element-web/src/components/structures/TimelinePanel.js

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var React = require('react');
var ReactDOM = require("react-dom");
var q = require("q");

var Matrix = require("matrix-js-sdk");
var EventTimeline = Matrix.EventTimeline;

var sdk = require('../../index');
var MatrixClientPeg = require("../../MatrixClientPeg");
var dis = require("../../dispatcher");
var ObjectUtils = require('../../ObjectUtils');
var Modal = require("../../Modal");
var UserActivity = require("../../UserActivity");
var KeyCode = require('../../KeyCode');

var PAGINATE_SIZE = 20;
var INITIAL_SIZE = 20;
var TIMELINE_CAP = 250; // the most events to show in a timeline

var DEBUG = false;

if (DEBUG) {
    // using bind means that we get to keep useful line numbers in the console
    var debuglog = console.log.bind(console);
} else {
    var debuglog = function () {};
}

/*
 * Component which shows the event timeline in a room view.
 *
 * Also responsible for handling and sending read receipts.
 */
var TimelinePanel = React.createClass({
    displayName: 'TimelinePanel',

    propTypes: {
        // The js-sdk Room object for the room whose timeline we are
        // representing.
        room: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired,

        // true to give the component a 'display: none' style.
        hidden: React.PropTypes.bool,

        // ID of an event to highlight. If undefined, no event will be highlighted.
        // typically this will be either 'eventId' or undefined.
        highlightedEventId: React.PropTypes.string,

        // id of an event to jump to. If not given, will go to the end of the
        // live timeline.
        eventId: React.PropTypes.string,

        // where to position the event given by eventId, in pixels from the
        // bottom of the viewport. If not given, will try to put the event
        // half way down the viewport.
        eventPixelOffset: React.PropTypes.number,

        // Should we show URL Previews
        showUrlPreview: React.PropTypes.bool,

        // callback which is called when the panel is scrolled.
        onScroll: React.PropTypes.func,

        // callback which is called when the read-up-to mark is updated.
        onReadMarkerUpdated: React.PropTypes.func,

        // opacity for dynamic UI fading effects
        opacity: React.PropTypes.number,
    },

    statics: {
        // a map from room id to read marker event ID
        roomReadMarkerMap: {},

        // a map from room id to read marker event timestamp
        roomReadMarkerTsMap: {},
    },

    getInitialState: function() {
        var initialReadMarker =
            TimelinePanel.roomReadMarkerMap[this.props.room.roomId]
                       || this._getCurrentReadReceipt();

        return {
            events: [],
            timelineLoading: true, // track whether our room timeline is loading

            // canBackPaginate == false may mean:
            //
            // * we haven't (successfully) loaded the timeline yet, or:
            //
            // * we have got to the point where the room was created, or:
            //
            // * the server indicated that there were no more visible events
            //  (normally implying we got to the start of the room), or:
            //
            // * we gave up asking the server for more events
            canBackPaginate: false,

            // canForwardPaginate == false may mean:
            //
            // * we haven't (successfully) loaded the timeline yet
            //
            // * we have got to the end of time and are now tracking the live
            //   timeline, or:
            //
            // * the server indicated that there were no more visible events
            //   (not sure if this ever happens when we're not at the live
            //   timeline), or:
            //
            // * we are looking at some historical point, but gave up asking
            //   the server for more events
            canForwardPaginate: false,

            // start with the read-marker visible, so that we see its animated
            // disappearance when swtitching into the room.
            readMarkerVisible: true,

            readMarkerEventId: initialReadMarker,

            backPaginating: false,
            forwardPaginating: false,
        };
    },

    componentWillMount: function() {
        debuglog("TimelinePanel: mounting");

        this.last_rr_sent_event_id = undefined;

        this.dispatcherRef = dis.register(this.onAction);
        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("Room.timeline", this.onRoomTimeline);
        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("Room.timelineReset", this.onRoomTimelineReset);
        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("Room.redaction", this.onRoomRedaction);
        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("Room.receipt", this.onRoomReceipt);
        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("Room.localEchoUpdated", this.onLocalEchoUpdated);

        this._initTimeline(this.props);
    },

    componentWillReceiveProps: function(newProps) {
        if (newProps.room !== this.props.room) {
            // throw new Error("changing room on a TimelinePanel is not supported");

