1873 Remove possibility for user to send message room|persons

src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.tsx

@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ export const UserOptionsSection: React.FC<{
         <div className="mx_UserInfo_container">
             <h3>{_t("common|options")}</h3>
             <div>
-                {directMessageButton}
+                {SettingsStore.getValue(UIFeature.ShowSendMessageToUserLink) && directMessageButton}
                 {readReceiptButton}
                 {/* If you donw want users to send a room link, disable flag in settings.tsx */}
                 {SettingsStore.getValue(UIFeature.UserInfoShareLinkToUserButton) && shareUserButton}

src/settings/Settings.tsx

@@ -1471,6 +1471,10 @@ export const SETTINGS: { [setting: string]: ISetting } = {
         supportedLevels: LEVELS_UI_FEATURE,
         default: true,
     },
+    [UIFeature.ShowSendMessageToUserLink]: {
+        supportedLevels: LEVELS_UI_FEATURE,
+        default: true,
+    },
 
     // Electron-specific settings, they are stored by Electron and set/read over an IPC.
     // We store them over there are they are necessary to know before the renderer process launches.

src/settings/UIFeature.ts

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export const enum UIFeature {
     SpacesEnabled = "UIFeature.spacesEnabled",
     MultipleCallsInRoom = "UIFeature.multipleCallsInRoom",
     ShowSpaceLandingPageDetails = "UIFeature.showSpaceLandingPageDetails",
+    ShowSendMessageToUserLink = "UIFeature.showSendMessageToUserLink",
 }
 
 export enum UIComponent {

test/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo-test.tsx

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import { DirectoryMember, startDmOnFirstMessage } from "../../../../src/utils/di
 import { clearAllModals, flushPromises } from "../../../test-utils";
 import ErrorDialog from "../../../../src/components/views/dialogs/ErrorDialog";
 import { shouldShowComponent } from "../../../../src/customisations/helpers/UIComponents";
-import { UIComponent } from "../../../../src/settings/UIFeature";
+import { UIComponent, UIFeature } from "../../../../src/settings/UIFeature";
 import SettingsStore from "../../../../src/settings/SettingsStore";
 
 jest.mock("../../../../src/utils/direct-messages", () => ({
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 
     jest.spyOn(MatrixClientPeg, "get").mockReturnValue(mockClient);
     jest.spyOn(MatrixClientPeg, "safeGet").mockReturnValue(mockClient);
+    jest.spyOn(SettingsStore, "getValue").mockReturnValue(true);
 });
 
 describe("<UserInfo />", () => {
@@ -342,6 +343,18 @@ describe("<UserInfo />", () => {
 
             screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Message" });
         });
+        it("does not renders the message button when feature is false", () => {
+            jest.spyOn(SettingsStore, "getValue").mockImplementation((name: string) => {
+                if (name == UIFeature.ShowSendMessageToUserLink) return false;
+            });
+            render(
+                <MatrixClientContext.Provider value={mockClient}>
+                    <UserInfo {...defaultProps} />
+                </MatrixClientContext.Provider>,
+            );
+
+            expect(screen.queryByText("button")).toBeNull();
+        });
 
         it("hides the message button if the visibility customisation hides all create room features", () => {
             mocked(shouldShowComponent).withImplementation(