refactor: remove saving of current task in local storage; adjust assignees state management

src/app/components/add-task/add-task.component.html

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
             id="title"
             name="title"
             #title="ngModel"
-            (input)="saveTaskData()"
             placeholder="{{
               taskData.title
                 ? taskData.title
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@
             name="description"
             #description="ngModel"
             minlength="10"
-            (input)="saveTaskData()"
             placeholder="{{
               taskData.description
                 ? taskData.description
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@
         </div>
         <app-assigned
           [taskCreator]="taskData.creator"
-          [assignedList]="taskData.assigned"
+          [currentAssignees]="taskData.assignees"
           (assignedChange)="receiveAssigned($event)"
         ></app-assigned>
       </div>
@@ -177,7 +175,6 @@
             id="category"
             name="category"
             #category="ngModel"
-            (change)="saveTaskData()"
             [(ngModel)]="taskData.category"
             required
           >
@@ -263,7 +260,7 @@
               ? 'block'
               : 'none'
         }"
-        (click)="removeTaskData(taskForm)"
+        (click)="clearTaskData(taskForm)"
       ></app-form-btn>
       <app-form-btn
         [class]="'btn-delete'"

src/app/components/add-task/add-task.component.ts

@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export class AddTaskComponent implements OnInit {
     status: this.taskService.getStatuses()[0],
     priority: this.taskService.getPriorities()[0],
     subtasks: [],
-    assigned: [],
     assignees: [],
     userData: [],
     creator: '',
@@ -70,9 +69,8 @@ export class AddTaskComponent implements OnInit {
    */
   ngOnInit() {
     this.setCurrentUserId();
-    this.loadEditTaskData();
+    this.loadExistingTaskData();
     this.routeParams();
-    this.loadLocalStorageData();
   }
 
   setCurrentUserId() {
@@ -84,13 +82,7 @@ export class AddTaskComponent implements OnInit {
       });
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Loads task data for editing if applicable, or sets the task status if this is a new task overlay.
-   * @param {string} overlayData The task id or status of the task to be loaded.
-   * @param {string} overlayType The type of overlay to be opened.
-   * @returns {void}
-   */
-  async loadEditTaskData() {
+  async loadExistingTaskData() {
     if (this.overlayData) {
       const taskData = await firstValueFrom(this.getTaskData(this.overlayData));
       if (taskData) {
@@ -123,14 +115,6 @@ export class AddTaskComponent implements OnInit {
    * If no task data is present in local storage, this method saves the current taskData object to local storage.
    * @returns {void}
    */
-  loadLocalStorageData() {
-    const storedTaskData = localStorage.getItem('taskData');
-    if (storedTaskData) {
-      this.taskData = JSON.parse(storedTaskData);
-    } else {
-      this.saveTaskData();
-    }
-  }
 
   /**
    * Gets the task data from the Firebase service for the given task id.
@@ -147,14 +131,12 @@ export class AddTaskComponent implements OnInit {
       status: false,
     };
     this.taskData.subtasks.push(newSubtask);
-    this.saveTaskData();
   }
 
   deleteSubtask(subtaskToDelete: Subtask) {
     this.taskData.subtasks = this.taskData.subtasks.filter(
       (subtask) => subtask !== subtaskToDelete
     );
-    this.saveTaskData();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -171,7 +153,9 @@ export class AddTaskComponent implements OnInit {
    * @returns {void}
    */
   receiveAssigned(assigned: string[]) {
-    this.taskData.assigned = assigned;
+    this.taskData.assignees = assigned.map((userId) => ({
+      userId: userId,
+    }));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -203,19 +187,6 @@ export class AddTaskComponent implements OnInit {
     this.taskData.priority !== priority
       ? (this.taskData.priority = priority)
       : this.taskData.priority;
-    this.saveTaskData();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Saves the current task data to local storage.
-   *
-   * This function first runs the cross site scripting check on the task data,
-   * then saves the task data to local storage.
-   * @returns {void}
-   */
-  saveTaskData() {
-    this.checkCrossSiteScripting();
-    localStorage.setItem('taskData', JSON.stringify(this.taskData));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -223,8 +194,7 @@ export class AddTaskComponent implements OnInit {
    * @param form the form to reset
    * @returns {void}
    */
-  removeTaskData(form: NgForm) {
-    localStorage.removeItem('taskData');
+  clearTaskData(form: NgForm) {
     this.clearForm(form);
     this.clearFormData();
   }
@@ -259,7 +229,7 @@ export class AddTaskComponent implements OnInit {
   clearFormData() {
     this.taskData.date = this.currentDate;
     this.taskData.category = '';
-    this.taskData.assigned = [];
+    this.taskData.assignees = [];
     this.taskData.subtasks = [];
   }
 
