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fix: give each assignee avatar its own color #466

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18 changes: 17 additions & 1 deletion devboard/client/src/components/Board/TaskCard.jsx
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Expand Up @@ -29,6 +29,22 @@ const TAG_COLORS = [
const getTagColor = (tag) =>
TAG_COLORS[tag.charCodeAt(0) % TAG_COLORS.length];

const AVATAR_COLORS = [
"bg-purple-700",
"bg-blue-600",
"bg-green-600",
"bg-rose-600",
"bg-amber-600",
"bg-teal-600",
];

// Sum every character so that names sharing a first letter still differ.
const getAvatarColor = (name) => {
let hash = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < name.length; i++) hash += name.charCodeAt(i);
return AVATAR_COLORS[hash % AVATAR_COLORS.length];
};

// Search terms are raw user input, so they have to be escaped before they can
// be used as a pattern — searching for "(" would otherwise throw.
const escapeRegExp = (text) => text.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -385,7 +401,7 @@ const TaskCard = ({ task, index, onSelect, pinned, onPin }) => {
</button>

{task.assignee?.name && (
<div title={task.assignee.name} className="w-5 h-5 rounded-full bg-purple-700 flex items-center justify-center text-[9px] font-bold text-white">
<div title={task.assignee.name} className={`w-5 h-5 rounded-full ${getAvatarColor(task.assignee.name)} flex items-center justify-center text-[9px] font-bold text-white`}>
{task.assignee.name[0].toUpperCase()}
</div>
)}
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