            // regrettably, this does happen; in particular, when joining a
            // room with /join. In that case, there are two Rooms in
            // circulation - one which is created by the MatrixClient.joinRoom
            // call and used to create the RoomView, and a second which is
            // created by the sync loop once the room comes back down the /sync
            // pipe. Once the latter happens, our room is replaced with the new one.
            //
            // for now, just warn about this. But we're going to end up paginating
            // both rooms separately, and it's all bad.
            console.warn("Replacing room on a TimelinePanel - confusion may ensue");
        }

        if (newProps.eventId != this.props.eventId) {
            console.log("TimelinePanel switching to eventId " + newProps.eventId +
                        " (was " + this.props.eventId + ")");
            return this._initTimeline(newProps);
        }
    },

    shouldComponentUpdate: function(nextProps, nextState) {
        if (!ObjectUtils.shallowEqual(this.props, nextProps)) {
            if (DEBUG) {
                console.group("Timeline.shouldComponentUpdate: props change");
                console.log("props before:", this.props);
                console.log("props after:", nextProps);
                console.groupEnd();
            }
            return true;
        }

        if (!ObjectUtils.shallowEqual(this.state, nextState)) {
            if (DEBUG) {
                console.group("Timeline.shouldComponentUpdate: state change");
                console.log("state before:", this.state);
                console.log("state after:", nextState);
                console.groupEnd();
            }
            return true;
        }

        return false;
    },

    componentWillUnmount: function() {
        // set a boolean to say we've been unmounted, which any pending
        // promises can use to throw away their results.
        //
        // (We could use isMounted, but facebook have deprecated that.)
        this.unmounted = true;

        dis.unregister(this.dispatcherRef);

        var client = MatrixClientPeg.get();
        if (client) {
            client.removeListener("Room.timeline", this.onRoomTimeline);
            client.removeListener("Room.timelineReset", this.onRoomTimelineReset);
            client.removeListener("Room.redaction", this.onRoomRedaction);
            client.removeListener("Room.receipt", this.onRoomReceipt);
            client.removeListener("Room.localEchoUpdated", this.onLocalEchoUpdated);
        }
    },

    // set off a pagination request.
    onMessageListFillRequest: function(backwards) {
        var dir = backwards ? EventTimeline.BACKWARDS : EventTimeline.FORWARDS;
        var canPaginateKey = backwards ? 'canBackPaginate' : 'canForwardPaginate';
        var paginatingKey = backwards ? 'backPaginating' : 'forwardPaginating';

        if (!this.state[canPaginateKey]) {
            debuglog("TimelinePanel: have given up", dir, "paginating this timeline");
            return q(false);
        }

        if(!this._timelineWindow.canPaginate(dir)) {
            debuglog("TimelinePanel: can't", dir, "paginate any further");
            this.setState({[canPaginateKey]: false});
            return q(false);
        }

        debuglog("TimelinePanel: Initiating paginate; backwards:"+backwards);
        this.setState({[paginatingKey]: true});

        return this._timelineWindow.paginate(dir, PAGINATE_SIZE).then((r) => {
            if (this.unmounted) { return; }

            debuglog("TimelinePanel: paginate complete backwards:"+backwards+"; success:"+r);

            var newState = {
                [paginatingKey]: false,
                [canPaginateKey]: r,
                events: this._getEvents(),
            };

            // moving the window in this direction may mean that we can now
            // paginate in the other where we previously could not.
            var otherDirection = backwards ? EventTimeline.FORWARDS : EventTimeline.BACKWARDS;
            var canPaginateOtherWayKey = backwards ? 'canForwardPaginate' : 'canBackPaginate';
            if (!this.state[canPaginateOtherWayKey] &&
                    this._timelineWindow.canPaginate(otherDirection)) {
                debuglog('TimelinePanel: can now', otherDirection, 'paginate again');
                newState[canPaginateOtherWayKey] = true;
            }

            this.setState(newState);

            return r;
        });
    },

    onMessageListScroll: function () {
        if (this.props.onScroll) {
            this.props.onScroll();
        }

