feat: Implement initial Electron frontend with chat area, user settings, and voice context, and update the TODO list.

Frontend/Electron/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "discord",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.0.12",
+  "version": "1.0.13",
   "description": "A Discord clone built with Convex, React, and Electron",
   "author": "Moyettes",
   "type": "module",

Frontend/Electron/src/components/ChatArea.jsx

@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ const ChatArea = ({ channelId, channelName, channelType, username, channelKey, u
                             <div className="loading-spinner" />
                         </div>
                     )}
-                    {status === 'Exhausted' && decryptedMessages.length > 0 && (
+                    {status === 'Exhausted' && (decryptedMessages.length > 0 || rawMessages.length === 0) && (
                         <div className="channel-beginning">
                             <div className="channel-beginning-icon">{isDM ? '@' : '#'}</div>
                             <h1 className="channel-beginning-title">

Frontend/Electron/src/components/UserSettings.jsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { api } from '../../../../convex/_generated/api';
 import Avatar from './Avatar';
 import AvatarCropModal from './AvatarCropModal';
 import { useTheme, THEMES, THEME_LABELS } from '../contexts/ThemeContext';
+import { useVoice } from '../contexts/VoiceContext';
 
 const THEME_PREVIEWS = {
   [THEMES.LIGHT]: { bg: '#ffffff', sidebar: '#f2f3f5', tertiary: '#e3e5e8', text: '#313338' },
@@ -600,6 +601,7 @@ const AppearanceTab = () => {
    VOICE & VIDEO TAB
    ========================================= */
 const VoiceVideoTab = () => {
+  const { switchDevice, setGlobalOutputVolume } = useVoice();
   const [inputDevices, setInputDevices] = useState([]);
   const [outputDevices, setOutputDevices] = useState([]);
   const [selectedInput, setSelectedInput] = useState(() => localStorage.getItem('voiceInputDevice') || 'default');
@@ -631,10 +633,12 @@ const VoiceVideoTab = () => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     localStorage.setItem('voiceInputDevice', selectedInput);
+    switchDevice('audioinput', selectedInput);
   }, [selectedInput]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     localStorage.setItem('voiceOutputDevice', selectedOutput);
+    switchDevice('audiooutput', selectedOutput);
   }, [selectedOutput]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -643,6 +647,7 @@ const VoiceVideoTab = () => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     localStorage.setItem('voiceOutputVolume', String(outputVolume));
+    setGlobalOutputVolume(outputVolume);
   }, [outputVolume]);
 
   const startMicTest = async () => {

Frontend/Electron/src/contexts/VoiceContext.jsx

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ export const VoiceProvider = ({ children }) => {
     const [isMuted, setIsMuted] = useState(false);
     const [isDeafened, setIsDeafened] = useState(false);
     const [isScreenSharing, setIsScreenSharingLocal] = useState(false);
+    const [globalOutputVolume, setGlobalOutputVolume] = useState(() =>
+        parseInt(localStorage.getItem('voiceOutputVolume') || '100')
+    );
     const isMovingRef = useRef(false);
 
     const convex = useConvex();
@@ -105,9 +108,10 @@ export const VoiceProvider = ({ children }) => {
             localStorage.setItem('userVolumes', JSON.stringify(next));
             return next;
         });
-        // Apply volume to LiveKit participant
+        // Apply volume to LiveKit participant (factoring in global output volume)
         const participant = room?.remoteParticipants?.get(userId);
-        if (participant) participant.setVolume(volume / 100);
+        const globalVol = globalOutputVolume / 100;
+        if (participant) participant.setVolume((volume / 100) * globalVol);
         // Sync personal mute state
         if (volume === 0) {
             setPersonallyMutedUsers(prev => {
@@ -125,13 +129,14 @@ export const VoiceProvider = ({ children }) => {
                 return next;
             });
         }
-    }, [room]);
+    }, [room, globalOutputVolume]);
 
     const getUserVolume = useCallback((userId) => {
         return userVolumes[userId] ?? 100;
     }, [userVolumes]);
 
     const togglePersonalMute = (userId) => {
+        const globalVol = globalOutputVolume / 100;
         setPersonallyMutedUsers(prev => {
             const next = new Set(prev);
             if (next.has(userId)) {
@@ -140,7 +145,7 @@ export const VoiceProvider = ({ children }) => {
                 const vol = userVolumes[userId] ?? 100;
                 const restoreVol = vol === 0 ? 100 : vol;
                 const participant = room?.remoteParticipants?.get(userId);
-                if (participant) participant.setVolume(restoreVol / 100);
+                if (participant) participant.setVolume((restoreVol / 100) * globalVol);
                 // Update stored volume if it was 0
                 if (vol === 0) {
                     setUserVolumes(p => {
@@ -224,6 +229,9 @@ export const VoiceProvider = ({ children }) => {
 
             setToken(lkToken);
 
