view.unmount();
+                if (subViews) {
+                    const viewIdx = subViews.findIndex(v => v.root() === prevNode);
+                    if (viewIdx !== -1) {
+                        const [view] = subViews.splice(viewIdx, 1);
+                        view.unmount();
+                    }
                 }
             }
             const view = viewCreator(mapFn(this._value));
@@ -312,7 +342,7 @@ class TemplateBuilder {
     // Special case of mapView for a TemplateView.
     // Always creates a TemplateView, if this is optional depending
     // on mappedValue, use `if` or `mapView`
-    map(mapFn, renderFn) {
+    map<R>(mapFn: (value: T) => R, renderFn: (mapped: R, t: Builder<T>, vm: T) => ViewNode): ViewNode {
         return this.mapView(mapFn, mappedValue => {
             return new TemplateView(this._value, (t, vm) => {
                 const rootNode = renderFn(mappedValue, t, vm);
@@ -326,7 +356,7 @@ class TemplateBuilder {
         });
     }
 
-    ifView(predicate, viewCreator) {
+    ifView(predicate: (value: T) => boolean, viewCreator: (value: T) => IView): ViewNode {
         return this.mapView(
             value => !!predicate(value),
             enabled => enabled ? viewCreator(this._value) : null
@@ -335,7 +365,7 @@ class TemplateBuilder {
 
     // creates a conditional subtemplate
     // use mapView if you need to map to a different view class
-    if(predicate, renderFn) {
+    if(predicate: (value: T) => boolean, renderFn: (t: Builder<T>, vm: T) => ViewNode) {
         return this.ifView(predicate, vm => new TemplateView(vm, renderFn));
     }
 
@@ -345,8 +375,8 @@ class TemplateBuilder {
     This should only be used if the side-effect won't add any bindings,
     event handlers, ...
     You should not call the TemplateBuilder (e.g. `t.xxx()`) at all from the side effect,
-    instead use tags from html.js to help you construct any DOM you need. */
-    mapSideEffect(mapFn, sideEffect) {
+    instead use tags from html.ts to help you construct any DOM you need. */
+    mapSideEffect<R>(mapFn: (value: T) => R, sideEffect: (newV: R, oldV: R | undefined) => void) {
         let prevValue = mapFn(this._value);
         const binding = () => {
             const newValue = mapFn(this._value);

src/platform/web/ui/general/html.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
 Copyright 2020 Bruno Windels <bruno@windels.cloud>
+Copyright 2021 Daniel Fedorin <danila.fedorin@gmail.com>
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,12 +17,18 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 // DOM helper functions
 
-export function isChildren(children) {
+import {ViewNode} from "./types";
+
+export type ClassNames<T> = { [className: string]: boolean | ((value: T) => boolean) }
+export type BasicAttributes<T> = { [attribute: string]: ClassNames<T> | boolean | string }
+export type Child = string | Text | ViewNode;
+
+export function isChildren(children: object | Child | Child[]): children is Child | Child[] {
     // children should be an not-object (that's the attributes), or a domnode, or an array
-    return typeof children !== "object" || !!children.nodeType || Array.isArray(children);
+    return typeof children !== "object" || "nodeType" in children || Array.isArray(children);
 }
 
-export function classNames(obj, value) {
+export function classNames<T>(obj: ClassNames<T>, value: T): string {
     return Object.entries(obj).reduce((cn, [name, enabled]) => {
         if (typeof enabled === "function") {
             enabled = enabled(value);
@@ -34,7 +41,7 @@ export function classNames(obj, value) {
     }, "");
 }
 
-export function setAttribute(el, name, value) {
+export function setAttribute(el: Element, name: string, value: string | boolean): void {
     if (name === "className") {
         name = "class";
     }
@@ -48,22 +55,24 @@ export function setAttribute(el, name, value) {
     }
 }
 
-export function el(elementName, attributes, children) {
+export function el(elementName: string, attributes?: BasicAttributes<never> | Child | Child[], children?: Child | Child[]): Element {
     return elNS(HTML_NS, elementName, attributes, children);
 }
 
