Add a comments sidebar & associate comments to specific objects

hypha/apply/activity/adapters/activity_feed.py

@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ class ActivityAdapter(AdapterBase):
         MESSAGES.CREATED_PROJECT: _(
             'Created project with initial status of "{status}"'
         ),
+        MESSAGES.CREATED_SOW: _('Created SOW for project "{related.project}"'),
+        MESSAGES.EDITED_SOW: _('Edited SOW for project "{related.project}"'),
+        MESSAGES.CREATED_PF: _('Created project form for project "{related.project}"'),
+        MESSAGES.EDITED_PF: _('Edited project form for project "{related.project}"'),
         MESSAGES.PROJECT_TRANSITION: "handle_project_transition",
         MESSAGES.UPDATE_PROJECT_TITLE: _(
             "updated the project title from {old_title} to {source.title}"
@@ -93,6 +97,10 @@ def extra_kwargs(self, message_type, source, sources, **kwargs):
             MESSAGES.DELETE_REVIEW_OPINION,
             MESSAGES.BATCH_REVIEWERS_UPDATED,
             MESSAGES.APPROVE_PROJECT,
+            MESSAGES.CREATED_SOW,
+            MESSAGES.EDITED_SOW,
+            MESSAGES.CREATED_PF,
+            MESSAGES.EDITED_PF,
             MESSAGES.REQUEST_PROJECT_CHANGE,
             MESSAGES.SEND_FOR_APPROVAL,
             MESSAGES.APPROVE_PAF,

hypha/apply/activity/adapters/base.py

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
     MESSAGES.DELETE_REVIEW_OPINION: "review_opinion",
     MESSAGES.EDIT_REVIEW: "review",
     MESSAGES.CREATED_PROJECT: "submission",
+    MESSAGES.CREATED_SOW: "sow",
+    MESSAGES.EDITED_SOW: "sow",
+    MESSAGES.EDITED_PF: "pfp",
+    MESSAGES.CREATED_PF: "pfp",
     MESSAGES.PROJECT_TRANSITION: "old_stage",
     MESSAGES.APPROVE_PAF: "paf_approvals",  # expect a list
     MESSAGES.UPDATE_PROJECT_LEAD: "old_lead",

hypha/apply/activity/forms.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django import forms
 from django.db import transaction
+from django.forms.widgets import Textarea
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django_file_form.forms import FileFormMixin
 
@@ -24,11 +25,16 @@ class CommentForm(FileFormMixin, forms.ModelForm):
 
     class Meta:
         model = Activity
-        fields = (
-            "message",
-            "visibility",
-            "assign_to",
+
+        # Fields that should only be included when the mini comment form is used
+        # as the mini form can be put anywhere and associated to any object.
+        mini_fields = (
+            "related_content_type",
+            "related_object_id",
+            "source_content_type",
+            "source_object_id",
         )
+        fields = ("message", "visibility", "assign_to", *mini_fields)
         labels = {
             "visibility": _("Visible to"),
             "message": _("Message"),
@@ -41,9 +47,10 @@ class Meta:
         widgets = {
             "visibility": forms.RadioSelect(),
             "message": PagedownWidget(),
+            **{field: forms.HiddenInput() for field in mini_fields},
         }
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, user=None, has_coapplicants=False, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, *args, user=None, has_coapplicants=False, mini=False, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.visibility_choices = self._meta.model.visibility_choices_for(
             user, has_coapplicants
@@ -61,6 +68,15 @@ def __init__(self, *args, user=None, has_coapplicants=False, **kwargs):
         if not user.is_apply_staff:
             self.fields["assign_to"].widget = forms.HiddenInput()
 
+        if mini:
+            self.fields["message"].widget = Textarea(
+                attrs={"rows": 2, "placeholder": _("Write a comment...")}
+            )
+        else:
+            # If not mini, remove the unneeded fields from the form.
+            for key in self.Meta.mini_fields:
+                del self.fields[key]
+
     @transaction.atomic
     def save(self, commit=True):
         instance = super().save(commit=True)

hypha/apply/activity/migrations/0096_alter_event_type.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by Django 5.2.17 on 2026-08-25 18:01
+# Generated by Django 5.2.17 on 2026-08-31 14:08
 
 from django.db import migrations, models
 
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                     ("DELETE_REVIEW", "deleted review"),
                     ("DELETE_REVIEW_OPINION", "deleted review opinion"),
                     ("CREATED_PROJECT", "created project"),
+                    ("CREATED_SOW", "created a project SOW"),
+                    ("EDITED_SOW", "edited a project SOW"),
+                    ("CREATED_PF", "created a project form"),
+                    ("EDITED_PF", "edited a project form"),
                     ("UPDATE_PROJECT_LEAD", "updated project lead"),
                     ("UPDATE_PROJECT_TITLE", "updated project title"),
                     (