@@ -292,7 +262,7 @@ export class AddTaskComponent implements OnInit {
         next: (response) => {
           this.toastNotificationService.createTaskSuccessToast();
           this.updateNotifierService.notifyUpdate('task');
-          this.removeTaskData(ngForm);
+          this.clearTaskData(ngForm);
           this.closeOverlay();
           this.router.navigate(['/board']);
         },
@@ -327,6 +297,9 @@ export class AddTaskComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   replaceXSSChars(input: string) {
+    if (!input) {
+      return '';
+    }
     return input.replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
   }
 }

src/app/components/add-task/assigned/assigned-list/assigned-list.component.html

@@ -1,49 +1,35 @@
 <section>
   @if (filteredUsers.length === 0) {
-  <div class="content"><p class="no-users">No users found</p></div>
-  } @else { @for (user of filteredUsers; track user.id) {
-  <div
-    class="content"
-    (click)="addAssignedToTask(user.id)"
-    [ngClass]="{ selected: assigned.includes(user.id) }"
-    *ngIf="user.id"
-  >
-    <div
-      class="circle"
-      [ngStyle]="{
-        'background-color': user.color
-      }"
-    >
-      <div class="initials">
-        {{ user.initials }}
+  <div class="no-users">
+    <p>No users found</p>
   </div>
+  } @else { @for (user of filteredUsers; track user.id) { @if (user.id) {
+  <div
+    class="user-item"
+    (click)="toggleAssignee(user.id)"
+    [ngClass]="{ selected: assignedUserIds.has(user.id) }"
+  >
+    <div class="circle" [ngStyle]="{ 'background-color': user.color }">
+      <div class="initials">{{ user.initials }}</div>
     </div>
     <div class="details">
       <div class="name">
-        <p>
-          {{ user.firstName }}
-        </p>
+        <p>{{ user.firstName }}</p>
         <span>,&nbsp;</span>
-        <p class="last-name">
-          {{ user.lastName }}
-        </p>
+        <p class="last-name">{{ user.lastName }}</p>
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="checkbox">
-      @if (assigned.includes(user.id)) {
       <img
         class="checkbox-img"
-        src="./../../../../assets/img/add-task/checkbox-checked.svg"
+        [src]="
+          assignedUserIds.has(user.id)
+            ? './../../../../assets/img/add-task/checkbox-checked.svg'
+            : './../../../../assets/img/add-task/checkbox-empty.svg'
+        "
         alt=""
       />
-      } @else {
-      <img
-        class="checkbox-img"
-        src="./../../../../assets/img/add-task/checkbox-empty.svg"
-        alt=""
-      />
-      }
     </div>
   </div>
-  } }
+  } } }
 </section>

src/app/components/add-task/assigned/assigned-list/assigned-list.component.scss

@@ -9,19 +9,34 @@ section {
   padding-top: 12px;
   border-radius: 0px 0px 20px 20px;
   border: 1px solid var(--light-gray);
-  border-top: 0px;
+  border-top: 0;
   background-color: var(--white);
   overflow-y: auto;
 }
 
-.content {
+.user-item {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   padding: 6px 12px;
   cursor: pointer;
+
   &:hover {
     background-color: var(--light-gray);
   }
+
+  &.selected {
+    background-color: var(--dark-blue);
+    color: var(--white);
+
+    .checkbox-img {
+      filter: brightness(0) saturate(100%) invert(100%) sepia(0%)
+        saturate(7500%) hue-rotate(346deg) brightness(99%) contrast(103%);
+    }
+
+    &:hover {
+      background-color: var(--very-dark-blue);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 .circle {
@@ -33,6 +48,7 @@ section {
   height: 35px;
   border-radius: 100%;
   border: 2px solid var(--white);
+
   .initials {
     font-size: 12px;
     font-weight: 400;
@@ -41,11 +57,6 @@ section {
   }
 }
 
