From 2b4fd15a255ae75c70fb8f9446703d006225f633 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bleak Grey <bleakgrey@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 14:01:54 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Views.Thread: Make root status widget prominent

---
 data/ui/widgets/status.ui |  2 +-
 src/Views/Thread.vala     |  7 ++++---
 src/Widgets/Status.vala   | 13 +++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/ui/widgets/status.ui b/data/ui/widgets/status.ui
index 3f11be2..344331f 100644
--- a/data/ui/widgets/status.ui
+++ b/data/ui/widgets/status.ui
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
           </packing>
         </child>
         <child>
-          <object class="GtkBox">
+          <object class="GtkBox" id="content_column">
             <property name="visible">True</property>
             <property name="can_focus">False</property>
             <property name="margin_top">8</property>
diff --git a/src/Views/Thread.vala b/src/Views/Thread.vala
index dadcfcc..d555f58 100644
--- a/src/Views/Thread.vala
+++ b/src/Views/Thread.vala
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ public class Tootle.Views.Thread : Views.Base, IAccountListener {
 
     public API.Status root_status { get; construct set; }
     protected InstanceAccount? account = null;
-    protected Widget root_widget;
+    protected Widgets.Status root_widget;
 
     public Thread (API.Status status) {
         Object (
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class Tootle.Views.Thread : Views.Base, IAccountListener {
         request ();
     }
 
-    Widget prepend (Entity entity, bool to_end = false){
+    Widgets.Status prepend (Entity entity, bool to_end = false){
         var w = entity.to_widget () as Widgets.Status;
         w.reveal_spoiler = true;
 
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ public class Tootle.Views.Thread : Views.Base, IAccountListener {
                     append (status);
                 });
 
-                root_widget = append (root_status);
+                root_widget = append (root_status) as Widgets.Status;
+                root_widget.expand_root ();
 
                 var descendants = root.get_array_member ("descendants");
                 descendants.foreach_element ((array, i, node) => {
diff --git a/src/Widgets/Status.vala b/src/Widgets/Status.vala
index 94bdd55..ae3f629 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/Status.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/Status.vala
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public class Tootle.Widgets.Status : ListBoxRow {
 	[GtkChild]
 	protected Image indicator;
 
+	[GtkChild]
+	protected Box content_column;
 	[GtkChild]
 	protected Stack spoiler_stack;
 	[GtkChild]
@@ -250,4 +252,15 @@ public class Tootle.Widgets.Status : ListBoxRow {
 		menu.popup_at_widget (menu_button, Gravity.SOUTH_EAST, Gravity.SOUTH_EAST);
 	}
 
+	public void expand_root () {
+		activatable = false;
+        content.selectable = true;
+
+        var parent = content_column.get_parent () as Container;
+        var left_attach = parent.find_child_property ("left-attach");
+        var width = parent.find_child_property ("width");
+        parent.set_child_property (content_column, 1, 0, left_attach);
+        parent.set_child_property (content_column, 3, 2, width);
+	}
+
 }