hypha/apply/activity/options.py

@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ class MESSAGES(TextChoices):
     DELETE_REVIEW = "DELETE_REVIEW", _("deleted review")
     DELETE_REVIEW_OPINION = "DELETE_REVIEW_OPINION", _("deleted review opinion")
     CREATED_PROJECT = "CREATED_PROJECT", _("created project")
+    CREATED_SOW = "CREATED_SOW", _("created a project SOW")
+    EDITED_SOW = "EDITED_SOW", _("edited a project SOW")
+    CREATED_PF = "CREATED_PF", _("created a project form")
+    EDITED_PF = "EDITED_PF", _("edited a project form")
     UPDATE_PROJECT_LEAD = "UPDATE_PROJECT_LEAD", _("updated project lead")
     UPDATE_PROJECT_TITLE = "UPDATE_PROJECT_TITLE", _("updated project title")
     UPDATE_PROJECT_CONTRACT_NUMBER = (

hypha/apply/activity/templates/activity/partials/comment_form.html

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{% comment %}
+Renders the sidebar comments form.
+
+Params:
+  form             – the CommentForm form
+{% endcomment %}
+
+{% load i18n static heroicons %}
+
+{# On error the view re-renders this whole form, so swap outerHTML on self to avoid nesting a form inside itself. A successful post returns 204 and is not swapped. #}
+<form  hx-post="{% url 'activity:post-comment' %}" hx-target="this" hx-swap="outerHTML" class="flex flex-col gap-2 p-2 card-body" hx-on::after-request="if(event.detail.xhr.status === 204) this.reset()">
+    <h2 class="card-title">{% trans "Comment" %}</h2>
+    {% csrf_token %}
+
+    {% for hidden in form.hidden_fields %}
+        {{ hidden }}
+    {% endfor %}
+    <div>
+        {% include "forms/includes/field.html" with field=form.message label_classes="sr-only" %}
+    </div>
+
+    <details class="mb-1 collapse bg-base-100 group">
+        <summary class="flex gap-1.5 items-center text-sm collapse-title"><span>{% trans 'Additional options' %}</span>{% heroicon_mini 'chevron-down' class="size-5 group-open:-rotate-180" %}</summary>
+        {# Some small modifications to django-file-form to make it fit better with the smaller modal #}
+        <div class="collapse-content [&_.dff-uploader]:hidden [&_.btn-upload]:w-full">
+            {% include "forms/includes/field.html" with field=form.visibility %}
+            {% include "forms/includes/field.html" with field=form.assign_to %}
+            {% include "forms/includes/field.html" with field=form.attachments %}
+        </div>
+    </details>
+    <button
+        class="btn btn-primary"
+        type="submit"
+    >
+        {% trans "Add Comment" %}
+    </button>
+</form>

hypha/apply/activity/templates/activity/ui/activity-action-item.html

@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
+{% comment %}
+Renders a line item of activity including the message attached to the activity & an icon based on the message.
+
+Params:
+  activity              – an Activity object to render into a timeline
+  no_timeline           - bool of should the line item be styled as a piece of a larger timeline
+  mini                  - bool that will force including only essential elements of the action item 
+{% endcomment %}
+
 {% load i18n activity_tags heroicons %}
 
 {% with activity|display_for:request.user as activity_text %}
-    <div class="relative h-timeline-item" id="communications#{{ activity.id }}">
+    <div class="{% if not no_timeline %}relative h-timeline-item{% endif %}" id="communications#{{ activity.id }}">
         <div
             class="flex items-center py-2 -ml-3 before:block before:absolute before:top-0 before:bottom-0 before:left-0 before:w-(--border) before:bg-base-300"
         >
@@ -22,6 +31,12 @@
                             {% heroicon_micro "lock-closed" class="inline" aria_hidden=true size=14 %}
                         {% elif 'lead' in activity_text.lower or 'author' in activity_text.lower %}
                             {% heroicon_micro "users" class="inline" aria_hidden=true size=14 %}
+                        {% elif 'approved by' in activity_text.lower %}
+                            {% heroicon_micro "check-circle" class="inline" aria_hidden=true size=14 %}
+                        {% elif 'changes requested' in activity_text.lower %}
+                            {% heroicon_micro "exclamation-circle" class="inline" aria_hidden=true size=14 %}
+                        {% elif 'created' in activity_text.lower %}
+                            {% heroicon_micro "folder-plus" class="inline" aria_hidden=true size=14 %}
                         {% else %}
                             {% heroicon_micro "eye" class="inline" aria_hidden=true size=15 %}
                         {% endif %}
@@ -39,7 +54,7 @@
                         {{ activity.timestamp|date:'SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT' }}
                     </relative-time>
                 </span>
-                {% if not submission_title and activity|user_can_see_related:request.user %}
+                {% if not submission_title and activity|user_can_see_related:request.user and not mini %}
                     {% with url=activity.related_object.get_absolute_url %}
                         {% if url %}
                             <a href="{{ url }}" class="link">