# Pull Request Template
## Description
This PR includes:
1. Previously, the URL fields accepted any value starting with `https`.
Added proper URL validation to ensure valid URLs are entered.
2. Fixed an issue where form save errors displayed `[object Object]` in
the toast due to inconsistent error formatting from the backend.
Fixes https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-5389/help-center-bugs
## Type of change
- [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
## How Has This Been Tested?
### Loom video
https://www.loom.com/share/63ddca2c5e2e45c99b66153ed146524f?sid=fd25331b-6b67-4722-9b36-1213496a0741
## Checklist:
- [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my code
- [ ] I have commented on my code, particularly in hard-to-understand
areas
- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream
modules
# Pull Request Template
## Description
Fixes
[CW-4620](https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-4620/rethinking-custom-domains-in-chatwoot)
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## Type of change
- [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
## How Has This Been Tested?
## Checklist:
- [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my code
- [x] I have commented on my code, particularly in hard-to-understand
areas
- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream
modules
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Co-authored-by: Vishnu Narayanan <iamwishnu@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Pranav <pranavrajs@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Pranav <pranav@chatwoot.com>
# Pull Request Template
## Description
This PR fixes an issue where updating the icon for a category didn’t
work while editing. This happened because the edit dialog is wrapped in
a form, and the icon button (missing `type="button"`) triggered a form
submission instead of opening the icon picker.
**Solution:**
Set the icon button’s `type` to `"button"` to prevent unintended form
submission.
Fixes
https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-4350/updating-an-icon-for-the-category-is-not-working
## Type of change
- [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
## Checklist:
- [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my code
- [ ] I have commented on my code, particularly in hard-to-understand
areas
- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream
modules
# Pull Request Template
## Description
This PR fixes an issue with slug validation in the Help Center portal
settings. Previously, users were able to create or update slugs with
invalid characters such as spaces, slashes, and special symbols, which
cause help center to crash.
With this update, slug creation and updates are now properly validated.
Only slugs that match the allowed pattern will be accepted. No spaces,
underscores, slashes, or special characters are allowed.
Examples: **user**, **user-guide**
---
Fixes
https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-4273/add-validation-for-help-centre-slugs
## Type of change
- [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
## How Has This Been Tested?
### Loom video
https://www.loom.com/share/a2ca5e2104984f28b29539293ffed33a?sid=e5064cb8-6220-4c43-99da-242c25d32027
## Checklist:
- [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my code
- [x] I have commented on my code, particularly in hard-to-understand
areas
- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream
modules
# Pull Request Template
## Description
Fixes
https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-4091/accessibility-improvement-support-bigger-font-size-for-the-dashboard
## Type of change
- [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
## How Has This Been Tested?
### **Loom video**
https://www.loom.com/share/1ab781859fa748a5ad54aacbacd127b4?sid=a7dd9164-a6de-462f-bff7-1b25e9c55b4f
## Checklist:
- [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my code
- [x] I have commented on my code, particularly in hard-to-understand
areas
- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream
modules
# Pull Request Template
## Description
Fixes https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-3913/issues-with-help-center
**Fixes included**
1. > The default locale that is selected should the portal default
locale.
Now, we update the last active locale in UI settings after changing the
selected locale from the article page header. This ensures that we see
the last active locale-based categories on the category page and
remember it when we return. Initially, it’s the default locale.
2. > I cannot switch to a different locale if there are no articles in
the portal
Now, the `v-if` condition that checked for the presence of articles in
portal has been removed. Additionally, the locale length checks for the
showing dropdown have been removed, allows locale switching even if
article is not preset.
3. > Create or updating the article is quite painful, see the video
Removed the `quickSave` and `saveAndSyncDebounced` usage for a newly
creating article.
4. > I cannot see the articles if I delete the English locale
(irrespective of what I choose as default locale)
Now, the last active locale in UI settings will automatically update to
the default locale when the last active locale is deleted.
5. > Set a new default locale other than `en` and delete the `en` locale
preset in the portal. Then, adding a new locale will automatically set
`en` as the default locale, even if the `en` locale not preset in the
portal.
Now, we pass default locale when we add a new locale.
6. Adds search for all dropdown menus
7. Update article count in realtime.
## Type of change
- [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
## How Has This Been Tested?
**Check this linear issues**
https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-3913/issues-with-help-center
## Checklist:
- [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my code
- [x] I have commented on my code, particularly in hard-to-understand
areas
- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream
modules
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Co-authored-by: Pranav <pranav@chatwoot.com>
### The problem
Writing in the text editor can be very frustrating, the reason is that
the editor had a debounced save method which would push the article to
the backend and update the current state. This however is a bad idea,
since the can take anywhere between 100-300ms depending on network
conditions.
While this would be in progress, the article is still being edited by
the user. So at the end of the network request, the state returned from
the backend and the current state in the editor is diverged. But since
the update happens anyway, the editor would prepend older context.
```
Time -->
User Action: [Edit 1] ---> [Edit 2] ---> [Edit 3]
Backend Save: Save Req (Edit 1) ----> Response (Edit 1)
Resulting Editor State: [Edit 3] + [Edit 1] (Outdated state prepended)
```
### The solution
The solution is to unbind the article from the backend state, ensuring
that the article editor is the source of truth and ignoring the
responses. This pull request does this by adding an asynchronous save
functionality. The changes include adding a new `saveArticleAsync` event
and ensuring that the local state is not updated unnecessarily during
asynchronous saves.
```
Time -->
User Action: [Edit 1] ---> [Edit 2] ---> [Edit 3]
Backend Save: Save Req (Edit 1) ----> Response (ignored)
Resulting Editor State: [Edit 3] (Consistent and up-to-date)
```
Added the following two debounced methods
These complementary debounce methods prevent unnecessary re-renders
while ensuring backend is in sync. `saveArticleAsync` preserves the
editor as the source of truth, while `saveArticle` manages periodic
state updates from the backend with a delay large enough to safely
assume that the user has stopped typing
Method | Delay | Behavior
-- | -- | --
`saveArticleAsync` | 400ms | Sends data to backend and ignores the
response
`saveArticle` | 2.5s | Sends data and updates local state with the
backend response
### How to test
1. Remove the following line
dc042f6ddc/app/javascript/dashboard/components-next/HelpCenter/Pages/ArticleEditorPage/ArticleEditor.vue (L64)
1. Update the latency here to 400 (P.S. the diff shows the latency to be
600, but that was added as a stop-gap solution)
dc042f6ddc/app/javascript/dashboard/components-next/HelpCenter/Pages/ArticleEditorPage/ArticleEditor.vue (L51)
1. Set the browser network latency to Slow 3G or 3G
1. Start writing on the editor, try fixing typos with backspace or
moving around with the cursor
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Co-authored-by: Sivin Varghese <64252451+iamsivin@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Pranav <pranav@chatwoot.com>
