From 481de1e3e3801aa3700c91d6807f33e0aa53b403 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 23rd <23rd@vivaldi.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:52:15 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Added bullet separator between name and date in media viewer
 overlay.

---
 .../SourceFiles/media/view/media_view.style   |  1 +
 .../media/view/media_view_overlay_widget.cpp  | 31 +++++++++++++++++--
 .../media/view/media_view_overlay_widget.h    |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/view/media_view.style b/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/view/media_view.style
index 2fa68f81b2..fa3d245c58 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/view/media_view.style
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/view/media_view.style
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ mediaviewTextStyle: defaultTextStyle;
 
 mediaviewTextLeft: 14px;
 mediaviewTextSkip: 10px;
+mediaviewTextSkipHalf: 5px;
 mediaviewHeaderTop: 47px;
 mediaviewTextTop: 26px;
 
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/view/media_view_overlay_widget.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/view/media_view_overlay_widget.cpp
index 7c1f88ebfd..bbc870bbb4 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/view/media_view_overlay_widget.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/view/media_view_overlay_widget.cpp
@@ -1497,13 +1497,27 @@ void OverlayWidget::updateControls() {
 			height() - st::mediaviewTextTop,
 			qMin(_fromNameLabel.maxWidth(), width() / 3),
 			st::mediaviewFont->height);
+		const auto separatorText = QString::fromUtf8("\xE2\x80\xA2");
+		const auto separatorWidth = st::mediaviewFont->width(separatorText);
+		_separatorNav = QRect(
+			st::mediaviewTextLeft
+				+ _nameNav.width()
+				+ st::mediaviewTextSkipHalf,
+			height() - st::mediaviewTextTop,
+			separatorWidth,
+			st::mediaviewFont->height);
 		_dateNav = QRect(
-			st::mediaviewTextLeft + _nameNav.width() + st::mediaviewTextSkip,
+			st::mediaviewTextLeft
+				+ _nameNav.width()
+				+ st::mediaviewTextSkipHalf
+				+ separatorWidth
+				+ st::mediaviewTextSkipHalf,
 			height() - st::mediaviewTextTop,
 			st::mediaviewFont->width(_dateText),
 			st::mediaviewFont->height);
 	} else {
 		_nameNav = QRect();
+		_separatorNav = QRect();
 		_dateNav = QRect(
 			st::mediaviewTextLeft,
 			height() - st::mediaviewTextTop,
@@ -1983,6 +1997,7 @@ bool OverlayWidget::updateControlsAnimation(crl::time now) {
 			: QRect())
 		+ _headerNav
 		+ _nameNav
+		+ _separatorNav
 		+ _dateNav
 		+ _captionRect.marginsAdded(st::mediaviewCaptionPadding)
 		+ _groupThumbsRect
@@ -5613,6 +5628,18 @@ void OverlayWidget::paintFooterContent(
 		}
 	}
 
+	// separator
+	if (_separatorNav.isValid()) {
+		const auto separator = _separatorNav.translated(shift);
+		if (separator.intersects(clip)) {
+			p.setOpacity(controlOpacity(0.) * opacity);
+			p.drawText(
+				separator.left(),
+				separator.top() + st::mediaviewFont->ascent,
+				QString::fromUtf8("\xE2\x80\xA2"));
+		}
+	}
+
 	// date
 	if (date.intersects(clip)) {
 		float64 o = overLevel(Over::Date);
@@ -5627,7 +5654,7 @@ void OverlayWidget::paintFooterContent(
 }
 
 QRect OverlayWidget::footerGeometry() const {
-	return _headerNav.united(_nameNav).united(_dateNav);
+	return _headerNav.united(_nameNav).united(_separatorNav).united(_dateNav);
 }
 
 void OverlayWidget::paintCaptionContent(
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/view/media_view_overlay_widget.h b/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/view/media_view_overlay_widget.h
index f52d368d9f..0ffe6deb62 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/view/media_view_overlay_widget.h
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/view/media_view_overlay_widget.h
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ private:
 
 	QRect _leftNav, _leftNavOver, _leftNavIcon;
 	QRect _rightNav, _rightNavOver, _rightNavIcon;
-	QRect _headerNav, _nameNav, _dateNav;
+	QRect _headerNav, _nameNav, _dateNav, _separatorNav;
 	QRect _rotateNav, _rotateNavOver, _rotateNavIcon;
 	QRect _shareNav, _shareNavOver, _shareNavIcon;
 	QRect _recognizeNav, _recognizeNavOver, _recognizeNavIcon;