[$500] Chat - Composed message still displayed in compose box after Ctrl+K and user select

[lanitochka17]

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Version Number: 1.4.25-1
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
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Issue reported by: Applause - Internal Team
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Action Performed:

1. Login to https://staging.new.expensify.com/
2. Type something in the compose box but don't send the message
3. Press on CTRL + K
4. Search for a user and navigate to the conversation

Expected Result:

The message you were previously composing is not displayed in the compose box

Actual Result:

The message you were previously composing is still displayed in the compose box

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

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Bug6343025_1705330523071.bandicam_2024-01-15_16-54-42-313.mp4

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Triggered auto assignment to @MitchExpensify (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

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[dummy-1111]

I'm not sure if this is a bug

[0xSero]

Hello,

I am not sure if this is currently being worked on, but regardless I'll leave a response on how I'd fix this, I would set up a listener for a switch in user chats and reset the chatbox message if chat changes, it could also be done on the CTRL + K commands.

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[johnbchron]

@MitchExpensify Can we get confirmation that this is a bug? The video appears to re-select the same chat, which if that was the intended action, the bug would be regarding the population of the draft comment, which seems like not a bug given the existence of getDraftComment, etc.

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[MitchExpensify]

I don't see how this is a bug, it looks like the draft feature that is working as intended

[MitchExpensify]

Closing, @lanitochka17 do we need to update testrail so this doesn't get flagged again?

[lanitochka17]

@MitchExpensify Hello
Test rail, step 17: https://expensify.testrail.io/index.php?/tests/view/4183257&group_by=cases:section_id&group_order=asc&group_id=229066

[MitchExpensify]

Yeah I think this is only a bug if the message you were composing for User A showed in the compose box when navigating to a chat with anyone other than user A. Perhaps we update step 17 to clarify that @lanitochka17 ?

[lanitochka17]

@MitchExpensify sounds good. Please will update step.

[MitchExpensify]

Thank you!