Merge pull request #2026 from csoler/v0.6-BoardsGUI

V0.6 boards gui

libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsposted.h

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ enum class RsPostedEventCode: uint8_t
 	UPDATED_MESSAGE          = 0x05,
 	READ_STATUS_CHANGED      = 0x06,
 	STATISTICS_CHANGED       = 0x07,
+    MESSAGE_VOTES_UPDATED    = 0x08,
 };
 
 
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ struct RsGxsPostedEvent: RsEvent
 	RsPostedEventCode mPostedEventCode;
 	RsGxsGroupId mPostedGroupId;
 	RsGxsMessageId mPostedMsgId;
+    RsGxsMessageId mPostedThreadId;
 
 	///* @see RsEvent @see RsSerializable
 	void serial_process( RsGenericSerializer::SerializeJob j,RsGenericSerializer::SerializeContext& ctx) override
@@ -172,6 +174,10 @@ public:
 
 	virtual bool getBoardsServiceStatistics(GxsServiceStatistic& stat) =0;
 
+    virtual bool voteForPost(bool up,const RsGxsGroupId& postGrpId,const RsGxsMessageId& postMsgId,const RsGxsId& voterId) =0;
+
+    virtual bool setPostReadStatus(const RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair& msgId, bool read) = 0;
+
     enum RS_DEPRECATED RankType {TopRankType, HotRankType, NewRankType };
 
 	RS_DEPRECATED_FOR(getBoardsInfo)
@@ -201,8 +207,9 @@ public:
 //virtual bool createNewComment(uint32_t &token, RsGxsComment &comment) = 0;
 //virtual bool createNewVote(uint32_t &token, RsGxsVote &vote) = 0;
 
-        //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    RS_DEPRECATED_FOR(setPostReadStatus)
     virtual void setMessageReadStatus(uint32_t& token, const RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair& msgId, bool read) = 0;
+        //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 virtual bool createGroup(uint32_t &token, RsPostedGroup &group) = 0;
 virtual bool createPost(uint32_t &token, RsPostedPost &post) = 0;

libretroshare/src/services/p3postbase.cc

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 /****
  * #define POSTBASE_DEBUG 1
  ****/
+#define POSTBASE_DEBUG 1
 
 #define POSTBASE_BACKGROUND_PROCESSING	0x0002
 #define PROCESSING_START_PERIOD		30
@@ -93,27 +94,49 @@ void p3PostBase::notifyChanges(std::vector<RsGxsNotify *> &changes)
 
         if(msgChange)
         {
-#ifdef POSTBASE_DEBUG
-			std::cerr << "p3PostBase::notifyChanges() Found Message Change Notification";
-			std::cerr << std::endl;
-#endif
-
-#ifdef POSTBASE_DEBUG
-			std::cerr << "p3PostBase::notifyChanges() Msgs for Group: " << mit->first;
-			std::cerr << std::endl;
-#endif
             // To start with we are just going to trigger updates on these groups.
             // FUTURE OPTIMISATION.
             // It could be taken a step further and directly request these msgs for an update.
             addGroupForProcessing(msgChange->mGroupId);
 
-			if (rsEvents && (msgChange->getType() == RsGxsNotify::TYPE_RECEIVED_NEW || msgChange->getType() == RsGxsNotify::TYPE_PUBLISHED))
+            if (rsEvents)
+            {
+                switch(msgChange->getType())
+                {
+                case RsGxsNotify::TYPE_RECEIVED_NEW:
+                case RsGxsNotify::TYPE_PUBLISHED:
+                {
+                    auto ev = std::make_shared<RsGxsPostedEvent>();
+                    ev->mPostedMsgId = msgChange->mMsgId;
+                    ev->mPostedThreadId = msgChange->mNewMsgItem->meta.mThreadId;
+                    ev->mPostedGroupId = msgChange->mGroupId;
+                    ev->mPostedEventCode = RsPostedEventCode::NEW_MESSAGE;
+                    rsEvents->postEvent(ev);
+#ifdef POSTBASE_DEBUG
+                    std::cerr << "p3PostBase::notifyChanges() Found Message Change Notification: NEW/PUBLISHED ID=" << msgChange->mMsgId << " in group " << msgChange->mGroupId << ", thread ID = " << msgChange->mNewMsgItem->meta.mThreadId << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+                }
+                    break;
+
+                case RsGxsNotify::TYPE_PROCESSED:
                 {
                     auto ev = std::make_shared<RsGxsPostedEvent>();
                     ev->mPostedMsgId = msgChange->mMsgId;
                     ev->mPostedGroupId = msgChange->mGroupId;
-				ev->mPostedEventCode = RsPostedEventCode::NEW_MESSAGE;
+                    ev->mPostedEventCode = RsPostedEventCode::MESSAGE_VOTES_UPDATED;
                     rsEvents->postEvent(ev);
+#ifdef POSTBASE_DEBUG
+                    std::cerr << "p3PostBase::notifyChanges() Found Message Change Notification: PROCESSED ID=" << msgChange->mMsgId << " in group " << msgChange->mGroupId << std::endl;
+#endif
+                }
+                    break;
+                default:
+#ifdef POSTBASE_DEBUG
+                    std::cerr << "p3PostBase::notifyChanges() Found Message Change Notification: type " << msgChange->getType() << " (ignored) " << msgChange->mMsgId << std::endl;
+#endif
+                    break;
+                }
             }
         }
 

libretroshare/src/services/p3posted.cc

@@ -442,6 +442,57 @@ bool p3Posted::createBoard(RsPostedGroup& board)
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool p3Posted::voteForPost(bool up,const RsGxsGroupId& postGrpId,const RsGxsMessageId& postMsgId,const RsGxsId& authorId)
+{
+    // Do some basic tests
+
+    if(!rsIdentity->isOwnId(authorId))	// This is ruled out before waitToken complains. Not sure it's needed.
+    {
+        std::cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << ": vote submitted with an ID that is not yours! This cannot work." << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    RsGxsVote vote;
+
+    vote.mMeta.mGroupId = postGrpId;
+    vote.mMeta.mThreadId = postMsgId;
+    vote.mMeta.mParentId = postMsgId;
+    vote.mMeta.mAuthorId = authorId;
+
+    if (up)
+            vote.mVoteType = GXS_VOTE_UP;
+    else
+            vote.mVoteType = GXS_VOTE_DOWN;
+
+    uint32_t token;
+
+    if(!createNewVote(token, vote))
+    {
+        std::cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " Error! Failed submitting vote to (group,msg) " << postGrpId << "," << postMsgId << " from author " << authorId << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if(waitToken(token) != RsTokenService::COMPLETE)
+    {
+        std::cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " Error! GXS operation failed." << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool p3Posted::setPostReadStatus(const RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair& msgId, bool read)
+{
+    uint32_t token;
+
+    setMessageReadStatus(token,msgId,read);
+
+    if(waitToken(token) != RsTokenService::COMPLETE)
+    {
+        std::cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " Error! GXS operation failed." << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
 bool p3Posted::editBoard(RsPostedGroup& board)
 {
 	uint32_t token;

libretroshare/src/services/p3posted.h

@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ virtual void receiveHelperChanges(std::vector<RsGxsNotify*>& changes)
 
 	bool createBoard(RsPostedGroup& board) override;
 
+    bool voteForPost(bool up,const RsGxsGroupId& postGrpId,const RsGxsMessageId& postMsgId,const RsGxsId& voterId) override;
+
+    bool setPostReadStatus(const RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair& msgId, bool read) override;
+
     virtual bool getGroupData(const uint32_t &token, std::vector<RsPostedGroup> &groups) override;
 	virtual bool getPostData(const uint32_t &token, std::vector<RsPostedPost> &posts, std::vector<RsGxsComment> &cmts, std::vector<RsGxsVote> &vots) override;
 	virtual bool getPostData(const uint32_t &token, std::vector<RsPostedPost> &posts, std::vector<RsGxsComment> &cmts) override;
@@ -126,17 +130,17 @@ virtual void setMessageReadStatus(uint32_t& token, const RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair& msgI
 		return mCommentService->createGxsComment(token, msg) && waitToken(token) == RsTokenService::COMPLETE ;
 	}
 
-	virtual bool createNewVote(uint32_t &token, RsGxsVote &msg)
+    virtual bool createNewVote(uint32_t &token, RsGxsVote &msg) override
 	{
 		return mCommentService->createGxsVote(token, msg);
 	}
 
 	virtual bool acknowledgeComment(
-	        uint32_t token, std::pair<RsGxsGroupId, RsGxsMessageId>& msgId )
+            uint32_t token, std::pair<RsGxsGroupId, RsGxsMessageId>& msgId ) override
 	{ return acknowledgeMsg(token, msgId); }
 
 	virtual bool acknowledgeVote(
-	        uint32_t token, std::pair<RsGxsGroupId, RsGxsMessageId>& msgId )
+            uint32_t token, std::pair<RsGxsGroupId, RsGxsMessageId>& msgId ) override
 	{
 		if (mCommentService->acknowledgeVote(token, msgId)) return true;
 		return acknowledgeMsg(token, msgId);

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Identity/IdDialog.ui

@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
      </widget>
      <widget class="QTabWidget" name="rightTabWidget">
       <property name="currentIndex">
-       <number>1</number>
+       <number>0</number>
       </property>
       <widget class="QWidget" name="personTab">
        <attribute name="icon">
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@
             <rect>
              <x>0</x>
              <y>0</y>
-             <width>1372</width>
+             <width>634</width>
-             <height>719</height>
+             <height>523</height>
             </rect>
            </property>
            <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="scrollAreaWidgetContentsVLayout">
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ border-image: url(:/images/closepressed.png)
   </layout>
   <action name="editIdentity">
    <property name="icon">
-    <iconset resource="../images.qrc">
+    <iconset>
      <normaloff>:/images/edit_16.png</normaloff>:/images/edit_16.png</iconset>
    </property>
    <property name="text">