-.no-users {
-  font-size: 18px;
-  font-weight: 400;
-}
-
 .details {
   margin-left: 24px;
   width: 80%;
@@ -62,28 +73,27 @@ section {
   white-space: nowrap;
   font-size: 18px;
   font-weight: 400;
+  gap: 4px;
+
+  p {
+    margin: 0;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+  }
 }
 
 .last-name {
-  overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
 
-.checkbox {
-  img {
+.checkbox-img {
   width: 18px;
   height: 18px;
 }
-}
 
-.selected {
-  background-color: var(--dark-blue);
-  color: var(--white);
-  img {
-    filter: brightness(0) saturate(100%) invert(100%) sepia(0%) saturate(7500%)
-      hue-rotate(346deg) brightness(99%) contrast(103%);
-  }
-  &:hover {
-    background-color: var(--very-dark-blue);
-  }
+.no-users {
+  font-size: 18px;
+  font-weight: 400;
+  padding: 8px 12px;
 }

src/app/components/add-task/assigned/assigned-list/assigned-list.component.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  Component,
+  EventEmitter,
+  Input,
+  OnChanges,
+  Output,
+} from '@angular/core';
 import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
 import { User } from '../../../../interfaces/user.interface';
+import { Assignee } from '../../../../interfaces/task.interface';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-assigned-list',
@@ -9,79 +16,51 @@ import { User } from '../../../../interfaces/user.interface';
   templateUrl: './assigned-list.component.html',
   styleUrl: './assigned-list.component.scss',
 })
-export class AssignedListComponent {
+export class AssignedListComponent implements OnChanges {
   @Input() filteredUsers: User[] = [];
-  @Input() searchInput: boolean = false;
-  @Input() taskCreator: string = '';
+  @Input() currentAssignees: Assignee[] = [];
   @Output() assignedChange = new EventEmitter<string[]>();
 
-  users: User[] = [];
-  assigned: string[] = [];
-  currentUser: User | null = null;
+  selectedAssignees: string[] = [];
 
-  constructor() {}
-
-  ngOnInit() {
-    this.loadTaskAssignedData();
+  /**
+   * Retrieves a set of user IDs for the current assignees.
+   *
+   * @returns A Set containing the user IDs of the current assignees.
+   */
+  get assignedUserIds(): Set<string> {
+    return new Set(this.currentAssignees.map((assignee) => assignee.userId));
   }
 
   /**
-   * Updates the assignedChange event emitter with the current list of assigned users.
-   * This should be called whenever the assigned list is updated.
+   * Syncs the selected assignees with the current assignees whenever the
+   * `currentAssignees` input changes.
    */
-  updateAssigned() {
-    this.assignedChange.emit(this.assigned);
+  ngOnChanges() {
+    this.selectedAssignees = [
+      ...this.currentAssignees.map((assignee) => assignee.userId),
+    ];
   }
 
   /**
-   * Toggles the assignment of a user to the task.
-   *
-   * If the user is not currently assigned, they are added to the assigned list.
-   * If the user is already assigned, they are removed from the list.
-   * Updates the local storage with the current list of assigned users and emits the
-   * assignedChange event to notify other components of the update.
-   *
-   * @param userId The ID of the user to be added or removed from the assigned list.
+   * Emits an event with the current list of selected assignee user IDs.
    */
-  addAssignedToTask(userId: string) {
-    if (!this.assigned.includes(userId)) {
-      this.assigned.push(userId);
+  emitAssignedChange() {
+    this.assignedChange.emit(this.selectedAssignees);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Toggles the selection status of an assignee.
+   *
+   * @param userId - The ID of the user to be toggled in the selected assignees list.
+   */
+  toggleAssignee(userId: string) {
+    const index = this.selectedAssignees.indexOf(userId);
+    if (index === -1) {
+      this.selectedAssignees.push(userId);
     } else {
-      this.assigned.splice(this.assigned.indexOf(userId), 1);
-    }
-    this.saveTaskData();
-    this.updateAssigned();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Saves the current list of assigned users to local storage.
-   *
-   * Retrieves the current task data from local storage, updates the assigned
-   * list with the current list of assigned users, and saves the updated task
-   * data back to local storage.
-   */
-  saveTaskData() {
-    let taskDataString = localStorage.getItem('taskData');
-    if (taskDataString !== null) {
-      let taskData = JSON.parse(taskDataString);
-      taskData.assigned = this.assigned;
-      localStorage.setItem('taskData', JSON.stringify(taskData));
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Loads the list of assigned users from local storage.
-   *
-   * Retrieves the task data from local storage, checks if the assigned list exists,
-   * and if so, assigns the list to the local assigned variable.
-   */
-  loadTaskAssignedData() {
-    const taskDataString = localStorage.getItem('taskData');
-    if (taskDataString !== null) {
-      const taskData = JSON.parse(taskDataString);
-      if (taskData.hasOwnProperty('assigned')) {
-        this.assigned = taskData.assigned;
-      }
+      this.selectedAssignees.splice(index, 1);
     }
+    this.emitAssignedChange();
   }
 }