        // we hide the read marker when it first comes onto the screen, but if
        // it goes back off the top of the screen (presumably because the user
        // clicks on the 'jump to bottom' button), we need to re-enable it.
        if (this.getReadMarkerPosition() < 0) {
            this.setState({readMarkerVisible: true});
        }
    },

    onAction: function(payload) {
        switch (payload.action) {
            case 'user_activity':
            case 'user_activity_end':
                // we could treat user_activity_end differently and not
                // send receipts for messages that have arrived between
                // the actual user activity and the time they stopped
                // being active, but let's see if this is actually
                // necessary.
                this.sendReadReceipt();
                this.updateReadMarker();
                break;
        }
    },

    onRoomTimeline: function(ev, room, toStartOfTimeline, removed, data) {
        // ignore events for other rooms
        if (room !== this.props.room) return;

        // ignore anything but real-time updates at the end of the room:
        // updates from pagination will happen when the paginate completes.
        if (toStartOfTimeline || !data || !data.liveEvent) return;

        if (!this.refs.messagePanel) return;

        if (!this.refs.messagePanel.getScrollState().stuckAtBottom) {
            // we won't load this event now, because we don't want to push any
            // events off the other end of the timeline. But we need to note
            // that we can now paginate.
            this.setState({canForwardPaginate: true});
            return;
        }

        // tell the timeline window to try to advance itself, but not to make
        // an http request to do so.
        //
        // we deliberately avoid going via the ScrollPanel for this call - the
        // ScrollPanel might already have an active pagination promise, which
        // will fail, but would stop us passing the pagination request to the
        // timeline window.
        //
        // see https://github.com/vector-im/vector-web/issues/1035
        this._timelineWindow.paginate(EventTimeline.FORWARDS, 1, false).done(() => {
            if (this.unmounted) { return; }

            var events = this._timelineWindow.getEvents();
            var lastEv = events[events.length-1];

            // if we're at the end of the live timeline, append the pending events
            if (!this._timelineWindow.canPaginate(EventTimeline.FORWARDS)) {
                events.push(... this.props.room.getPendingEvents());
            }

            var updatedState = {events: events};

            // when a new event arrives when the user is not watching the
            // window, but the window is in its auto-scroll mode, make sure the
            // read marker is visible.
            //
            // We ignore events we have sent ourselves; we don't want to see the
            // read-marker when a remote echo of an event we have just sent takes
            // more than the timeout on userCurrentlyActive.
            //
            var myUserId = MatrixClientPeg.get().credentials.userId;
            var sender = ev.sender ? ev.sender.userId : null;
            var callback = null;
            if (sender != myUserId && !UserActivity.userCurrentlyActive()) {
                updatedState.readMarkerVisible = true;
            } else if(lastEv && this.getReadMarkerPosition() === 0) {
                // we know we're stuckAtBottom, so we can advance the RM
                // immediately, to save a later render cycle
                this._setReadMarker(lastEv.getId(), lastEv.getTs(), true);
                updatedState.readMarkerVisible = false;
                updatedState.readMarkerEventId = lastEv.getId();
                callback = this.props.onReadMarkerUpdated;
            }

            this.setState(updatedState, callback);
        });
    },

    onRoomTimelineReset: function(room) {
        if (room !== this.props.room) return;

        if (this.refs.messagePanel && this.refs.messagePanel.isAtBottom()) {
            this._loadTimeline();
        }
    },

    onRoomRedaction: function(ev, room) {
        if (this.unmounted) return;

        // ignore events for other rooms
        if (room !== this.props.room) return;

        // we could skip an update if the event isn't in our timeline,
        // but that's probably an early optimisation.
        this.forceUpdate();
    },

    onRoomReceipt: function(ev, room) {
        if (this.unmounted) return;

        // ignore events for other rooms
        if (room !== this.props.room) return;

        this.forceUpdate();
    },

    onLocalEchoUpdated: function(ev, room, oldEventId) {
        if (this.unmounted) return;

        // ignore events for other rooms
        if (room !== this.props.room) return;

        this._reloadEvents();
    },


    sendReadReceipt: function() {
        if (!this.refs.messagePanel) return;

        // if we are scrolled to the bottom, do a quick-reset of our unreadNotificationCount
        // to avoid having to wait from the remote echo from the homeserver.
        if (this.isAtEndOfLiveTimeline()) {
            this.props.room.setUnreadNotificationCount('total', 0);
            this.props.room.setUnreadNotificationCount('highlight', 0);
            // XXX: i'm a bit surprised we don't have to emit an event or dispatch to get this picked up
        }

        var currentReadUpToEventId = this._getCurrentReadReceipt(true);
        var currentReadUpToEventIndex = this._indexForEventId(currentReadUpToEventId);

