load more events when scrolled to top

src/domain/session/room/timeline/TimelineViewModel.js

@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ export default class TimelineViewModel {
 
     // doesn't fill gaps, only loads stored entries/tiles
     loadAtTop() {
-        // load 100 entries, which may result in 0..100 tiles
+        return this._timeline.loadAtTop(50);
-        return this._timeline.loadAtTop(100);
     }
 
     unloadAtTop(tileAmount) {

src/matrix/room/timeline/Timeline.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export default class Timeline {
 
     /** @package */
     async load() {
-        const entries = await this._timelineReader.readFromEnd(100);
+        const entries = await this._timelineReader.readFromEnd(50);
         this._entriesList.setManySorted(entries);
     }
 
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ export default class Timeline {
 
     // tries to prepend `amount` entries to the `entries` list.
     async loadAtTop(amount) {
-        if (this._entriesList.length() === 0) {
+        const firstEventEntry = this._entriesList.array.find(e => !!e.event);
+        if (!firstEventEntry) {
             return;
         }
-        const firstEntry = this._entriesList.array()[0];
         const entries = await this._timelineReader.readFrom(
-            firstEntry.asEventKey(),
+            firstEventEntry.asEventKey(),
             Direction.Backward,
             amount
         );

src/ui/web/session/room/RoomView.js

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ export default class RoomView extends TemplateView {
     constructor(viewModel) {
         super(viewModel, true);
         this._timelineList = null;
-        this._checkScroll = this._checkScroll.bind(this);
     }
 
     render(t) {
@@ -37,11 +36,7 @@ export default class RoomView extends TemplateView {
     update(value, prop) {
         super.update(value, prop);
         if (prop === "timelineViewModel") {
-            this._timelineList.update({list: this.viewModel.timelineViewModel.tiles});
+            this._timelineList.update({viewModel: this.viewModel.timelineViewModel});
         }
     }
-
-    _checkScroll() {
-        // const list = this._timelineList.root();
-    }
 }

src/ui/web/session/room/TimelineList.js

@@ -14,6 +14,41 @@ export default class TimelineList extends ListView {
             }
         });
         this._atBottom = false;
+        this._onScroll = this._onScroll.bind(this);
+        this._topLoadingPromise = null;
+        this._viewModel = null;
+    }
+
+    async _onScroll() {
+        const root = this.root();
+        if (root.scrollTop === 0 && !this._topLoadingPromise && this._viewModel) {
+            const beforeFromBottom = this._distanceFromBottom();
+            this._topLoadingPromise = this._viewModel.loadAtTop();
+            await this._topLoadingPromise;
+            const fromBottom = this._distanceFromBottom();
+            const amountGrown = fromBottom - beforeFromBottom;
+            root.scrollTop = root.scrollTop + amountGrown;
+            this._topLoadingPromise = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    update(attributes) {
+        if(attributes.viewModel) {
+            this._viewModel = attributes.viewModel;
+            attributes.list = attributes.viewModel.tiles;
+        }
+        super.update(attributes);
+    }
+
+    mount() {
+        const root = super.mount();
+        root.addEventListener("scroll", this._onScroll);
+        return root;
+    }
+
+    unmount() {
+        this.root().removeEventListener("scroll", this._onScroll);
+        super.unmount();
     }
 
     loadList() {
@@ -23,11 +58,15 @@ export default class TimelineList extends ListView {
     }
 
     onBeforeListChanged() {
-        const root = this.root();
+        const fromBottom = this._distanceFromBottom();
-        const fromBottom = root.scrollHeight - root.scrollTop - root.clientHeight;
         this._atBottom = fromBottom < 1;
     }
 
+    _distanceFromBottom() {
+        const root = this.root();
+        return root.scrollHeight - root.scrollTop - root.clientHeight;
+    }
+
     onListChanged() {
         if (this._atBottom) {
             const root = this.root();