-export function elNS(ns, elementName, attributes, children) {
+export function elNS(ns: string, elementName: string, attributes?: BasicAttributes<never> | Child | Child[], children?: Child | Child[]): Element {
     if (attributes && isChildren(attributes)) {
         children = attributes;
-        attributes = null;
+        attributes = undefined;
     }
 
     const e = document.createElementNS(ns, elementName);
 
     if (attributes) {
         for (let [name, value] of Object.entries(attributes)) {
-            if (name === "className" && typeof value === "object" && value !== null) {
-                value = classNames(value);
+            if (typeof value === "object") {
+                // Only className should ever be an object; be careful
+                // here anyway and ignore object-valued non-className attributes.
+                value = (value !== null && name === "className") ? classNames(value, undefined) : false;
             }
             setAttribute(e, name, value);
         }
@@ -74,7 +83,7 @@ export function elNS(ns, elementName, attributes, children) {
             children = [children];
         }
         for (let c of children) {
-            if (!c.nodeType) {
+            if (typeof c === "string") {
                 c = text(c);
             }
             e.appendChild(c);
@@ -83,12 +92,12 @@ export function elNS(ns, elementName, attributes, children) {
     return e;
 }
 
-export function text(str) {
+export function text(str: string): Text {
     return document.createTextNode(str);
 }
 
-export const HTML_NS = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
-export const SVG_NS = "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";
+export const HTML_NS: string = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
+export const SVG_NS: string = "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";
 
 export const TAG_NAMES = {
     [HTML_NS]: [
@@ -97,10 +106,9 @@ export const TAG_NAMES = {
         "table", "thead", "tbody", "tr", "th", "td", "hr",
         "pre", "code", "button", "time", "input", "textarea", "label", "form", "progress", "output", "video"],
     [SVG_NS]: ["svg", "circle"]
-};
-
-export const tag = {};
+} as const;
 
+export const tag: { [tagName in typeof TAG_NAMES[string][number]]: (attributes?: BasicAttributes<never> | Child | Child[], children?: Child | Child[]) => Element } = {} as any;
 
 for (const [ns, tags] of Object.entries(TAG_NAMES)) {
     for (const tagName of tags) {

src/platform/web/ui/general/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2021 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+Copyright 2021 Daniel Fedorin <danila.fedorin@gmail.com>
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+export interface IMountArgs {
+    // if true, the parent will call update() rather than the view updating itself by binding to a data source.
+    parentProvidesUpdates?: boolean
+};
+
+// Comment nodes can be used as temporary placeholders for Elements, like TemplateView does.
+export type ViewNode = Element | Comment;
+
+export interface IView {
+    mount(args?: IMountArgs): ViewNode;
+    root(): ViewNode | undefined; // should only be called between mount() and unmount()
+    unmount(): void;
+    update(...any); // this isn't really standarized yet
+}

src/platform/web/ui/general/utils.js

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-import {errorToDOM} from "./error.js";
-
-export function mountView(view, mountArgs = undefined) {
-    let node;
-    try {
-        node = view.mount(mountArgs);
-    } catch (err) {
-        node = errorToDOM(err);
-    }
-    return node;
-}

src/platform/web/ui/general/utils.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2020 Bruno Windels <bruno@windels.cloud>
+Copyright 2021 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,11 +14,22 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {tag} from "./html.js";
+import {IView, IMountArgs, ViewNode} from "./types";
+import {tag} from "./html";
 
-export function errorToDOM(error) {
+export function mountView(view: IView, mountArgs?: IMountArgs): ViewNode {
+    let node;
+    try {
+        node = view.mount(mountArgs);
+    } catch (err) {
+        node = errorToDOM(err);
+    }
+    return node;
+}
+
+export function errorToDOM(error: Error): Element {
     const stack = new Error().stack;
-    let callee = null;
+    let callee: string | null = null;
     if (stack) {
         callee = stack.split("\n")[1];
     }
@@ -29,3 +40,13 @@ export function errorToDOM(error) {
         tag.pre(error.stack),
     ]);
 }
+
+export function insertAt(parentNode: Element, idx: number, childNode: Node): void {
+    const isLast = idx === parentNode.childElementCount;
+    if (isLast) {
+        parentNode.appendChild(childNode);
+    } else {
+        const nextDomNode = parentNode.children[idx];
+        parentNode.insertBefore(childNode, nextDomNode);
+    }
+}

src/platform/web/ui/login/CompleteSSOView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView";
 import {SessionLoadStatusView} from "./SessionLoadStatusView.js";
 
 export class CompleteSSOView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/login/LoginView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView";
 import {hydrogenGithubLink} from "./common.js";
 import {PasswordLoginView} from "./PasswordLoginView.js";
 import {CompleteSSOView} from "./CompleteSSOView.js";

src/platform/web/ui/login/PasswordLoginView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView";
 
 export class PasswordLoginView extends TemplateView {
     render(t, vm) {

src/platform/web/ui/login/SessionLoadStatusView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView";
 import {spinner} from "../common.js";
 