        // We want to avoid sending out read receipts when we are looking at
        // events in the past which are before the latest RR.
        //
        // For now, let's apply a heuristic: if (a) the event corresponding to
        // the latest RR (either from the server, or sent by ourselves) doesn't
        // appear in our timeline, and (b) we could forward-paginate the event
        // timeline, then don't send any more RRs.
        //
        // This isn't watertight, as we could be looking at a section of
        // timeline which is *after* the latest RR (so we should actually send
        // RRs) - but that is a bit of a niche case. It will sort itself out when
        // the user eventually hits the live timeline.
        //
        if (currentReadUpToEventId && currentReadUpToEventIndex === null &&
                this._timelineWindow.canPaginate(EventTimeline.FORWARDS)) {
            return;
        }

        var lastReadEventIndex = this._getLastDisplayedEventIndex({
            ignoreOwn: true
        });
        if (lastReadEventIndex === null) return;

        var lastReadEvent = this.state.events[lastReadEventIndex];

        // we also remember the last read receipt we sent to avoid spamming the
        // same one at the server repeatedly
        if (lastReadEventIndex > currentReadUpToEventIndex
                && this.last_rr_sent_event_id != lastReadEvent.getId()) {
            this.last_rr_sent_event_id = lastReadEvent.getId();
            MatrixClientPeg.get().sendReadReceipt(lastReadEvent).catch(() => {
                // it failed, so allow retries next time the user is active
                this.last_rr_sent_event_id = undefined;
            });
        }
    },

    // if the read marker is on the screen, we can now assume we've caught up to the end
    // of the screen, so move the marker down to the bottom of the screen.
    updateReadMarker: function() {
        if (this.getReadMarkerPosition() !== 0) {
            return;
        }

        // move the RM to *after* the message at the bottom of the screen. This
        // avoids a problem whereby we never advance the RM if there is a huge
        // message which doesn't fit on the screen.
        //
        // But ignore local echoes for this - they have a temporary event ID
        // and we'll get confused when their ID changes and we can't figure out
        // where the RM is pointing to. The read marker will be invisible for
        // now anyway, so this doesn't really matter.
        var lastDisplayedIndex = this._getLastDisplayedEventIndex({
            allowPartial: true,
            ignoreEchoes: true,
        });

        if (lastDisplayedIndex === null) {
            return;
        }

        var lastDisplayedEvent = this.state.events[lastDisplayedIndex];
        this._setReadMarker(lastDisplayedEvent.getId(),
                            lastDisplayedEvent.getTs());

        // the read-marker should become invisible, so that if the user scrolls
        // down, they don't see it.
        if(this.state.readMarkerVisible) {
            this.setState({
                readMarkerVisible: false,
            });
        }
    },


    // advance the read marker past any events we sent ourselves.
    _advanceReadMarkerPastMyEvents: function() {
        // we call _timelineWindow.getEvents() rather than using
        // this.state.events, because react batches the update to the latter, so it
        // may not have been updated yet.
        var events = this._timelineWindow.getEvents();

        // first find where the current RM is
        for (var i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
            if (events[i].getId() == this.state.readMarkerEventId)
                break;
        }
        if (i >= events.length) {
            return;
        }

        // now think about advancing it
        var myUserId = MatrixClientPeg.get().credentials.userId;
        for (i++; i < events.length; i++) {
            var ev = events[i];
            if (!ev.sender || ev.sender.userId != myUserId) {
                break;
            }
        }
        // i is now the first unread message which we didn't send ourselves.
        i--;

        var ev = events[i];
        this._setReadMarker(ev.getId(), ev.getTs());
    },

    /* jump down to the bottom of this room, where new events are arriving
     */
    jumpToLiveTimeline: function() {
        // if we can't forward-paginate the existing timeline, then there
        // is no point reloading it - just jump straight to the bottom.
        //
        // Otherwise, reload the timeline rather than trying to paginate
        // through all of space-time.
        if (this._timelineWindow.canPaginate(EventTimeline.FORWARDS)) {
            this._loadTimeline();
        } else {
            if (this.refs.messagePanel) {
                this.refs.messagePanel.scrollToBottom();
            }
        }
    },

    /* scroll to show the read-up-to marker. We put it 1/3 of the way down
     * the container.
     */
    jumpToReadMarker: function() {
        if (!this.refs.messagePanel)
            return;

        if (!this.state.readMarkerEventId)
            return;

