Nicknames now work.

htdocs/lib/UI.js

@@ -253,19 +253,19 @@ UI.setNickname = function(nickname) {
     }
 };
 
-UI.recvChatMessage = function(sender, text, color = 'white') {
+UI.recvChatMessage = function(nickname, text, color = 'white') {
     // Show chat panel
     toggle_panel('openwebrx-panel-log', true);
 
     divlog(
-        '[<span class="nickname" style="color:' + color + ';">' + sender
+        '[<span class="nickname" style="color:' + color + ';">' + nickname
       + '</span>]:&nbsp;' + '<span class="chatmessage">' + text + '</span>'
     );
 };
 
-UI.sendChatMessage = function(text, sender = '') {
+UI.sendChatMessage = function(text, nickname = '') {
     ws.send(JSON.stringify({
-        'type': 'sendmessage', 'sender': sender, 'text': text
+        'type': 'sendmessage', 'name': nickname, 'text': text
     }));
 };
 

owrx/client.py

@@ -68,12 +68,20 @@ class ClientRegistry(object):
             client.close()
 
     # Broadcast chat message to all connected clients.
-    def broadcastChatMessage(self, client, text: str):
+    def broadcastChatMessage(self, client, text: str, name: str = None):
+        # Names have to be 3+ characters
+        if name is not None and len(name) < 1:
+            name = None
         if client in self.chat:
-            name  = self.chat[client]["name"]
-            color = self.chat[client]["color"]
+            curname = self.chat[client]["name"]
+            color   = self.chat[client]["color"]
+            if name is None or name == curname:
+                name = curname
+            else:
+                self.chatColors.rename(curname, name)
+                self.chat[client]["name"] = name
         else:
-            name  = "User%04d" % (self.chatCount + 1)
+            name  = "User%d" % (self.chatCount + 1) if name is None else name
             color = self.chatColors.getColor(name)
             self.chat[client] = { "name": name, "color": color }
             self.chatCount = (self.chatCount + 1) % 9999

owrx/connection.py

@@ -345,7 +345,9 @@ class OpenWebRxReceiverClient(OpenWebRxClient, SdrSourceEventClient):
                 elif message["type"] == "sendmessage":
                     if "text" in message:
                         ClientRegistry.getSharedInstance().broadcastChatMessage(
-                            self, message["text"]
+                            self,
+                            message["text"],
+                            message["name"] if "name" in message else None
                         )
 
             else: