Rich text Editor: Auto-replace plain text emoticons with emoji

package.json

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         "@babel/runtime": "^7.12.5",
         "@matrix-org/analytics-events": "^0.24.0",
         "@matrix-org/emojibase-bindings": "^1.1.2",
-        "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg": "2.37.4",
+        "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg": "2.37.8",
         "@matrix-org/react-sdk-module-api": "^2.4.0",
         "@matrix-org/spec": "^1.7.0",
         "@sentry/browser": "^8.0.0",

src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/PlainTextComposer.tsx

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import classNames from "classnames";
 import { IEventRelation } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
-import React, { MutableRefObject, ReactNode } from "react";
+import React, { MutableRefObject, ReactNode, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 import { useComposerFunctions } from "../hooks/useComposerFunctions";
 import { useIsFocused } from "../hooks/useIsFocused";
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { useSetCursorPosition } from "../hooks/useSetCursorPosition";
 import { ComposerFunctions } from "../types";
 import { Editor } from "./Editor";
 import { WysiwygAutocomplete } from "./WysiwygAutocomplete";
+import SettingsStore from "../../../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 
 interface PlainTextComposerProps {
     disabled?: boolean;
@@ -52,6 +53,19 @@ export function PlainTextComposer({
     rightComponent,
     eventRelation,
 }: PlainTextComposerProps): JSX.Element {
+    const [isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled, setIsAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled] = useState(
+        SettingsStore.getValue<boolean>("MessageComposerInput.autoReplaceEmoji"),
+    );
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const ref = SettingsStore.watchSetting("MessageComposerInput.autoReplaceEmoji", null, (...[, , , value]) => {
+            setIsAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled(value as boolean);
+        });
+
+        // clean-up
+        return () => {
+            SettingsStore.unwatchSetting(ref);
+        };
+    });
     const {
         ref: editorRef,
         autocompleteRef,
@@ -66,14 +80,12 @@ export function PlainTextComposer({
         handleCommand,
         handleMention,
         handleAtRoomMention,
-    } = usePlainTextListeners(initialContent, onChange, onSend, eventRelation);
-
+    } = usePlainTextListeners(initialContent, onChange, onSend, eventRelation, isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled);
     const composerFunctions = useComposerFunctions(editorRef, setContent);
     usePlainTextInitialization(initialContent, editorRef);
     useSetCursorPosition(disabled, editorRef);
     const { isFocused, onFocus } = useIsFocused();
     const computedPlaceholder = (!content && placeholder) || undefined;
-
     return (
         <div
             data-testid="PlainTextComposer"

src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/WysiwygComposer.tsx

@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import React, { memo, MutableRefObject, ReactNode, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import React, { memo, MutableRefObject, ReactNode, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { IEventRelation } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+import { EMOTICON_TO_EMOJI } from "@matrix-org/emojibase-bindings";
 import { useWysiwyg, FormattingFunctions } from "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg";
 import classNames from "classnames";
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import defaultDispatcher from "../../../../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import { Action } from "../../../../../dispatcher/actions";
 import { parsePermalink } from "../../../../../utils/permalinks/Permalinks";
 import { isNotNull } from "../../../../../Typeguards";
+import SettingsStore from "../../../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 
 interface WysiwygComposerProps {
     disabled?: boolean;
@@ -45,6 +47,11 @@ interface WysiwygComposerProps {
     eventRelation?: IEventRelation;
 }
 
+function getEmojiSuggestions(enabled: boolean): Map<string, string> {
+    const emojiSuggestions = new Map(Array.from(EMOTICON_TO_EMOJI, ([key, value]) => [key, value.unicode]));
+    return enabled ? emojiSuggestions : new Map();
+}
+
 export const WysiwygComposer = memo(function WysiwygComposer({
     disabled = false,
     onChange,
@@ -61,9 +68,26 @@ export const WysiwygComposer = memo(function WysiwygComposer({
     const autocompleteRef = useRef<Autocomplete | null>(null);
 
     const inputEventProcessor = useInputEventProcessor(onSend, autocompleteRef, initialContent, eventRelation);
+
+    const [emojiSuggestions, setEmojiSuggestions] = useState(
+        getEmojiSuggestions(SettingsStore.getValue<boolean>("MessageComposerInput.autoReplaceEmoji")),
+    );
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const ref = SettingsStore.watchSetting("MessageComposerInput.autoReplaceEmoji", null, (...[, , , value]) => {
+            setEmojiSuggestions(getEmojiSuggestions(value as boolean));
+        });
+
+        // clean-up
+        return () => {
+            SettingsStore.unwatchSetting(ref);
+        };
+    });
+
     const { ref, isWysiwygReady, content, actionStates, wysiwyg, suggestion, messageContent } = useWysiwyg({
         initialContent,
         inputEventProcessor,
+        emojiSuggestions,
     });
 
     const { isFocused, onFocus } = useIsFocused();