+            const storedInputDevice = localStorage.getItem('voiceInputDevice');
+            const storedOutputDevice = localStorage.getItem('voiceOutputDevice');
+
             const newRoom = new Room({
               adaptiveStream: true,
               dynacast: true,
@@ -234,6 +242,7 @@ export const VoiceProvider = ({ children }) => {
                 noiseSuppression: false,
                 channelCount: 1,
                 sampleRate: 48000,
+                ...(storedInputDevice && storedInputDevice !== 'default' ? { deviceId: { exact: storedInputDevice } } : {}),
               },
               publishDefaults: {
                 audioPreset: { maxBitrate: 96_000 },
@@ -248,6 +257,12 @@ export const VoiceProvider = ({ children }) => {
             });
             await newRoom.connect(import.meta.env.VITE_LIVEKIT_URL, lkToken);
 
+            if (storedOutputDevice && storedOutputDevice !== 'default') {
+                await newRoom.switchActiveDevice('audiooutput', storedOutputDevice).catch(e =>
+                    console.warn('Failed to switch output device on connect:', e)
+                );
+            }
+
             await newRoom.localParticipant.setMicrophoneEnabled(!isMuted && !isDeafened);
 
             setRoom(newRoom);
@@ -354,19 +369,21 @@ export const VoiceProvider = ({ children }) => {
     // Re-apply personal mutes/volumes when room or participants change
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!room) return;
+        const globalVol = globalOutputVolume / 100;
         const applyVolumes = () => {
             for (const [identity, participant] of room.remoteParticipants) {
                 if (personallyMutedUsers.has(identity)) {
                     participant.setVolume(0);
                 } else {
-                    participant.setVolume((userVolumes[identity] ?? 100) / 100);
+                    const userVol = (userVolumes[identity] ?? 100) / 100;
+                    participant.setVolume(userVol * globalVol);
                 }
             }
         };
         applyVolumes();
         room.on(RoomEvent.ParticipantConnected, applyVolumes);
         return () => room.off(RoomEvent.ParticipantConnected, applyVolumes);
-    }, [room, personallyMutedUsers, userVolumes]);
+    }, [room, personallyMutedUsers, userVolumes, globalOutputVolume]);
 
     // AFK idle polling: move user to AFK channel when idle exceeds timeout
     useEffect(() => {
@@ -587,6 +604,15 @@ export const VoiceProvider = ({ children }) => {
         await updateVoiceState({ isScreenSharing: active });
     };
 
+    const switchDevice = useCallback(async (kind, deviceId) => {
+        if (!room) return;
+        try {
+            await room.switchActiveDevice(kind, deviceId);
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.warn(`Failed to switch ${kind} device:`, e);
+        }
+    }, [room]);
+
     return (
         <VoiceContext.Provider value={{
             activeChannelId,
@@ -616,6 +642,9 @@ export const VoiceProvider = ({ children }) => {
             serverSettings,
             watchingStreamOf,
             setWatchingStreamOf,
+            switchDevice,
+            globalOutputVolume,
+            setGlobalOutputVolume,
         }}>
             {children}
             {room && (

TODO.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <!-- - When a user messages you, you should get a notification. On the server list that user profile picture should be their above all servers. right under the discord and above the server-separator. With a red dot next to it. If you get a private dm you should hear the ping sound also -->
 
-- We should play a sound (the ping sound) when a user mentions you or you recieve a private message.
+<!-- - We should play a sound (the ping sound) when a user mentions you or you recieve a private message. -->
 
 <!-- - In the mention list we should also have roles, so if people do @everyone they should mention everyone in the server, or they can @ a certain role they want to mention from the server. This does not apply to private messages. -->
 
@@ -38,12 +38,4 @@
 
 Can we make sure Voice and Video work. We have the users input and output devices but if i select any it dosent show it changed. I want to make sure that the users can select their input and output devices and that it works for livekit.
 
-- Lets make it so we can upload a custom image for the server that will show on the sidebar. Make the image editing like how we do it for avatars but instead of a circle that we have to show users cut off its a square with a border radius, match it to the boarder radius of the server-item-wrapper
+<!-- - Lets make it so we can upload a custom image for the server that will show on the sidebar. Make the image editing like how we do it for avatars but instead of a circle that we have to show users cut off its a square with a border radius, match it to the boarder radius of the server-item-wrapper -->
-
-
-Why dont all my chats have a 
-
-Welcome to #chatName
-This is the start of the #chatName channel.
-
-Its only the first one that has this.