When sending an image which is white in the bottom part, the message status text (i.e. message expiration timer, when the message was sent, delivery/read status) is not visible in the desktop client. The dark shade which is suppose to make this text visible appears to be in front of the actual text itself. This is what it looks like:
When selecting the conversation text (ctrl + a) the status text becomes visible behind the shaded area:
This issue can be reproduced by sending a white image without any attached text message.
Signal version: v1.15.1
Operating System: Arch Linux
I just installed the updated version (1.15.3) and it seems that this problem has already been fixed in commit 9accf63fdb66fb008732e5b9f3e5619d77da9719. This commit did however break the "scroll to the bottom" button in the bottom right corner visible on both screenshots. The message status is now floating on top of the round button. The round button should have a z-index of 3 or greater.
@petcap Thanks for the bug report. I've already coded up the fix. :0)
This is fixed in the latest releases.
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@petcap Thanks for the bug report. I've already coded up the fix. :0)