src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/hooks/usePlainTextListeners.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ function isDivElement(target: EventTarget): target is HTMLDivElement {
  * @param initialContent - the content of the editor when it is first mounted
  * @param onChange - called whenever there is change in the editor content
  * @param onSend - called whenever the user sends the message
+ * @param eventRelation - used to send the event to the correct place eg timeline vs thread
+ * @param isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled - whether plain text emoticons should be auto replaced with emojis
  * @returns
  * - `ref`: a ref object which the caller must attach to the HTML `div` node for the editor
  * * `autocompleteRef`: a ref object which the caller must attach to the autocomplete component
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ export function usePlainTextListeners(
     onChange?: (content: string) => void,
     onSend?: () => void,
     eventRelation?: IEventRelation,
+    isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled?: boolean,
 ): {
     ref: RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
     autocompleteRef: React.RefObject<Autocomplete>;
@@ -100,7 +103,8 @@ export function usePlainTextListeners(
     // For separation of concerns, the suggestion handling is kept in a separate hook but is
     // nested here because we do need to be able to update the `content` state in this hook
     // when a user selects a suggestion from the autocomplete menu
-    const { suggestion, onSelect, handleCommand, handleMention, handleAtRoomMention } = useSuggestion(ref, setText);
+    const { suggestion, onSelect, handleCommand, handleMention, handleAtRoomMention, handleEmojiReplacement } =
+        useSuggestion(ref, setText, isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled);
 
     const onInput = useCallback(
         (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLDivElement, InputEvent | ClipboardEvent>) => {
@@ -140,6 +144,10 @@ export function usePlainTextListeners(
             if (isHandledByAutocomplete) {
                 return;
             }
+            // handle accepting of plain text emojicon to emoji replacement
+            if (event.key == Key.ENTER || event.key == Key.SPACE) {
+                handleEmojiReplacement();
+            }
 
             // resume regular flow
             if (event.key === Key.ENTER) {
@@ -161,7 +169,7 @@ export function usePlainTextListeners(
                 }
             }
         },
-        [autocompleteRef, enterShouldSend, send],
+        [autocompleteRef, enterShouldSend, send, handleEmojiReplacement],
     );
 
     return {

src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/hooks/useSuggestion.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
+import { EMOTICON_TO_EMOJI } from "@matrix-org/emojibase-bindings";
 import { AllowedMentionAttributes, MappedSuggestion } from "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg";
 import { SyntheticEvent, useState, SetStateAction } from "react";
 import { logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/logger";
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ type SuggestionState = Suggestion | null;
  *
  * @param editorRef - a ref to the div that is the composer textbox
  * @param setText - setter function to set the content of the composer
+ * @param isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled - whether plain text emoticons should be auto replaced with emojis
  * @returns
  * - `handleMention`: a function that will insert @ or # mentions which are selected from
  * the autocomplete into the composer, given an href, the text to display, and any additional attributes
@@ -53,10 +55,12 @@ type SuggestionState = Suggestion | null;
 export function useSuggestion(
     editorRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>,
     setText: (text?: string) => void,
+    isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled?: boolean,
 ): {
     handleMention: (href: string, displayName: string, attributes: AllowedMentionAttributes) => void;
     handleAtRoomMention: (attributes: AllowedMentionAttributes) => void;
     handleCommand: (text: string) => void;
+    handleEmojiReplacement: () => void;
     onSelect: (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
     suggestion: MappedSuggestion | null;
 } {
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ export function useSuggestion(
 
     // We create a `selectionchange` handler here because we need to know when the user has moved the cursor,
     // we can not depend on input events only
-    const onSelect = (): void => processSelectionChange(editorRef, setSuggestionData);
+    const onSelect = (): void => processSelectionChange(editorRef, setSuggestionData, isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled);
 
     const handleMention = (href: string, displayName: string, attributes: AllowedMentionAttributes): void =>
         processMention(href, displayName, attributes, suggestionData, setSuggestionData, setText);
@@ -88,11 +92,14 @@ export function useSuggestion(
     const handleCommand = (replacementText: string): void =>
         processCommand(replacementText, suggestionData, setSuggestionData, setText);
 
+    const handleEmojiReplacement = (): void => processEmojiReplacement(suggestionData, setSuggestionData, setText);
+
     return {
         suggestion: suggestionData?.mappedSuggestion ?? null,
         handleCommand,
         handleMention,
         handleAtRoomMention,
+        handleEmojiReplacement,
         onSelect,
     };
 }
@@ -103,10 +110,12 @@ export function useSuggestion(
  *
  * @param editorRef - ref to the composer
  * @param setSuggestionData - the setter for the suggestion state
+ * @param isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled - whether plain text emoticons should be auto replaced with emojis
  */
 export function processSelectionChange(
     editorRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>,
     setSuggestionData: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<SuggestionState>>,
+    isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled?: boolean,
 ): void {
     const selection = document.getSelection();
 
@@ -132,7 +141,12 @@ export function processSelectionChange(
 
     const firstTextNode = document.createNodeIterator(editorRef.current, NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT).nextNode();
     const isFirstTextNode = currentNode === firstTextNode;
-    const foundSuggestion = findSuggestionInText(currentNode.textContent, currentOffset, isFirstTextNode);
+    const foundSuggestion = findSuggestionInText(
+        currentNode.textContent,
+        currentOffset,
+        isFirstTextNode,
+        isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled,
+    );
 
