hide sender name if previous message was by same sender

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

@@ -95,8 +95,14 @@ export default class TilesCollection extends BaseObservableList {
 
         const newTile = this._tileCreator(entry, this._emitSpontanousUpdate);
         if (newTile) {
-            prevTile && prevTile.updateNextSibling(newTile);
-            nextTile && nextTile.updatePreviousSibling(newTile);
+            if (prevTile) {
+                prevTile.updateNextSibling(newTile);
+                newTile.updatePreviousSibling(prevTile);
+            }
+            if (nextTile) {
+                newTile.updateNextSibling(nextTile);
+                nextTile.updatePreviousSibling(newTile);
+            }
             this._tiles.splice(tileIdx, 0, newTile);
             this.emitAdd(tileIdx, newTile);
         }

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

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export default class MessageTile extends SimpleTile {
         super(options);
         this._isOwn = this._entry.event.sender === options.ownUserId;
         this._date = new Date(this._entry.event.origin_server_ts);
+        this._isContinuation = false;
     }
 
     get shape() {
@@ -28,8 +29,21 @@ export default class MessageTile extends SimpleTile {
         return this._isOwn;
     }
 
+    get isContinuation() {
+        return this._isContinuation;
+    }
+
     _getContent() {
         const event = this._entry.event;
         return event && event.content;
     }
+
+    updatePreviousSibling(prev) {
+        super.updatePreviousSibling(prev);
+        const isContinuation = prev && prev instanceof MessageTile && prev.sender === this.sender;
+        if (isContinuation !== this._isContinuation) {
+            this._isContinuation = isContinuation;
+            this.emitUpdate("isContinuation");
+        }
+    }
 }

src/ui/web/general/ListView.js

@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ export default class ListView {
     }
 
     onUpdate(i, value, params) {
-        this._childInstances[i].update(value, params);
+        if (this._childInstances) {
+            const instance = this._childInstances[i];
+            instance && instance.update(value, params);
+        }
     }
 
     onBeforeListChanged() {}

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

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export default class TextMessageView extends TemplateView {
         return t.li(
             {className: {"TextMessageView": true, own: vm.isOwn}},
             t.div({className: "message-container"}, [
-                t.div({className: "sender"}, vm.sender),
+                t.div({className: "sender"}, vm => vm.isContinuation ? "" : vm.sender),
                 t.p([vm.text, t.time(vm.time)]),
             ])
         );