Move the avatar up a level

pull/2765/head
Travis Ralston 4 years ago
parent d8bc158a3b
commit 70e69a110a

@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ for a favicon-like experience. This proposal introduces such a concept.
## Proposal
In the widget's `data`, a new optional paramater named `avatar_url` is added. This parameter is
A new optional paramater named `avatar_url` is added to the widget definition. This parameter is
an MXC URI to an image clients can use to associate with the widget, likely alongside the `name`
and/or `title`.
@ -16,6 +16,24 @@ use case.
Rendering avatars is optional for clients, much like how clients are not required to use the `name`
or `title` of a widget.
An example widget would be:
```json
{
"creatorUserId": "@alice:example.org",
"data": {
"custom-key": "This is a custom key",
"title": "This is a witty description for the widget"
},
"id": "20200827_WidgetExample",
"name": "My Cool Widget",
"type": "m.custom",
"url": "https://example.org/my/widget.html?roomId=$matrix_room_id",
"waitForIframeLoad": true,
"avatar_url": "mxc://example.org/abc123"
}
```
## Alternatives
We could define a whole structured system for different thumbnail sizes, though we have a thumbnail
@ -28,5 +46,6 @@ from the server when a widget avatar is a non-image.
## Unstable prefix
Not applicable - this is backwards compatible with specification and an allowed property of `data`
without this MSC.
While this MSC is not in a released version of the specification, clients should use an alternative
event type for widgets or use `org.matrix.msc2765.avatar_url` when using `m.widget` or `m.widgets`
as an event type.

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