New room list: basic flat list

playwright/e2e/left-panel/room-list-panel/room-list-panel.spec.ts

@@ -25,10 +25,17 @@ test.describe("Room list panel", () => {
     test.beforeEach(async ({ page, app, user }) => {
         // The notification toast is displayed above the search section
         await app.closeNotificationToast();
+
+        // Populate the room list
+        for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+            await app.client.createRoom({ name: `room${i}` });
+        }
     });
 
     test("should render the room list panel", { tag: "@screenshot" }, async ({ page, app, user }) => {
         const roomListView = getRoomListView(page);
+        // Wait for the last room to be visible
+        await expect(roomListView.getByRole("gridcell", { name: "Open room room19" })).toBeVisible();
         await expect(roomListView).toMatchScreenshot("room-list-panel.png");
     });
 });

playwright/e2e/left-panel/room-list-panel/room-list.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 New Vector Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import { type Page } from "@playwright/test";
+
+import { test, expect } from "../../../element-web-test";
+
+test.describe("Room list", () => {
+    test.use({
+        labsFlags: ["feature_new_room_list"],
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * Get the room list
+     * @param page
+     */
+    function getRoomList(page: Page) {
+        return page.getByTestId("room-list");
+    }
+
+    test.beforeEach(async ({ page, app, user }) => {
+        // The notification toast is displayed above the search section
+        await app.closeNotificationToast();
+        for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+            await app.client.createRoom({ name: `room${i}` });
+        }
+    });
+
+    test("should render the room list", { tag: "@screenshot" }, async ({ page, app, user }) => {
+        const roomListView = getRoomList(page);
+        await expect(roomListView.getByRole("gridcell", { name: "Open room room29" })).toBeVisible();
+        await expect(roomListView).toMatchScreenshot("room-list.png");
+
+        await roomListView.hover();
+        // Scroll to the end of the room list
+        await page.mouse.wheel(0, 1000);
+        await expect(roomListView.getByRole("gridcell", { name: "Open room room0" })).toBeVisible();
+        await expect(roomListView).toMatchScreenshot("room-list-scrolled.png");
+    });
+
+    test("should open the room when it is clicked", async ({ page, app, user }) => {
+        const roomListView = getRoomList(page);
+        await roomListView.getByRole("gridcell", { name: "Open room room29" }).click();
+        await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "room29", level: 1 })).toBeVisible();
+    });
+});

res/css/_components.pcss

@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@
 @import "./views/right_panel/_VerificationPanel.pcss";
 @import "./views/right_panel/_WidgetCard.pcss";
 @import "./views/room_settings/_AliasSettings.pcss";
+@import "./views/rooms/RoomListPanel/_RoomList.pcss";
+@import "./views/rooms/RoomListPanel/_RoomListCell.pcss";
 @import "./views/rooms/RoomListPanel/_RoomListHeaderView.pcss";
 @import "./views/rooms/RoomListPanel/_RoomListPanel.pcss";
 @import "./views/rooms/RoomListPanel/_RoomListSearch.pcss";

res/css/views/rooms/RoomListPanel/_RoomList.pcss

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 New Vector Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+.mx_RoomList {
+    height: 100%;
+
+    .mx_RoomList_List {
+        /* Avoid when on hover, the background color to be on top of the right border */
+        padding-right: 1px;
+    }
+}

res/css/views/rooms/RoomListPanel/_RoomListCell.pcss

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 New Vector Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The RoomCell has the following structure:
+ * button----------------------------------------|
+ * | <-12px-> container--------------------------|
+ * |          | room avatar <-12px-> content-----|
+ * |          |                      | room_name |
+ * |          |                      | ----------| <-- border
+ * |---------------------------------------------|
+ */
+.mx_RoomListCell {
+    all: unset;
+
+    &:hover {
+        background-color: var(--cpd-color-bg-action-secondary-hovered);
+    }
+
+    .mx_RoomListCell_container {
+        padding-left: var(--cpd-space-3x);
+        font: var(--cpd-font-body-md-regular);
+        height: 100%;
+
+        .mx_RoomListCell_content {
+            height: 100%;
+            flex: 1;
+            /* The border is only under the room name and the future hover menu  */
+            border-bottom: var(--cpd-border-width-0-5) solid var(--cpd-color-bg-subtle-secondary);
+            box-sizing: border-box;
+            min-width: 0;
+
+            span {
+                white-space: nowrap;
+                overflow: hidden;
+                text-overflow: ellipsis;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

res/css/views/rooms/RoomListPanel/_RoomListHeaderView.pcss

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 .mx_RoomListHeaderView {
-    height: 60px;
+    flex: 0 0 60px;
     padding: 0 var(--cpd-space-3x);
 
     .mx_RoomListHeaderView_title {

res/css/views/rooms/RoomListPanel/_RoomListSearch.pcss

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 .mx_RoomListSearch {
     /* From figma, this should be aligned with the room header */
-    height: 64px;
+    flex: 0 0 64px;
     box-sizing: border-box;
     border-bottom: var(--cpd-border-width-1) solid var(--cpd-color-bg-subtle-primary);
     padding: 0 var(--cpd-space-3x);

