Ideal nav LHP

src/NAVIGATORS.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * */
 export default {
     CENTRAL_PANE_NAVIGATOR: 'CentralPaneNavigator',
+    LEFT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR: 'LeftModalNavigator',
     RIGHT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR: 'RightModalNavigator',
     FULL_SCREEN_NAVIGATOR: 'FullScreenNavigator',
 } as const;

src/SCREENS.ts

@@ -81,10 +81,12 @@ const SCREENS = {
     SAVE_THE_WORLD: {
         ROOT: 'SaveTheWorld_Root',
     },
+    LEFT_MODAL: {
+        SEARCH: 'Search',
+    },
     RIGHT_MODAL: {
         SETTINGS: 'Settings',
         NEW_CHAT: 'NewChat',
-        SEARCH: 'Search',
         DETAILS: 'Details',
         PROFILE: 'Profile',
         REPORT_DETAILS: 'Report_Details',

src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/AuthScreens.tsx

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import createCustomStackNavigator from './createCustomStackNavigator';
 import defaultScreenOptions from './defaultScreenOptions';
 import getRootNavigatorScreenOptions from './getRootNavigatorScreenOptions';
 import CentralPaneNavigator from './Navigators/CentralPaneNavigator';
+import LeftModalNavigator from './Navigators/LeftModalNavigator';
 import RightModalNavigator from './Navigators/RightModalNavigator';
 
 type AuthScreensProps = {
@@ -318,6 +319,12 @@ function AuthScreens({lastUpdateIDAppliedToClient, session, lastOpenedPublicRoom
                     component={RightModalNavigator}
                     listeners={modalScreenListeners}
                 />
+                <RootStack.Screen
+                    name={NAVIGATORS.LEFT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR}
+                    options={screenOptions.leftModalNavigator}
+                    component={LeftModalNavigator}
+                    listeners={modalScreenListeners}
+                />
                 <RootStack.Screen
                     name={SCREENS.DESKTOP_SIGN_IN_REDIRECT}
                     options={screenOptions.fullScreen}

src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/RHPScreenOptions.ts → src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/ModalNavigatorScreenOptions.ts

@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ import {CardStyleInterpolators, StackNavigationOptions} from '@react-navigation/
 import {ThemeStyles} from '@styles/index';
 
 /**
- * RHP stack navigator screen options generator function
+ * Modal stack navigator screen options generator function
  * @param themeStyles - The styles object
  * @returns The screen options object
  */
-const RHPScreenOptions = (themeStyles: ThemeStyles): StackNavigationOptions => ({
+const ModalNavigatorScreenOptions = (themeStyles: ThemeStyles): StackNavigationOptions => ({
     headerShown: false,
     animationEnabled: true,
     gestureDirection: 'horizontal',
     cardStyle: themeStyles.navigationScreenCardStyle,
     cardStyleInterpolator: CardStyleInterpolators.forHorizontalIOS,
 });
 
-export default RHPScreenOptions;
+export default ModalNavigatorScreenOptions;

src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/Navigators/LeftModalNavigator.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import {createStackNavigator, StackScreenProps} from '@react-navigation/stack';
+import React, {useMemo} from 'react';
+import {View} from 'react-native';
+import NoDropZone from '@components/DragAndDrop/NoDropZone';
+import useThemeStyles from '@hooks/useThemeStyles';
+import useWindowDimensions from '@hooks/useWindowDimensions';
+import ModalNavigatorScreenOptions from '@libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/ModalNavigatorScreenOptions';
+import * as ModalStackNavigators from '@libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/ModalStackNavigators';
+import {AuthScreensParamList, LeftModalNavigatorParamList} from '@libs/Navigation/types';
+import NAVIGATORS from '@src/NAVIGATORS';
+import SCREENS from '@src/SCREENS';
+import Overlay from './Overlay';
+
+type LeftModalNavigatorProps = StackScreenProps<AuthScreensParamList, typeof NAVIGATORS.LEFT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR>;
+
+const Stack = createStackNavigator<LeftModalNavigatorParamList>();
+
+function LeftModalNavigator({navigation}: LeftModalNavigatorProps) {
+    const styles = useThemeStyles();
+    const {isSmallScreenWidth} = useWindowDimensions();
+    const screenOptions = useMemo(() => ModalNavigatorScreenOptions(styles), [styles]);
+
+    return (
+        <NoDropZone>
+            {!isSmallScreenWidth && (
+                <Overlay
+                    isModalOnTheLeft
+                    onPress={navigation.goBack}
+                />
+            )}
+            <View style={styles.LHPNavigatorContainer(isSmallScreenWidth)}>
+                <Stack.Navigator screenOptions={screenOptions}>
+                    <Stack.Screen
+                        name={SCREENS.LEFT_MODAL.SEARCH}
+                        component={ModalStackNavigators.SearchModalStackNavigator}
+                    />
+                </Stack.Navigator>
+            </View>
+        </NoDropZone>
+    );
+}
+
+LeftModalNavigator.displayName = 'LeftModalNavigator';
+
+export default LeftModalNavigator;