 /** a view used both in the login view and the loading screen

src/platform/web/ui/login/SessionLoadView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView";
 import {SessionLoadStatusView} from "./SessionLoadStatusView.js";
 
 export class SessionLoadView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/login/SessionPickerView.js

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {ListView} from "../general/ListView.js";
-import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {ListView} from "../general/ListView";
+import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView";
 import {hydrogenGithubLink} from "./common.js";
 import {SessionLoadStatusView} from "./SessionLoadStatusView.js";
 

src/platform/web/ui/session/RoomGridView.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import {RoomView} from "./room/RoomView.js";
 import {InviteView} from "./room/InviteView.js";
-import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView";
 import {StaticView} from "../general/StaticView.js";
 
 export class RoomGridView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/session/SessionStatusView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView";
 import {spinner} from "../common.js";
 
 export class SessionStatusView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/session/SessionView.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {RoomView} from "./room/RoomView.js";
 import {UnknownRoomView} from "./room/UnknownRoomView.js";
 import {InviteView} from "./room/InviteView.js";
 import {LightboxView} from "./room/LightboxView.js";
-import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../general/TemplateView";
 import {StaticView} from "../general/StaticView.js";
 import {SessionStatusView} from "./SessionStatusView.js";
 import {RoomGridView} from "./RoomGridView.js";

src/platform/web/ui/session/leftpanel/InviteTileView.js

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {renderStaticAvatar} from "../../avatar.js";
 import {spinner} from "../../common.js";
 

src/platform/web/ui/session/leftpanel/LeftPanelView.js

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {ListView} from "../../general/ListView.js";
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {ListView} from "../../general/ListView";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {RoomTileView} from "./RoomTileView.js";
 import {InviteTileView} from "./InviteTileView.js";
 

src/platform/web/ui/session/leftpanel/RoomTileView.js

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {AvatarView} from "../../AvatarView.js";
 
 export class RoomTileView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/session/rightpanel/MemberDetailsView.js

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import {AvatarView} from "../../AvatarView.js";
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 
 export class MemberDetailsView extends TemplateView {
     render(t, vm) {

src/platform/web/ui/session/rightpanel/MemberTileView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {AvatarView} from "../../AvatarView.js";
 
 export class MemberTileView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/session/rightpanel/RightPanelView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {RoomDetailsView} from "./RoomDetailsView.js";
 import {MemberListView} from "./MemberListView.js";
 import {LoadingView} from "../../general/LoadingView.js";

src/platform/web/ui/session/rightpanel/RoomDetailsView.js

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
-import {classNames, tag} from "../../general/html.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
+import {classNames, tag} from "../../general/html";
 import {AvatarView} from "../../AvatarView.js";
 
 export class RoomDetailsView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/InviteView.js

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {renderStaticAvatar} from "../../avatar.js";
 
 export class InviteView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/LightboxView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {spinner} from "../../common.js";
 
 export class LightboxView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/MessageComposer.js

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {Popup} from "../../general/Popup.js";
 import {Menu} from "../../general/Menu.js";
-import {viewClassForEntry} from "./TimelineList.js"
+import {viewClassForEntry} from "./TimelineView"
 
 export class MessageComposer extends TemplateView {
     constructor(viewModel) {

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/RoomArchivedView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 
 export class RoomArchivedView extends TemplateView {
     render(t) {

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/RoomView.js

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {Popup} from "../../general/Popup.js";
 import {Menu} from "../../general/Menu.js";
-import {TimelineList} from "./TimelineList.js";
+import {TimelineView} from "./TimelineView";
 import {TimelineLoadingView} from "./TimelineLoadingView.js";
 import {MessageComposer} from "./MessageComposer.js";
 import {RoomArchivedView} from "./RoomArchivedView.js";
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class RoomView extends TemplateView {
                 t.div({className: "RoomView_error"}, vm => vm.error),
                 t.mapView(vm => vm.timelineViewModel, timelineViewModel => {
                     return timelineViewModel ?
-                        new TimelineList(timelineViewModel) :
+                        new TimelineView(timelineViewModel) :
                         new TimelineLoadingView(vm);    // vm is just needed for i18n
                 }),
                 t.view(bottomView),

