Try open matrix: links before showing clients

src/Link.js

@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ function asPrefix(identifierKind) {
     }
 }
 
+function asPath(identifierKind) {
+    switch (identifierKind) {
+        case IdentifierKind.RoomId: return "roomid";
+        case IdentifierKind.RoomAlias: return "r";
+        case IdentifierKind.GroupId: return null;
+        case IdentifierKind.UserId: return "u";
+        default: throw new Error("invalid id kind " + identifierKind);
+    }
+}
+
 function getWebInstanceMap(queryParams) {
     const prefix = "web-instance[";
     const postfix = "]";
@@ -183,4 +193,15 @@ export class Link {
             return `/${this.identifier}`;
         }
     }
+
+    toMatrixUrl() {
+        const prefix = asPath(this.identifierKind);
+        if (!prefix) {
+            // Some matrix.to links aren't valid matrix: links (i.e. groups)
+            return null;
+        }
+        const identifier = this.identifier.substring(1);
+        const suffix = this.eventId ? `/e/${this.eventId.substring(1)}` : "";
+        return `matrix:${prefix}/${identifier}${suffix}`;
+    }
 }

src/RootView.js

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import {LoadServerPolicyView} from "./policy/LoadServerPolicyView.js";
 
 export class RootView extends TemplateView {
     render(t, vm) {
-        return t.div({className: "RootView"}, [
+        return t.if(vm => !vm.hidden,
+            vm => t.div({className: "RootView"}, [
                 t.mapView(vm => vm.openLinkViewModel, vm => vm ? new OpenLinkView(vm) : null),
                 t.mapView(vm => vm.createLinkViewModel, vm => vm ? new CreateLinkView(vm) : null),
                 t.mapView(vm => vm.loadServerPolicyViewModel, vm => vm ? new LoadServerPolicyView(vm) : null),
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ export class RootView extends TemplateView {
                             t.button({className: "text", onClick: () => vm.clearPreferences()}, "Clear preferences")),
                     ])
                 ])
-        ]);
+            ])
+        );
     }
 }
 

src/RootViewModel.js

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {Platform} from "./Platform.js";
 export class RootViewModel extends ViewModel {
     constructor(options) {
         super(options);
+        this.hidden = false;
         this.link = null;
         this.openLinkViewModel = null;
         this.createLinkViewModel = null;
@@ -58,6 +59,15 @@ export class RootViewModel extends ViewModel {
         } else {
             const oldLink = this.link;
             this.link = Link.parse(hash);
+            const matrixUrl = this.link.toMatrixUrl()
+            if (matrixUrl) {
+                this.hidden = true;
+                setTimeout(() => {
+                    this.hidden = false;
+                    this.emitChange();
+                }, 1000);
+                this.openLink(this.link.toMatrixUrl());
+            }
             this._updateChildVMs(oldLink);
         }
     }