insert '@' and [space] when completing an @mention

[ricefield]

so currently when you do an @mention from the typeahead, it just inserts a persons name and also places the cursor at the end of the name, with no space.

a better behavior would probably be to insert: @FIRST L(space) so the user can keep typing his/her chat fluidly. ive caught myself typing an @reply really fast and then having to backspace to add a space in between the @mention and the message text

[pingpongboss]

that was my initial behavior. then I changed it to match Facebook's. up for discussion

[0xjessel]

i think its fine the way it is (i'm used to how fb does it)

[pingpongboss]

I actually prefer with a space insert. Maybe we can try both and see which one seems more natural.

[ricefield]

i feel like FB's is better because they linkify and highlight the name as soon as you select it from the dropdown. we just insert normal looking text, so it feels a lot weirder.

if you try github's which is a lot similar to ours. if you do @meltedxice or @pingpongboss it will insert the name (with the @ in front, and append the space for you. feels more natural typing this way)

[pingpongboss]

so what do u want calchat's to be like? Keep in mind that we can't do the highlighting because it's a technical challenge that I wont be able to solve any time soon

[ricefield]

yeah so my point is we should just follow github's form

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Mark Wei <
reply@reply.github.com

wrote:

so what do u want calchat's to be like? Keep in mind that we can't do the
highlighting because it's a technical challenge that I wont be able to
solve any time soon

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[pingpongboss]

oh ic yea that's simple enough.