Increasing InputTextView's `minimumHeight` leads to placeholder and typing indicator being misaligned

[dfed]

What did you do?

I increased InputTextView's minimumHeight to 50

What did you expect to happen?

I expected the placeholder view and the typing indicator to be center aligned, or at least aligned

What happened instead?

Placeholder view is aligned to center (expected!) and typing indicator is aligned to top (unexpected!):

GetStream Environment

GetStream Chat version: 4.62.0
GetStream Chat frameworks: StreamChat, StreamChatUI
iOS version: 17
Swift version: 5.10
Xcode version: 15.4
Device: iPhone

[testableapple]

Hi @dfed, thanks for reporting the issue. I can confirm that it is an issue on our side when you increase the minimumHeight of the InputTextView. I will add it to our backlog, but, unfortunately, I can't share any ETA for now.

In the meantime, as a workaround, you could try to overwrite the InputTextView.setUpAppearance() function and align the typing indicator to your needs. Hope this helps.

Best,
Alexey

[laevandus]

Hi @dfed,

If you would like to make the input area to look larger, the recommended approach is to:

1. Subclass InputChatMessageView
2. Override setUpLayout and after calling super.setUpLayout():
   inputTextContainer.directionalLayoutMargins.top = 6
inputTextContainer.directionalLayoutMargins.bottom = 6
3. Set the subclass: Components.default.inputMessageView = MyInputChatMessageView.self

Changing the margins this way gives:

Please reopen if additional assistance is needed.

Thank you!

[dfed]

That got the job done. Thanks for the tip!

Kinda curious how the minimum height variable is meant to be used but it's just an idle curiosity 🙂