refactor: views/helper/core/messages: Group message info in a TypedDict.

Group the following fields that are shown in a message info popup, into
a single piece of data.
- topic_links
- message_links
- time_mentions

Tests updated.
Fixture added.

tests/ui_tools/test_popups.py

@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 from zulipterminal.api_types import Message
 from zulipterminal.config.keys import is_command_key, keys_for_command
 from zulipterminal.config.ui_mappings import EDIT_MODE_CAPTIONS
-from zulipterminal.helper import CustomProfileData, TidiedUserInfo
+from zulipterminal.helper import (
+    CustomProfileData,
+    MessageInfoPopupContent,
+    TidiedUserInfo,
+)
 from zulipterminal.ui_tools.messages import MessageBox
 from zulipterminal.ui_tools.views import (
     AboutView,
@@ -922,10 +926,22 @@ def test_keypress_exit_popup(
         assert self.controller.exit_popup.called
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def message_info_content() -> MessageInfoPopupContent:
+    return MessageInfoPopupContent(
+        topic_links=OrderedDict(),
+        message_links=OrderedDict(),
+        time_mentions=list(),
+    )
+
+
 class TestMsgInfoView:
     @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
     def mock_external_classes(
-        self, mocker: MockerFixture, message_fixture: Message
+        self,
+        mocker: MockerFixture,
+        message_fixture: Message,
+        message_info_content: MessageInfoPopupContent,
     ) -> None:
         self.controller = mocker.Mock()
         mocker.patch.object(
@@ -943,13 +959,12 @@ def mock_external_classes(
             "Tue Mar 13 10:55:37",
         ]
         self.message = message_fixture
+        self.message_info_content = message_info_content
         self.msg_info_view = MsgInfoView(
             self.controller,
             self.message,
             "Message Information",
-            OrderedDict(),
-            OrderedDict(),
-            list(),
+            self.message_info_content,
         )
 
     def test_init(self) -> None:
@@ -961,16 +976,22 @@ def test_init(self) -> None:
     def test_pop_up_info_order(self) -> None:
         topic_links = OrderedDict([("https://bar.com", ("topic", 1, True))])
         message_links = OrderedDict([("image.jpg", ("image", 1, True))])
+        message_info_content = MessageInfoPopupContent(
+            topic_links=topic_links,
+            message_links=message_links,
+            time_mentions=list(),
+        )
         msg_info_view = MsgInfoView(
             self.controller,
             self.message,
             title="Message Information",
-            topic_links=topic_links,
-            message_links=message_links,
-            time_mentions=list(),
+            message_info_content=message_info_content,
         )
         msg_links = msg_info_view.button_widgets
-        assert msg_links == [message_links, topic_links]
+        assert msg_links == [
+            message_info_content["message_links"],
+            message_info_content["topic_links"],
+        ]
 
     def test_keypress_any_key(
         self, widget_size: Callable[[Widget], urwid_Size]
@@ -1139,9 +1160,7 @@ def test_height_reactions(
             self.controller,
             varied_message,
             "Message Information",
-            OrderedDict(),
-            OrderedDict(),
-            list(),
+            self.message_info_content,
         )
         # 12 = 7 labels + 2 blank lines + 1 'Reactions' (category)
         # + 4 reactions (excluding 'Message Links').

zulipterminal/core.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     MAX_LINEAR_SCALING_WIDTH,
     MIN_SUPPORTED_POPUP_WIDTH,
 )
-from zulipterminal.helper import asynch, suppress_output
+from zulipterminal.helper import MessageInfoPopupContent, asynch, suppress_output
 from zulipterminal.model import Model
 from zulipterminal.platform_code import PLATFORM
 from zulipterminal.ui import Screen, View
@@ -270,19 +270,10 @@ def show_topic_edit_mode(self, button: Any) -> None:
         self.show_pop_up(EditModeView(self, button), "area:msg")
 
     def show_msg_info(
-        self,
-        msg: Message,
-        topic_links: Dict[str, Tuple[str, int, bool]],
-        message_links: Dict[str, Tuple[str, int, bool]],
-        time_mentions: List[Tuple[str, str]],
+        self, msg: Message, message_info_content: MessageInfoPopupContent
     ) -> None:
         msg_info_view = MsgInfoView(
-            self,
-            msg,
-            f"Message Information {SCROLL_PROMPT}",
-            topic_links,
-            message_links,
-            time_mentions,
+            self, msg, f"Message Information {SCROLL_PROMPT}", message_info_content
         )
         self.show_pop_up(msg_info_view, "area:msg")
 

zulipterminal/helper.py

@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ class StreamData(TypedDict):
     description: str
 
 
+class MessageInfoPopupContent(TypedDict):
+    topic_links: Dict[str, Tuple[str, int, bool]]
+    message_links: Dict[str, Tuple[str, int, bool]]
+    time_mentions: List[Tuple[str, str]]
+
+
 class EmojiData(TypedDict):
     code: str
     aliases: List[str]

zulipterminal/ui_tools/messages.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     TIME_MENTION_MARKER,
 )
 from zulipterminal.config.ui_mappings import STATE_ICON, STREAM_ACCESS_TYPE
-from zulipterminal.helper import get_unused_fence
+from zulipterminal.helper import MessageInfoPopupContent, get_unused_fence
 from zulipterminal.server_url import near_message_url
 from zulipterminal.ui_tools.tables import render_table
 from zulipterminal.urwid_types import urwid_MarkupTuple, urwid_Size
@@ -1121,7 +1121,12 @@ def keypress(self, size: urwid_Size, key: str) -> Optional[str]:
             self.model.controller.view.middle_column.set_focus("footer")
         elif is_command_key("MSG_INFO", key):
             self.model.controller.show_msg_info(
-                self.message, self.topic_links, self.message_links, self.time_mentions
+                self.message,
+                MessageInfoPopupContent(
+                    topic_links=self.topic_links,
+                    message_links=self.message_links,
+                    time_mentions=self.time_mentions,
+                ),
             )
         elif is_command_key("ADD_REACTION", key):
             self.model.controller.show_emoji_picker(self.message)

zulipterminal/ui_tools/views.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 )
 from zulipterminal.config.ui_sizes import LEFT_WIDTH
 from zulipterminal.helper import (
+    MessageInfoPopupContent,
     TidiedUserInfo,
     asynch,
     match_emoji,
@@ -1578,14 +1579,12 @@ def __init__(
         controller: Any,
         msg: Message,
         title: str,
-        topic_links: Dict[str, Tuple[str, int, bool]],
-        message_links: Dict[str, Tuple[str, int, bool]],
-        time_mentions: List[Tuple[str, str]],
+        message_info_content: MessageInfoPopupContent,
     ) -> None:
         self.msg = msg
-        self.topic_links = topic_links
-        self.message_links = message_links
-        self.time_mentions = time_mentions
+        self.topic_links = message_info_content["topic_links"]
+        self.message_links = message_info_content["message_links"]
+        self.time_mentions = message_info_content["time_mentions"]
         self.server_url = controller.model.server_url
         date_and_time = controller.model.formatted_local_time(
             self.msg["timestamp"], show_seconds=True, show_year=True