Redesign message list to Mattermost-style: left-aligned, always named

Replaced the Slack/iMessage-style layout (your own messages right-aligned
in an accent-colored bubble, no name shown since you obviously know you
sent it) with a flat, uniformly left-aligned chat log matching Mattermost:
every message shows its sender's avatar and name, dropped only for
consecutive messages from the same sender in a row (grouping logic already
existed for other people's messages; now applies uniformly regardless of
who sent it). No more per-message "mine" background color, since real
Mattermost doesn't have one either -- messages are distinguished only by
the username label, with a hover-revealed row highlight and the existing
edit affordance (still author-only) taking the place of the old bubble.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

frontend/src/components/MessageList.css

@@ -4,98 +4,97 @@
   padding: var(--sp-4);
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
-  gap: 14px;
 }
 
 .message-row {
+  position: relative;
   display: flex;
   gap: var(--sp-2);
-  justify-content: flex-start;
+  padding: 1px var(--sp-2);
-  align-items: flex-end;
+  border-radius: 6px;
 }
 
-.message-row-mine {
+.message-row-start {
-  justify-content: flex-end;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+}
+
+.message-row:hover {
+  background: var(--ds-surface);
 }
 
 .message-avatar-slot {
-  width: 28px;
+  width: 36px;
   flex: none;
 }
 
-.message-bubble-wrap {
+.message-content {
-  display: flex;
+  flex: 1;
-  flex-direction: column;
+  min-width: 0;
-  align-items: flex-start;
-  max-width: 65%;
 }
 
-.message-row-mine .message-bubble-wrap {
+.message-header {
-  align-items: flex-end;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  gap: 8px;
+  margin-bottom: 2px;
 }
 
 .message-author {
-  font-size: 0.76rem;
+  font-size: 0.86rem;
-  color: var(--ds-muted);
+  font-weight: 700;
-  margin-bottom: 3px;
+  color: var(--ds-text);
-  font-weight: 600;
 }
 
-.message-bubble {
+.message-time {
-  position: relative;
+  font-size: 0.68rem;
-  background: var(--ds-surface-2);
+  color: var(--ds-muted);
-  color: var(--ds-text);
+  font-family: var(--mono);
-  padding: 8px 12px;
+}
-  border-radius: 10px;
+
+.message-text {
   font-size: 0.88rem;
   line-height: 1.45;
+  color: var(--ds-text);
   white-space: pre-wrap;
   word-break: break-word;
 }
 
-.message-bubble-mine {
+.message-edited {
-  background: var(--ds-accent-2);
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: var(--ds-muted);
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
 }
 
 .message-edit-link {
   display: none;
   position: absolute;
-  top: -18px;
+  top: 2px;
-  right: 0;
+  right: var(--sp-2);
-  background: transparent;
+  background: var(--ds-surface-2);
-  border: none;
+  border: 1px solid var(--ds-border);
   color: var(--ds-muted);
   font-size: 0.68rem;
   cursor: pointer;
-  padding: 2px 4px;
+  padding: 2px 8px;
+  border-radius: 6px;
 }
 
 .message-edit-link:hover {
   color: var(--ds-text);
+  border-color: var(--ds-accent);
 }
 
-.message-bubble:hover .message-edit-link {
+.message-row:hover .message-edit-link {
   display: inline;
 }
 
 .message-edit-input {
   background: var(--ds-surface-2);
   border: 1px solid var(--ds-accent);
-  border-radius: 10px;
+  border-radius: 6px;
-  padding: 8px 12px;
+  padding: 6px 10px;
   font-size: 0.88rem;
   color: var(--ds-text);
   font-family: var(--sans);
   width: 100%;
 }
-
-.message-time {
-  font-size: 0.68rem;
-  color: var(--ds-muted);
-  margin-top: 3px;
-  font-family: var(--mono);
-}
-
-.message-edited {
-  font-style: italic;
-}

frontend/src/components/MessageList.tsx

@@ -37,21 +37,29 @@ export function MessageList({ messages, members, onEdit }: MessageListProps) {
       {messages.map((msg, i) => {
         const mine = msg.user_id === user?.id
         const prev = messages[i - 1]
-        const showAvatar = !mine && (!prev || prev.user_id !== msg.user_id)
+        // Mattermost-style grouping: every message shows who sent it, but
-        const showName = showAvatar
+        // consecutive messages from the same sender only repeat the
+        // avatar/name/timestamp header on the first one in the run --
+        // applies uniformly, including to your own messages.
+        const isGroupStart = !prev || prev.user_id !== msg.user_id
         const editing = editingId === msg.id
 
         return (
-          <div key={msg.id} className={`message-row${mine ? ' message-row-mine' : ''}`}>
+          <div key={msg.id} className={`message-row${isGroupStart ? ' message-row-start' : ''}`}>
-            {!mine && (
             <div className="message-avatar-slot">
-                {showAvatar && (
+              {isGroupStart && (
                 <UserAvatar username={msg.username} colorIndex={senderColorIndex(msg.username, members)} />
               )}
             </div>
+            <div className="message-content">
+              {isGroupStart && (
+                <div className="message-header">
+                  <span className="message-author">{msg.username}</span>
+                  <span className="message-time">
+                    {new Date(msg.created_at).toLocaleTimeString([], { hour: 'numeric', minute: '2-digit' })}
+                  </span>
+                </div>
               )}
-            <div className="message-bubble-wrap">
-              {showName && <div className="message-author">{msg.username}</div>}
               {editing ? (
                 <input
                   autoFocus
@@ -65,9 +73,13 @@ export function MessageList({ messages, members, onEdit }: MessageListProps) {
                   onBlur={() => commitEdit(msg.id)}
                 />
               ) : (
-                <div className={`message-bubble${mine ? ' message-bubble-mine' : ''}`}>
+                <div className="message-text">
                   {msg.content}
-                  {mine && (
+                  {msg.edited_at && <span className="message-edited"> (edited)</span>}
+                </div>
+              )}
+            </div>
+            {mine && !editing && (
               <button
                 type="button"
                 className="message-edit-link"
@@ -78,13 +90,6 @@ export function MessageList({ messages, members, onEdit }: MessageListProps) {
               </button>
             )}
           </div>
-              )}
-              <div className="message-time">
-                {new Date(msg.created_at).toLocaleTimeString([], { hour: 'numeric', minute: '2-digit' })}
-                {msg.edited_at && <span className="message-edited"> (edited)</span>}
-              </div>
-            </div>
-          </div>
         )
       })}
       <div ref={bottomRef} />