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,511 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp                    *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019  Retroshare Team       <retroshare.project@gmail.com>    *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as              *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the          *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                             *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                         *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License    *
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       *
+ *                                                                             *
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+#include <QDateTime>
+#include <QMenu>
+#include <QStyle>
+#include <QTextDocument>
+#include <QToolButton>
+
+#include "rshare.h"
+#include "BoardPostDisplayWidget.h"
+#include "PhotoView.h"
+#include "gui/gxs/GxsIdDetails.h"
+#include "util/misc.h"
+#include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
+#include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
+#include "util/HandleRichText.h"
+#include "gui/Identity/IdDialog.h"
+#include "gui/MainWindow.h"
+
+#include "ui_BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact.h"
+#include "ui_BoardPostDisplayWidget_card.h"
+
+#include <retroshare/rsposted.h>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#define LINK_IMAGE ":/images/thumb-link.png"
+
+// #ifdef DEBUG_BOARDPOSTDISPLAYWIDGET 1
+
+/** Constructor */
+
+const char *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::DEFAULT_BOARD_IMAGE = ":/icons/png/newsfeed2.png";
+
+//===================================================================================================================================
+//==                                             Base class BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase                                             ==
+//===================================================================================================================================
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase(const RsPostedPost& post,uint8_t display_flags,QWidget *parent)
+    : QWidget(parent), mPost(post),mDisplayFlags(display_flags)
+{
+}
+
+void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::setCommentsSize(int comNb)
+{
+    QString sComButText ;
+
+    if (comNb == 1)
+        sComButText = tr("1 comment");
+    else if(comNb > 1)
+        sComButText = tr("%1 comments").arg(comNb);
+    else
+        sComButText = tr("No comments yet. Click to add one.");
+
+    commentButton()->setToolTip(sComButText);
+
+    if(comNb > 0)
+        commentButton()->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/images/comments_blue.png"));
+    else
+        commentButton()->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/images/comments.png"));
+
+//	QString sComButText = tr("Comment");
+//	if (comNb == 1)
+//		sComButText = sComButText.append("(1)");
+//	else if(comNb > 1)
+//		sComButText = tr("Comments ").append("(%1)").arg(comNb);
+//
+    commentButton()->setText(tr("Comments"));
+}
+
+void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::makeDownVote()
+{
+	RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair msgId;
+	msgId.first = mPost.mMeta.mGroupId;
+	msgId.second = mPost.mMeta.mMsgId;
+
+    voteUpButton()->setEnabled(false);
+    voteDownButton()->setEnabled(false);
+
+	emit vote(msgId, false);
+}
+
+void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::makeUpVote()
+{
+	RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair msgId;
+	msgId.first = mPost.mMeta.mGroupId;
+	msgId.second = mPost.mMeta.mMsgId;
+
+    voteUpButton()->setEnabled(false);
+    voteDownButton()->setEnabled(false);
+
+	emit vote(msgId, true);
+}
+
+void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::setReadStatus(bool isNew, bool isUnread)
+{
+	if (isUnread)
+        readButton()->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/images/message-state-unread.png"));
+	else
+        readButton()->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/images/message-state-read.png"));
+
+    newLabel()->setVisible(isNew);
+
+    mainFrame()->setProperty("new", isNew);
+    mainFrame()->style()->unpolish(mainFrame());
+    mainFrame()->style()->polish(mainFrame());
+}
+
+void BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::doExpand(bool e)
+{
+#ifdef DEBUG_BOARDPOSTDISPLAYWIDGET
+     std::cerr << "Expanding" << std::endl;
+#endif
+     if(e)
+         ui->frame_notes->show();
+     else
+         ui->frame_notes->hide();
+
+    emit expand(mPost.mMeta.mMsgId,e);
+}
+
+void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::loadComments(bool e)
+{
+    emit commentsRequested(mPost.mMeta.mMsgId,e);
+}
+
+void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::readToggled()
+{
+    bool s = IS_MSG_UNREAD(mPost.mMeta.mMsgStatus);
+
+    emit changeReadStatusRequested(mPost.mMeta.mMsgId,s);
+}
+
+void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::setup()
+{
+    // show/hide things based on the view type
+
+    if(!(mDisplayFlags & SHOW_COMMENTS))
+        commentButton()->setChecked(false);
+    else
+        commentButton()->setChecked(true);
+
+    /* clear ui */
+    titleLabel()->setText(tr("Loading"));
+    dateLabel()->clear();
+    fromLabel()->clear();
+    siteLabel()->clear();
+
+    QObject::connect(commentButton(), SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(loadComments(bool)));
+    QObject::connect(voteUpButton(), SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(makeUpVote()));
+    QObject::connect(voteDownButton(), SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(makeDownVote()));
+    QObject::connect(readButton(), SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(readToggled()));
+
+    QAction *CopyLinkAction = new QAction(QIcon(""),tr("Copy RetroShare Link"), this);
+    connect(CopyLinkAction, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(handleCopyLinkClicked()));
+
+    int S = QFontMetricsF(font()).height() ;
+
+    readButton()->setChecked(false);
+
+    QMenu *menu = new QMenu();
+    menu->addAction(CopyLinkAction);
+    menu->addSeparator();
+    shareButton()->setMenu(menu);
+
+    connect(shareButton(),SIGNAL(pressed()),this,SLOT(handleShareButtonClicked()));
+
+    RsReputationLevel overall_reputation = rsReputations->overallReputationLevel(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId);
+    bool redacted = (overall_reputation == RsReputationLevel::LOCALLY_NEGATIVE);
+
+    if(redacted)
+    {
+        commentButton()->setDisabled(true);
+        voteUpButton()->setDisabled(true);
+        voteDownButton()->setDisabled(true);
+        fromLabel()->setId(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId);
+        titleLabel()->setText(tr( "<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><b>The author of this message (with ID %1) is banned.</b>").arg(QString::fromStdString(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId.toStdString()))) ;
+        QDateTime qtime;
+        qtime.setTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
+        QString timestamp = qtime.toString("hh:mm dd-MMM-yyyy");
+        dateLabel()->setText(timestamp);
+        pictureLabel()->setDisabled(true);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        QPixmap sqpixmap2 = FilesDefs::getPixmapFromQtResourcePath(":/images/thumb-default.png");
+
+        QDateTime qtime;
+        qtime.setTime_t(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
+        QString timestamp = qtime.toString("hh:mm dd-MMM-yyyy");
+        QString timestamp2 = misc::timeRelativeToNow(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs) + " " + tr("ago");
+        dateLabel()->setText(timestamp2);
+        dateLabel()->setToolTip(timestamp);
+
+        fromLabel()->setId(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId);
+
+        // Use QUrl to check/parse our URL
+        // The only combination that seems to work: load as EncodedUrl, extract toEncoded().
+        QByteArray urlarray(mPost.mLink.c_str());
+        QUrl url = QUrl::fromEncoded(urlarray.trimmed());
+        QString urlstr = "Invalid Link";
+        QString sitestr = "Invalid Link";
+
+        bool urlOkay = url.isValid();
+        if (urlOkay)
+        {
+            QString scheme = url.scheme();
+            if ((scheme != "https")
+                            && (scheme != "http")
+                            && (scheme != "ftp")
+                            && (scheme != "retroshare"))
+            {
+                urlOkay = false;
+                sitestr = "Invalid Link Scheme";
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (urlOkay)
+        {
+            urlstr =  QString("<a href=\"");
+            urlstr += QString(url.toEncoded());
+            urlstr += QString("\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:#2255AA;\"> ");
+            urlstr += QString::fromUtf8(mPost.mMeta.mMsgName.c_str());
+            urlstr += QString(" </span></a>");
+
+            QString siteurl = url.toEncoded();
+            sitestr = QString("<a href=\"%1\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:#0079d3;\"> %2 </span></a>").arg(siteurl).arg(siteurl);
+
+            titleLabel()->setText(urlstr);
+        }
+        else
+            titleLabel()->setText( QString::fromUtf8(mPost.mMeta.mMsgName.c_str()) );
+
+        if (urlarray.isEmpty())
+            siteLabel()->hide();
+
+        siteLabel()->setText(sitestr);
+    }
+
+    //QString score = "Hot" + QString::number(post.mHotScore);
+    //score += " Top" + QString::number(post.mTopScore);
+    //score += " New" + QString::number(post.mNewScore);
+
+    QString score = QString::number(mPost.mTopScore);
+
+    scoreLabel()->setText(score);
+
+    // FIX THIS UP LATER.
+    notes()->setText(RsHtml().formatText(NULL, QString::fromUtf8(mPost.mNotes.c_str()), RSHTML_FORMATTEXT_EMBED_SMILEYS | RSHTML_FORMATTEXT_EMBED_LINKS));
+    pictureLabel()->setText(RsHtml().formatText(NULL, QString::fromUtf8(mPost.mNotes.c_str()), RSHTML_FORMATTEXT_EMBED_SMILEYS | RSHTML_FORMATTEXT_EMBED_LINKS));
+
+    // feed.
+    //frame_comment->show();
+    commentButton()->show();
+
+    setCommentsSize(mPost.mComments);
+
+    setReadStatus(IS_MSG_NEW(mPost.mMeta.mMsgStatus), IS_MSG_UNREAD(mPost.mMeta.mMsgStatus) || IS_MSG_NEW(mPost.mMeta.mMsgStatus));
+
+    // disable voting buttons - if they have already voted.
+    if (mPost.mMeta.mMsgStatus & GXS_SERV::GXS_MSG_STATUS_VOTE_MASK)
+    {
+        voteUpButton()->setEnabled(false);
+        voteDownButton()->setEnabled(false);
+    }
+
+    connect(pictureLabel(), SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(viewPicture()));
+
+#ifdef TODO
+    emit sizeChanged(this);
+#endif
+}
+void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::handleShareButtonClicked()
+{
+    emit shareButtonClicked();
+}
+
+void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::handleCopyLinkClicked()
+{
+    emit copylinkClicked();
+}
+//===================================================================================================================================
+//==                                                 class BoardPostDisplayWidget                                                  ==
+//===================================================================================================================================
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact(const RsPostedPost& post, uint8_t display_flags,QWidget *parent=nullptr)
+    : BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase(post,display_flags,parent), ui(new Ui::BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact())
+{
+    ui->setupUi(this);
+    setup();
+
+    ui->verticalLayout->addStretch();
+    ui->verticalLayout->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop);
+    ui->topLayout->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop);
+    ui->arrowsLayout->addStretch();
+    ui->arrowsLayout->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop);
+    ui->verticalLayout_2->addStretch();
+
+    adjustSize();
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::~BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact()
+{
+    delete ui;
+}
+
+void BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::setup()
+{
+    BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::setup();
+
+    // show/hide things based on the view type
+
+    setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, true);
+    ui->pictureLabel->setEnableZoom(false);
+
+    RsReputationLevel overall_reputation = rsReputations->overallReputationLevel(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId);
+    bool redacted = (overall_reputation == RsReputationLevel::LOCALLY_NEGATIVE);
+
+	int desired_height = QFontMetricsF(font()).height() * 5;
+	ui->pictureLabel->setFixedSize(16/9.0*desired_height,desired_height);
+
+    if(redacted)
+    {
+        ui->pictureLabel->setPicture( FilesDefs::getPixmapFromQtResourcePath(":/images/thumb-blocked.png") );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if(mPost.mImage.mData != NULL)
+        {
+            QPixmap pixmap;
+            GxsIdDetails::loadPixmapFromData(mPost.mImage.mData, mPost.mImage.mSize, pixmap,GxsIdDetails::ORIGINAL);
+            // Wiping data - as its been passed to thumbnail.
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_BOARDPOSTDISPLAYWIDGET
+            std::cerr << "Got pixmap of size " << pixmap.width() << " x " << pixmap.height() << std::endl;
+            std::cerr << "Saving to pix.png" << std::endl;
+            pixmap.save("pix.png","PNG");
+#endif
+
+            ui->pictureLabel->setPicture(pixmap);
+        }
+        else
+            ui->pictureLabel->setPicture( FilesDefs::getPixmapFromQtResourcePath(":/images/thumb-default.png") );
+    }
+
+    ui->notes->setText(RsHtml().formatText(NULL, QString::fromUtf8(mPost.mNotes.c_str()), RSHTML_FORMATTEXT_EMBED_SMILEYS | RSHTML_FORMATTEXT_EMBED_LINKS));
+
+    QObject::connect(ui->expandButton, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(doExpand(bool)));
+
+    QTextDocument doc;
+    doc.setHtml(notes()->text());
+
+    if(mDisplayFlags & SHOW_NOTES)
+    {
+        ui->frame_notes->show();
+        ui->expandButton->setChecked(true);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        ui->frame_notes->hide();
+        ui->expandButton->setChecked(false);
+    }
+
+    if(doc.toPlainText().trimmed().isEmpty())
+    {
+        ui->frame_notes->hide();
+        ui->expandButton->hide();
+    }
+    updateGeometry();
+
+#ifdef TODO
+    emit sizeChanged(this);
+#endif
+}
+
+void BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::viewPicture()
+{
+    if(mPost.mImage.mData == NULL)
+        return;
+
+    QString timestamp = misc::timeRelativeToNow(mPost.mMeta.mPublishTs);
+    QPixmap pixmap;
+    GxsIdDetails::loadPixmapFromData(mPost.mImage.mData, mPost.mImage.mSize, pixmap,GxsIdDetails::ORIGINAL);
+    RsGxsId authorID = mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId;
+
+    PhotoView *PView = new PhotoView();
+
+    PView->setPixmap(pixmap);
+    PView->setTitle(QString::fromUtf8(mPost.mMeta.mMsgName.c_str()));
+    PView->setName(authorID);
+    PView->setTime(timestamp);
+    PView->setGroupId(mPost.mMeta.mGroupId);
+    PView->setMessageId(mPost.mMeta.mMsgId);
+
+    PView->show();
+
+    emit thumbnailOpenned();
+}
+
+QToolButton    *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::voteUpButton()   { return ui->voteUpButton; }
+QToolButton    *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::commentButton()  { return ui->commentButton; }
+QToolButton    *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::voteDownButton() { return ui->voteDownButton; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::newLabel()       { return ui->newLabel; }
+QToolButton    *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::readButton()     { return ui->readButton; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::siteLabel()      { return ui->siteLabel; }
+GxsIdLabel     *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::fromLabel()      { return ui->fromLabel; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::dateLabel()      { return ui->dateLabel; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::titleLabel()     { return ui->titleLabel; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::scoreLabel()     { return ui->scoreLabel; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::notes()          { return ui->notes; }
+QPushButton    *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::shareButton()    { return ui->shareButton; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::pictureLabel()   { return ui->pictureLabel; }
+QFrame         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::mainFrame()      { return ui->mainFrame; }
+
+//===================================================================================================================================
+//==                                                 class BoardPostDisplayWidget_card                                             ==
+//===================================================================================================================================
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::BoardPostDisplayWidget_card(const RsPostedPost& post, uint8_t display_flags, QWidget *parent)
+    : BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase(post,display_flags,parent), ui(new Ui::BoardPostDisplayWidget_card())
+{
+    ui->setupUi(this);
+    setup();
+
+    ui->verticalLayout->addStretch();
+    ui->verticalLayout->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop);
+    ui->topLayout->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop);
+    ui->arrowsLayout->addStretch();
+    ui->arrowsLayout->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop);
+    ui->verticalLayout_2->addStretch();
+
+    adjustSize();
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::~BoardPostDisplayWidget_card()
+{
+    delete ui;
+}
+
+void BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::setup()
+{
+    BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::setup();
+
+    RsReputationLevel overall_reputation = rsReputations->overallReputationLevel(mPost.mMeta.mAuthorId);
+    bool redacted = (overall_reputation == RsReputationLevel::LOCALLY_NEGATIVE);
+
+    if(redacted)
+    {
+        ui->pictureLabel->setPixmap( FilesDefs::getPixmapFromQtResourcePath(":/images/thumb-blocked.png") );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+		if(mPost.mImage.mData != NULL)
+		{
+			QPixmap pixmap;
+			GxsIdDetails::loadPixmapFromData(mPost.mImage.mData, mPost.mImage.mSize, pixmap,GxsIdDetails::ORIGINAL);
+			// Wiping data - as its been passed to thumbnail.
+
+			QPixmap scaledpixmap;
+			if(pixmap.width() > 800){
+				QPixmap scaledpixmap = pixmap.scaledToWidth(800, Qt::SmoothTransformation);
+				ui->pictureLabel->setPixmap(scaledpixmap);
+			}else{
+				ui->pictureLabel->setPixmap(pixmap);
+			}
+
+			ui->pictureLabel->show();
+		}
+		else
+			ui->pictureLabel->hide();
+	}
+
+    QTextDocument doc;
+    doc.setHtml(notes()->text());
+
+    if(doc.toPlainText().trimmed().isEmpty())
+        notes()->hide();
+}
+
+QToolButton    *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::voteUpButton()   { return ui->voteUpButton; }
+QToolButton    *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::commentButton()  { return ui->commentButton; }
+QToolButton    *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::voteDownButton() { return ui->voteDownButton; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::newLabel()       { return ui->newLabel; }
+QToolButton    *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::readButton()     { return ui->readButton; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::siteLabel()      { return ui->siteLabel; }
+GxsIdLabel     *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::fromLabel()      { return ui->fromLabel; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::dateLabel()      { return ui->dateLabel; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::titleLabel()     { return ui->titleLabel; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::scoreLabel()     { return ui->scoreLabel; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::notes()          { return ui->notes; }
+QPushButton    *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::shareButton()    { return ui->shareButton; }
+QLabel         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::pictureLabel()   { return ui->pictureLabel; }
+QFrame         *BoardPostDisplayWidget_card::mainFrame()      { return ui->mainFrame; }
+

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h

@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h                      *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 by Retroshare Team       <retroshare.project@gmail.com>  *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as              *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the          *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                             *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                         *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License    *
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       *
+ *                                                                             *
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QMetaType>
+#include <QWidget>
+
+#include <retroshare/rsposted.h>
+
+namespace Ui {
+class BoardPostDisplayWidget_card;
+class BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact;
+}
+
+class QPushButton;
+class QFrame;
+class QLabel;
+class QToolButton;
+class QTextEdit;
+class ClickableLabel;
+class GxsIdLabel;
+
+struct RsPostedPost;
+
+class BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase: public QWidget
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    enum DisplayFlags: uint8_t {
+        SHOW_NONE                  = 0x00,
+        SHOW_COMMENTS              = 0x01,
+        SHOW_NOTES                 = 0x02,
+    };
+
+    enum DisplayMode: uint8_t {
+        DISPLAY_MODE_UNKNOWN       = 0x00,
+        DISPLAY_MODE_COMPACT       = 0x01,
+        DISPLAY_MODE_CARD          = 0x02,
+    };
+
+    BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase(const RsPostedPost& post,uint8_t display_flags,QWidget *parent);
+    virtual ~BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase() {}
+
+	static const char *DEFAULT_BOARD_IMAGE;
+
+protected slots:
+	/* GxsGroupFeedItem */
+
+    virtual void setup();    // to be overloaded by the different views
+
+    virtual QToolButton *voteUpButton() =0;
+    virtual QToolButton *commentButton() =0;
+    virtual QToolButton *voteDownButton() =0;
+    virtual QLabel      *newLabel() =0;
+    virtual QLabel      *titleLabel()=0;
+    virtual QLabel      *siteLabel()=0;
+    virtual GxsIdLabel  *fromLabel()=0;
+    virtual QLabel      *dateLabel()=0;
+    virtual QLabel      *scoreLabel() =0;
+    virtual QLabel      *notes() =0;
+    virtual QLabel      *pictureLabel()=0;
+    virtual QToolButton *readButton() =0;
+    virtual QPushButton *shareButton() =0;
+    virtual QFrame      *mainFrame() =0;
+
+    void loadComments(bool e);
+    void readToggled();
+    void setReadStatus(bool isNew, bool isUnread) ;
+    void makeUpVote() ;
+    void makeDownVote() ;
+	void setCommentsSize(int comNb) ;
+    void handleShareButtonClicked() ;
+    void handleCopyLinkClicked() ;
+
+
+signals:
+    void changeReadStatusRequested(const RsGxsMessageId&,bool);
+    void vote(const RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair& msgId, bool up_or_down);
+    void expand(RsGxsMessageId,bool);
+    void commentsRequested(const RsGxsMessageId&,bool);
+    void thumbnailOpenned();
+    void shareButtonClicked();
+    void copylinkClicked();
+
+protected:
+	RsPostedPost mPost;
+    uint8_t      mDisplayFlags;
+};
+
+class BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact : public BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact(const RsPostedPost& post, uint8_t display_flags, QWidget *parent);
+    virtual ~BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact();
+
+    static const char *DEFAULT_BOARD_IMAGE;
+
+    QToolButton *voteUpButton()   override;
+    QToolButton *commentButton()  override;
+    QToolButton *voteDownButton() override;
+    QLabel      *newLabel()       override;
+    QLabel      *siteLabel()      override;
+    GxsIdLabel  *fromLabel()      override;
+    QLabel      *dateLabel()      override;
+    QLabel      *titleLabel()     override;
+    QLabel      *scoreLabel()     override;
+    QLabel      *notes()          override;
+    QLabel      *pictureLabel()   override;
+    QToolButton *readButton()     override;
+    QPushButton *shareButton()    override;
+    QFrame      *mainFrame()      override;
+
+public slots:
+    void viewPicture() ;
+
+protected slots:
+    /* GxsGroupFeedItem */
+    void doExpand(bool) ;
+
+protected:
+    void setup() override;    // to be overloaded by the different views
+
+private:
+    /** Qt Designer generated object */
+    Ui::BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact *ui;
+};
+
+class BoardPostDisplayWidget_card : public BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    BoardPostDisplayWidget_card(const RsPostedPost& post,uint8_t display_flags,QWidget *parent=nullptr);
+    virtual ~BoardPostDisplayWidget_card();
+
+    static const char *DEFAULT_BOARD_IMAGE;
+
+    QToolButton *voteUpButton()   override;
+    QToolButton *commentButton()  override;
+    QToolButton *voteDownButton() override;
+    QLabel      *newLabel()       override;
+    QLabel      *siteLabel()      override;
+    GxsIdLabel  *fromLabel()      override;
+    QLabel      *dateLabel()      override;
+    QLabel      *titleLabel()     override;
+    QLabel      *scoreLabel()     override;
+    QLabel      *notes()          override;
+    QToolButton *readButton()     override;
+    QPushButton *shareButton()    override;
+    QLabel      *pictureLabel()   override;
+    QFrame      *mainFrame()      override;
+
+protected slots:
+    /* GxsGroupFeedItem */
+
+protected:
+    void setup() override;    // to be overloaded by the different views
+
+private:
+    /** Qt Designer generated object */
+    Ui::BoardPostDisplayWidget_card *ui;
+};