        // we may not have loaded the event corresponding to the read-marker
        // into the _timelineWindow. In that case, attempts to scroll to it
        // will fail.
        //
        // a quick way to figure out if we've loaded the relevant event is
        // simply to check if the messagepanel knows where the read-marker is.
        var ret = this.refs.messagePanel.getReadMarkerPosition();
        if (ret !== null) {
            // The messagepanel knows where the RM is, so we must have loaded
            // the relevant event.
            this.refs.messagePanel.scrollToEvent(this.state.readMarkerEventId,
                                                 0, 1/3);
            return;
        }

        // Looks like we haven't loaded the event corresponding to the read-marker.
        // As with jumpToLiveTimeline, we want to reload the timeline around the
        // read-marker.
        this._loadTimeline(this.state.readMarkerEventId, 0, 1/3);
    },


    /* update the read-up-to marker to match the read receipt
     */
    forgetReadMarker: function() {
        var rmId = this._getCurrentReadReceipt();

        // see if we know the timestamp for the rr event
        var tl = this.props.room.getTimelineForEvent(rmId);
        var rmTs;
        if (tl) {
            var event = tl.getEvents().find((e) => { return e.getId() == rmId });
            if (event) {
                rmTs = event.getTs();
            }
        }

        this._setReadMarker(rmId, rmTs);
    },

    /* return true if the content is fully scrolled down and we are
     * at the end of the live timeline.
     */
    isAtEndOfLiveTimeline: function() {
        return this.refs.messagePanel
            && this.refs.messagePanel.isAtBottom()
            && this._timelineWindow
            && !this._timelineWindow.canPaginate(EventTimeline.FORWARDS);
    },


    /* get the current scroll state. See ScrollPanel.getScrollState for
     * details.
     *
     * returns null if we are not mounted.
     */
    getScrollState: function() {
        if (!this.refs.messagePanel) { return null; }
        return this.refs.messagePanel.getScrollState();
    },

    // returns one of:
    //
    //  null: there is no read marker
    //  -1: read marker is above the window
    //   0: read marker is visible
    //  +1: read marker is below the window
    getReadMarkerPosition: function() {
        if (!this.refs.messagePanel) { return null; }
        var ret = this.refs.messagePanel.getReadMarkerPosition();
        if (ret !== null) {
            return ret;
        }

        // the messagePanel doesn't know where the read marker is.
        // if we know the timestamp of the read marker, make a guess based on that.
        var rmTs = TimelinePanel.roomReadMarkerTsMap[this.props.room.roomId];
        if (rmTs && this.state.events.length > 0) {
            if (rmTs < this.state.events[0].getTs()) {
                return -1;
            } else {
                return 1;
            }
        }

        return null;
    },

    /**
     * called by the parent component when PageUp/Down/etc is pressed.
     *
     * We pass it down to the scroll panel.
     */
    handleScrollKey: function(ev) {
        if (!this.refs.messagePanel) { return; }

        // jump to the live timeline on ctrl-end, rather than the end of the
        // timeline window.
        if (ev.ctrlKey && ev.keyCode == KeyCode.END) {
            this.jumpToLiveTimeline();
        } else {
            this.refs.messagePanel.handleScrollKey(ev);
        }
    },

    _initTimeline: function(props) {
        var initialEvent = props.eventId;
        var pixelOffset = props.eventPixelOffset;

        // if a pixelOffset is given, it is relative to the bottom of the
        // container. If not, put the event in the middle of the container.
        var offsetBase = 1;
        if (pixelOffset == null) {
            offsetBase = 0.5;
        }

        return this._loadTimeline(initialEvent, pixelOffset, offsetBase);
    },

    /**
     * (re)-load the event timeline, and initialise the scroll state, centered
     * around the given event.
     *
     * @param {string?}  eventId the event to focus on. If undefined, will
     *    scroll to the bottom of the room.
     *
     * @param {number?} pixelOffset   offset to position the given event at
     *    (pixels from the offsetBase). If omitted, defaults to 0.
     *
     * @param {number?} offsetBase the reference point for the pixelOffset. 0
     *     means the top of the container, 1 means the bottom, and fractional
     *     values mean somewhere in the middle. If omitted, it defaults to 0.
     *
     * returns a promise which will resolve when the load completes.
     */
    _loadTimeline: function(eventId, pixelOffset, offsetBase) {
        this._timelineWindow = new Matrix.TimelineWindow(
            MatrixClientPeg.get(), this.props.room,
            {windowLimit: TIMELINE_CAP});

        var onLoaded = () => {
            this._reloadEvents();

