Display room's latest event instead of topic when possible.

qml/Room.qml

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Page {
 
         onRoomAdded: MatriqueSettings.lazyLoad ? {} : room.getPreviousContent(20)
         onNewMessage: window.active ? {} : matriqueController.showMessage(roomName, content, icon)
+
+        onDataChanged: roomListForm.rawCurrentIndex = -1
     }
 
     RowLayout {

qml/form/RoomListForm.qml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import "qrc:/qml/component"
 
 Item {
     property alias listModel: roomListProxyModel.sourceModel
+    property alias rawCurrentIndex: listView.currentIndex
     readonly property int currentIndex: roomListProxyModel.mapToSource(listView.currentIndex)
     readonly property var currentRoom: currentIndex != -1 ? listModel.roomAt(currentIndex) : null
     readonly property bool mini: MatriqueSettings.miniMode // Used as an indicator of whether the listform should be displayed as "Mini mode".
@@ -96,6 +97,10 @@ Item {
 
                 sorters: [
                     RoleSorter { roleName: "category" },
+                    RoleSorter {
+                        roleName: "unreadCount"
+                        sortOrder: Qt.DescendingOrder
+                    },
                     StringSorter { roleName: "name" }
                 ]
             }
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@ Item {
                                 Layout.fillWidth: true
                                 Layout.fillHeight: true
 
-                                text: name ? name : ""
+                                text: name || "No Name"
                                 font.pointSize: 16
                                 elide: Text.ElideRight
                                 wrapMode: Text.NoWrap
@@ -175,7 +180,7 @@ Item {
                                 Layout.fillWidth: true
                                 Layout.fillHeight: true
 
-                                text: topic ? topic : "No topic yet."
+                                text: lastEvent || topic
                                 elide: Text.ElideRight
                                 wrapMode: Text.NoWrap
                             }

src/matriqueroom.cpp

@@ -97,3 +97,10 @@ void MatriqueRoom::sendTypingNotification(bool isTyping) {
   connection()->callApi<SetTypingJob>(BackgroundRequest, localUser()->id(),
                                       id(), isTyping, 10000);
 }
+
+QString MatriqueRoom::lastEvent() {
+  if (timelineSize() == 0) return "";
+  const RoomEvent* lastEvent = messageEvents().rbegin()->get();
+  return user(lastEvent->senderId())->displayname() + ": " +
+         lastEvent->contentJson().value("body").toString();
+}

src/matriqueroom.h

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ class MatriqueRoom : public Room {
   bool hasUsersTyping();
   QString getUsersTyping();
 
+  QString lastEvent();
+
  private:
   QString m_cachedInput;
   bool m_isTyping;

src/roomlistmodel.cpp

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ void RoomListModel::connectRoomSignals(MatriqueRoom* room) {
   connect(room, &Room::joinStateChanged, this, [=] { refresh(room); });
   connect(room, &Room::avatarChanged, this,
           [=] { refresh(room, {AvatarRole}); });
+  connect(room, &Room::addedMessages, this,
+          [=] { refresh(room, {LastEventRole}); });
   connect(room, &QMatrixClient::Room::aboutToAddNewMessages, this,
           [=](QMatrixClient::RoomEventsRange eventsRange) {
             RoomEvent* event = (eventsRange.end() - 1)->get();
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ QVariant RoomListModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const {
     return RoomType::Normal;
   }
   if (role == UnreadCountRole) return room->unreadCount();
+  if (role == LastEventRole) return room->lastEvent();
   return QVariant();
 }
 
@@ -180,5 +183,6 @@ QHash<int, QByteArray> RoomListModel::roleNames() const {
   roles[TopicRole] = "topic";
   roles[CategoryRole] = "category";
   roles[UnreadCountRole] = "unreadCount";
+  roles[LastEventRole] = "lastEvent";
   return roles;
 }

src/roomlistmodel.h

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class RoomListModel : public QAbstractListModel {
     TopicRole,
     CategoryRole,
     UnreadCountRole,
+    LastEventRole
   };
 
   RoomListModel(QObject* parent = 0);
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ class RoomListModel : public QAbstractListModel {
  signals:
   void connectionChanged();
   void roomAdded(MatriqueRoom* room);
-  void newMessage(const QString& roomName, const QString& content, const QIcon& icon);
+  void newMessage(const QString& roomName, const QString& content,
+                  const QIcon& icon);
 };
 
 #endif  // ROOMLISTMODEL_H