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget_card.ui

@@ -0,0 +1,463 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>BoardPostDisplayWidget_card</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="BoardPostDisplayWidget_card">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>558</width>
+    <height>202</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="sizePolicy">
+   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Maximum">
+    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+   </sizepolicy>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string notr="true"/>
+  </property>
+  <property name="styleSheet">
+   <string notr="true"/>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
+   <property name="spacing">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="sizeConstraint">
+    <enum>QLayout::SetMaximumSize</enum>
+   </property>
+   <property name="leftMargin">
+    <number>2</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>2</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="rightMargin">
+    <number>2</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="bottomMargin">
+    <number>2</number>
+   </property>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QFrame" name="mainFrame">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Maximum">
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+     <property name="frameShape">
+      <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="frameShadow">
+      <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+      <property name="spacing">
+       <number>2</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="sizeConstraint">
+       <enum>QLayout::SetMaximumSize</enum>
+      </property>
+      <property name="leftMargin">
+       <number>1</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="topMargin">
+       <number>2</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="rightMargin">
+       <number>1</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="bottomMargin">
+       <number>2</number>
+      </property>
+      <item>
+       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="topLayout">
+        <property name="leftMargin">
+         <number>2</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="topMargin">
+         <number>2</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="rightMargin">
+         <number>2</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="bottomMargin">
+         <number>2</number>
+        </property>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QFrame" name="voteFrame">
+          <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="arrowsLayout">
+           <property name="leftMargin">
+            <number>0</number>
+           </property>
+           <property name="topMargin">
+            <number>0</number>
+           </property>
+           <property name="rightMargin">
+            <number>0</number>
+           </property>
+           <property name="bottomMargin">
+            <number>0</number>
+           </property>
+           <item>
+            <widget class="QToolButton" name="voteUpButton">
+             <property name="sizePolicy">
+              <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+               <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+               <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+              </sizepolicy>
+             </property>
+             <property name="toolTip">
+              <string>Vote up</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string/>
+             </property>
+             <property name="icon">
+              <iconset resource="Posted_images.qrc">
+               <normaloff>:/images/up-arrow.png</normaloff>:/images/up-arrow.png</iconset>
+             </property>
+             <property name="autoRaise">
+              <bool>true</bool>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item>
+            <widget class="StyledLabel" name="scoreLabel">
+             <property name="font">
+              <font>
+               <pointsize>9</pointsize>
+              </font>
+             </property>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>0</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="alignment">
+              <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+           <item>
+            <widget class="QToolButton" name="voteDownButton">
+             <property name="sizePolicy">
+              <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+               <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+               <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+              </sizepolicy>
+             </property>
+             <property name="minimumSize">
+              <size>
+               <width>0</width>
+               <height>0</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+             <property name="toolTip">
+              <string>Vote down</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="styleSheet">
+              <string notr="true"/>
+             </property>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>\/</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="icon">
+              <iconset resource="Posted_images.qrc">
+               <normaloff>:/images/down-arrow.png</normaloff>:/images/down-arrow.png</iconset>
+             </property>
+             <property name="autoRaise">
+              <bool>true</bool>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+          </layout>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+          <item>
+           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
+            <property name="spacing">
+             <number>5</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="leftMargin">
+             <number>0</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="rightMargin">
+             <number>6</number>
+            </property>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="fromBoldLabel">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <weight>50</weight>
+                <bold>false</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Posted by</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="GxsIdLabel" name="fromLabel">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string notr="true">Signed by</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="openExternalLinks">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="dateLabel">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string notr="true">You eyes only</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="openExternalLinks">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QToolButton" name="readButton">
+              <property name="maximumSize">
+               <size>
+                <width>24</width>
+                <height>16777215</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+              <property name="focusPolicy">
+               <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="toolTip">
+               <string>Toggle Message Read Status</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="icon">
+               <iconset resource="../images.qrc">
+                <normaloff>:/images/message-state-unread.png</normaloff>:/images/message-state-unread.png</iconset>
+              </property>
+              <property name="checkable">
+               <bool>false</bool>
+              </property>
+              <property name="checked">
+               <bool>false</bool>
+              </property>
+              <property name="autoRaise">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="newLabel">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>New</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_4">
+              <property name="orientation">
+               <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="sizeType">
+               <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+               <size>
+                <width>70</width>
+                <height>20</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+             </spacer>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="StyledLabel" name="titleLabel">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="font">
+             <font>
+              <family>Arial</family>
+              <pointsize>10</pointsize>
+              <weight>75</weight>
+              <bold>true</bold>
+             </font>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string notr="true">This is a very very very very loooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng title don't you think? Yes it is and should wrap around I hope</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
+            </property>
+            <property name="wordWrap">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+            <property name="openExternalLinks">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+            <property name="textInteractionFlags">
+             <set>Qt::LinksAccessibleByMouse|Qt::TextSelectableByMouse</set>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="siteLabel">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string notr="true">site</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="openExternalLinks">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="pictureLabelLayout">
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="pictureLabel">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>PictureLabel</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="scaledContents">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
+              <property name="orientation">
+               <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+               <size>
+                <width>268</width>
+                <height>17</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+             </spacer>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="notes">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>TextLabel</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="wordWrap">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+            <property name="openExternalLinks">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QToolButton" name="commentButton">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Comments</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="icon">
+               <iconset resource="Posted_images.qrc">
+                <normaloff>:/images/comments.png</normaloff>:/images/comments.png</iconset>
+              </property>
+              <property name="checkable">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+              <property name="toolButtonStyle">
+               <enum>Qt::ToolButtonTextBesideIcon</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="autoRaise">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QPushButton" name="shareButton">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Share</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="icon">
+               <iconset resource="Posted_images.qrc">
+                <normaloff>:/images/share.png</normaloff>:/images/share.png</iconset>
+              </property>
+              <property name="flat">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
+              <property name="orientation">
+               <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+               <size>
+                <width>40</width>
+                <height>20</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+             </spacer>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>GxsIdLabel</class>
+   <extends>QLabel</extends>
+   <header>gui/gxs/GxsIdLabel.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>StyledLabel</class>
+   <extends>QLabel</extends>
+   <header>gui/common/StyledLabel.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="Posted_images.qrc"/>
+  <include location="../images.qrc"/>
+ </resources>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact.ui

@@ -0,0 +1,511 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>540</width>
+    <height>172</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="sizePolicy">
+   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Maximum">
+    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+   </sizepolicy>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string notr="true"/>
+  </property>
+  <property name="styleSheet">
+   <string notr="true"/>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
+   <property name="spacing">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="sizeConstraint">
+    <enum>QLayout::SetMaximumSize</enum>
+   </property>
+   <property name="leftMargin">
+    <number>2</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>2</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="rightMargin">
+    <number>2</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="bottomMargin">
+    <number>2</number>
+   </property>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QFrame" name="mainFrame">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Maximum">
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+     <property name="frameShape">
+      <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="frameShadow">
+      <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+      <property name="spacing">
+       <number>2</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="sizeConstraint">
+       <enum>QLayout::SetMaximumSize</enum>
+      </property>
+      <property name="leftMargin">
+       <number>1</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="topMargin">
+       <number>2</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="rightMargin">
+       <number>1</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="bottomMargin">
+       <number>2</number>
+      </property>
+      <item>
+       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="topLayout">
+        <property name="leftMargin">
+         <number>2</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="topMargin">
+         <number>2</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="rightMargin">
+         <number>2</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="bottomMargin">
+         <number>2</number>
+        </property>
+        <item>
+         <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="arrowsLayout">
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QToolButton" name="voteUpButton">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>Vote up</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string/>
+            </property>
+            <property name="icon">
+             <iconset resource="Posted_images.qrc">
+              <normaloff>:/images/up-arrow.png</normaloff>:/images/up-arrow.png</iconset>
+            </property>
+            <property name="autoRaise">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="StyledLabel" name="scoreLabel">
+            <property name="font">
+             <font>
+              <pointsize>9</pointsize>
+             </font>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>0</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QToolButton" name="voteDownButton">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="minimumSize">
+             <size>
+              <width>0</width>
+              <height>0</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>Vote down</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="styleSheet">
+             <string notr="true"/>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>\/</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="icon">
+             <iconset resource="Posted_images.qrc">
+              <normaloff>:/images/down-arrow.png</normaloff>:/images/down-arrow.png</iconset>
+            </property>
+            <property name="autoRaise">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="ZoomableLabel" name="pictureLabel">
+          <property name="sizePolicy">
+           <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+           </sizepolicy>
+          </property>
+          <property name="toolTip">
+           <string>Click to view picture</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>PictureLabel_compact</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="alignment">
+           <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+          <property name="leftMargin">
+           <number>3</number>
+          </property>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="StyledLabel" name="titleLabel">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="font">
+             <font>
+              <family>Arial</family>
+              <pointsize>10</pointsize>
+              <weight>75</weight>
+              <bold>true</bold>
+             </font>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string notr="true">This is a very very very very loooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng title don't you think? Yes it is and should wrap around I hope</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
+            </property>
+            <property name="wordWrap">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+            <property name="openExternalLinks">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+            <property name="textInteractionFlags">
+             <set>Qt::LinksAccessibleByMouse|Qt::TextSelectableByMouse</set>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
+            <property name="spacing">
+             <number>6</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="leftMargin">
+             <number>2</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="topMargin">
+             <number>2</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="rightMargin">
+             <number>6</number>
+            </property>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="fromBoldLabel">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <weight>50</weight>
+                <bold>false</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Posted by</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="GxsIdLabel" name="fromLabel">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string notr="true">Signed by</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="openExternalLinks">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="dateLabel">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string notr="true">You eyes only</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="openExternalLinks">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_4">
+              <property name="orientation">
+               <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="sizeType">
+               <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+               <size>
+                <width>70</width>
+                <height>20</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+             </spacer>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="siteLabel">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string notr="true">site</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="openExternalLinks">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QToolButton" name="commentButton">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Comments</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="icon">
+               <iconset resource="Posted_images.qrc">
+                <normaloff>:/images/comments.png</normaloff>:/images/comments.png</iconset>
+              </property>
+              <property name="checkable">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+              <property name="toolButtonStyle">
+               <enum>Qt::ToolButtonTextBesideIcon</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="autoRaise">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QToolButton" name="expandButton">
+              <property name="toolTip">
+               <string>Expand</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string/>
+              </property>
+              <property name="icon">
+               <iconset resource="Posted_images.qrc">
+                <normaloff>:/images/expand.png</normaloff>:/images/expand.png</iconset>
+              </property>
+              <property name="checkable">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+              <property name="autoRaise">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QPushButton" name="shareButton">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Share</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="icon">
+               <iconset resource="Posted_images.qrc">
+                <normaloff>:/images/share.png</normaloff>:/images/share.png</iconset>
+              </property>
+              <property name="flat">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QToolButton" name="readButton">
+              <property name="maximumSize">
+               <size>
+                <width>24</width>
+                <height>16777215</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+              <property name="focusPolicy">
+               <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="toolTip">
+               <string>Toggle Message Read Status</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="icon">
+               <iconset resource="../images.qrc">
+                <normaloff>:/images/message-state-unread.png</normaloff>:/images/message-state-unread.png</iconset>
+              </property>
+              <property name="checkable">
+               <bool>false</bool>
+              </property>
+              <property name="checked">
+               <bool>false</bool>
+              </property>
+              <property name="autoRaise">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="newLabel">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>New</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
+              <property name="orientation">
+               <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+              </property>
+              <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+               <size>
+                <width>40</width>
+                <height>20</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+             </spacer>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QFrame" name="frame_notes">
+        <property name="frameShape">
+         <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="frameShadow">
+         <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
+        </property>
+        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
+         <property name="spacing">
+          <number>2</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeConstraint">
+          <enum>QLayout::SetMaximumSize</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="leftMargin">
+          <number>1</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="topMargin">
+          <number>2</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="rightMargin">
+          <number>1</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="bottomMargin">
+          <number>2</number>
+         </property>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="notes">
+           <property name="sizePolicy">
+            <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+             <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+             <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+            </sizepolicy>
+           </property>
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>TextLabel</string>
+           </property>
+           <property name="scaledContents">
+            <bool>true</bool>
+           </property>
+           <property name="wordWrap">
+            <bool>true</bool>
+           </property>
+           <property name="textInteractionFlags">
+            <set>Qt::LinksAccessibleByMouse|Qt::TextSelectableByMouse</set>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>GxsIdLabel</class>
+   <extends>QLabel</extends>
+   <header>gui/gxs/GxsIdLabel.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>StyledLabel</class>
+   <extends>QLabel</extends>
+   <header>gui/common/StyledLabel.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>ZoomableLabel</class>
+   <extends>QLabel</extends>
+   <header>gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="Posted_images.qrc"/>
+  <include location="../images.qrc"/>
+ </resources>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class PostedCardView;
 }
 
 class FeedHolder;
-class RsPostedPost;
+struct RsPostedPost;
 
 class PostedCardView : public BasePostedItem
 {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ protected:
 
 	void setup() override;
 	void fill() override;
-    void doExpand(bool open) override {}
+    void doExpand(bool) override {}
 	void setComment(const RsGxsComment&) override;
 	void setReadStatus(bool isNew, bool isUnread) override;
     void toggle() override {}

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCreatePostDialog.cpp

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #define VIEW_IMAGE  2
 #define VIEW_LINK  3
 
-PostedCreatePostDialog::PostedCreatePostDialog(RsPosted *posted, const RsGxsGroupId& grpId, QWidget *parent):
+PostedCreatePostDialog::PostedCreatePostDialog(RsPosted *posted, const RsGxsGroupId& grpId, const RsGxsId& default_author, QWidget *parent):
 	QDialog(parent, Qt::WindowSystemMenuHint | Qt::WindowTitleHint | Qt::WindowMinimizeButtonHint | Qt::WindowMaximizeButtonHint | Qt::WindowCloseButtonHint),
 	mPosted(posted), mGrpId(grpId),
 	ui(new Ui::PostedCreatePostDialog)
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ PostedCreatePostDialog::PostedCreatePostDialog(RsPosted *posted, const RsGxsGrou
 	ui->sizeWarningLabel->setText(QString("Post size is limited to %1 KB, pictures will be downscaled.").arg(MAXMESSAGESIZE / 1024));
 	
 	/* fill in the available OwnIds for signing */
-	ui->idChooser->loadIds(IDCHOOSER_ID_REQUIRED, RsGxsId());
+    ui->idChooser->loadIds(IDCHOOSER_ID_REQUIRED, default_author);
 
 	QSignalMapper *signalMapper = new QSignalMapper(this);
 	connect(ui->postButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), signalMapper, SLOT(map()));
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ PostedCreatePostDialog::PostedCreatePostDialog(RsPosted *posted, const RsGxsGrou
 
 	/* load settings */
 	processSettings(true);
+
+    // Override the default ID, if supplied, since it is changed by processSettings
+
+    if(!default_author.isNull())
+    {
+        ui->idChooser->setChosenId(default_author);
+
+        // should we save the ID in the settings here? I'm not sure we want this.
+    }
 }
 
 PostedCreatePostDialog::~PostedCreatePostDialog()

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCreatePostDialog.h

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public:
 	 * @param tokenQ parent callee token
 	 * @param posted
 	 */
-	explicit PostedCreatePostDialog(RsPosted* posted, const RsGxsGroupId& grpId, QWidget *parent = 0);
+    explicit PostedCreatePostDialog(RsPosted* posted, const RsGxsGroupId& grpId, const RsGxsId& default_author=RsGxsId(),QWidget *parent = 0);
 	~PostedCreatePostDialog();
 
 private:

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedDialog.cpp

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "PostedDialog.h"
 #include "PostedItem.h"
 #include "PostedGroupDialog.h"
-#include "PostedListWidget.h"
+#include "PostedListWidgetWithModel.h"
 #include "PostedUserNotify.h"
 #include "gui/gxs/GxsGroupShareKey.h"
 #include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ int PostedDialog::shareKeyType()
 
 GxsMessageFrameWidget *PostedDialog::createMessageFrameWidget(const RsGxsGroupId &groupId)
 {
-	return new PostedListWidget(groupId);
+	return new PostedListWidgetWithModel(groupId);
 }
 
 RsGxsCommentService *PostedDialog::getCommentService()

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.h

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/BoardPostsWidget.h                       *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * Copyright 2013 by Robert Fernie     <retroshare.project@gmail.com>          *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as              *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the          *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                             *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                         *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License    *
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       *
+ *                                                                             *
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _GXS_CHANNELPOSTSWIDGET_H
+#define _GXS_CHANNELPOSTSWIDGET_H
+
+#include <map>
+
+#include <QStyledItemDelegate>
+
+#include "retroshare/rsposted.h"
+
+#include "gui/gxs/GxsMessageFramePostWidget.h"
+#include "gui/feeds/FeedHolder.h"
+#include "gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h"
+
+namespace Ui {
+class PostedListWidgetWithModel;
+}
+
+class QTreeWidgetItem;
+class QSortFilterProxyModel;
+class RsPostedPostsModel;
+class PostedListWidgetWithModel;
+
+class PostedPostDelegate: public QAbstractItemDelegate
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    PostedPostDelegate(PostedListWidgetWithModel *p,QObject *parent=0) : QAbstractItemDelegate(parent),mCellWidthPix(100),mPostListWidget(p),mDisplayMode(BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::DISPLAY_MODE_COMPACT){}
+    virtual ~PostedPostDelegate(){}
+
+    void paint(QPainter * painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem & option, const QModelIndex & index) const override;
+    QSize sizeHint(const QStyleOptionViewItem& option, const QModelIndex& index) const override;
+    void updateEditorGeometry(QWidget *editor, const QStyleOptionViewItem &option, const QModelIndex &) const override;
+    QWidget *createEditor(QWidget *parent, const QStyleOptionViewItem &option, const QModelIndex &index) const override;
+
+    void setCellWidth(int pix) { mCellWidthPix = pix; }
+    void setDisplayMode(BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::DisplayMode dm) { mDisplayMode = dm; }
+    BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::DisplayMode getDisplayMode() const { return mDisplayMode; }
+
+public slots:
+    void expandItem(RsGxsMessageId msgId,bool expanded);
+    //void commentItem(RsGxsMessageId msgId,bool comment);
+
+private:
+    // The class keeps a list of expanded items. Because items are constantly re-created, it is not possible
+    // to let the items themselves hold that information.
+
+    uint8_t displayFlags(const RsGxsMessageId& id) const;
+
+    int mCellWidthPix;
+    PostedListWidgetWithModel *mPostListWidget;			// used for sending vote signals and so on.
+    BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact::DisplayMode mDisplayMode;
+    std::set<RsGxsMessageId> mExpandedItems;
+    std::set<RsGxsMessageId> mShowCommentItems;
+};
+
+class PostedListWidgetWithModel: public GxsMessageFrameWidget
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+	/* Filters */
+	enum Filter {
+		SORT_TITLE =     1,
+		SORT_MSG =       2,
+		SORT_FILE_NAME = 3
+	};
+
+public:
+	/** Default Constructor */
+	PostedListWidgetWithModel(const RsGxsGroupId &postedId, QWidget *parent = 0);
+	/** Default Destructor */
+	~PostedListWidgetWithModel();
+
+	/* GxsMessageFrameWidget */
+	virtual QIcon groupIcon() override;
+    virtual void groupIdChanged() override { updateDisplay(true); }
+    virtual QString groupName(bool) override ;
+    virtual bool navigate(const RsGxsMessageId&) override;
+
+	void updateDisplay(bool complete) ;
+    void forceRedraw(); // does not re-load the data, but makes sure the underlying model triggers a full redraw, recomputes sizes, etc.
+
+#ifdef TODO
+	/* FeedHolder */
+	virtual QScrollArea *getScrollArea();
+	virtual void deleteFeedItem(FeedItem *feedItem, uint32_t type);
+	virtual void openChat(const RsPeerId& peerId);
+#endif
+public slots:
+    virtual void openComments(const RsGxsMessageId &msgId);
+    virtual void changeReadStatus(const RsGxsMessageId& msgId,bool b);
+
+protected:
+	/* GxsMessageFramePostWidget */
+	virtual void groupNameChanged(const QString &name);
+
+#ifdef TODO
+	virtual bool insertGroupData(const RsGxsGenericGroupData *data) override;
+#endif
+    virtual void blank() override;
+
+#ifdef TODO
+	virtual bool getGroupData(RsGxsGenericGroupData *& data) override;
+    virtual void getMsgData(const std::set<RsGxsMessageId>& msgIds,std::vector<RsGxsGenericMsgData*>& posts) override;
+    virtual void getAllMsgData(std::vector<RsGxsGenericMsgData*>& posts) override;
+	virtual void insertPosts(const std::vector<RsGxsGenericMsgData*>& posts) override;
+	virtual void insertAllPosts(const std::vector<RsGxsGenericMsgData*>& posts, GxsMessageFramePostThread *thread) override;
+#endif
+
+	/* GxsMessageFrameWidget */
+	virtual void setAllMessagesReadDo(bool read, uint32_t &token) override;
+
+private slots:
+    void showAuthorInPeople();
+    void tabCloseRequested(int index);
+    void updateSorting(int);
+    void switchDisplayMode();
+    void updateGroupData();
+	void createMsg();
+	void subscribeGroup(bool subscribe);
+	void settingsChanged();
+	void postPostLoad();
+	void postContextMenu(const QPoint&);
+	void copyMessageLink();
+	void next10Posts();
+	void prev10Posts();
+	void filterItems(QString s);
+
+public slots:
+	void handlePostsTreeSizeChange(QSize size);
+    void voteMsg(RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair msg,bool up_or_down);
+    void markCurrentPostAsRead();
+
+private:
+	void processSettings(bool load);
+	int viewMode();
+
+	void insertBoardDetails(const RsPostedGroup &group);
+	void handleEvent_main_thread(std::shared_ptr<const RsEvent> event);
+
+private:
+    RsPostedGroup mGroup;
+    RsEventsHandlerId_t mEventHandlerId ;
+
+    RsPostedPostsModel *mPostedPostsModel;
+    PostedPostDelegate *mPostedPostsDelegate;
+
+    RsGxsMessageId mSelectedPost;
+
+	/* UI - from Designer */
+	Ui::PostedListWidgetWithModel *ui;
+};
+
+#endif

