enh: add smoother scrolling and context menu to copy messages

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-## [Unreleased]
+## [v0.7.5]
 
 ## Added
 
 1. Add day separator before the first message of a day.
 2. Add a jump / navigate to date floating window triggered with:
     - a shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+F.
     - a toobar button
+3. Add context menu to chat view for copying message text.
 
 
+## Changed
+
+1. Set single step scrolling for smoother scrolling.
+
 ---
 
 ## [v0.7.0]

README.md

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ pip install git+https://github.com/shsiddhant/memory.text.git
 
 ### Filter and Search
 
+- [x] Copy message text
 - [ ] Search messages
 - [ ] Filter by participants
 - [ ] Sort/filter by timestamps

src/memorytext/views/chat_view.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-from PySide6.QtWidgets import QListView
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QListView, QMenu
 from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
-from PySide6.QtGui import QFont
+from PySide6.QtGui import QAction, QFont, QIcon
 
 from memorytext.models.message_list import MessageList
 from memorytext.services import message_service
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     import datetime
 
 
+COPY_ICON = QIcon.fromTheme("edit-copy")
+
+
 class ChatView(QListView):
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
@@ -27,6 +30,10 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.setItemDelegate(self.delegate)
         self.setWordWrap(True)
         self.setUniformItemSizes(False)
+        self.setMouseTracking(True)
+        self.setAttribute(Qt.WidgetAttribute.WA_Hover)
+        self.setContextMenuPolicy(Qt.ContextMenuPolicy.CustomContextMenu)
+        self.customContextMenuRequested.connect(self.show_context_menu)
         self.setFocusPolicy(Qt.NoFocus)  # pyright: ignore[reportAttributeAccessIssue]
 
     def set_messages(
@@ -49,3 +56,15 @@ def jump_to_date(self, date: datetime.date):
         if target_index:
             self.scrollTo(target_index, self.ScrollHint.PositionAtTop)
             self.setCurrentIndex(target_index)
+
+    def show_context_menu(self, position):
+        index = self.indexAt(position)
+        if index.isValid():
+            menu = QMenu(self)
+            copy_action = QAction(COPY_ICON, "Copy Message", self)
+            menu.addAction(copy_action)
+            action = menu.exec(self.viewport().mapToGlobal(position))
+            if action == copy_action:
+                QApplication.clipboard().setText(
+                    index.data(Qt.ItemDataRole.DisplayRole)
+                )

src/memorytext/windows/main_window.py

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         # Messages
         self.chat_area = ChatView()
+        self.chat_area.verticalScrollBar().setSingleStep(5)  # Smoother Scrolling
         main_layout.addLayout(sidebar_layout, stretch=1)
         main_layout.addWidget(self.chat_area, stretch=2)
         self.sidebar.clicked.connect(self.load_messages)