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/TimelineList.js

@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2020 Bruno Windels <bruno@windels.cloud>
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-import {ListView} from "../../general/ListView.js";
-import {GapView} from "./timeline/GapView.js";
-import {TextMessageView} from "./timeline/TextMessageView.js";
-import {ImageView} from "./timeline/ImageView.js";
-import {VideoView} from "./timeline/VideoView.js";
-import {FileView} from "./timeline/FileView.js";
-import {MissingAttachmentView} from "./timeline/MissingAttachmentView.js";
-import {AnnouncementView} from "./timeline/AnnouncementView.js";
-import {RedactedView} from "./timeline/RedactedView.js";
-
-export function viewClassForEntry(entry) {
-    switch (entry.shape) {
-        case "gap": return GapView;
-        case "announcement": return AnnouncementView;
-        case "message":
-        case "message-status":
-            return TextMessageView;
-        case "image": return ImageView;
-        case "video": return VideoView;
-        case "file": return FileView;
-        case "missing-attachment": return MissingAttachmentView;
-        case "redacted":
-            return RedactedView;
-    }
-}
-
-export class TimelineList extends ListView {
-    constructor(viewModel) {
-        const options = {
-            className: "Timeline bottom-aligned-scroll",
-            list: viewModel.tiles,
-            onItemClick: (tileView, evt) => tileView.onClick(evt),
-        }
-        super(options, entry => {
-            const View = viewClassForEntry(entry);
-            if (View) {
-                return new View(entry);
-            }
-        });
-        this._atBottom = false;
-        this._onScroll = this._onScroll.bind(this);
-        this._topLoadingPromise = null;
-        this._viewModel = viewModel;
-    }
-
-    async _loadAtTopWhile(predicate) {
-        if (this._topLoadingPromise) {
-            return;
-        }
-        try {
-            while (predicate()) {
-                // fill, not enough content to fill timeline
-                this._topLoadingPromise = this._viewModel.loadAtTop();
-                const shouldStop = await this._topLoadingPromise;
-                if (shouldStop) {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        catch (err) {
-            console.error(err);
-            //ignore error, as it is handled in the VM
-        }
-        finally {
-            this._topLoadingPromise = null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    async _onScroll() {
-        const PAGINATE_OFFSET = 100;
-        const root = this.root();
-        if (root.scrollTop < PAGINATE_OFFSET && !this._topLoadingPromise && this._viewModel) {
-            // to calculate total amountGrown to check when we stop loading
-            let beforeContentHeight = root.scrollHeight;
-            // to adjust scrollTop every time
-            let lastContentHeight = beforeContentHeight;
-            // load until pagination offset is reached again
-            this._loadAtTopWhile(() => {
-                const contentHeight = root.scrollHeight;
-                const amountGrown = contentHeight - beforeContentHeight;
-                root.scrollTop = root.scrollTop + (contentHeight - lastContentHeight);
-                lastContentHeight = contentHeight;
-                return amountGrown < PAGINATE_OFFSET;
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
-    mount() {
-        const root = super.mount();
-        root.addEventListener("scroll", this._onScroll);
-        return root;
-    }
-
-    unmount() {
-        this.root().removeEventListener("scroll", this._onScroll);
-        super.unmount();
-    }
-
-    async loadList() {
-        super.loadList();
-        const root = this.root();
-        // yield so the browser can render the list
-        // and we can measure the content below
-        await Promise.resolve();
-        const {scrollHeight, clientHeight} = root;
-        if (scrollHeight > clientHeight) {
-            root.scrollTop = root.scrollHeight;
-        }
-        // load while viewport is not filled
-        this._loadAtTopWhile(() => {
-            const {scrollHeight, clientHeight} = root;
-            return scrollHeight <= clientHeight;
-        });
-    }
-
-    onBeforeListChanged() {
-        const fromBottom = this._distanceFromBottom();
-        this._atBottom = fromBottom < 1;
-    }
-
-    _distanceFromBottom() {
-        const root = this.root();
-        return root.scrollHeight - root.scrollTop - root.clientHeight;
-    }
-
-    onListChanged() {
-        const root = this.root();
-        if (this._atBottom) {
-            root.scrollTop = root.scrollHeight;
-        }
-    }
-
-    onUpdate(index, value, param) {
-        if (param === "shape") {
-            if (this._childInstances) {
-                const ExpectedClass = viewClassForEntry(value);
-                const child = this._childInstances[index];
-                if (!ExpectedClass || !(child instanceof ExpectedClass)) {
-                    // shape was updated, so we need to recreate the tile view,
-                    // the shape parameter is set in EncryptedEventTile.updateEntry
-                    // (and perhaps elsewhere by the time you read this)
-                    super.recreateItem(index, value);
-                    return;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        super.onUpdate(index, value, param);
-    }
-}