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui

@@ -0,0 +1,560 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>PostedListWidgetWithModel</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="PostedListWidgetWithModel">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>731</width>
+    <height>593</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>Form</string>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+   <item>
+    <widget class="RSTabWidget" name="tabWidget">
+     <property name="currentIndex">
+      <number>1</number>
+     </property>
+     <property name="tabsClosable">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="tab">
+      <attribute name="title">
+       <string>Details</string>
+      </attribute>
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="infoGroupBox">
+         <property name="autoFillBackground">
+          <bool>false</bool>
+         </property>
+         <property name="styleSheet">
+          <string notr="true"/>
+         </property>
+         <property name="title">
+          <string>Board Details</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="flat">
+          <bool>false</bool>
+         </property>
+         <property name="checkable">
+          <bool>false</bool>
+         </property>
+         <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+          <property name="topMargin">
+           <number>6</number>
+          </property>
+          <item>
+           <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout">
+            <property name="topMargin">
+             <number>0</number>
+            </property>
+            <item row="3" column="0">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <weight>75</weight>
+                <bold>true</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Popularity</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="3" column="1">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="poplabel">
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <weight>75</weight>
+                <bold>true</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>0</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="4" column="0">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="infoPostsLabel">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Maximum" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <weight>75</weight>
+                <bold>true</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Posts</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="4" column="1">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="infoPosts">
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <weight>75</weight>
+                <bold>true</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string notr="true">0</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="7" column="0">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="createdlabel">
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <weight>75</weight>
+                <bold>true</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Created</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="7" column="1">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="createdinfolabel">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>unknown</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="9" column="0">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <weight>75</weight>
+                <bold>true</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Administrator:</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="9" column="1">
+             <widget class="GxsIdLabel" name="infoAdministrator">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>unknown</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="openExternalLinks">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="10" column="0">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <weight>75</weight>
+                <bold>true</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Distribution:</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="10" column="1">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="infoDistribution">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>unknown</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="6" column="0">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="infoLastPostLabel">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Maximum" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <weight>75</weight>
+                <bold>true</bold>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Last Post:</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="6" column="1">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="infoLastPost">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string notr="true">unknown</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="1" column="0">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="logoLabel">
+              <property name="minimumSize">
+               <size>
+                <width>64</width>
+                <height>64</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+              <property name="maximumSize">
+               <size>
+                <width>64</width>
+                <height>64</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+              <property name="pixmap">
+               <pixmap resource="../icons.qrc">:/icons/png/postedlinks.png</pixmap>
+              </property>
+              <property name="scaledContents">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="1" column="1">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="namelabel">
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <pointsize>14</pointsize>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>TextLabel</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="SubscribeToolButton" name="subscribeToolButton">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="font">
+             <font>
+              <weight>50</weight>
+              <italic>false</italic>
+              <bold>false</bold>
+             </font>
+            </property>
+            <property name="styleSheet">
+             <string notr="true"/>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string notr="true">Subscribe</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="autoRaise">
+             <bool>false</bool>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="infoDescription">
+            <property name="styleSheet">
+             <string notr="true"/>
+            </property>
+            <property name="html">
+             <string notr="true">&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
+&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
+p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
+&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'Ubuntu'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
+&lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:8pt;&quot;&gt;Description&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="textInteractionFlags">
+             <set>Qt::LinksAccessibleByMouse|Qt::TextSelectableByMouse</set>
+            </property>
+            <property name="openExternalLinks">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+            <property name="openLinks">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </widget>
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_2">
+      <attribute name="title">
+       <string>Posts</string>
+      </attribute>
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QFrame" name="headerFrame">
+         <property name="frameShape">
+          <enum>QFrame::Box</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="frameShadow">
+          <enum>QFrame::Sunken</enum>
+         </property>
+         <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
+          <property name="leftMargin">
+           <number>6</number>
+          </property>
+          <property name="topMargin">
+           <number>2</number>
+          </property>
+          <property name="rightMargin">
+           <number>6</number>
+          </property>
+          <property name="bottomMargin">
+           <number>2</number>
+          </property>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QToolButton" name="submitPostButton">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Create Post</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="icon">
+             <iconset resource="Posted_images.qrc">
+              <normaloff>:/images/write.png</normaloff>:/images/write.png</iconset>
+            </property>
+            <property name="iconSize">
+             <size>
+              <width>24</width>
+              <height>24</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
+            <property name="toolButtonStyle">
+             <enum>Qt::ToolButtonTextBesideIcon</enum>
+            </property>
+            <property name="autoRaise">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QComboBox" name="sortStrategy_CB">
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-family:'-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Segoe UI,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,Apple Color Emoji,Segoe UI Emoji,Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size:14px; color:#24292e; background-color:#ffffff;&quot;&gt;Select sorting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="styleSheet">
+             <string notr="true"/>
+            </property>
+            <property name="currentIndex">
+             <number>0</number>
+            </property>
+            <property name="iconSize">
+             <size>
+              <width>24</width>
+              <height>24</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
+            <item>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>New</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="icon">
+              <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
+               <normaloff>:/icons/png/new.png</normaloff>:/icons/png/new.png</iconset>
+             </property>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>Top</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="icon">
+              <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
+               <normaloff>:/icons/png/top.png</normaloff>:/icons/png/top.png</iconset>
+             </property>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>Hot</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="icon">
+              <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
+               <normaloff>:/icons/png/flame.png</normaloff>:/icons/png/flame.png</iconset>
+             </property>
+            </item>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="LineEditClear" name="filter_LE">
+            <property name="placeholderText">
+             <string>Search</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
+            <property name="orientation">
+             <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+            </property>
+            <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+             <size>
+              <width>40</width>
+              <height>20</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
+           </spacer>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
+            <property name="spacing">
+             <number>0</number>
+            </property>
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QPushButton" name="viewModeButton">
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <kerning>true</kerning>
+               </font>
+              </property>
+              <property name="toolTip">
+               <string>Classic view</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="icon">
+               <iconset resource="Posted_images.qrc">
+                <normaloff>:/images/classic.png</normaloff>:/images/classic.png</iconset>
+              </property>
+              <property name="iconSize">
+               <size>
+                <width>24</width>
+                <height>24</height>
+               </size>
+              </property>
+              <property name="checkable">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+              <property name="flat">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QPushButton" name="prevButton">
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>Previous</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string/>
+            </property>
+            <property name="icon">
+             <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
+              <normaloff>:/icons/png/arrow-left.png</normaloff>:/icons/png/arrow-left.png</iconset>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="showLabel">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>1-10</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QPushButton" name="nextButton">
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>Next</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string/>
+            </property>
+            <property name="icon">
+             <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
+              <normaloff>:/icons/png/arrow-right.png</normaloff>:/icons/png/arrow-right.png</iconset>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="GxsIdChooser" name="idChooser">
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Default identity used when voting&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="RSTreeView" name="postsTree">
+         <property name="contextMenuPolicy">
+          <enum>Qt::CustomContextMenu</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="editTriggers">
+          <set>QAbstractItemView::CurrentChanged|QAbstractItemView::SelectedClicked</set>
+         </property>
+         <property name="verticalScrollMode">
+          <enum>QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerPixel</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="indentation">
+          <number>0</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="rootIsDecorated">
+          <bool>false</bool>
+         </property>
+         <attribute name="headerVisible">
+          <bool>false</bool>
+         </attribute>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </widget>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>GxsIdLabel</class>
+   <extends>QLabel</extends>
+   <header>gui/gxs/GxsIdLabel.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>SubscribeToolButton</class>
+   <extends>QToolButton</extends>
+   <header>gui/common/SubscribeToolButton.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>RSTreeView</class>
+   <extends>QTreeView</extends>
+   <header>gui/common/RSTreeView.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>LineEditClear</class>
+   <extends>QLineEdit</extends>
+   <header>gui/common/LineEditClear.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>GxsIdChooser</class>
+   <extends>QComboBox</extends>
+   <header>gui/gxs/GxsIdChooser.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>RSTabWidget</class>
+   <extends>QTabWidget</extends>
+   <header>gui/common/RSTabWidget.h</header>
+   <container>1</container>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="Posted_images.qrc"/>
+  <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
+ </resources>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedPostsModel.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,794 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsModel.cpp                 *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * Copyright 2020 by Cyril Soler <csoler@users.sourceforge.net>                *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as              *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the          *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                             *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                         *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License    *
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       *
+ *                                                                             *
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+#include <QApplication>
+#include <QFontMetrics>
+#include <QModelIndex>
+#include <QIcon>
+
+#include "retroshare/rsgxsflags.h"
+#include "retroshare/rsexpr.h"
+
+#include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
+#include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
+#include "util/HandleRichText.h"
+#include "util/DateTime.h"
+
+#include "PostedPostsModel.h"
+
+//#define DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(RsMsgMetaData)
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(RsPostedPost)
+
+const uint32_t RsPostedPostsModel::DEFAULT_DISPLAYED_NB_POSTS = 10;
+
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o, const QModelIndex& i);// defined elsewhere
+
+RsPostedPostsModel::RsPostedPostsModel(QObject *parent)
+    : QAbstractItemModel(parent), mTreeMode(TREE_MODE_PLAIN)
+{
+	initEmptyHierarchy();
+
+	mEventHandlerId = 0;
+    mSortingStrategy = SORT_NEW_SCORE;
+
+	// Needs to be asynced because this function is called by another thread!
+
+	rsEvents->registerEventsHandler( [this](std::shared_ptr<const RsEvent> event)
+    {
+        RsQThreadUtils::postToObject([=](){ handleEvent_main_thread(event); }, this );
+    }, mEventHandlerId, RsEventType::GXS_POSTED);
+}
+
+RsPostedPostsModel::~RsPostedPostsModel()
+{
+    rsEvents->unregisterEventsHandler(mEventHandlerId);
+}
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::handleEvent_main_thread(std::shared_ptr<const RsEvent> event)
+{
+	const RsGxsPostedEvent *e = dynamic_cast<const RsGxsPostedEvent*>(event.get());
+
+	if(!e)
+		return;
+
+	switch(e->mPostedEventCode)
+	{
+	case RsPostedEventCode::UPDATED_MESSAGE:
+    case RsPostedEventCode::READ_STATUS_CHANGED:
+    case RsPostedEventCode::MESSAGE_VOTES_UPDATED:
+    case RsPostedEventCode::NEW_MESSAGE:
+	{
+		// Normally we should just emit dataChanged() on the index of the data that has changed:
+		//
+		// We need to update the data!
+
+		if(e->mPostedGroupId == mPostedGroup.mMeta.mGroupId)
+			RsThread::async([this, e]()
+			{
+				// 1 - get message data from p3GxsChannels
+
+				std::vector<RsPostedPost> posts;
+				std::vector<RsGxsComment> comments;
+				std::vector<RsGxsVote>    votes;
+
+                if(!rsPosted->getBoardContent(mPostedGroup.mMeta.mGroupId,std::set<RsGxsMessageId>{ e->mPostedMsgId }, posts,comments,votes))
+				{
+					std::cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " failed to retrieve channel message data for channel/msg " << e->mPostedGroupId << "/" << e->mPostedMsgId << std::endl;
+					return;
+				}
+
+				// 2 - update the model in the UI thread.
+
+				RsQThreadUtils::postToObject( [posts,comments,votes,this]()
+				{
+					for(uint32_t i=0;i<posts.size();++i)
+					{
+						// linear search. Not good at all, but normally this is for a single post.
+
+						for(uint32_t j=0;j<mPosts.size();++j)
+							if(mPosts[j].mMeta.mMsgId == posts[i].mMeta.mMsgId)
+							{
+								mPosts[j] = posts[i];
+
+                                //emit dataChanged(createIndex(0,0,(void*)NULL), createIndex(mFilteredPosts.size(),0,(void*)NULL));
+
+                                preMods();
+                                postMods();
+							}
+					}
+				},this);
+            });
+
+	default:
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::initEmptyHierarchy()
+{
+    preMods();
+
+    mPosts.clear();
+    mFilteredPosts.clear();
