add rich text preview

src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import MediaUpload from '../media_upload/media_upload.vue'
 import ScopeSelector from '../scope_selector/scope_selector.vue'
 import EmojiInput from '../emoji_input/emoji_input.vue'
 import PollForm from '../poll/poll_form.vue'
+import StatusContent from '../status_content/status_content.vue'
 import fileTypeService from '../../services/file_type/file_type.service.js'
 import { findOffset } from '../../services/offset_finder/offset_finder.service.js'
 import { reject, map, uniqBy } from 'lodash'
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
     EmojiInput,
     PollForm,
     ScopeSelector,
-    Checkbox
+    Checkbox,
+    StatusContent
   },
   mounted () {
     this.resize(this.$refs.textarea)
@@ -84,7 +86,9 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
       caret: 0,
       pollFormVisible: false,
       showDropIcon: 'hide',
-      dropStopTimeout: null
+      dropStopTimeout: null,
+      preview: null,
+      previewLoading: false
     }
   },
   computed: {
@@ -163,8 +167,20 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
         this.newStatus.poll &&
         this.newStatus.poll.error
     },
+    showPreview () {
+      return !!this.preview || this.previewLoading
+    },
     ...mapGetters(['mergedConfig'])
   },
+  watch: {
+    'newStatus.contentType': function (newType) {
+      if (newType === 'text/plain') {
+        this.closePreview()
+      } else if (this.preview) {
+        this.previewStatus(this.newStatus)
+      }
+    }
+  },
   methods: {
     postStatus (newStatus) {
       if (this.posting) { return }
@@ -218,6 +234,38 @@ const PostStatusForm = {
         this.posting = false
       })
     },
+    previewStatus (newStatus) {
+      this.previewLoading = true
+      statusPoster.postStatus({
+        status: newStatus.status,
+        spoilerText: newStatus.spoilerText || null,
+        visibility: newStatus.visibility,
+        sensitive: newStatus.nsfw,
+        media: newStatus.files,
+        store: this.$store,
+        inReplyToStatusId: this.replyTo,
+        contentType: newStatus.contentType,
+        poll: {},
+        preview: true
+      }).then((data) => {
+        // Don't apply preview if not loading, because it means
+        // user has closed the preview manually.
+        if (!this.previewLoading) return
+        if (!data.error) {
+          this.preview = data
+        } else {
+          this.preview = { error: data.error }
+        }
+      }).catch((error) => {
+        this.preview = { error }
+      }).finally(() => {
+        this.previewLoading = false
+      })
+    },
+    closePreview () {
+      this.preview = null
+      this.previewLoading = false
+    },
     addMediaFile (fileInfo) {
       this.newStatus.files.push(fileInfo)
     },

src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue

@@ -16,6 +16,58 @@
         @drop.stop="fileDrop"
       />
       <div class="form-group">
+        <a
+          v-if="newStatus.contentType !== 'text/plain' && !showPreview"
+          class="preview-start faint"
+          type="button"
+          @click.stop.prevent="previewStatus(newStatus)"
+        >
+          {{ $t('status.preview') }}
+        </a>
+        <div
+          v-if="showPreview && newStatus.contentType !== 'text/plain'"
+          class="preview-container"
+        >
+          <span class="preview-heading">
+            <span class="faint preview-title">
+              {{ $t('status.status_preview') }}
+            </span>
+            <i
+              v-if="previewLoading"
+              class="icon-spin3 animate-spin"
+            />
+            <a
+              v-else
+              class="faint preview-update"
+              @click.stop.prevent="previewStatus(newStatus)"
+            >
+              {{ $t('status.preview_update') }}
+            </a>
+            <a
+              class="preview-close"
+              @click.stop.prevent="closePreview"
+            >
+              <i class="icon-cancel" />
+            </a>
+          </span>
+          <div
+            v-if="!preview"
+            class="preview-status"
+          >
+            {{ $t('general.loading') }}
+          </div>
+          <div
+            v-else-if="preview.error"
+            class="preview-status preview-error"
+          >
+            {{ preview.error }}
+          </div>
+          <StatusContent
+            v-else
+            :status="preview"
+            class="preview-status"
+          />
+        </div>
         <i18n
           v-if="!$store.state.users.currentUser.locked && newStatus.visibility == 'private'"
           path="post_status.account_not_locked_warning"
@@ -77,7 +129,6 @@
           class="form-control"
         >
           <input
-
             v-model="newStatus.spoilerText"
             type="text"
             :placeholder="$t('post_status.content_warning')"
@@ -302,14 +353,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-.post-status-form {
-  .visibility-tray {
-    display: flex;
-    justify-content: space-between;
-    padding-top: 5px;
-  }
-}
-
 .post-status-form {
   .form-bottom {
     display: flex;
@@ -336,6 +379,52 @@
     max-width: 10em;
   }
 