src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/Navigators/Overlay.tsx

@@ -9,15 +9,18 @@ import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 type OverlayProps = {
     /* Callback to close the modal */
     onPress: () => void;
+
+    /* Returns whether a modal is displayed on the left side of the screen. By default, the modal is displayed on the right */
+    isModalOnTheLeft?: boolean;
 };
 
-function Overlay({onPress}: OverlayProps) {
+function Overlay({onPress, isModalOnTheLeft = false}: OverlayProps) {
     const styles = useThemeStyles();
     const {current} = useCardAnimation();
     const {translate} = useLocalize();
 
     return (
-        <Animated.View style={styles.overlayStyles(current)}>
+        <Animated.View style={styles.overlayStyles(current, isModalOnTheLeft)}>
             <View style={[styles.flex1, styles.flexColumn]}>
                 {/* In the latest Electron version buttons can't be both clickable and draggable.
              That's why we added this workaround. Because of two Pressable components on the desktop app

src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/Navigators/RightModalNavigator.tsx

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import {View} from 'react-native';
 import NoDropZone from '@components/DragAndDrop/NoDropZone';
 import useThemeStyles from '@hooks/useThemeStyles';
 import useWindowDimensions from '@hooks/useWindowDimensions';
+import ModalNavigatorScreenOptions from '@libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/ModalNavigatorScreenOptions';
 import * as ModalStackNavigators from '@libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/ModalStackNavigators';
-import RHPScreenOptions from '@libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/RHPScreenOptions';
 import type {AuthScreensParamList, RightModalNavigatorParamList} from '@navigation/types';
 import NAVIGATORS from '@src/NAVIGATORS';
 import SCREENS from '@src/SCREENS';
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const Stack = createStackNavigator<RightModalNavigatorParamList>();
 function RightModalNavigator({navigation}: RightModalNavigatorProps) {
     const styles = useThemeStyles();
     const {isSmallScreenWidth} = useWindowDimensions();
-    const screenOptions = useMemo(() => RHPScreenOptions(styles), [styles]);
+    const screenOptions = useMemo(() => ModalNavigatorScreenOptions(styles), [styles]);
 
     return (
         <NoDropZone>
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ function RightModalNavigator({navigation}: RightModalNavigatorProps) {
                         name={SCREENS.RIGHT_MODAL.NEW_CHAT}
                         component={ModalStackNavigators.NewChatModalStackNavigator}
                     />
-                    <Stack.Screen
-                        name={SCREENS.RIGHT_MODAL.SEARCH}
-                        component={ModalStackNavigators.SearchModalStackNavigator}
-                    />
                     <Stack.Screen
                         name={SCREENS.RIGHT_MODAL.DETAILS}
                         component={ModalStackNavigators.DetailsModalStackNavigator}

src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/getRootNavigatorScreenOptions.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const commonScreenOptions: StackNavigationOptions = {
     animationTypeForReplace: 'push',
 };
 
+const SLIDE_LEFT_OUTPUT_RANGE_MULTIPLIER = -1;
+
 export default (isSmallScreenWidth: boolean, themeStyles: ThemeStyles): ScreenOptions => ({
     rightModalNavigator: {
         ...commonScreenOptions,
@@ -32,7 +34,22 @@ export default (isSmallScreenWidth: boolean, themeStyles: ThemeStyles): ScreenOp
             right: 0,
         },
     },
+    leftModalNavigator: {
+        ...commonScreenOptions,
+        cardStyleInterpolator: (props) => modalCardStyleInterpolator(isSmallScreenWidth, false, props, SLIDE_LEFT_OUTPUT_RANGE_MULTIPLIER),
+        presentation: 'transparentModal',
 
+        // We want pop in RHP since there are some flows that would work weird otherwise
+        animationTypeForReplace: 'pop',
+        cardStyle: {
+            ...getNavigationModalCardStyle(),
+
+            // This is necessary to cover translated sidebar with overlay.
+            width: isSmallScreenWidth ? '100%' : '200%',
+
+            transform: [{translateX: isSmallScreenWidth ? 0 : -variables.sideBarWidth}],
+        },
+    },
     homeScreen: {
         title: CONFIG.SITE_TITLE,
         ...commonScreenOptions,

src/libs/Navigation/AppNavigator/modalCardStyleInterpolator.ts

@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@ import {Animated} from 'react-native';
 import getCardStyles from '@styles/utils/cardStyles';
 import variables from '@styles/variables';
 
