Disable file uploads for certain users about stream-chat-react HOT 3 CLOSED

Hiding the upload box based on permissions is very prone to error, I suggest we at least expose a prop function like uploadEnabled that accepts (user, channel) and returns a boolean.

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Any user that updates the permissions of a channel will also need the UI to reflect those changes. If the process of fetching permissions and reflecting them in the UI is already challenging as you say, why would it make sense to shift that burden to component users, who are less familiar with the possible difficulties?

Eventually I hacked together a way of fetching the permissions and changing the UI for users who do not have the permission to:

• upload files with maxFileUploads={0} on regular users, and then writing some custom CSS to hide the add file button if it was disabled
• ban, mute, flag by changing the messageActions prop for the MessageList
• I'm still seeking an easy way to get slash commands to not show up if the user shouldn't have permission for the action underpinning a slash command

Rather than have each implementor figure out a workaround, wouldn't it make sense to fetch permissions in channel initialization and build parity into the component kit?

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Hey @codekiln ,

Thank you for bringing this up. I will discuss with team and add the things mentioned by you in our list of upcoming enhancements :)

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