src/components/views/rooms/RoomListPanel/RoomList.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 New Vector Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import React, { useCallback, type JSX } from "react";
+import { AutoSizer, List, type ListRowProps } from "react-virtualized";
+
+import { type RoomListViewState } from "../../../viewmodels/roomlist/RoomListViewModel";
+import { _t } from "../../../../languageHandler";
+import { RoomListCell } from "./RoomListCell";
+
+interface RoomListProps {
+    /**
+     * The view model state for the room list.
+     */
+    vm: RoomListViewState;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A virtualized list of rooms.
+ */
+export function RoomList({ vm: { rooms, openRoom } }: RoomListProps): JSX.Element {
+    const roomRendererMemoized = useCallback(
+        ({ key, index, style }: ListRowProps) => (
+            <RoomListCell room={rooms[index]} key={key} style={style} onClick={() => openRoom(rooms[index].roomId)} />
+        ),
+        [rooms, openRoom],
+    );
+
+    // The first div is needed to make the virtualized list take all the remaining space and scroll correctly
+    return (
+        <div className="mx_RoomList" data-testid="room-list">
+            <AutoSizer>
+                {({ height, width }) => (
+                    <List
+                        aria-label={_t("room_list|list_title")}
+                        className="mx_RoomList_List"
+                        rowRenderer={roomRendererMemoized}
+                        rowCount={rooms.length}
+                        rowHeight={48}
+                        height={height}
+                        width={width}
+                    />
+                )}
+            </AutoSizer>
+        </div>
+    );
+}

src/components/views/rooms/RoomListPanel/RoomListCell.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 New Vector Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import React, { type JSX } from "react";
+import { type Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+
+import { _t } from "../../../../languageHandler";
+import { Flex } from "../../../utils/Flex";
+import DecoratedRoomAvatar from "../../avatars/DecoratedRoomAvatar";
+
+interface RoomListCellProps extends React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLButtonElement> {
+    /**
+     * The room to display
+     */
+    room: Room;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A cell in the room list
+ */
+export function RoomListCell({ room, ...props }: RoomListCellProps): JSX.Element {
+    return (
+        <button
+            className="mx_RoomListCell"
+            type="button"
+            aria-label={_t("room_list|room|open_room", { roomName: room.name })}
+            {...props}
+        >
+            {/* We need this extra div between the button and the content in order to add a padding which is not messing with the virtualized list */}
+            <Flex className="mx_RoomListCell_container" gap="var(--cpd-space-3x)" align="center">
+                <DecoratedRoomAvatar room={room} size="32px" />
+                <Flex className="mx_RoomListCell_content" align="center">
+                    {/* We truncate the room name when too long. Title here is to show the full name on hover */}
+                    <span title={room.name}>{room.name}</span>
+                    {/* Future hover menu et notification badges */}
+                </Flex>
+            </Flex>
+        </button>
+    );
+}

src/components/views/rooms/RoomListPanel/RoomListPanel.tsx

@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
 */
 
 import React from "react";
-import { AutoSizer, List } from "react-virtualized";
 
-import type { ListRowProps } from "react-virtualized";
 import { shouldShowComponent } from "../../../../customisations/helpers/UIComponents";
 import { UIComponent } from "../../../../settings/UIFeature";
 import { RoomListSearch } from "./RoomListSearch";
 import { RoomListHeaderView } from "./RoomListHeaderView";
-import { useRoomListViewModel } from "../../../viewmodels/roomlist/RoomListViewModel";
+import { RoomListView } from "./RoomListView";
+import { Flex } from "../../../utils/Flex";
 
 type RoomListPanelProps = {
     /**
@@ -28,31 +27,18 @@ type RoomListPanelProps = {
  */
 export const RoomListPanel: React.FC<RoomListPanelProps> = ({ activeSpace }) => {
     const displayRoomSearch = shouldShowComponent(UIComponent.FilterContainer);
-    const { rooms } = useRoomListViewModel();
-
-    const rowRenderer = ({ key, index, style }: ListRowProps): React.JSX.Element => {
-        return (
-            <div key={key} style={style}>
-                {rooms[index].name}
-            </div>
-        );
-    };
 
     return (
-        <section className="mx_RoomListPanel" data-testid="room-list-panel">
+        <Flex
+            as="section"
+            className="mx_RoomListPanel"
+            data-testid="room-list-panel"
+            direction="column"
+            align="stretch"
+        >
             {displayRoomSearch && <RoomListSearch activeSpace={activeSpace} />}
             <RoomListHeaderView />
-            <AutoSizer>
-                {({ height, width }) => (
-                    <List
-                        rowRenderer={rowRenderer}
-                        rowCount={rooms.length}
-                        rowHeight={20}
-                        height={height}
-                        width={width}
-                    />
-                )}
-            </AutoSizer>
-        </section>
+            <RoomListView />
+        </Flex>
     );
 };

src/components/views/rooms/RoomListPanel/RoomListView.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 New Vector Ltd.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+ * Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
+ */
+
+import React, { type JSX } from "react";
+
+import { useRoomListViewModel } from "../../../viewmodels/roomlist/RoomListViewModel";
+import { RoomList } from "./RoomList";
+
+/**
+ * Host the room list and the (future) room filters
+ */
+export function RoomListView(): JSX.Element {
+    const vm = useRoomListViewModel();
+    // Room filters will be added soon
+    return <RoomList vm={vm} />;
+}

src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json

@@ -2097,12 +2097,16 @@
             "one": "Currently joining %(count)s room",
             "other": "Currently joining %(count)s rooms"
         },
+        "list_title": "Room list",
         "notification_options": "Notification options",
         "open_space_menu": "Open space menu",
         "redacting_messages_status": {
             "one": "Currently removing messages in %(count)s room",
             "other": "Currently removing messages in %(count)s rooms"
         },
+        "room": {
+            "open_room": "Open room %(roomName)s"
+        },
         "show_less": "Show less",
         "show_n_more": {
             "one": "Show %(count)s more",