-export default (isSmallScreenWidth: boolean, isFullScreenModal: boolean, {current: {progress}, inverted, layouts: {screen}}: StackCardInterpolationProps): StackCardInterpolatedStyle => {
+export default (
+    isSmallScreenWidth: boolean,
+    isFullScreenModal: boolean,
+    {current: {progress}, inverted, layouts: {screen}}: StackCardInterpolationProps,
+    outputRangeMultiplier = 1,
+): StackCardInterpolatedStyle => {
     const translateX = Animated.multiply(
         progress.interpolate({
             inputRange: [0, 1],
-            outputRange: [isSmallScreenWidth ? screen.width : variables.sideBarWidth, 0],
+            outputRange: [outputRangeMultiplier * (isSmallScreenWidth ? screen.width : variables.sideBarWidth), 0],
             extrapolate: 'clamp',
         }),
         inverted,

src/libs/Navigation/Navigation.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
-import {findFocusedRoute, getActionFromState} from '@react-navigation/core';
+import {findFocusedRoute} from '@react-navigation/core';
 import {CommonActions, EventArg, getPathFromState, NavigationContainerEventMap, NavigationState, PartialState, StackActions} from '@react-navigation/native';
-import findLastIndex from 'lodash/findLastIndex';
 import Log from '@libs/Log';
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 import NAVIGATORS from '@src/NAVIGATORS';
 import ROUTES, {Route} from '@src/ROUTES';
-import SCREENS, {PROTECTED_SCREENS} from '@src/SCREENS';
-import getStateFromPath from './getStateFromPath';
+import {PROTECTED_SCREENS} from '@src/SCREENS';
+import originalDismissModal from './dismissModal';
 import originalGetTopmostReportActionId from './getTopmostReportActionID';
 import originalGetTopmostReportId from './getTopmostReportId';
 import linkingConfig from './linkingConfig';
 import linkTo from './linkTo';
 import navigationRef from './navigationRef';
-import {StackNavigationAction, StateOrRoute} from './types';
+import {StateOrRoute} from './types';
 
 let resolveNavigationIsReadyPromise: () => void;
 const navigationIsReadyPromise = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
@@ -44,6 +43,9 @@ const getTopmostReportId = (state = navigationRef.getState()) => originalGetTopm
 // Re-exporting the getTopmostReportActionID here to fill in default value for state. The getTopmostReportActionID isn't defined in this file to avoid cyclic dependencies.
 const getTopmostReportActionId = (state = navigationRef.getState()) => originalGetTopmostReportActionId(state);
 
+// Re-exporting the dismissModal here to fill in default value for navigationRef. The dismissModal isn't defined in this file to avoid cyclic dependencies.
+const dismissModal = (targetReportId = '', ref = navigationRef) => originalDismissModal(targetReportId, ref);
+
 /** Method for finding on which index in stack we are. */
 function getActiveRouteIndex(stateOrRoute: StateOrRoute, index?: number): number | undefined {
     if ('routes' in stateOrRoute && stateOrRoute.routes) {
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ function getActiveRouteIndex(stateOrRoute: StateOrRoute, index?: number): number
         return getActiveRouteIndex(childActiveRoute, stateOrRoute.state.index ?? 0);
     }
 
-    if ('name' in stateOrRoute && stateOrRoute.name === NAVIGATORS.RIGHT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR) {
+    if ('name' in stateOrRoute && (stateOrRoute.name === NAVIGATORS.RIGHT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR || stateOrRoute.name === NAVIGATORS.LEFT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR)) {
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -160,8 +162,8 @@ function goBack(fallbackRoute: Route, shouldEnforceFallback = false, shouldPopTo
     if (isFirstRouteInNavigator) {
         const rootState = navigationRef.getRootState();
         const lastRoute = rootState.routes.at(-1);
-        // If the user comes from a different flow (there is more than one route in RHP) we should go back to the previous flow on UP button press instead of using the fallbackRoute.
-        if (lastRoute?.name === NAVIGATORS.RIGHT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR && (lastRoute.state?.index ?? 0) > 0) {
+        // If the user comes from a different flow (there is more than one route in ModalNavigator) we should go back to the previous flow on UP button press instead of using the fallbackRoute.
+        if ((lastRoute?.name === NAVIGATORS.RIGHT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR || lastRoute?.name === NAVIGATORS.LEFT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR) && (lastRoute.state?.index ?? 0) > 0) {
             navigationRef.current.goBack();
             return;
         }
@@ -200,45 +202,6 @@ function setParams(params: Record<string, unknown>, routeKey: string) {
     });
 }
 