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/TimelineLoadingView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {spinner} from "../../common.js";
 
 export class TimelineLoadingView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/TimelineView.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 Bruno Windels <bruno@windels.cloud>
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import {ListView} from "../../general/ListView";
+import {TemplateView, Builder} from "../../general/TemplateView";
+import {IObservableValue} from "../../general/BaseUpdateView";
+import {GapView} from "./timeline/GapView.js";
+import {TextMessageView} from "./timeline/TextMessageView.js";
+import {ImageView} from "./timeline/ImageView.js";
+import {VideoView} from "./timeline/VideoView.js";
+import {FileView} from "./timeline/FileView.js";
+import {MissingAttachmentView} from "./timeline/MissingAttachmentView.js";
+import {AnnouncementView} from "./timeline/AnnouncementView.js";
+import {RedactedView} from "./timeline/RedactedView.js";
+import {SimpleTile} from "../../../../../domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/SimpleTile.js";
+import {BaseObservableList as ObservableList} from "../../../../../observable/list/BaseObservableList.js";
+
+//import {TimelineViewModel} from "../../../../../domain/session/room/timeline/TimelineViewModel.js";
+interface TimelineViewModel extends IObservableValue {
+    showJumpDown: boolean;
+    tiles: ObservableList<SimpleTile>;
+    setVisibleTileRange(start?: SimpleTile, end?: SimpleTile);
+}
+
+type TileView = GapView | AnnouncementView | TextMessageView |
+    ImageView | VideoView | FileView | MissingAttachmentView | RedactedView;
+type TileViewConstructor = (this: TileView, SimpleTile) => void;
+
+export function viewClassForEntry(entry: SimpleTile): TileViewConstructor | undefined {
+    switch (entry.shape) {
+        case "gap": return GapView;
+        case "announcement": return AnnouncementView;
+        case "message":
+        case "message-status":
+            return TextMessageView;
+        case "image": return ImageView;
+        case "video": return VideoView;
+        case "file": return FileView;
+        case "missing-attachment": return MissingAttachmentView;
+        case "redacted":
+            return RedactedView;
+    }
+}
+
+function bottom(node: HTMLElement): number {
+    return node.offsetTop + node.clientHeight;
+}
+
+function findFirstNodeIndexAtOrBelow(tiles: HTMLElement, top: number, startIndex: number = (tiles.children.length - 1)): number {
+    for (var i = startIndex; i >= 0; i--) {
+        const node = tiles.children[i] as HTMLElement;
+        if (node.offsetTop < top) {
+            return i;
+        }
+    }
+    // return first item if nothing matched before
+    return 0;
+}
+
+export class TimelineView extends TemplateView<TimelineViewModel> {
+
+    private anchoredNode?: HTMLElement;
+    private anchoredBottom: number = 0;
+    private stickToBottom: boolean = true;
+    private tilesView?: TilesListView;
+    private resizeObserver?: ResizeObserver;
+
+    render(t: Builder<TimelineViewModel>, vm: TimelineViewModel) {
+        // assume this view will be mounted in the parent DOM straight away
+        requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+            // do initial scroll positioning
+            this.restoreScrollPosition();
+        });
+        this.tilesView = new TilesListView(vm.tiles, () => this.restoreScrollPosition());
+        const root = t.div({className: "Timeline"}, [
+            t.div({
+                className: "Timeline_scroller bottom-aligned-scroll",
+                onScroll: () => this.onScroll()
+            }, t.view(this.tilesView)),
+            t.button({
+                className: {
+                    "Timeline_jumpDown": true,
+                    hidden: vm => !vm.showJumpDown
+                },
+                title: "Jump down",
+                onClick: () => this.jumpDown()
+            })
+        ]);
+
+        if (typeof ResizeObserver === "function") {
+            this.resizeObserver = new ResizeObserver(() => {
+                this.restoreScrollPosition();
+            });
+            this.resizeObserver.observe(root);
+        }
+
+        return root;
+    }
+
+    private get scrollNode(): HTMLElement {
+        return (this.root()! as HTMLElement).firstElementChild! as HTMLElement;
+    }
+
+    private get tilesNode(): HTMLElement {
+        return this.tilesView!.root()! as HTMLElement;
+    }
+
+    private jumpDown() {
+        const {scrollNode} = this;
+        this.stickToBottom = true;
+        scrollNode.scrollTop = scrollNode.scrollHeight;
+    }
+
+    public unmount() {
+        super.unmount();
+        if (this.resizeObserver) {
+            this.resizeObserver.unobserve(this.root()! as Element);
