LOTUS_FEATURES.md documents that "a leading emoji in a room name is rendered at 1.15× size in the sidebar for visual hierarchy." No such scaling/segmentation logic exists anywhere in the repo (no Segmenter, Extended_Pictographic, or emoji-scale CSS) — the sidebar renders the room name as one plain text node at uniform size. Only the emoji-picker-to-prepend-an-emoji half of the feature exists.
README.md also claims this ("Emoji prefixes on room names render larger in the sidebar").
How to trigger
Name a room starting with an emoji; the sidebar shows it at the same size as the rest of the name.
Suggested fix
Either implement the described leading-emoji detection + upscale in the sidebar name render, or correct the changelog to match shipped behavior.
Filed from the September 2026 client audit (branch lotus @ 4bea4895).
**Severity:** low · **Type:** docs · **Confidence:** high
**Location:** `src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx:816`, `LOTUS_FEATURES.md`, `README.md`
### Problem
`LOTUS_FEATURES.md` documents that "a leading emoji in a room name is rendered at 1.15× size in the sidebar for visual hierarchy." No such scaling/segmentation logic exists anywhere in the repo (no `Segmenter`, `Extended_Pictographic`, or emoji-scale CSS) — the sidebar renders the room name as one plain text node at uniform size. Only the emoji-picker-to-prepend-an-emoji half of the feature exists.
README.md also claims this ("Emoji prefixes on room names render larger in the sidebar").
### How to trigger
Name a room starting with an emoji; the sidebar shows it at the same size as the rest of the name.
### Suggested fix
Either implement the described leading-emoji detection + upscale in the sidebar name render, or correct the changelog to match shipped behavior.
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_Filed from the September 2026 client audit (branch `lotus` @ 4bea4895)._
jared
added this to the Audit 2026-09 · Medium & Low milestone 2026-09-12 01:51:25 -04:00
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Severity: low · Type: docs · Confidence: high
Location:
src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavItem.tsx:816,LOTUS_FEATURES.md,README.mdProblem
LOTUS_FEATURES.mddocuments that "a leading emoji in a room name is rendered at 1.15× size in the sidebar for visual hierarchy." No such scaling/segmentation logic exists anywhere in the repo (noSegmenter,Extended_Pictographic, or emoji-scale CSS) — the sidebar renders the room name as one plain text node at uniform size. Only the emoji-picker-to-prepend-an-emoji half of the feature exists.README.md also claims this ("Emoji prefixes on room names render larger in the sidebar").
How to trigger
Name a room starting with an emoji; the sidebar shows it at the same size as the rest of the name.
Suggested fix
Either implement the described leading-emoji detection + upscale in the sidebar name render, or correct the changelog to match shipped behavior.
Filed from the September 2026 client audit (branch
lotus@4bea4895).