src/app/components/add-task/assigned/assigned.component.html

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
   @if (showAssignedList) {
   <app-assigned-list
     [filteredUsers]="filteredUsers"
-    [taskCreator]="taskCreator"
-    [searchInput]="searchInput"
+    [currentAssignees]="currentAssignees"
     (assignedChange)="receiveAssigned($event)"
   >
     ></app-assigned-list
@@ -31,21 +30,19 @@
   }
 
   <div class="assigned-badge">
-    @for (user of users; track user; let index = $index) { @for (users of
-    assignedList; track users ) { @if (user.id === users) {
+    @for (user of users; track user) { @if (user.id &&
+    assignedUserIds.has(user.id || '')) {
     <div
       class="circle"
       (mousemove)="openTooltipUser(user.id, $event)"
       (mouseleave)="closeTooltipUser()"
-      [ngStyle]="{
-        'background-color': user.color
-      }"
+      [ngStyle]="{ 'background-color': user.color }"
     >
       <div class="initials">
         {{ user.initials }}
       </div>
     </div>
-    } } } @if (tooltipUserId) {
+    } } @if (tooltipUserId) {
     <div
       class="tooltip-user"
       [style.left.px]="dialogX"

src/app/components/add-task/assigned/assigned.component.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
 import { User } from '../../../interfaces/user.interface';
 import { ApiService } from '../../../services/api.service';
 import { map, catchError, of } from 'rxjs';
+import { Assignee } from '../../../interfaces/task.interface';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-assigned',
@@ -22,14 +23,14 @@ import { map, catchError, of } from 'rxjs';
 })
 export class AssignedComponent {
   @Input() taskCreator: string = '';
-  @Input() assignedList: string[] = [];
+  @Input() currentAssignees: Assignee[] = [];
   @Output() assignedChange = new EventEmitter<string[]>();
 
   tooltipUserId: string | null = null;
   filteredUsers: User[] = [];
   users: User[] = [];
   searchValue: string = '';
-  searchInput: boolean = false;
+  showSearch: boolean = false;
   showAssignedList: boolean = false;
   dialogX: number = 0;
   dialogY: number = 0;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ export class AssignedComponent {
 
   searchTask(): void {
     this.searchValue = this.replaceXSSChars(this.searchValue) || '';
-    this.searchInput = this.searchValue.trim().length > 0;
+    this.showSearch = this.searchValue.trim().length > 0;
 
     const searchValue = this.searchValue.toLowerCase();
     this.filteredUsers = this.users.filter(
@@ -95,6 +96,10 @@ export class AssignedComponent {
     this.showAssignedList = !this.showAssignedList;
   }
 
+  get assignedUserIds(): Set<string> {
+    return new Set(this.currentAssignees.map((assignee) => assignee.userId));
+  }
+
   @HostListener('document:click', ['$event'])
   checkOpenNavbar(event: MouseEvent) {
     const targetElement = event.target as HTMLElement;

src/app/interfaces/task.interface.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ export interface Task {
   status: string;
   priority: string;
   subtasks: Subtask[];
-  assigned: string[];
   assignees: Assignee[];
   userData: UserSummary[];
   creator: string;
@@ -22,5 +21,6 @@ export interface Subtask {
 }
 
 export interface Assignee {
+  id?: string;
   userId: string;
 }