+    mDisplayedNbPosts = DEFAULT_DISPLAYED_NB_POSTS;
+    mDisplayedStartIndex = 0;
+
+    postMods();
+}
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::preMods()
+{
+	beginResetModel();
+}
+void RsPostedPostsModel::postMods()
+{
+	endResetModel();
+
+	emit dataChanged(createIndex(0,0,(void*)NULL), createIndex(mDisplayedNbPosts,0,(void*)NULL));
+}
+void RsPostedPostsModel::update()
+{
+    emit dataChanged(createIndex(0,0,(void*)NULL), createIndex(mDisplayedNbPosts,0,(void*)NULL));
+}
+void RsPostedPostsModel::triggerRedraw()
+{
+    preMods();
+    postMods();
+}
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::setFilter(const QStringList& strings, uint32_t& count)
+{
+    preMods();
+
+	beginRemoveRows(QModelIndex(),0,rowCount()-1);
+    endRemoveRows();
+
+	if(strings.empty())
+    {
+        mFilteredPosts.clear();
+        for(int i=0;i<mPosts.size();++i)
+            mFilteredPosts.push_back(i);
+    }
+	else
+    {
+        mFilteredPosts.clear();
+        //mFilteredPosts.push_back(0);
+
+        for(int i=0;i<mPosts.size();++i)
+        {
+            bool passes_strings = true;
+
+			for(auto& s:strings)
+				passes_strings = passes_strings && QString::fromStdString(mPosts[i].mMeta.mMsgName).contains(s,Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+
+            if(passes_strings)
+                mFilteredPosts.push_back(i);
+        }
+    }
+    count = mFilteredPosts.size();
+
+    mDisplayedStartIndex = 0;
+	mDisplayedNbPosts = std::min(count,DEFAULT_DISPLAYED_NB_POSTS) ;
+
+    std::cerr << "After filtering: " << count << " posts remain." << std::endl;
+
+	beginInsertRows(QModelIndex(),0,rowCount()-1);
+    endInsertRows();
+
+	postMods();
+}
+
+int RsPostedPostsModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex& parent) const
+{
+    if(parent.column() > 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    if(mFilteredPosts.empty())	// security. Should never happen.
+        return 0;
+
+    if(!parent.isValid())
+		return mDisplayedNbPosts;
+
+    RsErr() << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " rowCount cannot figure out the porper number of rows." << std::endl;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int RsPostedPostsModel::columnCount(const QModelIndex &/*parent*/) const
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
+bool RsPostedPostsModel::getPostData(const QModelIndex& i,RsPostedPost& fmpe) const
+{
+	if(!i.isValid())
+        return true;
+
+    quintptr ref = i.internalId();
+	uint32_t entry = 0;
+
+	if(!convertRefPointerToTabEntry(ref,entry))
+		return false ;
+
+    fmpe = mPosts[mFilteredPosts[entry]];
+
+	return true;
+
+}
+
+bool RsPostedPostsModel::hasChildren(const QModelIndex &parent) const
+{
+    if(!parent.isValid())
+        return true;
+
+	return false;	// by default, no post has children
+}
+
+bool RsPostedPostsModel::convertTabEntryToRefPointer(uint32_t entry,quintptr& ref)
+{
+	// the pointer is formed the following way:
+	//
+	//		[ 32 bits ]
+	//
+	// This means that the whole software has the following build-in limitation:
+	//	  * 4 B   simultaenous posts. Should be enough !
+
+	ref = (intptr_t)(entry+1);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool RsPostedPostsModel::convertRefPointerToTabEntry(quintptr ref, uint32_t& entry)
+{
+    intptr_t val = (intptr_t)ref;
+
+    if(val > (1<<30))	// make sure the pointer is an int that fits in 32bits and not too big which would look suspicious
+    {
+        RsErr() << "(EE) trying to make a ChannelPostsModelIndex out of a number that is larger than 2^32-1 !" << std::endl;
+        return false ;
+    }
+    if(val==0)
+    {
+        RsErr() << "(EE) trying to make a ChannelPostsModelIndex out of index 0." << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+	entry = val - 1;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+QModelIndex RsPostedPostsModel::index(int row, int column, const QModelIndex & parent) const
+{
+    if(row < 0 || column < 0)
+		return QModelIndex();
+
+    quintptr ref = getChildRef(parent.internalId(),row);
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+	std::cerr << "index-3(" << row << "," << column << " parent=" << parent << ") : " << createIndex(row,column,ref) << std::endl;
+#endif
+	return createIndex(row,column,ref) ;
+}
+
+QModelIndex RsPostedPostsModel::parent(const QModelIndex& index) const
+{
+    if(!index.isValid())
+        return QModelIndex();
+
+	return QModelIndex();	// there's no hierarchy here. So nothing to do!
+}
+
+quintptr RsPostedPostsModel::getChildRef(quintptr ref,int index) const
+{
+	if (index < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if(ref == quintptr(0))
+	{
+		quintptr new_ref;
+		convertTabEntryToRefPointer(index+mDisplayedStartIndex,new_ref);
+		return new_ref;
+	}
+	else
+		return 0 ;
+}
+
+quintptr RsPostedPostsModel::getParentRow(quintptr ref,int& row) const
+{
+	PostedPostsModelIndex ref_entry;
+
+	if(!convertRefPointerToTabEntry(ref,ref_entry) || ref_entry >= mFilteredPosts.size())
+		return 0 ;
+
+	if(ref_entry == 0)
+	{
+		RsErr() << "getParentRow() shouldn't be asked for the parent of NULL" << std::endl;
+		row = 0;
+	}
+	else
+		row = ref_entry-1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int RsPostedPostsModel::getChildrenCount(quintptr ref) const
+{
+	uint32_t entry = 0 ;
+
+    if(ref == quintptr(0))
+        return rowCount()-1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+QVariant RsPostedPostsModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
+{
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+    std::cerr << "calling data(" << index << ") role=" << role << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+	if(!index.isValid())
+		return QVariant();
+
+	switch(role)
+	{
+	case Qt::SizeHintRole: return sizeHintRole(index.column()) ;
+	case Qt::StatusTipRole:return QVariant();
+	default: break;
+	}
+
+	quintptr ref = (index.isValid())?index.internalId():0 ;
+	uint32_t entry = 0;
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+	std::cerr << "data(" << index << ")" ;
+#endif
+
+	if(!ref)
+	{
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+		std::cerr << " [empty]" << std::endl;
+#endif
+		return QVariant() ;
+	}
+
+	if(!convertRefPointerToTabEntry(ref,entry) || entry >= mFilteredPosts.size())
+	{
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+		std::cerr << "Bad pointer: " << (void*)ref << std::endl;
+#endif
+		return QVariant() ;
+	}
+
+	const RsPostedPost& fmpe(mPosts[mFilteredPosts[entry]]);
+
+	switch(role)
+	{
+	case Qt::DisplayRole:    return displayRole   (fmpe,index.column()) ;
+	case Qt::UserRole:	 	 return userRole      (fmpe,index.column()) ;
+	default:
+		return QVariant();
+	}
+}
+
+QVariant RsPostedPostsModel::sizeHintRole(int col) const
+{
+	float factor = QFontMetricsF(QApplication::font()).height()/14.0f ;
+
+	return QVariant( QSize(factor * 170, factor*14 ));
+}
+
+QVariant RsPostedPostsModel::displayRole(const RsPostedPost& fmpe,int col) const
+{
+	switch(col)
+	{
+    default:
+    	return QString::fromUtf8(fmpe.mMeta.mMsgName.c_str());
+		}
+
+
+	return QVariant("[ERROR]");
+}
+
+QVariant RsPostedPostsModel::userRole(const RsPostedPost& fmpe,int col) const
+{
+	switch(col)
+    {
+    default:
+        return QVariant::fromValue(fmpe);
+    }
+}
+
+const RsGxsGroupId& RsPostedPostsModel::currentGroupId() const
+{
+	return mPostedGroup.mMeta.mGroupId;
+}
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::updateBoard(const RsGxsGroupId& board_group_id)
+{
+    if(board_group_id.isNull())
+        return;
+
+    update_posts(board_group_id);
+}
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::clear()
+{
+    preMods();
+
+    initEmptyHierarchy();
+
+	postMods();
+	emit boardPostsLoaded();
+}
+
+class PostSorter
+{
+public:
+
+    PostSorter(RsPostedPostsModel::SortingStrategy s) : mSortingStrategy(s) {}
+
+	bool operator()(const RsPostedPost& p1,const RsPostedPost& p2) const
+	{
+        switch(mSortingStrategy)
+        {
+        default:
+        case RsPostedPostsModel::SORT_NEW_SCORE   :  return p1.mNewScore > p2.mNewScore;
+        case RsPostedPostsModel::SORT_TOP_SCORE   :  return p1.mTopScore > p2.mTopScore;
+        case RsPostedPostsModel::SORT_HOT_SCORE   :  return p1.mHotScore > p2.mHotScore;
+        }
+	}
+
+private:
+    RsPostedPostsModel::SortingStrategy mSortingStrategy;
+};
+
+Qt::ItemFlags RsPostedPostsModel::flags(const QModelIndex& index) const
+{
+	if (!index.isValid())
+		return 0;
+
+	return QAbstractItemModel::flags(index) | Qt::ItemIsEditable;
+}
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::setSortingStrategy(RsPostedPostsModel::SortingStrategy s)
+{
+    preMods();
+
+    mSortingStrategy = s;
+    std::sort(mPosts.begin(),mPosts.end(), PostSorter(s));
+
+	postMods();
+}
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::setPostsInterval(int start,int nb_posts)
+{
+    if(start >= mFilteredPosts.size())
+        return;
+
+	preMods();
+
+    uint32_t old_nb_rows = rowCount() ;
+
+    mDisplayedNbPosts = (uint32_t)std::min(nb_posts,(int)mFilteredPosts.size() - (start+1));
+    mDisplayedStartIndex = start;
+
+	beginRemoveRows(QModelIndex(),mDisplayedNbPosts,old_nb_rows);
+    endRemoveRows();
+
+	beginInsertRows(QModelIndex(),old_nb_rows,mDisplayedNbPosts);
+    endInsertRows();
+
+	postMods();
+}
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::deepUpdate()
+{
+    auto posts(mPosts);
+    setPosts(mPostedGroup,posts);
+}
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::setPosts(const RsPostedGroup& group, std::vector<RsPostedPost>& posts)
+{
+    preMods();
+
+	beginRemoveRows(QModelIndex(),0,rowCount()-1);
+    endRemoveRows();
+
+    mPosts.clear();
+    mPostedGroup = group;
+
+    createPostsArray(posts);
+
+    std::sort(mPosts.begin(),mPosts.end(), PostSorter(mSortingStrategy));
+
+    uint32_t tmpval;
+    setFilter(QStringList(),tmpval);
+
+    mDisplayedNbPosts = std::min((uint32_t)mFilteredPosts.size(),DEFAULT_DISPLAYED_NB_POSTS);
+    mDisplayedStartIndex = 0;
+
+	beginInsertRows(QModelIndex(),0,rowCount()-1);
+    endInsertRows();
+
+	postMods();
+
+	emit boardPostsLoaded();
+}
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::update_posts(const RsGxsGroupId& group_id)
+{
+    if(group_id.isNull())
+        return;
+
+	RsThread::async([this, group_id]()
+	{
+        // 1 - get message data from p3GxsChannels
+
+        std::list<RsGxsGroupId> groupIds;
+		std::vector<RsMsgMetaData> msg_metas;
+		std::vector<RsPostedGroup> groups;
+
+        groupIds.push_back(group_id);
+
+		if(!rsPosted->getBoardsInfo(groupIds,groups) || groups.size() != 1)
+		{
+			std::cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " failed to retrieve channel group info for channel " << group_id << std::endl;
+			return;
+        }
+
+        RsPostedGroup group = groups[0];
+
+        // We use the heap because the arrays need to be stored accross async
+
+		std::vector<RsPostedPost> *posts    = new std::vector<RsPostedPost>();
+		std::vector<RsGxsComment> *comments = new std::vector<RsGxsComment>();
+		std::vector<RsGxsVote>    *votes    = new std::vector<RsGxsVote>();
+
+		if(!rsPosted->getBoardAllContent(group_id, *posts,*comments,*votes))
+		{
+			std::cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " failed to retrieve channel messages for channel " << group_id << std::endl;
+			return;
+		}
+
+        // 2 - update the model in the UI thread.
+
+        RsQThreadUtils::postToObject( [group,posts,comments,votes,this]()
+		{
+			/* Here it goes any code you want to be executed on the Qt Gui
+			 * thread, for example to update the data model with new information
+			 * after a blocking call to RetroShare API complete, note that
+			 * Qt::QueuedConnection is important!
+			 */
+
+            setPosts(group,*posts) ;
+
+            delete posts;
+            delete comments;
+            delete votes;
+
+		}, this );
+
+    });
+}
+
+static bool decreasing_time_comp(const std::pair<time_t,RsGxsMessageId>& e1,const std::pair<time_t,RsGxsMessageId>& e2) { return e2.first < e1.first ; }
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::createPostsArray(std::vector<RsPostedPost>& posts)
+{
+#ifdef TODO
+    // Collect new versions of posts if any. For now Boards do not have versions, but if that ever happens, we'll be handlign it already. This code
+    // is a blind copy of the channel code.
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+    std::cerr << "Inserting channel posts" << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+    std::vector<uint32_t> new_versions ;
+    for (uint32_t i=0;i<posts.size();++i)
+    {
+		if(posts[i].mMeta.mOrigMsgId == posts[i].mMeta.mMsgId)
+			posts[i].mMeta.mOrigMsgId.clear();
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+        std::cerr << "  " << i << ": name=\"" << posts[i].mMeta.mMsgName << "\" msg_id=" << posts[i].mMeta.mMsgId << ": orig msg id = " << posts[i].mMeta.mOrigMsgId << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+        if(!posts[i].mMeta.mOrigMsgId.isNull())
+            new_versions.push_back(i) ;
+    }
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+    std::cerr << "New versions: " << new_versions.size() << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+    if(!new_versions.empty())
+    {
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+        std::cerr << "  New versions present. Replacing them..." << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "  Creating search map."  << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+        // make a quick search map
+        std::map<RsGxsMessageId,uint32_t> search_map ;
+		for (uint32_t i=0;i<posts.size();++i)
+            search_map[posts[i].mMeta.mMsgId] = i ;
+
+        for(uint32_t i=0;i<new_versions.size();++i)
+        {
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+            std::cerr << "  Taking care of new version  at index " << new_versions[i] << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+            uint32_t current_index = new_versions[i] ;
+            uint32_t source_index  = new_versions[i] ;
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+            RsGxsMessageId source_msg_id = posts[source_index].mMeta.mMsgId ;
+#endif
+
+            // What we do is everytime we find a replacement post, we climb up the replacement graph until we find the original post
+            // (or the most recent version of it). When we reach this post, we replace it with the data of the source post.
+            // In the mean time, all other posts have their MsgId cleared, so that the posts are removed from the list.
+
+            //std::vector<uint32_t> versions ;
+            std::map<RsGxsMessageId,uint32_t>::const_iterator vit ;
+
+            while(search_map.end() != (vit=search_map.find(posts[current_index].mMeta.mOrigMsgId)))
+            {
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+                std::cerr << "    post at index " << current_index << " replaces a post at position " << vit->second ;
+#endif
+
+				// Now replace the post only if the new versionis more recent. It may happen indeed that the same post has been corrected multiple
+				// times. In this case, we only need to replace the post with the newest version
+
+				//uint32_t prev_index = current_index ;
+				current_index = vit->second ;
+
+				if(posts[current_index].mMeta.mMsgId.isNull())	// This handles the branching situation where this post has been already erased. No need to go down further.
+                {
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+                    std::cerr << "  already erased. Stopping." << std::endl;
+#endif
+                    break ;
+                }
+
+				if(posts[current_index].mMeta.mPublishTs < posts[source_index].mMeta.mPublishTs)
+				{
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+                    std::cerr << " and is more recent => following" << std::endl;
+#endif
+                    for(std::set<RsGxsMessageId>::const_iterator itt(posts[current_index].mOlderVersions.begin());itt!=posts[current_index].mOlderVersions.end();++itt)
+						posts[source_index].mOlderVersions.insert(*itt);
+
+					posts[source_index].mOlderVersions.insert(posts[current_index].mMeta.mMsgId);
+					posts[current_index].mMeta.mMsgId.clear();	    // clear the msg Id so the post will be ignored
+				}
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+                else
+                    std::cerr << " but is older -> Stopping" << std::endl;
+#endif
+            }
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+    std::cerr << "Now adding " << posts.size() << " posts into array structure..." << std::endl;
+#endif
+
+    mPosts.clear();
+
+    for (std::vector<RsPostedPost>::const_reverse_iterator it = posts.rbegin(); it != posts.rend(); ++it)
+    {
+        if(!(*it).mMeta.mMsgId.isNull())
+		{
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+            std::cerr << " adding post \"" << (*it).mMeta.mMsgName << "\"" << std::endl;
+#endif
+			mPosts.push_back(*it);
+		}
+#ifdef DEBUG_CHANNEL_MODEL
+        else
+            std::cerr << " skipped older version post \"" << (*it).mMeta.mMsgName << "\"" << std::endl;
+#endif
+    }
+}
+
+void RsPostedPostsModel::setAllMsgReadStatus(bool read)
+{
+    // make a temporary listof pairs
+
+    std::list<RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair> pairs;
+
+    for(uint32_t i=0;i<mPosts.size();++i)
+        pairs.push_back(RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair(mPosts[i].mMeta.mGroupId,mPosts[i].mMeta.mMsgId));
+
+    RsThread::async([read,pairs]()
+    {
+        // Call blocking API
+
+        for(auto& p:pairs)
+            rsPosted->setPostReadStatus(p,read);
+    } );
+}
+void RsPostedPostsModel::setMsgReadStatus(const QModelIndex& i,bool read_status)
+{
+	if(!i.isValid())
+		return ;
+
+	// no need to call preMods()/postMods() here because we'renot changing the model
+
+	quintptr ref = i.internalId();
+	uint32_t entry = 0;
+
+	if(!convertRefPointerToTabEntry(ref,entry) || entry >= mFilteredPosts.size())
+		return ;
+
+    RsGxsGroupId grpId = mPosts[entry].mMeta.mGroupId;
+    RsGxsMessageId msgId = mPosts[entry].mMeta.mMsgId;
+
+    bool current_read_status = !(IS_MSG_UNREAD(mPosts[entry].mMeta.mMsgStatus) || IS_MSG_NEW(mPosts[entry].mMeta.mMsgStatus));
+
+    if(current_read_status != read_status)
+        RsThread::async([msgId,grpId,read_status]()
+        {
+            // Call blocking API
+
+            rsPosted->setPostReadStatus(RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair(grpId,msgId),read_status);
+        } );
+}
+
+QModelIndex RsPostedPostsModel::getIndexOfMessage(const RsGxsMessageId& mid) const
+{
+    // Brutal search. This is not so nice, so dont call that in a loop! If too costly, we'll use a map.
+
+    RsGxsMessageId postId = mid;
+
+    for(uint32_t i=mDisplayedStartIndex;i<mDisplayedStartIndex+mDisplayedNbPosts;++i)
+    {
+		// First look into msg versions, in case the msg is a version of an existing message
+
+#ifdef TODO
+        for(auto& msg_id:mPosts[mFilteredPosts[i]].mOlderVersions)
+            if(msg_id == postId)
+            {
+				quintptr ref ;
+				convertTabEntryToRefPointer(i,ref);	// we dont use i+1 here because i is not a row, but an index in the mPosts tab
+
+				return createIndex(i,0, ref);
+            }
+#endif
+
+        if(mPosts[mFilteredPosts[i]].mMeta.mMsgId == postId)
+        {
+            quintptr ref ;
+            convertTabEntryToRefPointer(i,ref);	// we dont use i+1 here because i is not a row, but an index in the mPosts tab
+
+			return createIndex(i,0, ref);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return QModelIndex();
+}
+

