Introduces a comprehensive disableChat config option that disables the entire chat feature including button visibility, notifications, sounds, private messages, and keyboard shortcuts. When disabled, the chat tab is hidden from the chat panel while allowing other tabs (polls, files, CC) to remain accessible.
Integrates file sharing into the chat interface so uploaded files appear as messages in the chat timeline alongside text
messages.
Changes:
- Created FileMessage component for inline file display in chat
- Extracted FileItem component for reusable file UI across chat and file sharing tab
- Show "A file was deleted" placeholder instead of removing message when file deleted
- Hide message menu (3-dot) when no actions are available for file messages
- Add button backgrounds in chat context to hide text on hover
- Fix timing: local participant only sees file message after upload completes (progress: 100%)
Technical implementation:
- Added fileMetadata field to IMessage interface
- Added isDeleted flag to IFileMetadata for soft-delete state
- Middleware dispatches addMessage when files uploaded (ADD_FILE action)
- Middleware uses editMessage when files deleted to preserve chat history
- Minimal state retention (only isDeleted flag) for deleted files
This provides a unified messaging experience where file sharing is part of the conversation flow.
The display name is used in messages when messages are coming from visitors or from the history. The display name is used only when the participant is not available in the meeting to get its name.
When any of the backend is used 'anonymous', 'jitsi-anonymous', 'internal_hashed', 'internal_plain', 'cyrus' and a participant becomes a moderator, because of external module or because set from jicofo we send to client with the self-presence about becoming moderator a default set of permissions which can be controlled via prosody config.
If using 'token' authentication the above applies only if there is a token and the token does not contain context.features.