+            this.resizeObserver = undefined;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private restoreScrollPosition() {
+        const {scrollNode, tilesNode} = this;
+
+        const missingTilesHeight = scrollNode.clientHeight - tilesNode.clientHeight;
+        if (missingTilesHeight > 0) {
+            tilesNode.style.setProperty("margin-top", `${missingTilesHeight}px`);
+            // we don't have enough tiles to fill the viewport, so set all as visible
+            const len = this.value.tiles.length;
+            this.updateVisibleRange(0, len - 1);
+        } else {
+            tilesNode.style.removeProperty("margin-top");
+            if (this.stickToBottom) {
+                scrollNode.scrollTop = scrollNode.scrollHeight;
+            } else if (this.anchoredNode) {
+                const newAnchoredBottom = bottom(this.anchoredNode!);
+                if (newAnchoredBottom !== this.anchoredBottom) {
+                    const bottomDiff = newAnchoredBottom - this.anchoredBottom;
+                    // scrollBy tends to create less scroll jumps than reassigning scrollTop as it does
+                    // not depend on reading scrollTop, which might be out of date as some platforms
+                    // run scrolling off the main thread.
+                    if (typeof scrollNode.scrollBy === "function") {
+                        scrollNode.scrollBy(0, bottomDiff);
+                    } else {
+                        scrollNode.scrollTop = scrollNode.scrollTop + bottomDiff;
+                    }
+                    this.anchoredBottom = newAnchoredBottom;
+                }
+            }
+            // TODO: should we be updating the visible range here as well as the range might have changed even though
+            // we restored the bottom tile
+        }
+    }
+
+    private onScroll(): void {
+        const {scrollNode, tilesNode} = this;
+        const {scrollHeight, scrollTop, clientHeight} = scrollNode;
+
+        let bottomNodeIndex;
+        this.stickToBottom = Math.abs(scrollHeight - (scrollTop + clientHeight)) < 1;
+        if (this.stickToBottom) {
+            const len = this.value.tiles.length;
+            bottomNodeIndex = len - 1;
+        } else {
+            const viewportBottom = scrollTop + clientHeight;
+            const anchoredNodeIndex = findFirstNodeIndexAtOrBelow(tilesNode, viewportBottom);
+            this.anchoredNode = tilesNode.childNodes[anchoredNodeIndex] as HTMLElement;
+            this.anchoredBottom = bottom(this.anchoredNode!);
+            bottomNodeIndex = anchoredNodeIndex;
+        }
+        let topNodeIndex = findFirstNodeIndexAtOrBelow(tilesNode, scrollTop, bottomNodeIndex);
+        this.updateVisibleRange(topNodeIndex, bottomNodeIndex);
+    }
+
+    private updateVisibleRange(startIndex: number, endIndex: number) {
+        // can be undefined, meaning the tiles collection is still empty
+        const firstVisibleChild = this.tilesView!.getChildInstanceByIndex(startIndex);
+        const lastVisibleChild = this.tilesView!.getChildInstanceByIndex(endIndex);
+        this.value.setVisibleTileRange(firstVisibleChild?.value, lastVisibleChild?.value);
+    }
+}
+
+class TilesListView extends ListView<SimpleTile, TileView> {
+
+    private onChanged: () => void;
+
+    constructor(tiles: ObservableList<SimpleTile>, onChanged: () => void) {
+        const options = {
+            list: tiles,
+            onItemClick: (tileView, evt) => tileView.onClick(evt),
+        };
+        super(options, entry => {
+            const View = viewClassForEntry(entry);
+            if (View) {
+                return new View(entry);
+            }
+        });
+        this.onChanged = onChanged;
+    }
+
+    protected onUpdate(index: number, value: SimpleTile, param: any) {
+        if (param === "shape") {
+            const ExpectedClass = viewClassForEntry(value);
+            const child = this.getChildInstanceByIndex(index);
+            if (!ExpectedClass || !(child instanceof ExpectedClass)) {
+                // shape was updated, so we need to recreate the tile view,
+                // the shape parameter is set in EncryptedEventTile.updateEntry
+                // (and perhaps elsewhere by the time you read this)
+                super.recreateItem(index, value);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        super.onUpdate(index, value, param);
+        this.onChanged();
+    }
+
+    protected onAdd(idx: number, value: SimpleTile) {
+        super.onAdd(idx, value);
+        this.onChanged();
+    }
+
+    protected onRemove(idx: number, value: SimpleTile) {
+        super.onRemove(idx, value);
+        this.onChanged();
+    }
+
+    protected onMove(fromIdx: number, toIdx: number, value: SimpleTile) {
+        super.onMove(fromIdx, toIdx, value);
+        this.onChanged();
+    }
+}

