Handle replies in EventEntry

src/domain/session/room/RoomViewModel.js

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export class RoomViewModel extends ViewModel {
         this._room.join();
     }
     
-    async _sendMessage(message, reply) {
+    async _sendMessage(message, replyingTo) {
         if (!this._room.isArchived && message) {
             try {
                 let msgtype = "m.text";
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ export class RoomViewModel extends ViewModel {
                     message = message.substr(4).trim();
                     msgtype = "m.emote";
                 }
-                const content = {msgtype, body: message};
+                if (replyingTo) {
-                if (reply) {
+                    await replyingTo.reply(msgtype, message);
-                    content["m.relates_to"] = reply;
+                } else {
+                    await this._room.sendEvent("m.room.message", {msgtype, body: message});
                 }
-                await this._room.sendEvent("m.room.message", content);
             } catch (err) {
                 console.error(`room.sendMessage(): ${err.message}:\n${err.stack}`);
                 this._sendError = err;
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class ComposerViewModel extends ViewModel {
     }
 
     sendMessage(message) {
-        const success = this._roomVM._sendMessage(message, this._replyVM?.reply());
+        const success = this._roomVM._sendMessage(message, this._replyVM);
         if (success) {
             this._isEmpty = true;
             this.emitChange("canSend");

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

@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ export class BaseMessageTile extends SimpleTile {
         this._roomVM.startReply(this);
     }
 
-    reply() {
+    reply(msgtype, body) {
-        return this._entry.reply();
+        return this._room.sendEvent("m.room.message", this._entry.reply(msgtype, body));
     }
 
     redact(reason, log) {

src/matrix/room/timeline/entries/BaseEventEntry.js

@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ export class BaseEventEntry extends BaseEntry {
         return createAnnotation(this.id, key);
     }
 
-    reply() {
+    reply(msgtype, body) {
-        return createReply(this.id);
+        return createReply(this.id, msgtype, body);
     }
 
     /** takes both remote event id and local txn id into account, see overriding in PendingEventEntry */

src/matrix/room/timeline/relations.js

@@ -29,10 +29,14 @@ export function createAnnotation(targetId, key) {
     };
 }
 
-export function createReply(targetId) {
+export function createReply(targetId, msgtype, body) {
     return {
-        "m.in_reply_to": {
+        msgtype,
-            "event_id": targetId
+        body,
+        "m.relates_to": {
+            "m.in_reply_to": {
+                "event_id": targetId
+            }
         }
     };
 }