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedPostsModel.h

@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsModel.h                   *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * Copyright 2020 by Cyril Soler <csoler@users.sourceforge.net>                *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as              *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the          *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                             *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                *
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.                         *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License    *
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       *
+ *                                                                             *
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+#include "retroshare/rsposted.h"
+#include "retroshare/rsgxsifacetypes.h"
+#include "retroshare/rsevents.h"
+
+#include <QModelIndex>
+#include <QColor>
+
+// This class holds the actual hierarchy of posts, represented by identifiers
+// It is responsible for auto-updating when necessary and holds a mutex to allow the Model to
+// safely access the data.
+
+// The model contains a post in place 0 that is the parent of all posts.
+
+// The model contains 3 layers:
+//
+//   Layer 1: list of all posts
+//
+//    * this list is sorted according to the current sorting strategy
+//    * Variables: mPosts
+//
+//   Layer 2: list of post filtered by search
+//
+//    * depending on which chunk of posts are actually displayed, this list contains
+//      the subset of the general list of posts
+//    * Variables: mFilteredPosts
+//
+//   Layer 3: start and end of posts actually displayed in the previous list
+//
+//    * Variables: mDisplayedStartIndex, mDisplayedNbPosts
+//
+// The array below indicates which variables are updated depending on the type of data/view change:
+//
+//             |  Global list (mPosts) | Filtered List    |  Displayed list (mDisplayedStartIndex, mDisplayedNbPosts)
+//  -----------+-----------------------+------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
+//  New group  |           X           |        X         |  X (updated because FilteredList may change)
+//  Sort order |           X           |                  |
+//  Filter Str |                       |        X         |  X (updated because FilteredList may change)
+//  Chunk chng |                       |        X         |  X
+//
+// In the model, indexes internal refs are pointer casts of the index in the mFilteredPosts tab. Another possible choice
+// was to use indexes in the tab of displayed indices, but this leads to a more complex impleemntation.
+
+typedef uint32_t PostedPostsModelIndex;
+
+// struct ChannelPostsModelPostEntry
+// {
+//     ChannelPostsModelPostEntry() : mPublishTs(0),mPostFlags(0),mMsgStatus(0),prow(0) {}
+//
+//     enum {					// flags for display of posts. To be used in mPostFlags
+//         FLAG_POST_IS_PINNED              = 0x0001,
+//         FLAG_POST_IS_MISSING             = 0x0002,
+//         FLAG_POST_IS_REDACTED            = 0x0004,
+//         FLAG_POST_HAS_UNREAD_CHILDREN    = 0x0008,
+//         FLAG_POST_HAS_READ_CHILDREN      = 0x0010,
+//         FLAG_POST_PASSES_FILTER          = 0x0020,
+//         FLAG_POST_CHILDREN_PASSES_FILTER = 0x0040,
+//     };
+//
+//     std::string        mTitle ;
+//     RsGxsMessageId     mMsgId;
+//     uint32_t           mPublishTs;
+//     uint32_t           mPostFlags;
+//     int                mMsgStatus;
+//
+//     int prow ;// parent row, which basically means position in the array of posts
+// };
+
+// This class is the item model used by Qt to display the information
+
+class RsPostedPostsModel : public QAbstractItemModel
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+	explicit RsPostedPostsModel(QObject *parent = NULL);
+	virtual ~RsPostedPostsModel() override;
+
+	static const uint32_t COLUMN_THREAD_NB_COLUMNS   = 0x01;
+	static const uint32_t DEFAULT_DISPLAYED_NB_POSTS ;
+
+    enum SortingStrategy {
+        SORT_UNKNOWN         = 0x00,
+        SORT_NEW_SCORE       = 0x01,
+        SORT_TOP_SCORE       = 0x02,
+        SORT_HOT_SCORE       = 0x03
+    };
+
+	enum Columns {
+		COLUMN_POSTS        =0x00,
+		COLUMN_THREAD_MSGID =0x01,
+		COLUMN_THREAD_DATA  =0x02,
+	};
+
+	enum Roles{ SortRole           = Qt::UserRole+1,
+              	StatusRole         = Qt::UserRole+2,
+              	FilterRole         = Qt::UserRole+3,
+              };
+
+    enum TreeMode{ TREE_MODE_UNKWN  = 0x00,
+                   TREE_MODE_PLAIN  = 0x01,
+                   TREE_MODE_FILES  = 0x02,
+    };
+
+#ifdef TODO
+    enum SortMode{ SORT_MODE_PUBLISH_TS           = 0x00,
+                   SORT_MODE_CHILDREN_PUBLISH_TS  = 0x01,
+    };
+#endif
+
+	QModelIndex root() const{ return createIndex(0,0,(void*)NULL) ;}
+	QModelIndex getIndexOfMessage(const RsGxsMessageId& mid) const;
+
+    // This method will asynchroneously update the data
+
+	void updateBoard(const RsGxsGroupId& posted_group_id);
+    const RsGxsGroupId& currentGroupId() const;
+
+    // Triggers a data change for all items. This can be used to redraw the view without re-loading the data.
+    void update();
+
+    // Triggers a preMod, begin/end remove rows and data update. Could be useful if update is not enough to reset cell sizes.
+    void deepUpdate();
+
+    // same without data update, which is far less costly
+    void triggerRedraw();
+
+#ifdef TODO
+    void setSortMode(SortMode mode) ;
+
+	void setTextColorRead          (QColor color) { mTextColorRead           = color;}
+	void setTextColorUnread        (QColor color) { mTextColorUnread         = color;}
+	void setTextColorUnreadChildren(QColor color) { mTextColorUnreadChildren = color;}
+	void setTextColorNotSubscribed (QColor color) { mTextColorNotSubscribed  = color;}
+	void setTextColorMissing       (QColor color) { mTextColorMissing        = color;}
+#endif
+
+    void setAllMsgReadStatus(bool read);
+    void setMsgReadStatus(const QModelIndex &i, bool read_status);
+    void setFilter(const QStringList &strings, uint32_t &count) ;
+	void setSortingStrategy(SortingStrategy s);
+	void setPostsInterval(int start,int nb_posts);
+
+#ifdef TODO
+	void setAuthorOpinion(const QModelIndex& indx,RsOpinion op);
+#endif
+
+    // Helper functions
+
+    bool getPostData(const QModelIndex& i,RsPostedPost& fmpe) const ;
+    uint32_t totalPostsCount() const { return mPosts.size() ; }
+    uint32_t filteredPostsCount() const { return mFilteredPosts.size() ; }
+    uint32_t displayedStartPostIndex() const { return mDisplayedStartIndex ; }
+    void clear() ;
+
+    // AbstractItemModel functions.
+
+    int rowCount(const QModelIndex& parent = QModelIndex()) const override;
+    int columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const override;
+    bool hasChildren(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const override;
+
+    QModelIndex index(int row, int column, const QModelIndex & parent = QModelIndex()) const override;
+    QModelIndex parent(const QModelIndex& child) const override;
+    Qt::ItemFlags flags(const QModelIndex& index) const  override;
+
+    QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role = Qt::DisplayRole) const override;
+
+    // Custom item roles
+
+    QVariant sizeHintRole  (int col) const;
+	QVariant displayRole   (const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+	QVariant toolTipRole   (const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+	QVariant userRole      (const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+#ifdef TODO
+	QVariant decorationRole(const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+	QVariant pinnedRole    (const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+	QVariant missingRole   (const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+	QVariant statusRole    (const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+	QVariant authorRole    (const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+	QVariant sortRole      (const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+	QVariant fontRole      (const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+	QVariant filterRole    (const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+	QVariant textColorRole (const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+	QVariant backgroundRole(const RsPostedPost& fmpe, int col) const;
+#endif
+
+    /*!
+     * \brief debug_dump
+     * 			Dumps the hierarchy of posts in the terminal, to allow checking whether the internal representation is correct.
+     */
+    void debug_dump();
+
+signals:
+    void boardPostsLoaded();	// emitted after the posts have been loaded.
+
+private:
+    RsPostedGroup mPostedGroup;
+
+    TreeMode mTreeMode;
+
+	void preMods() ;
+	void postMods() ;
+
+    quintptr getParentRow(quintptr ref,int& row) const;
+    quintptr getChildRef(quintptr ref, int index) const;
+    int      getChildrenCount(quintptr ref) const;
+
+    static bool convertTabEntryToRefPointer(uint32_t entry, quintptr &ref);
+	static bool convertRefPointerToTabEntry(quintptr ref,uint32_t& entry);
+	static void computeReputationLevel(uint32_t forum_sign_flags, RsPostedPost& entry);
+
+	void update_posts(const RsGxsGroupId& group_id);
+
+#ifdef TODO
+	void setForumMessageSummary(const std::vector<RsGxsForumMsg>& messages);
+	void     recursUpdateReadStatusAndTimes(ChannelPostsModelIndex i,bool& has_unread_below,bool& has_read_below);
+	uint32_t recursUpdateFilterStatus(ChannelPostsModelIndex i,int column,const QStringList& strings);
+	void     recursSetMsgReadStatus(ChannelPostsModelIndex i,bool read_status,bool with_children);
+#endif
+
+	void createPostsArray(std::vector<RsPostedPost> &posts);
+	void setPosts(const RsPostedGroup& group, std::vector<RsPostedPost> &posts);
+	void initEmptyHierarchy();
+	void handleEvent_main_thread(std::shared_ptr<const RsEvent> event);
+
+    std::vector<RsPostedPost> mPosts ;
+    std::vector<int> mFilteredPosts;
+    uint32_t mDisplayedStartIndex;
+    uint32_t mDisplayedNbPosts;
+    SortingStrategy mSortingStrategy;
+
+	RsEventsHandlerId_t mEventHandlerId ;
+};

retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/Posted_images.qrc

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 		<file>images/down-arrow.png</file>
 		<file>images/up-arrow.png</file>
 		<file>images/comments.png</file>
+		<file>images/comments_blue.png</file>
+		<file>images/thumb-blocked.png</file>
 		<file>images/thumb-default.png</file>
 		<file>images/thumb-link.png</file>
 		<file>images/share.png</file>

retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <QtGui>
 
 #include "PulseReply.h"
+#include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
 
 #include "PulseAddDialog.h"
 

retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseTopLevel.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <QBuffer>
 
 #include "PulseTopLevel.h"
+#include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>

retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseViewGroup.cpp

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "PulseViewGroup.h"
 
 #include "gui/gxs/GxsIdDetails.h"
+#include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
 #include "util/DateTime.h"
 
 /** Constructor */

retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseViewItem.cpp

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "PulseViewItem.h"
 
 #include "gui/gxs/GxsIdDetails.h"
+#include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
 #include "util/DateTime.h"
 
 /** Constructor */

retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/WireGroupDialog.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "WireGroupExtra.h"
 
 #include "WireGroupDialog.h"
+#include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
 #include "gui/gxs/GxsIdDetails.h"
 
 #include <iostream>

retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/WireGroupItem.cpp

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "WireGroupItem.h"
 #include "gui/gxs/GxsIdDetails.h"
+#include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentContainer.cpp

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void GxsCommentContainer::commentLoad(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId, const std::set<
 		comments += "...";
 	}
 
-	GxsCommentDialog *commentDialog = new GxsCommentDialog(this, getTokenService(), getCommentService());
+    GxsCommentDialog *commentDialog = new GxsCommentDialog(this, RsGxsId(),getTokenService(), getCommentService());
 
 	QWidget *commentHeader = createHeaderWidget(grpId, msgId);
 	commentDialog->setCommentHeader(commentHeader);

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentDialog.cpp

@@ -30,24 +30,24 @@
 #include <QDateTime>
 
 /** Constructor */
-GxsCommentDialog::GxsCommentDialog(QWidget *parent, RsTokenService *token_service, RsGxsCommentService *comment_service)
+GxsCommentDialog::GxsCommentDialog(QWidget *parent, const RsGxsId &default_author, RsTokenService *token_service, RsGxsCommentService *comment_service)
 	: QWidget(parent), ui(new Ui::GxsCommentDialog)
 {
 	/* Invoke the Qt Designer generated QObject setup routine */
 	ui->setupUi(this);
 
     setTokenService(token_service,comment_service);
-    init();
+    init(default_author);
 }
 	
-void GxsCommentDialog::init()
+void GxsCommentDialog::init(const RsGxsId& default_author)
 {
 	/* Set header resize modes and initial section sizes */
 	QHeaderView * ttheader = ui->treeWidget->header () ;
 	ttheader->resizeSection (0, 440);
 
 	/* fill in the available OwnIds for signing */
-	ui->idChooser->loadIds(IDCHOOSER_ID_REQUIRED, RsGxsId());
+    ui->idChooser->loadIds(IDCHOOSER_ID_REQUIRED, default_author);
 
 	connect(ui->refreshButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(refresh()));
 	connect(ui->idChooser, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged( int )), this, SLOT(voterSelectionChanged( int )));
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ void GxsCommentDialog::setTokenService(RsTokenService *token_service, RsGxsComme
 	ui->treeWidget->setup(token_service, comment_service);
 }
 
-GxsCommentDialog::GxsCommentDialog(QWidget *parent)
+GxsCommentDialog::GxsCommentDialog(QWidget *parent,const RsGxsId &default_author)
 	: QWidget(parent), ui(new Ui::GxsCommentDialog)
 {
 	/* Invoke the Qt Designer generated QObject setup routine */
 	ui->setupUi(this);
 
-    init();
+    init(default_author);
 }
 
 GxsCommentDialog::~GxsCommentDialog()
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ GxsCommentDialog::~GxsCommentDialog()
 	delete(ui);
 }
 
-void GxsCommentDialog::commentLoad(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId, const std::set<RsGxsMessageId>& msg_versions,const RsGxsMessageId& most_recent_msgId)
+void GxsCommentDialog::commentLoad(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId, const std::set<RsGxsMessageId>& msg_versions,const RsGxsMessageId& most_recent_msgId,bool use_cache)
 {
 	std::cerr << "GxsCommentDialog::commentLoad(" << grpId << ", most recent msg version: " << most_recent_msgId << ")";
 	std::cerr << std::endl;
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ void GxsCommentDialog::commentLoad(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId, const std::set<RsG
 	mMostRecentMsgId = most_recent_msgId;
     mMsgVersions = msg_versions;
 
+    ui->treeWidget->setUseCache(use_cache);
     ui->treeWidget->requestComments(mGrpId,msg_versions,most_recent_msgId);
 }
 
@@ -151,10 +152,10 @@ void GxsCommentDialog::setCommentHeader(QWidget *header)
 	//header->setParent(ui->postFrame);
 	//ui->postFrame->setVisible(true);
 
+#if 0
     QLayout *alayout = ui->postFrame->layout();
 	alayout->addWidget(header);
 
-#if 0
 	ui->postFrame->setVisible(true);
 
 	QDateTime qtime;

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentDialog.h

@@ -32,19 +32,21 @@ class GxsCommentDialog: public QWidget
 	Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-	GxsCommentDialog(QWidget *parent);
+    GxsCommentDialog(QWidget *parent=nullptr,const RsGxsId& default_author=RsGxsId());
-	GxsCommentDialog(QWidget *parent, RsTokenService *token_service, RsGxsCommentService *comment_service);
+    GxsCommentDialog(QWidget *parent,const RsGxsId& default_author, RsTokenService *token_service, RsGxsCommentService *comment_service);
 	virtual ~GxsCommentDialog();
 
     void setTokenService(RsTokenService *token_service, RsGxsCommentService *comment_service);
 	void setCommentHeader(QWidget *header);
-	void commentLoad(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId, const std::set<RsGxsMessageId> &msg_versions, const RsGxsMessageId &most_recent_msgId);
+    void commentLoad(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId, const std::set<RsGxsMessageId> &msg_versions, const RsGxsMessageId &most_recent_msgId, bool use_cache=false);
 
 	RsGxsGroupId groupId() { return mGrpId; }
 	RsGxsMessageId messageId() { return mMostRecentMsgId; }
 
-private slots:
+public slots:
     void refresh();
+
+private slots:
     void idChooserReady();
 	void voterSelectionChanged( int index );
 	void sortComments(int);
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ signals:
     void commentsLoaded(int);
 
 private:
-    void init();
+    void init(const RsGxsId &default_author);
 
 	RsGxsGroupId   mGrpId;
 	RsGxsMessageId mMostRecentMsgId;

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentDialog.ui

@@ -7,38 +7,68 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>632</width>
-    <height>547</height>
+    <height>248</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
+  <property name="sizePolicy">
+   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+   </sizepolicy>
+  </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>Form</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="GxsCommentDialogGLayout">
-   <item row="0" column="0">
+   <item row="1" column="0">
-    <widget class="QFrame" name="postFrame">
+    <widget class="GxsCommentTreeWidget" name="treeWidget">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
-     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="postFrameVLayout">
+     <property name="sortingEnabled">
-      <property name="leftMargin">
+      <bool>true</bool>
-       <number>1</number>
      </property>
-      <property name="topMargin">
+     <column>
-       <number>1</number>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Comment</string>
       </property>
-      <property name="rightMargin">
+     </column>
-       <number>1</number>
+     <column>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Author</string>
       </property>
-      <property name="bottomMargin">
+     </column>
-       <number>1</number>
+     <column>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Date</string>
       </property>
-     </layout>
+     </column>
+     <column>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>Score</string>
+      </property>
+     </column>
+     <column>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>UpVotes</string>
+      </property>
+     </column>
+     <column>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>DownVotes</string>
+      </property>
+     </column>
+     <column>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>OwnVote</string>
+      </property>
+     </column>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="1" column="0">
+   <item row="0" column="0">
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="toolBarHLayout">
      <item>
       <widget class="QToolButton" name="commentButton">
@@ -141,48 +171,6 @@
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
-   <item row="2" column="0">
-    <widget class="GxsCommentTreeWidget" name="treeWidget">
-     <property name="sortingEnabled">
-      <bool>true</bool>
-     </property>
-     <column>
-      <property name="text">
-       <string>Comment</string>
-      </property>
-     </column>
-     <column>
-      <property name="text">
-       <string>Author</string>
-      </property>
-     </column>
-     <column>
-      <property name="text">
-       <string>Date</string>
-      </property>
-     </column>
-     <column>
-      <property name="text">
-       <string>Score</string>
-      </property>
-     </column>
-     <column>
-      <property name="text">
-       <string>UpVotes</string>
-      </property>
-     </column>
-     <column>
-      <property name="text">
-       <string>DownVotes</string>
-      </property>
-     </column>
-     <column>
-      <property name="text">
-       <string>OwnVote</string>
-      </property>
-     </column>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.cpp

@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
 #define IMAGE_VOTEUP        ":/images/vote_up.png"
 #define IMAGE_VOTEDOWN      ":/images/vote_down.png"
 