+  .preview-start {
+    margin-left: auto;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    &:hover {
+      text-decoration: underline;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .preview-container {
+    margin-bottom: 1em;
+  }
+
+  .preview-heading {
+    display: flex;
+    width: 100%;
+  }
+
+  .preview-title {
+    flex-grow: 1;
+  }
+
+  .preview-close {
+    margin-left: 0.5em;
+  }
+
+  .preview-update {
+    cursor: pointer;
+    &:hover {
+      text-decoration: underline;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .preview-error {
+    color: $fallback--faint;
+    color: var(--faint, $fallback--faint);
+    font-style: italic;
+  }
+
+  .preview-status {
+    border: 1px solid $fallback--border;
+    border: 1px solid var(--border, $fallback--border);
+    border-radius: $fallback--tooltipRadius;
+    border-radius: var(--tooltipRadius, $fallback--tooltipRadius);
+    padding: 0.5em;
+  }
+
   .text-format {
     .only-format {
       color: $fallback--faint;
@@ -343,6 +432,12 @@
     }
   }
 
+  .visibility-tray {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    padding-top: 5px;
+  }
+
   .media-upload-icon, .poll-icon, .emoji-icon {
     font-size: 26px;
     flex: 1;

src/i18n/en.json

@@ -636,7 +636,10 @@
     "status_unavailable": "Status unavailable",
     "copy_link": "Copy link to status",
     "thread_muted": "Thread muted",
-    "thread_muted_and_words": ", has words:"
+    "thread_muted_and_words": ", has words:",
+    "preview": "Preview",
+    "status_preview": "Status preview",
+    "preview_update": "Update"
   },
   "user_card": {
     "approve": "Approve",

src/services/api/api.service.js

@@ -617,7 +617,8 @@ const postStatus = ({
   poll,
   mediaIds = [],
   inReplyToStatusId,
-  contentType
+  contentType,
+  preview
 }) => {
   const form = new FormData()
   const pollOptions = poll.options || []
@@ -647,6 +648,9 @@ const postStatus = ({
   if (inReplyToStatusId) {
     form.append('in_reply_to_id', inReplyToStatusId)
   }
+  if (preview) {
+    form.append('preview', 'true')
+  }
 
   return fetch(MASTODON_POST_STATUS_URL, {
     body: form,
@@ -654,13 +658,7 @@ const postStatus = ({
     headers: authHeaders(credentials)
   })
     .then((response) => {
-      if (response.ok) {
       return response.json()
-      } else {
-        return {
-          error: response
-        }
-      }
     })
     .then((data) => data.error ? data : parseStatus(data))
 }

src/services/status_poster/status_poster.service.js

@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 import { map } from 'lodash'
 import apiService from '../api/api.service.js'
 
-const postStatus = ({ store, status, spoilerText, visibility, sensitive, poll, media = [], inReplyToStatusId = undefined, contentType = 'text/plain' }) => {
+const postStatus = ({
+  store,
+  status,
+  spoilerText,
+  visibility,
+  sensitive,
+  poll,
+  media = [],
+  inReplyToStatusId = undefined,
+  contentType = 'text/plain',
+  preview = false
+}) => {
   const mediaIds = map(media, 'id')
 
   return apiService.postStatus({
@@ -13,9 +24,11 @@ const postStatus = ({ store, status, spoilerText, visibility, sensitive, poll, m
     mediaIds,
     inReplyToStatusId,
     contentType,
-    poll })
+    poll,
+    preview
+  })
     .then((data) => {
-      if (!data.error) {
+      if (!data.error && !preview) {
         store.dispatch('addNewStatuses', {
           statuses: [data],
           timeline: 'friends',