MessageList

Display a list of buttons with text and optional actions

Properties

Name	Type	Default Value	Required	Description
items	MessageListItemObj[] & ListItemObj[]		Yes	list of items of which a button will be rendered per item
title	string		No	optional title to use for the list
titleA11yLabel	string		No	optional a11y hint for the title

Example

How to use the MessageList component

<MessageList items={getMessagesListItems()} title={folderName} />

Source Code

Full code for the MessageList component

import React, { FC } from 'react'
import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'

import { Icon } from '@department-of-veterans-affairs/mobile-component-library'

import { ButtonDecoratorType } from 'components'
import { NAMESPACE } from 'constants/namespaces'
import { generateTestIDForInlineTextIconList } from 'utils/common'
import { useTheme } from 'utils/hooks'

import { READ } from '../constants/secureMessaging'
import Box from './Box'
import { InlineTextWithIcons } from './InlineTextWithIcons'
import LabelTag, { LabelTagTypeConstants } from './LabelTag'
import { InlineTextWithIconsProps, List, ListItemObj, ListProps } from './index'

/**
 * Signifies each item in the list of items in {@link MessageListProps}
 */
export type MessageListItemObj = {
  /** lines of text to display */
  inlineTextWithIcons: Array<InlineTextWithIconsProps>
  /** Tells if one is displaying sent folder messages list - needed for READ tag display conditional */
  isSentFolder: boolean
  /** Attribute for whether recipient has read user's sent message (Sent folder)
   * OR whether user has read received message (Inbox || Folders other than 'Sent')
   * Usage depends on which folder you're in */
  readReceipt?: string
} & Partial<ListItemObj>

/**
 * Props for {@link MessageList}
 */
export type MessageListProps = {
  /** list of items of which a button will be rendered per item */
  items: Array<MessageListItemObj>
} & Partial<ListProps>

/**
 * Display a list of buttons with text and optional actions
 */
const MessageList: FC<MessageListProps> = ({ items, title, titleA11yLabel }) => {
  const { t } = useTranslation(NAMESPACE.COMMON)
  const theme = useTheme()
  const listItemObjs: Array<ListItemObj> = items.map((item) => {
    // Move all of the properties except text lines to the standard list item object
    const { inlineTextWithIcons, testId, detoxTestID, ...listItemObj } = item
    let testIdToUse = testId ? testId : generateTestIDForInlineTextIconList(inlineTextWithIcons, t)

    // We want to display black 'Read' tag only for sent messages that have been seen by the recipients
    const isSentReadTag = item.isSentFolder && item.readReceipt === READ
    const sentReadTagA11y = isSentReadTag ? t('secureMessaging.folders.sent.read.a11y') : ''

    const content = (
      // Package individual textLineWithIcon components together into one message
      <Box flex={1} flexDirection="row" alignItems="center">
        <Box flex={1} flexDirection="column" mb={7}>
          {inlineTextWithIcons?.map((textObj: InlineTextWithIconsProps, index: number) => {
            return <InlineTextWithIcons key={index} {...textObj} />
          })}
          {isSentReadTag && (
            <Box mt={7}>
              <LabelTag text={t('secureMessaging.folders.read.tag')} labelType={LabelTagTypeConstants.tagInactive} />
            </Box>
          )}
        </Box>
        <Icon
          name="ChevronRight"
          width={theme.dimensions.chevronListItemWidth}
          height={theme.dimensions.chevronListItemHeight}
          fill={theme.colors.icon.chevronListItem}
          testID="ChevronRight"
        />
      </Box>
    )

    // Append accessibility label for Sent messages 'READ' tag
    testIdToUse = `${testIdToUse} ${sentReadTagA11y}`.trim()
    const detoxTestIDToUse = detoxTestID ? detoxTestID : testIdToUse

    return {
      ...listItemObj,
      content,
      testId: testIdToUse,
      decorator: ButtonDecoratorType.None,
      detoxTestID: detoxTestIDToUse,
    }
  })

  return <List items={listItemObjs} title={title} titleA11yLabel={titleA11yLabel} />
}

export default MessageList

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