     // if we have not found a suggestion, return, clearing the suggestion state
     if (foundSuggestion === null) {
@@ -241,6 +255,42 @@ export function processCommand(
     setSuggestionData(null);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Replaces the relevant part of the editor text, replacing the plain text emoitcon with the suggested emoji.
+ *
+ * @param suggestionData - representation of the part of the DOM that will be replaced
+ * @param setSuggestionData - setter function to set the suggestion state
+ * @param setText - setter function to set the content of the composer
+ */
+export function processEmojiReplacement(
+    suggestionData: SuggestionState,
+    setSuggestionData: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<SuggestionState>>,
+    setText: (text?: string) => void,
+): void {
+    // if we do not have a suggestion of the correct type, return early
+    if (suggestionData === null || suggestionData.mappedSuggestion.type !== `custom`) {
+        return;
+    }
+    const { node, mappedSuggestion } = suggestionData;
+    const existingContent = node.textContent;
+
+    if (existingContent == null) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // replace the emoticon with the suggesed emoji
+    const newContent =
+        existingContent.slice(0, suggestionData.startOffset) +
+        mappedSuggestion.text +
+        existingContent.slice(suggestionData.endOffset);
+
+    node.textContent = newContent;
+
+    document.getSelection()?.setBaseAndExtent(node, newContent.length, node, newContent.length);
+    setText(newContent);
+    setSuggestionData(null);
+}
+
 /**
  * Given some text content from a node and the cursor position, find the word that the cursor is currently inside
  * and then test that word to see if it is a suggestion. Return the `MappedSuggestion` with start and end offsets if
@@ -250,12 +300,14 @@ export function processCommand(
  * @param offset - the current cursor offset position within the node
  * @param isFirstTextNode - whether or not the node is the first text node in the editor. Used to determine
  * if a command suggestion is found or not
+ * @param isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled - whether plain text emoticons should be auto replaced with emojis
  * @returns the `MappedSuggestion` along with its start and end offsets if found, otherwise null
  */
 export function findSuggestionInText(
     text: string,
     offset: number,
     isFirstTextNode: boolean,
+    isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled?: boolean,
 ): { mappedSuggestion: MappedSuggestion; startOffset: number; endOffset: number } | null {
     // Return null early if the offset is outside the content
     if (offset < 0 || offset > text.length) {
@@ -281,7 +333,7 @@ export function findSuggestionInText(
 
     // Get the word at the cursor then check if it contains a suggestion or not
     const wordAtCursor = text.slice(startSliceIndex, endSliceIndex);
-    const mappedSuggestion = getMappedSuggestion(wordAtCursor);
+    const mappedSuggestion = getMappedSuggestion(wordAtCursor, isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled);
 
     /**
      * If we have a word that could be a command, it is not a valid command if:
@@ -339,9 +391,17 @@ function shouldIncrementEndIndex(text: string, index: number): boolean {
  * Given a string, return a `MappedSuggestion` if the string contains a suggestion. Otherwise return null.
  *
  * @param text - string to check for a suggestion
+ * @param isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled - whether plain text emoticons should be auto replaced with emojis
  * @returns a `MappedSuggestion` if a suggestion is present, null otherwise
  */
-export function getMappedSuggestion(text: string): MappedSuggestion | null {
+export function getMappedSuggestion(text: string, isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled?: boolean): MappedSuggestion | null {
+    if (isAutoReplaceEmojiEnabled) {
+        const emoji = EMOTICON_TO_EMOJI.get(text.toLocaleLowerCase());
+        if (emoji?.unicode) {
+            return { keyChar: "", text: emoji.unicode, type: "custom" };
+        }
+    }
+
     const firstChar = text.charAt(0);
     const restOfString = text.slice(1);
 

test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/WysiwygComposer-test.tsx

@@ -423,6 +423,30 @@ describe("WysiwygComposer", () => {
         });
     });
 
+    describe("When emoticons should be replaced by emojis", () => {
+        const onChange = jest.fn();
+        const onSend = jest.fn();
+        beforeEach(async () => {
+            jest.spyOn(SettingsStore, "getValue").mockImplementation((name: string) => {
+                if (name === "MessageComposerInput.autoReplaceEmoji") return true;
+            });
+            customRender(onChange, onSend);
+            await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByRole("textbox")).toHaveAttribute("contentEditable", "true"));
+        });
+        it("typing a space to trigger an emoji replacement", async () => {
+            fireEvent.input(screen.getByRole("textbox"), {
+                data: ":P",
+                inputType: "insertText",
+            });
+            fireEvent.input(screen.getByRole("textbox"), {
+                data: " ",
+                inputType: "insertText",
+            });
+
+            await waitFor(() => expect(onChange).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, expect.stringContaining("😛")));
+        });
+    });
+
     describe("When settings require Ctrl+Enter to send", () => {
         const onChange = jest.fn();
         const onSend = jest.fn();