+std::map<RsGxsMessageId, std::vector<RsGxsComment> > GxsCommentTreeWidget::mCommentsCache;
+QMutex GxsCommentTreeWidget::mCacheMutex;
+
 // This class allows to draw the item using an appropriate size
 
 class MultiLinesCommentDelegate: public QStyledItemDelegate
@@ -148,6 +151,8 @@ GxsCommentTreeWidget::GxsCommentTreeWidget(QWidget *parent)
 	commentsRole = new RSTreeWidgetItemCompareRole;
     commentsRole->setRole(PCITEM_COLUMN_DATE, ROLE_SORT);
 
+    mUseCache = false;
+
 //	QFont font = QFont("ARIAL", 10);
 //	font.setBold(true);
 
@@ -318,7 +323,7 @@ void GxsCommentTreeWidget::banUser()
 
 void GxsCommentTreeWidget::makeComment()
 {
-	GxsCreateCommentDialog pcc(mCommentService, std::make_pair(mGroupId,mLatestMsgId), mLatestMsgId, this);
+    GxsCreateCommentDialog pcc(mCommentService, std::make_pair(mGroupId,mLatestMsgId), mLatestMsgId, mVoterId,this);
 	pcc.exec();
 }
 
@@ -327,7 +332,7 @@ void GxsCommentTreeWidget::replyToComment()
 	RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair msgId;
 	msgId.first = mGroupId;
 	msgId.second = mCurrentCommentMsgId;
-	GxsCreateCommentDialog pcc(mCommentService, msgId, mLatestMsgId, this);
+    GxsCreateCommentDialog pcc(mCommentService, msgId, mLatestMsgId, mVoterId,this);
 
 	pcc.loadComment(mCurrentCommentText, mCurrentCommentAuthor, mCurrentCommentAuthorId);
 	pcc.exec();
@@ -362,6 +367,19 @@ void GxsCommentTreeWidget::requestComments(const RsGxsGroupId& group, const std:
 	mMsgVersions = message_versions ;
     mLatestMsgId = most_recent_message;
 
+    if(mUseCache)
+    {
+        QMutexLocker lock(&mCacheMutex);
+
+        auto it = mCommentsCache.find(most_recent_message);
+
+        if(it != mCommentsCache.end())
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Got " << it->second.size() << " comments from cache." << std::endl;
+            insertComments(it->second);
+            completeItems();
+        }
+    }
 	service_requestComments(group,message_versions);
 }
 
@@ -581,11 +599,28 @@ void GxsCommentTreeWidget::service_loadThread(const uint32_t &token)
 	std::vector<RsGxsComment> comments;
 	mCommentService->getRelatedComments(token, comments);
 
-	std::vector<RsGxsComment>::iterator vit;
+    // This is inconsistent since we cannot know here that all comments are for the same thread. However they are only
+    // requested in requestComments() where a single MsgId is used.
 
-	for(vit = comments.begin(); vit != comments.end(); ++vit)
+    if(mUseCache)
     {
-		RsGxsComment &comment = *vit;
+        QMutexLocker lock(&mCacheMutex);
+
+        if(!comments.empty())
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Updating cache with " << comments.size() << " for thread " << comments[0].mMeta.mThreadId << std::endl;
+            mCommentsCache[comments[0].mMeta.mThreadId] = comments;
+        }
+    }
+
+    insertComments(comments);
+}
+
+void GxsCommentTreeWidget::insertComments(const std::vector<RsGxsComment>& comments)
+{
+    for(auto vit = comments.begin(); vit != comments.end(); ++vit)
+	{
+        const RsGxsComment &comment = *vit;
 		/* convert to a QTreeWidgetItem */
 		std::cerr << "GxsCommentTreeWidget::service_loadThread() Got Comment: " << comment.mMeta.mMsgId;
 		std::cerr << std::endl;
@@ -636,8 +671,6 @@ void GxsCommentTreeWidget::service_loadThread(const uint32_t &token)
 
 		addItem(comment.mMeta.mMsgId, comment.mMeta.mParentId, item);
 	}
-
-	return;
 }
 
 QTreeWidgetItem *GxsCommentTreeWidget::service_createMissingItem(const RsGxsMessageId& parent)

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCommentTreeWidget.h

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #define _GXS_COMMENT_TREE_WIDGET_H
 
 #include <QTreeWidget>
+#include <QMutex>
 
 #include "util/TokenQueue.h"
 #include <retroshare/rsgxscommon.h>
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ public:
     void loadRequest(const TokenQueue *queue, const TokenRequest &req);
     void setVoteId(const RsGxsId &voterId);
 
+    void setUseCache(bool b) { mUseCache = b ;}
 protected:
 
     /* to be overloaded */
@@ -60,8 +62,8 @@ protected:
 
     void loadThread(const uint32_t &token);
 
+    void insertComments(const std::vector<RsGxsComment>& comments);
     void addItem(RsGxsMessageId itemId, RsGxsMessageId parentId, QTreeWidgetItem *item);
-
 public slots:
     void customPopUpMenu(const QPoint& point);
     void setCurrentCommentMsgId(QTreeWidgetItem* current, QTreeWidgetItem* previous);
@@ -108,6 +110,9 @@ protected:
     RsTokenService *mRsTokenService;
     RsGxsCommentService *mCommentService;
 
+    bool mUseCache;
+    static std::map<RsGxsMessageId, std::vector<RsGxsComment> > mCommentsCache;
+    static QMutex mCacheMutex;
 };
 
 

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCreateCommentDialog.cpp

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <iostream>
 
-GxsCreateCommentDialog::GxsCreateCommentDialog(RsGxsCommentService *service,  const RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair &parentId, const RsGxsMessageId& threadId, QWidget *parent) :
+GxsCreateCommentDialog::GxsCreateCommentDialog(RsGxsCommentService *service,  const RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair &parentId, const RsGxsMessageId& threadId, const RsGxsId& default_author,QWidget *parent) :
 	QDialog(parent),
 	ui(new Ui::GxsCreateCommentDialog), mCommentService(service), mParentId(parentId), mThreadId(threadId)
 {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ GxsCreateCommentDialog::GxsCreateCommentDialog(RsGxsCommentService *service,  co
 	connect(ui->buttonBox, SIGNAL(rejected()), this, SLOT(close()));
 
 	/* fill in the available OwnIds for signing */
-    ui->idChooser->loadIds(IDCHOOSER_ID_REQUIRED, RsGxsId());
+    ui->idChooser->loadIds(IDCHOOSER_ID_REQUIRED, default_author);
 }
 
 void GxsCreateCommentDialog::loadComment(const QString &msgText, const QString &msgAuthor, const RsGxsId &msgAuthorId)

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCreateCommentDialog.h

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class GxsCreateCommentDialog : public QDialog
 	Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-	explicit GxsCreateCommentDialog(RsGxsCommentService *service, const RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair& parentId, const RsGxsMessageId& threadId, QWidget *parent = 0);
+    explicit GxsCreateCommentDialog(RsGxsCommentService *service, const RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair& parentId, const RsGxsMessageId& threadId, const RsGxsId& default_author=RsGxsId(),QWidget *parent = 0);
 	~GxsCreateCommentDialog();
 
 	void loadComment(const QString &msgText, const QString &msgAuthor, const RsGxsId &msgAuthorId);	

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsGroupFrameDialog.cpp

@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ void GxsGroupFrameDialog::loadComment(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId, const QVector<R
 			comments += "...";
 		}
 
-		commentDialog = new GxsCommentDialog(this, mInterface->getTokenService(), commentService);
+        commentDialog = new GxsCommentDialog(this,RsGxsId(), mInterface->getTokenService(), commentService);
 
 		QWidget *commentHeader = createCommentHeaderWidget(grpId, most_recent_msgId);
 		if (commentHeader) {

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsIdChooser.cpp

@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void GxsIdChooser::setDefaultItem()
 	}
 
 	if (def >= 0) {
-		setCurrentIndex(def);
+        whileBlocking(this)->setCurrentIndex(def);
 #ifdef IDCHOOSER_DEBUG
         std::cerr << "GxsIdChooser-002" << (void*)this << " setting current index to " << def << std::endl;
 #endif

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/CreateGxsChannelMsg.cpp

@@ -65,10 +65,8 @@ CreateGxsChannelMsg::CreateGxsChannelMsg(const RsGxsGroupId &cId, RsGxsMessageId
 
 	setAttribute ( Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose, true );
 
-	buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok)->setText(tr("Post"));
+	connect(postButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(sendMsg()));
-
+	connect(cancelButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(cancelMsg()));
-	connect(buttonBox, SIGNAL(accepted()), this, SLOT(sendMsg()));
-	connect(buttonBox, SIGNAL(rejected()), this, SLOT(cancelMsg()));
 
 	connect(addFileButton, SIGNAL(clicked() ), this , SLOT(addExtraFile()));
 	connect(addfilepushButton, SIGNAL(clicked() ), this , SLOT(addExtraFile()));
@@ -599,8 +597,8 @@ void CreateGxsChannelMsg::checkAttachmentReady()
 				 * recognized by librs but not correctly by gui (can't
 				 * formally remove it)
 				 */
-				buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok)->setEnabled(false);
+				postButton->setEnabled(false);
-				buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Cancel)->setEnabled(false);
+				cancelButton->setEnabled(false);
 				break;
 			}
 		}
@@ -608,8 +606,8 @@ void CreateGxsChannelMsg::checkAttachmentReady()
 
 	if (fit == mAttachments.end())
 	{
-		buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok)->setEnabled(true);
+		postButton->setEnabled(true);
-		buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Cancel)->setEnabled(true);
+		cancelButton->setEnabled(true);
 	}
 
 	/* repeat... */

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/CreateGxsChannelMsg.ui

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
               <rect>
                <x>0</x>
                <y>0</y>
-               <width>842</width>
+               <width>81</width>
                <height>24</height>
               </rect>
              </property>
@@ -431,6 +431,9 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
       </item>
       <item row="2" column="0" colspan="3">
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="buttonHLayout">
+        <property name="spacing">
+         <number>9</number>
+        </property>
         <item>
          <widget class="QCheckBox" name="generateCheckBox">
           <property name="text">
@@ -449,15 +452,29 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
          </widget>
         </item>
         <item>
-         <widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttonBox">
+         <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_3">
-          <property name="styleSheet">
-           <string notr="true"/>
-          </property>
           <property name="orientation">
            <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
           </property>
-          <property name="standardButtons">
+          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-           <set>QDialogButtonBox::Cancel|QDialogButtonBox::Ok</set>
+           <size>
+            <width>40</width>
+            <height>20</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+         </spacer>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QPushButton" name="postButton">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Post</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QPushButton" name="cancelButton">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Cancel</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelFilesWidget.ui

@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<ui version="4.0">
- <class>GxsChannelFilesWidget</class>
- <widget class="QWidget" name="GxsChannelFilesWidget">
-  <property name="geometry">
-   <rect>
-    <x>0</x>
-    <y>0</y>
-    <width>400</width>
-    <height>300</height>
-   </rect>
-  </property>
-  <property name="windowTitle">
-   <string>Form</string>
-  </property>
-  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
-   <property name="leftMargin">
-    <number>0</number>
-   </property>
-   <property name="topMargin">
-    <number>0</number>
-   </property>
-   <property name="rightMargin">
-    <number>0</number>
-   </property>
-   <property name="bottomMargin">
-    <number>0</number>
-   </property>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QTreeWidget" name="treeWidget">
-     <property name="rootIsDecorated">
-      <bool>false</bool>
-     </property>
-     <property name="itemsExpandable">
-      <bool>false</bool>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sortingEnabled">
-      <bool>true</bool>
-     </property>
-     <attribute name="headerShowSortIndicator" stdset="0">
-      <bool>true</bool>
-     </attribute>
-     <column>
-      <property name="text">
-       <string notr="true">1</string>
-      </property>
-     </column>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QFrame" name="feedItemFrame">
-     <property name="frameShape">
-      <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="frameShadow">
-      <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
-     </property>
-     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
-      <property name="leftMargin">
-       <number>0</number>
-      </property>
-      <property name="topMargin">
-       <number>0</number>
-      </property>
-      <property name="rightMargin">
-       <number>0</number>
-      </property>
-      <property name="bottomMargin">
-       <number>0</number>
-      </property>
-     </layout>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-  </layout>
- </widget>
- <resources/>
- <connections/>
-</ui>

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.cpp

@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@
  *                                                                             *
  *******************************************************************************/
 
+#include <math.h>
+
 #include <QWheelEvent>
 #include <QDateTime>
 
 #include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
 #include "gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h"
 
+// #define DEBUG_GXSCHANNELPOSTTHUMBNAIL 1
+
 const float ChannelPostThumbnailView::DEFAULT_SIZE_IN_FONT_HEIGHT = 5.0;
 const float ChannelPostThumbnailView::FONT_SCALE_FACTOR = 1.5;
 
@@ -50,7 +54,9 @@ void ChannelPostThumbnailView::setText(const QString& s)
 {
     if(mPostTitle == NULL)
     {
+#ifdef DEBUG_GXSCHANNELPOSTTHUMBNAIL
         std::cerr << "(EE) calling setText on a ChannelPostThumbnailView without SHOW_TEXT flag!"<< std::endl;
+#endif
         return;
     }
 
@@ -246,6 +252,8 @@ void ZoomableLabel::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *me)
     mMoving = true;
     mLastX = me->x();
     mLastY = me->y();
+
+    emit clicked();
 }
 void ZoomableLabel::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *)
 {
@@ -292,7 +300,11 @@ QPixmap ZoomableLabel::extractCroppedScaledPicture() const
 
 void ZoomableLabel::setPicture(const QPixmap& pix)
 {
+#ifdef DEBUG_GXSCHANNELPOSTTHUMBNAIL
+    std::cerr << "Setting new picture of size " << pix.width() << " x " << pix.height() << std::endl;
+#endif
     mFullImage = pix;
+    setScaledContents(true);
 
     reset();
     updateView();
@@ -312,7 +324,15 @@ void ZoomableLabel::updateView()
     //		- the original center is preferred
     //		- if the crop overlaps the image border, the center is moved.
 
-    QRect rect(mCenterX - 0.5 * width()*mZoomFactor, mCenterY - 0.5 * height()*mZoomFactor, width()*mZoomFactor, height()*mZoomFactor);
+    QRect rect(mCenterX - 0.5 * width()*mZoomFactor, mCenterY - 0.5 * height()*mZoomFactor, floor(width()*mZoomFactor), floor(height()*mZoomFactor));
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_GXSCHANNELPOSTTHUMBNAIL
+    std::cerr << "Updating view: mCenterX=" << mCenterX << ", mCenterY=" << mCenterY << ", mZoomFactor=" << mZoomFactor << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "               Image size: " << mFullImage.width() << " x " << mFullImage.height() << ", window size: " << width() << " x " << height() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "               cropped image: " << rect.left() << "," << rect.top() << "+" << rect.width() << "+" << rect.height() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "               saving crop to pix2.png" << std::endl;
+    mFullImage.copy(rect).save("pix2.png","PNG");
+#endif
     QLabel::setPixmap(mFullImage.copy(rect));
 }
 

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h

@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@
 
 class ZoomableLabel: public QLabel
 {
+    Q_OBJECT
+
 public:
-    ZoomableLabel(QWidget *parent): QLabel(parent),mZoomFactor(1.0),mCenterX(0.0),mCenterY(0.0),mZoomEnabled(true) {}
+    ZoomableLabel(QWidget *parent): QLabel(parent),mUseStyleSheet(true),mZoomFactor(1.0),mCenterX(0.0),mCenterY(0.0),mZoomEnabled(true) {}
 
     void setPicture(const QPixmap& pix);
     void setEnableZoom(bool b) { mZoomEnabled = b; }
@@ -48,6 +50,9 @@ public:
 
     const QPixmap& originalImage() const { return mFullImage ; }
 
+signals:
+    void clicked();
+
 protected:
     void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *ev) override;
     void mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *ev) override;
@@ -55,11 +60,16 @@ protected:
     void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *ev) override;
     void wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *me) override;
 
+    void enterEvent(QEvent * /* ev */ ) override { if(mUseStyleSheet) setStyleSheet("QLabel { border: 2px solid #039bd5; }");}
+    void leaveEvent(QEvent * /* ev */ ) override { if(mUseStyleSheet) setStyleSheet("QLabel { border: 2px solid #CCCCCC; border-radius: 3px; }");}
+
+    bool mUseStyleSheet;
+
     QPixmap mFullImage;
 
+    float mZoomFactor;
     float mCenterX;
     float mCenterY;
-    float mZoomFactor;
     int   mLastX,mLastY;
     bool  mMoving;
     bool  mZoomEnabled;

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp

@@ -1069,6 +1069,8 @@ void GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel::insertChannelDetails(const RsGxsChannelGrou
         RetroShareLink link = RetroShareLink::createMessage(group.mMeta.mAuthorId, "");
         ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtml());
     }
+    else
+        ui->infoAdministrator->setText("[No contact author]");
 
 	ui->infoCreated->setText(DateTime::formatLongDateTime(group.mMeta.mPublishTs));
 
@@ -1165,6 +1167,9 @@ bool GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel::navigate(const RsGxsMessageId& msgId)
 	ui->postsTree->scrollTo(index);//May change if model reloaded
 	ui->postsTree->setFocus();
 
+    ui->channel_TW->setCurrentIndex(CHANNEL_TABS_POSTS);
+    ui->details_TW->setCurrentIndex(CHANNEL_TABS_DETAILS);
+
 	return true;
 }
 

retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui

@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
            </font>
           </property>
           <property name="currentIndex">
-           <number>1</number>
+           <number>0</number>
           </property>
           <widget class="QWidget" name="tab">
            <attribute name="title">

retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss

@@ -115,7 +115,23 @@ GxsCreateCommentDialog QFrame#frame {
 	background: white;
 }
 