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/UnknownRoomView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 
 export class UnknownRoomView extends TemplateView {
     render(t, vm) {

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/AnnouncementView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../../general/TemplateView";
 
 export class AnnouncementView extends TemplateView {
     render(t) {

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/BaseMessageView.js

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import {renderStaticAvatar} from "../../../avatar.js";
-import {tag} from "../../../general/html.js";
-import {mountView} from "../../../general/utils.js";
-import {TemplateView} from "../../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {tag} from "../../../general/html";
+import {mountView} from "../../../general/utils";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../../general/TemplateView";
 import {Popup} from "../../../general/Popup.js";
 import {Menu} from "../../../general/Menu.js";
 import {ReactionsView} from "./ReactionsView.js";
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ export class BaseMessageView extends TemplateView {
     }
 
     render(t, vm) {
+        const children = [this.renderMessageBody(t, vm)];
+        if (this._interactive) {
+            children.push(t.button({className: "Timeline_messageOptions"}, "⋯"));
+        }
         const li = t.el(this._tagName, {className: {
             "Timeline_message": true,
             own: vm.isOwn,
@@ -40,13 +44,7 @@ export class BaseMessageView extends TemplateView {
             unverified: vm.isUnverified,
             disabled: !this._interactive,
             continuation: vm => vm.isContinuation,
-        }}, [
-            // dynamically added and removed nodes are handled below
-            this.renderMessageBody(t, vm),
-            // should be after body as it is overlayed on top
-            this._interactive ? t.button({className: "Timeline_messageOptions"}, "⋯") : [],
-        ]);
-        const avatar = t.a({href: vm.memberPanelLink, className: "Timeline_messageAvatar"}, [renderStaticAvatar(vm, 30)]);
+        }}, children);
         // given that there can be many tiles, we don't add
         // unneeded DOM nodes in case of a continuation, and we add it
         // with a side-effect binding to not have to create sub views,
@@ -57,8 +55,10 @@ export class BaseMessageView extends TemplateView {
                 li.removeChild(li.querySelector(".Timeline_messageAvatar"));
                 li.removeChild(li.querySelector(".Timeline_messageSender"));
             } else if (!isContinuation) {
+                const avatar = tag.a({href: vm.memberPanelLink, className: "Timeline_messageAvatar"}, [renderStaticAvatar(vm, 30)]);
+                const sender = tag.div({className: `Timeline_messageSender usercolor${vm.avatarColorNumber}`}, vm.displayName);
                 li.insertBefore(avatar, li.firstChild);
-                li.insertBefore(tag.div({className: `Timeline_messageSender usercolor${vm.avatarColorNumber}`}, vm.displayName), li.firstChild);
+                li.insertBefore(sender, li.firstChild);
             }
         });
         // similarly, we could do this with a simple ifView,