            // If we switched away from the room while there were pending
            // outgoing events, the read-marker will be before those events.
            // We need to skip over any which have subsequently been sent.
            this._advanceReadMarkerPastMyEvents();

            this.setState({
                canBackPaginate: this._timelineWindow.canPaginate(EventTimeline.BACKWARDS),
                canForwardPaginate: this._timelineWindow.canPaginate(EventTimeline.FORWARDS),
                timelineLoading: false,
            }, () => {
                // initialise the scroll state of the message panel
                if (!this.refs.messagePanel) {
                    // this shouldn't happen - we know we're mounted because
                    // we're in a setState callback, and we know
                    // timelineLoading is now false, so render() should have
                    // mounted the message panel.
                    console.log("can't initialise scroll state because " +
                                "messagePanel didn't load");
                    return;
                }
                if (eventId) {
                    this.refs.messagePanel.scrollToEvent(eventId, pixelOffset,
                                                         offsetBase);
                } else {
                    this.refs.messagePanel.scrollToBottom();
                }

                this.sendReadReceipt();
                this.updateReadMarker();
            });
        };

        var onError = (error) => {
            this.setState({timelineLoading: false});
            var msg = error.message ? error.message : JSON.stringify(error);
            var ErrorDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.ErrorDialog");

            var onFinished;

            // if we were given an event ID, then when the user closes the
            // dialog, let's jump to the end of the timeline. If we weren't,
            // something has gone badly wrong and rather than causing a loop of
            // undismissable dialogs, let's just give up.
            if (eventId) {
                onFinished = () => {
                    // go via the dispatcher so that the URL is updated
                    dis.dispatch({
                        action: 'view_room',
                        room_id: this.props.room.roomId,
                    });
                };
            }
            var message = "Vector was trying to load a specific point in this room's timeline but ";
            if (error.errcode == 'M_FORBIDDEN') {
                message += "you do not have permission to view the message in question.";
            } else {
                message += "was unable to find it.";
            }
            Modal.createDialog(ErrorDialog, {
                title: "Failed to load timeline position",
                description: message,
                onFinished: onFinished,
            });
        }

        var prom = this._timelineWindow.load(eventId, INITIAL_SIZE);

        // if we already have the event in question, TimelineWindow.load
        // returns a resolved promise.
        //
        // In this situation, we don't really want to defer the update of the
        // state to the next event loop, because it makes room-switching feel
        // quite slow. So we detect that situation and shortcut straight to
        // calling _reloadEvents and updating the state.

        if (prom.isFulfilled()) {
            onLoaded();
        } else {
            this.setState({
                events: [],
                canBackPaginate: false,
                canForwardPaginate: false,
                timelineLoading: true,
            });

            prom = prom.then(onLoaded, onError)
        }

        prom.done();
    },

    // handle the completion of a timeline load or localEchoUpdate, by
    // reloading the events from the timelinewindow and pending event list into
    // the state.
    _reloadEvents: function() {
        // we might have switched rooms since the load started - just bin
        // the results if so.
        if (this.unmounted) return;

        this.setState({
            events: this._getEvents(),
        });
    },

    // get the list of events from the timeline window and the pending event list
    _getEvents: function() {
        var events = this._timelineWindow.getEvents();

        // if we're at the end of the live timeline, append the pending events
        if (!this._timelineWindow.canPaginate(EventTimeline.FORWARDS)) {
            events.push(... this.props.room.getPendingEvents());
        }

        return events;
    },

    _indexForEventId: function(evId) {
        for (var i = 0; i < this.state.events.length; ++i) {
            if (evId == this.state.events[i].getId()) {
                return i;
            }
        }
        return null;
    },

    _getLastDisplayedEventIndex: function(opts) {
        opts = opts || {};
        var ignoreOwn = opts.ignoreOwn || false;
        var ignoreEchoes = opts.ignoreEchoes || false;
        var allowPartial = opts.allowPartial || false;

        var messagePanel = this.refs.messagePanel;
        if (messagePanel === undefined) return null;

        var wrapperRect = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(messagePanel).getBoundingClientRect();
        var myUserId = MatrixClientPeg.get().credentials.userId;

        for (var i = this.state.events.length-1; i >= 0; --i) {
            var ev = this.state.events[i];

            if (ignoreOwn && ev.sender && ev.sender.userId == myUserId) {
                continue;
            }