+CreateGxsChannelMsg QPushButton#postButton {
+	font: bold;
+	font-size: 15px;
+	color: white;
+	background: #0099cc;
+	border-radius: 4px;
+	max-height: 27px;
+	min-width: 4em;
+	padding: 2px;
+}
 
+CreateGxsChannelMsg QPushButton#postButton:hover {
+	background: #03b1f3;
+	border-radius: 4px;
+	min-width: 4em;
+	padding: 2px;
+}
 
 /* Forums */
 
@@ -699,16 +715,16 @@ GenCertDialog QFrame#profileframe{
   border-width: 0px;
 }
 
-PostedListWidget QComboBox#comboBox {
+PostedListWidgetWithModel QComboBox#sortStrategy_CB {
 	font: bold;
 	color: #0099cc;
 }
 
-PostedListWidget QToolButton#submitPostButton {
+PostedListWidgetWithModel QToolButton#submitPostButton {
 	font: bold;
 }
 
-PostedListWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
+PostedListWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
 	font: bold;
 	font-size: 15px;
 	color: white;
@@ -717,12 +733,12 @@ PostedListWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
 	max-height: 27px;
 }
 
-PostedListWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:hover {
+PostedListWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:hover {
 	background: #03b1f3;
 	border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
-PostedListWidget QFrame#headerFrame {
+PostedListWidgetWithModel QFrame#headerFrame {
 	background-color: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #FEFEFE, stop:1 #E8E8E8);
 	border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
 }
@@ -807,50 +823,45 @@ GxsGroupDialog QLabel#groupLogo{
 	border-radius: 3px;
 }
 
-PostedItem QFrame#frame_notes {
-	background: white;
-}
 
-PostedItem QFrame#mainFrame {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QFrame#mainFrame {
 	background-color: white;
 }
 
-PostedItem QLabel#notes {
-
-}
-
 PostedItem QFrame#voteFrame {
 	background: #f8f9fa;
 }
 
-PostedItem QFrame#mainFrame [new=false]{
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact > QFrame#mainFrame [new=false]{
 	background: white;
 }
 
-PostedItem > QFrame#mainFrame[new=true] {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact > QFrame#mainFrame[new=true] {
 	background-color: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #F0F8FD, stop:0.8 #E6F2FD, stop: 0.81 #E6F2FD, stop: 1 #D2E7FD);
 }
 
-PostedItem QFrame#frame_picture{
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QLabel#pictureLabel{
-	background: white;
-}
-
-PostedItem QLabel#thumbnailLabel{
 	border: 2px solid #CCCCCC;
 	border-radius: 3px;
 }
 
-PostedItem QLabel#fromBoldLabel, QLabel#fromLabel, QLabel#dateLabel, QLabel#siteBoldLabel {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QLabel#fromBoldLabel ,
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QLabel#fromBoldLabel {
+	font: bold;
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QLabel#fromBoldLabel, QLabel#fromLabel, QLabel#dateLabel, QLabel#siteBoldLabel ,
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QLabel#fromBoldLabel, QLabel#fromLabel, QLabel#dateLabel, QLabel#siteBoldLabel{
 	color: #787c7e;
 }
 
-PostedItem QLabel#newLabel {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QLabel#newLabel {
 	border: 1px solid #167BE7;
 	background-color: qlineargradient(x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1, stop: 0 #2291E0, stop: 1 #3EB3FF);
 	border-radius: 3px;
 }
 
-PostedCardView QLabel#newLabel {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QLabel#newLabel {
 	border: 1px solid #167BE7;
 	background-color: qlineargradient(x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1, stop: 0 #2291E0, stop: 1 #3EB3FF);
 	border-radius: 3px;
@@ -860,17 +871,30 @@ PostedCardView QFrame#voteFrame {
 	background: #f8f9fa;
 }
 
-PostedCardView QFrame#mainFrame {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QFrame#mainFrame{
 	background: white;
 }
 
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card > QFrame#mainFrame [new=false]{
+	background: white;
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card > QFrame#mainFrame[new=true] {
+	background-color: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #F0F8FD, stop:0.8 #E6F2FD, stop: 0.81 #E6F2FD, stop: 1 #D2E7FD);
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QLabel#titleLabel,
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QLabel#titleLabel{
+	font-size: 14px;
+	font: bold;
+}
 
 GxsCommentDialog QComboBox#sortBox {
 	font: bold;
 	color: #0099cc;
 }
 
-PostedListWidget QTextBrowser#infoDescription {
+PostedListWidgetWithModel QTextBrowser#infoDescription {
 	background: transparent;
 	border: none;
 }

retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/WebuiPage.h

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <retroshare-gui/configpage.h>
+#include "retroshare-gui/configpage.h"
+#include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
 #include "ui_WebuiPage.h"
 
 namespace resource_api{

retroshare-gui/src/qss/qdarkstyle-v2.qss

@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ QTreeView [new=true]{
 
 /* changes for the subscribe Button */
 
-PostedListWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
+PostedListWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
 	font: bold;
 	font-size: 15px;
 	color: white;
@@ -1992,7 +1992,7 @@ PostedListWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
 	max-height: 27px;
 }
 
-PostedListWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:hover {
+PostedListWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:hover {
 	background: #03b1f3;
 	border-radius: 4px;
 }
@@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@ GxsForumThreadWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:hover {
 	border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
 	font: bold;
 	font-size: 14px;
 	color: white;
@@ -2020,18 +2020,18 @@ GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
 	max-height: 27px;
 }
 
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:hover {
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:hover {
 	background: #03b1f3;
 	border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:pressed {
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:pressed {
 	background: #03b1f3;
 	border-radius: 4px;
 	border: 1px solid gray;
 }
 
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:disabled {
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:disabled {
 	background: gray;
 	border-radius: 4px;
 	border: 1px solid gray;
@@ -2039,19 +2039,37 @@ GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:disabled {
 }
 
 /* only for MenuButtonPopup */
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton[popupMode="1"] { 
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton[popupMode="1"] { 
     padding-right: 0px; 
 }
 
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton::menu-arrow {
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton::menu-arrow {
     image: none;
 }
 
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton::menu-button {
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton::menu-button {
     image: none;
 
 }
 
+CreateGxsChannelMsg QPushButton#postButton {
+	font: bold;
+	font-size: 15px;
+	color: white;
+	background: #0099cc;
+	border-radius: 4px;
+	max-height: 27px;
+	min-width: 4em;
+	padding: 2px;
+}
+
+CreateGxsChannelMsg QPushButton#postButton:hover {
+	background: #03b1f3;
+	border-radius: 4px;
+	min-width: 4em;
+	padding: 2px;
+}
+
 QTabBar#smTab::tab{
 	height: 32px; 
 	width: 32px;
@@ -2074,73 +2092,86 @@ PostedCreatePostDialog QPushButton#submitButton:hover {
 
 }
 
-PostedItem QFrame#mainFrame {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QFrame#mainFrame {
     border-radius: 4px;
     border: 1px solid #32414B;
     background-color: #19232D;
+}
 
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact  QFrame#mainFrame [new=false]{
+	background: #19232D;
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact  QFrame#mainFrame[new=true] {
+    background-color: #1464a0;
 }
 
 GxsChannelPostItem QFrame#mainFrame {
     border-radius: 4px;
     border: 1px solid #32414B;
     background-color: #19232D;
-
 }
 
-PostedItem QPushButton#shareButton
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QPushButton#shareButton {
-{
     background-color: transparent;
 	min-width: 80px;
 	max-height: 22px;
-
 }
 
-PostedItem QLabel#scoreLabel
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QFrame#voteFrame {
-{
-    background-color: transparent;
-
-}
-
-PostedItem QFrame#voteFrame {
 	background: #141415;
 }
 
-PostedItem QToolButton#voteDownButton, QToolButton#voteUpButton
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QToolButton#voteDownButton, QToolButton#voteUpButton, 
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QToolButton#voteDownButton, QToolButton#voteUpButton
 {
 	border: none;
-
 }
 
-PostedItem QLabel#thumbnailLabel{
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QLabel#pictureLabel{
 	border: 2px solid #CCCCCC;
 	border-radius: 3px;
 }
 
-PostedCardView QPushButton#shareButton
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QLabel#scoreLabel, QLabel#titleLabel, QLabel#fromBoldLabel , QLabel#fromLabel, QLabel#dateLabel,
-{
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QLabel#scoreLabel, QLabel#titleLabel{
+	background-color: transparent;
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QLabel#newLabel,
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QLabel#newLabel {
+	border: 1px solid #00B712;
+	background-color: qlineargradient(x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1, stop: 0 #5AFF15, stop: 1 #00B712);
+	border-radius: 3px;
+	color: black;
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QPushButton#shareButton{
 	background-color: transparent;
 	min-width: 80px;
 	max-height: 22px;
-
 }
 
-PostedCardView QFrame#voteFrame {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QFrame#voteFrame {
 	background: #141415;
 }
 
-PostedCardView QFrame#mainFrame {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QFrame#mainFrame {
-
 	background-color: #19232D;
-
 }
 
-PostedCardView QFrame#mainFrame [new=false]{
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card  QFrame#mainFrame [new=false]{
 	background: #19232D;
 }
 
-PostedCardView > QFrame#mainFrame[new=true] {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card  QFrame#mainFrame[new=true] {
-	background-color: #005000;
+    background-color: #1464a0;
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QLabel#titleLabel,
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QLabel#titleLabel{
+	font-size: 14px;
+	font: bold;
 }
 
 WireGroupItem QFrame#wire_frame{
@@ -2162,3 +2193,5 @@ PulseTopLevel QFrame#frame, PulseViewGroup QFrame#frame, PulseReply QFrame#frame
 	border: 2px solid #38444d;
 	border-radius: 6px;
 }
+
+

retroshare-gui/src/qss/qdarkstyle.qss

@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ OpModeStatus[opMode="Minimal"] {
 
 /* changes for the subscribe Button */
 
-PostedListWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
+PostedListWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
 	font: bold;
 	font-size: 15px;
 	color: white;
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ PostedListWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
 	max-height: 27px;
 }
 
-PostedListWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:hover {
+PostedListWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:hover {
 	background: #03b1f3;
 	border-radius: 4px;
 }
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ GxsForumThreadWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:hover {
 	border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
 	font: bold;
 	font-size: 14px;
 	color: white;
@@ -1185,18 +1185,18 @@ GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton {
 	max-height: 27px;
 }
 
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:hover {
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:hover {
 	background: #03b1f3;
 	border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:pressed {
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:pressed {
 	background: #03b1f3;
 	border-radius: 4px;
 	border: 1px solid gray;
 }
 
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:disabled {
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:disabled {
 	background: gray;
 	border-radius: 4px;
 	border: 1px solid gray;
@@ -1204,19 +1204,37 @@ GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton:disabled {
 }
 
 /* only for MenuButtonPopup */
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton[popupMode="1"] { 
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton[popupMode="1"] { 
     padding-right: 0px; 
 }
 
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton::menu-arrow {
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton::menu-arrow {
     image: none;
 }
 
-GxsChannelPostsWidget QToolButton#subscribeToolButton::menu-button {
+GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel QToolButton#subscribeToolButton::menu-button {
     image: none;
 
 }
 
+CreateGxsChannelMsg QPushButton#postButton {
+	font: bold;
+	font-size: 15px;
+	color: white;
+	background: #0099cc;
+	border-radius: 4px;
+	max-height: 27px;
+	min-width: 4em;
+	padding: 2px;
+}
+
+CreateGxsChannelMsg QPushButton#postButton:hover {
+	background: #03b1f3;
+	border-radius: 4px;
+	min-width: 4em;
+	padding: 2px;
+}
+
 QTabBar#smTab::tab{
  height: 32px; 
  width: 32px;
@@ -1247,7 +1265,7 @@ GxsForumThreadWidget QLabel#forumName
 	font: bold;
 }
 
-PostedItem QPushButton#shareButton
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QPushButton#shareButton
 {
 	background-color: transparent;
 	border: none;
@@ -1255,18 +1273,18 @@ PostedItem QPushButton#shareButton
 	max-height: 22px;
 }
 
-PostedCardView QPushButton#shareButton
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QPushButton#shareButton
 {
 	background-color: transparent;
 	border: none;
 	min-width: 75px;
 }
 
-PostedItem QFrame#voteFrame {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QFrame#voteFrame {
 	background: #141415;
 }
 
-PostedCardView QFrame#voteFrame {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QFrame#voteFrame {
 	background: #141415;
 }
 
@@ -1275,30 +1293,63 @@ QPushButton#shareButton:hover, QPushButton#shareButton::menu-button:hover {
     border: 1px solid gray;
 }
 
-PostedItem QToolButton#voteDownButton, QToolButton#voteUpButton, QToolButton#expandButton, QToolButton#readButton,
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QToolButton#voteDownButton, QToolButton#voteUpButton, QToolButton#expandButton, QToolButton#readButton,
 QToolButton#commentButton, QToolButton#notesButton
 {
 	border: none;
 }
 
-PostedItem QLabel#thumbnailLabel{
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QLabel#pictureLabel{
 	border: 2px solid #CCCCCC;
 	border-radius: 3px;
 }
 
-PostedCardView QToolButton#voteDownButton, QToolButton#voteUpButton
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact > QFrame#frame [new=false]{
+	background: #302F2F;
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact > QFrame#frame[new=true] {
+	background-color: #005000;
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QToolButton#voteDownButton, QToolButton#voteUpButton
 {
 	border: none;
 }
 
-PostedCardView QFrame#mainFrame [new=false]{
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QFrame#frame{
 	background: #302F2F;
 }
 
-PostedCardView > QFrame#mainFrame[new=true] {
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card > QFrame#frame [new=false]{
+	background: #302F2F;
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card > QFrame#frame[new=true] {
 	background-color: #005000;
 }
 
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QLabel#newLabel {
+	border: 1px solid #00B712;
+	background-color: qlineargradient(x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1, stop: 0 #5AFF15, stop: 1 #00B712);
+	border-radius: 3px;
+	color: black;
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QLabel#newLabel {
+	border: 1px solid #00B712;
+	background-color: qlineargradient(x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1, stop: 0 #5AFF15, stop: 1 #00B712);
+	border-radius: 3px;
+	color: black;
+}
+
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact QLabel#titleLabel,
+BoardPostDisplayWidget_card QLabel#titleLabel{
+	font-size: 14px;
+	font: bold;
+}
+
+
 WireGroupItem QFrame#wire_frame
 {
 	border: 1px solid #38444d;

retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro

@@ -1376,8 +1376,8 @@ gxschannels {
 		gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp \
 		gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsModel.cpp \
 		gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostFilesModel.cpp \
-                gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.cpp \
 		gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelFilesStatusWidget.cpp \
+                gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.cpp \
 		gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelGroupDialog.cpp \
 		gui/gxschannels/CreateGxsChannelMsg.cpp \
 		gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.cpp \
@@ -1389,7 +1389,9 @@ gxschannels {
 posted {
 	
 	HEADERS += gui/Posted/PostedDialog.h \
-		gui/Posted/PostedListWidget.h \
+		gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.h \
+		gui/Posted/PostedPostsModel.h \
+		gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h \
 		gui/Posted/PostedItem.h \
 		gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h \
 		gui/Posted/PostedGroupDialog.h \
@@ -1401,18 +1403,22 @@ posted {
 		#gui/Posted/PostedCreateCommentDialog.h \
 		#gui/Posted/PostedComments.h \
 	
-	FORMS += gui/Posted/PostedListWidget.ui \
+	FORMS += gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui \
 		gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.ui \
+		gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact.ui \
+		gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget_card.ui \
 		gui/Posted/PostedItem.ui \
 		gui/Posted/PostedCardView.ui \
 		gui/Posted/PostedCreatePostDialog.ui \
-		gui/Posted/PhotoView.ui 
+		gui/Posted/PhotoView.ui \
 		#gui/Posted/PostedDialog.ui \
 		#gui/Posted/PostedComments.ui \
 		#gui/Posted/PostedCreateCommentDialog.ui
 	
 	SOURCES += gui/Posted/PostedDialog.cpp \
-		gui/Posted/PostedListWidget.cpp \
+		gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp \
+		gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp \
+		gui/Posted/PostedPostsModel.cpp \
 		gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.cpp \
 		gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp \
 		gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp \

retroshare-gui/src/util/ClickableLabel.h

@@ -32,16 +32,17 @@ public:
     explicit ClickableLabel(QWidget* parent = Q_NULLPTR, Qt::WindowFlags f = Qt::WindowFlags());
     ~ClickableLabel();
 
+    void setUseStyleSheet(bool b){ mUseStyleSheet=b ; update();}
 signals:
     void clicked();
 
 protected:
-    void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent* event);
+    void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent* event) override;
 
-	void enterEvent(QEvent * /* ev */ ) override { setStyleSheet("QLabel { border: 2px solid #039bd5; }");}
+    void enterEvent(QEvent * /* ev */ ) override { if(mUseStyleSheet) setStyleSheet("QLabel { border: 2px solid #039bd5; }");}
-
+    void leaveEvent(QEvent * /* ev */ ) override { if(mUseStyleSheet) setStyleSheet("QLabel { border: 2px solid #CCCCCC; border-radius: 3px; }");}
-    void leaveEvent(QEvent * /* ev */ ) override { setStyleSheet("QLabel { border: 2px solid #CCCCCC; border-radius: 3px; }");}
 
+    bool mUseStyleSheet;
 };
 
 #endif // CLICKABLELABEL_H