-/**
- * Dismisses the last modal stack if there is any
- *
- * @param targetReportID - The reportID to navigate to after dismissing the modal
- */
-function dismissModal(targetReportID?: string) {
-    if (!canNavigate('dismissModal')) {
-        return;
-    }
-    const rootState = navigationRef.getRootState();
-    const lastRoute = rootState.routes.at(-1);
-    switch (lastRoute?.name) {
-        case NAVIGATORS.RIGHT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR:
-        case SCREENS.NOT_FOUND:
-        case SCREENS.REPORT_ATTACHMENTS:
-            // if we are not in the target report, we need to navigate to it after dismissing the modal
-            if (targetReportID && targetReportID !== getTopmostReportId(rootState)) {
-                const state = getStateFromPath(ROUTES.REPORT_WITH_ID.getRoute(targetReportID));
-
-                const action: StackNavigationAction = getActionFromState(state, linkingConfig.config);
-                if (action) {
-                    action.type = 'REPLACE';
-                    navigationRef.current?.dispatch(action);
-                }
-                // If not-found page is in the route stack, we need to close it
-            } else if (targetReportID && rootState.routes.some((route) => route.name === SCREENS.NOT_FOUND)) {
-                const lastRouteIndex = rootState.routes.length - 1;
-                const centralRouteIndex = findLastIndex(rootState.routes, (route) => route.name === NAVIGATORS.CENTRAL_PANE_NAVIGATOR);
-                navigationRef.current?.dispatch({...StackActions.pop(lastRouteIndex - centralRouteIndex), target: rootState.key});
-            } else {
-                navigationRef.current?.dispatch({...StackActions.pop(), target: rootState.key});
-            }
-            break;
-        default: {
-            Log.hmmm('[Navigation] dismissModal failed because there is no modal stack to dismiss');
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /**
  * Returns the current active route without the URL params
  */

src/libs/Navigation/dismissModal.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import {getActionFromState} from '@react-navigation/core';
+import {NavigationContainerRef, StackActions} from '@react-navigation/native';
+import {findLastIndex} from 'lodash';
+import Log from '@libs/Log';
+import NAVIGATORS from '@src/NAVIGATORS';
+import ROUTES from '@src/ROUTES';
+import SCREENS from '@src/SCREENS';
+import getStateFromPath from './getStateFromPath';
+import getTopmostReportId from './getTopmostReportId';
+import linkingConfig from './linkingConfig';
+import {RootStackParamList, StackNavigationAction} from './types';
+
+// This function is in a separate file than Navigation.js to avoid cyclic dependency.
+
+/**
+ * Dismisses the last modal stack if there is any
+ *
+ * @param targetReportID - The reportID to navigate to after dismissing the modal
+ */
+function dismissModal(targetReportID: string, navigationRef: NavigationContainerRef<RootStackParamList>) {
+    if (!navigationRef.isReady()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const state = navigationRef.getState();
+    const lastRoute = state.routes.at(-1);
+    switch (lastRoute?.name) {
+        case NAVIGATORS.LEFT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR:
+        case NAVIGATORS.RIGHT_MODAL_NAVIGATOR:
+        case SCREENS.NOT_FOUND:
+        case SCREENS.REPORT_ATTACHMENTS:
+            // if we are not in the target report, we need to navigate to it after dismissing the modal
+            if (targetReportID && targetReportID !== getTopmostReportId(state)) {
+                const reportState = getStateFromPath(ROUTES.REPORT_WITH_ID.getRoute(targetReportID));
+
+                const action: StackNavigationAction = getActionFromState(reportState, linkingConfig.config);
+                if (action) {
+                    action.type = 'REPLACE';
+                    navigationRef.dispatch(action);
+                }
+                // If not-found page is in the route stack, we need to close it
+            } else if (targetReportID && state.routes.some((route) => route.name === SCREENS.NOT_FOUND)) {
+                const lastRouteIndex = state.routes.length - 1;
+                const centralRouteIndex = findLastIndex(state.routes, (route) => route.name === NAVIGATORS.CENTRAL_PANE_NAVIGATOR);
+                navigationRef.dispatch({...StackActions.pop(lastRouteIndex - centralRouteIndex), target: state.key});
+            } else {
+                navigationRef.dispatch({...StackActions.pop(), target: state.key});
+            }
+            break;
+        default: {
+            Log.hmmm('[Navigation] dismissModal failed because there is no modal stack to dismiss');
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export default dismissModal;