            // local echoes have a fake event ID
            if (ignoreEchoes && ev.status) {
                continue;
            }

            var node = messagePanel.getNodeForEventId(ev.getId());
            if (!node) continue;

            var boundingRect = node.getBoundingClientRect();
            if ((allowPartial && boundingRect.top < wrapperRect.bottom) ||
                (!allowPartial && boundingRect.bottom < wrapperRect.bottom)) {
                return i;
            }
        }
        return null;
    },

    /**
     * get the id of the event corresponding to our user's latest read-receipt.
     *
     * @param {Boolean} ignoreSynthesized If true, return only receipts that
     *                                    have been sent by the server, not
     *                                    implicit ones generated by the JS
     *                                    SDK.
     */
    _getCurrentReadReceipt: function(ignoreSynthesized) {
        var client = MatrixClientPeg.get();
        // the client can be null on logout
        if (client == null)
            return null;

        var myUserId = client.credentials.userId;
        return this.props.room.getEventReadUpTo(myUserId, ignoreSynthesized);
    },

    _setReadMarker: function(eventId, eventTs, inhibitSetState) {
        if (TimelinePanel.roomReadMarkerMap[this.props.room.roomId] == eventId) {
            // don't update the state (and cause a re-render) if there is
            // no change to the RM.
            return;
        }

        // ideally we'd sync these via the server, but for now just stash them
        // in a map.
        TimelinePanel.roomReadMarkerMap[this.props.room.roomId] = eventId;

        // in order to later figure out if the read marker is
        // above or below the visible timeline, we stash the timestamp.
        TimelinePanel.roomReadMarkerTsMap[this.props.room.roomId] = eventTs;

        if (inhibitSetState) {
            return;
        }

        // run the render cycle before calling the callback, so that
        // getReadMarkerPosition() returns the right thing.
        this.setState({
            readMarkerEventId: eventId,
        }, this.props.onReadMarkerUpdated);
    },

    render: function() {
        var MessagePanel = sdk.getComponent("structures.MessagePanel");
        var Loader = sdk.getComponent("elements.Spinner");

        // just show a spinner while the timeline loads.
        //
        // put it in a div of the right class (mx_RoomView_messagePanel) so
        // that the order in the roomview flexbox is correct, and
        // mx_RoomView_messageListWrapper to position the inner div in the
        // right place.
        //
        // Note that the click-on-search-result functionality relies on the
        // fact that the messagePanel is hidden while the timeline reloads,
        // but that the RoomHeader (complete with search term) continues to
        // exist.
        if (this.state.timelineLoading) {
            return (
                    <div className="mx_RoomView_messagePanel mx_RoomView_messageListWrapper">
                        <Loader />
                    </div>
            );
        }

        // give the messagepanel a stickybottom if we're at the end of the
        // live timeline, so that the arrival of new events triggers a
        // scroll.
        //
        // Make sure that stickyBottom is *false* if we can paginate
        // forwards, otherwise if somebody hits the bottom of the loaded
        // events when viewing historical messages, we get stuck in a loop
        // of paginating our way through the entire history of the room.
        var stickyBottom = !this._timelineWindow.canPaginate(EventTimeline.FORWARDS);

        return (
            <MessagePanel ref="messagePanel"
                    hidden={ this.props.hidden }
                    backPaginating={ this.state.backPaginating }
                    forwardPaginating={ this.state.forwardPaginating }
                    events={ this.state.events }
                    highlightedEventId={ this.props.highlightedEventId }
                    readMarkerEventId={ this.state.readMarkerEventId }
                    readMarkerVisible={ this.state.readMarkerVisible }
                    suppressFirstDateSeparator={ this.state.canBackPaginate }
                    showUrlPreview = { this.state.showUrlPreview }
                    ourUserId={ MatrixClientPeg.get().credentials.userId }
                    stickyBottom={ stickyBottom }
                    onScroll={ this.onMessageListScroll }
                    onFillRequest={ this.onMessageListFillRequest }
                    opacity={ this.props.opacity }
            />
        );
    },
});

module.exports = TimelinePanel;