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/GapView.js

@@ -14,19 +14,23 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../../general/TemplateView";
 import {spinner} from "../../../common.js";
 
 export class GapView extends TemplateView {
-    render(t, vm) {
+    render(t) {
         const className = {
             GapView: true,
-            isLoading: vm => vm.isLoading
+            isLoading: vm => vm.isLoading,
+            isAtTop: vm => vm.isAtTop,
         };
         return t.li({className}, [
             spinner(t),
-            t.div(vm.i18n`Loading more messages …`),
+            t.div(vm => vm.isLoading ? vm.i18n`Loading more messages …` : vm.i18n`Not loading!`),
             t.if(vm => vm.error, t => t.strong(vm => vm.error))
         ]);
     }
+
+    /* This is called by the parent ListView, which just has 1 listener for the whole list */
+    onClick() {}
 }

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/ReactionsView.js

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {ListView} from "../../../general/ListView.js";
-import {TemplateView} from "../../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {ListView} from "../../../general/ListView";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../../general/TemplateView";
 
 export class ReactionsView extends ListView {
     constructor(reactionsViewModel) {

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {tag, text} from "../../../general/html.js";
+import {tag, text} from "../../../general/html";
 import {BaseMessageView} from "./BaseMessageView.js";
 
 export class TextMessageView extends BaseMessageView {

src/platform/web/ui/session/settings/SessionBackupSettingsView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {StaticView} from "../../general/StaticView.js";
 
 export class SessionBackupSettingsView extends TemplateView {

src/platform/web/ui/session/settings/SettingsView.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView.js";
+import {TemplateView} from "../../general/TemplateView";
 import {SessionBackupSettingsView} from "./SessionBackupSettingsView.js"
 
 export class SettingsView extends TemplateView {

src/utils/EventEmitter.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
 Copyright 2020 Bruno Windels <bruno@windels.cloud>
+Copyright 2021 Daniel Fedorin <danila.fedorin@gmail.com>
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,28 +15,30 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-export class EventEmitter {
+type Handler<T> = (value?: T) => void;
+
+export class EventEmitter<T> {
+    private _handlersByName: { [event in keyof T]?: Set<Handler<T[event]>> }
+
     constructor() {
         this._handlersByName = {};
     }
 
-    emit(name, ...values) {
+    emit<K extends keyof T>(name: K, value?: T[K]): void {
         const handlers = this._handlersByName[name];
         if (handlers) {
-            for(const h of handlers) {
-                h(...values);
-            }
+            handlers.forEach(h => h(value));
         }
     }
 
-    disposableOn(name, callback) {
+    disposableOn<K extends keyof T>(name: K, callback: Handler<T[K]>): () => void {
         this.on(name, callback);
         return () => {
             this.off(name, callback);
         }
     }
 
-    on(name, callback) {
+    on<K extends keyof T>(name: K, callback: Handler<T[K]>): void {
         let handlers = this._handlersByName[name];
         if (!handlers) {
             this.onFirstSubscriptionAdded(name);
@@ -44,27 +47,27 @@ export class EventEmitter {
         handlers.add(callback);
     }
 
-    off(name, callback) {
+    off<K extends keyof T>(name: K, callback: Handler<T[K]>): void {
         const handlers = this._handlersByName[name];
         if (handlers) {
             handlers.delete(callback);
-            if (handlers.length === 0) {
+            if (handlers.size === 0) {
                 delete this._handlersByName[name];
                 this.onLastSubscriptionRemoved(name);
             }
         }
     }
 
-    onFirstSubscriptionAdded(/* name */) {}
+    onFirstSubscriptionAdded<K extends keyof T>(name: K): void {}
 
-    onLastSubscriptionRemoved(/* name */) {}
+    onLastSubscriptionRemoved<K extends keyof T>(name: K): void {}
 }
 
 export function tests() {
     return {
         test_on_off(assert) {
             let counter = 0;
-            const e = new EventEmitter();
+            const e = new EventEmitter<{ change: never }>();
             const callback = () => counter += 1;
             e.on("change", callback);
             e.emit("change");
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ export function tests() {
 
         test_emit_value(assert) {
             let value = 0;
-            const e = new EventEmitter();
+            const e = new EventEmitter<{ change: number }>();
             const callback = (v) => value = v;
             e.on("change", callback);
             e.emit("change", 5);
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ export function tests() {
 
         test_double_on(assert) {
             let counter = 0;
-            const e = new EventEmitter();
+            const e = new EventEmitter<{ change: never }>();
             const callback = () => counter += 1;
             e.on("change", callback);
             e.on("change", callback);