Fix: Avatar preview does not update when same file is selected repeatedly

src/components/views/dialogs/security/AccessSecretStorageDialog.tsx

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import Modal from "../../../../Modal";
 import InteractiveAuthDialog from "../InteractiveAuthDialog";
 import DialogButtons from "../../elements/DialogButtons";
 import BaseDialog from "../BaseDialog";
+import { chromeFileInputFix } from "../../../../utils/BrowserWorkarounds";
 
 // Maximum acceptable size of a key file. It's 59 characters including the spaces we encode,
 // so this should be plenty and allow for people putting extra whitespace in the file because
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ export default class AccessSecretStorageDialog extends React.PureComponent<IProp
                             <input type="file"
                                 className="mx_AccessSecretStorageDialog_recoveryKeyEntry_fileInput"
                                 ref={this.fileUpload}
+                                onClick={chromeFileInputFix}
                                 onChange={this.onRecoveryKeyFileChange}
                             />
                             <AccessibleButton kind="primary" onClick={this.onRecoveryKeyFileUploadClick}>

src/components/views/elements/MiniAvatarUploader.tsx

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { useTimeout } from "../../../hooks/useTimeout";
 import Analytics from "../../../Analytics";
 import { TranslatedString } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import RoomContext from "../../../contexts/RoomContext";
+import { chromeFileInputFix } from "../../../utils/BrowserWorkarounds";
 
 export const AVATAR_SIZE = 52;
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ const MiniAvatarUploader: React.FC<IProps> = ({ hasAvatar, hasAvatarLabel, noAva
             type="file"
             ref={uploadRef}
             className="mx_MiniAvatarUploader_input"
+            onClick={chromeFileInputFix}
             onChange={async (ev) => {
                 if (!ev.target.files?.length) return;
                 setBusy(true);

src/components/views/room_settings/RoomProfileSettings.tsx

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import Field from "../elements/Field";
 import { mediaFromMxc } from "../../../customisations/Media";
 import AccessibleButton from "../elements/AccessibleButton";
 import AvatarSetting from "../settings/AvatarSetting";
+import { chromeFileInputFix } from "../../../utils/BrowserWorkarounds";
 
 interface IProps {
     roomId: string;
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ export default class RoomProfileSettings extends React.Component<IProps, IState>
                     type="file"
                     ref={this.avatarUpload}
                     className="mx_ProfileSettings_avatarUpload"
+                    onClick={chromeFileInputFix}
                     onChange={this.onAvatarChanged}
                     accept="image/*"
                 />

src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerButtons.tsx

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import ContentMessages from '../../../ContentMessages';
 import MatrixClientContext from '../../../contexts/MatrixClientContext';
 import RoomContext from '../../../contexts/RoomContext';
 import { useDispatcher } from "../../../hooks/useDispatcher";
+import { chromeFileInputFix } from "../../../utils/BrowserWorkarounds";
 
 interface IProps {
     addEmoji: (emoji: string) => boolean;
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ const UploadButtonContextProvider: React.FC<IUploadButtonProps> = ({ roomId, rel
             type="file"
             style={uploadInputStyle}
             multiple
+            onClick={chromeFileInputFix}
             onChange={onUploadFileInputChange}
         />
     </UploadButtonContext.Provider>;

src/components/views/settings/ChangeAvatar.tsx

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import Spinner from '../elements/Spinner';
 import { mediaFromMxc } from "../../../customisations/Media";
 import RoomAvatar from '../avatars/RoomAvatar';
 import BaseAvatar from '../avatars/BaseAvatar';
+import { chromeFileInputFix } from "../../../utils/BrowserWorkarounds";
 
 interface IProps {
     initialAvatarUrl?: string;
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ export default class ChangeAvatar extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             uploadSection = (
                 <div className={this.props.className}>
                     { _t("Upload new:") }
-                    <input type="file" accept="image/*" onChange={this.onFileSelected} />
+                    <input type="file" accept="image/*" onClick={chromeFileInputFix} onChange={this.onFileSelected} />
                     { this.state.errorText }
                 </div>
             );

src/components/views/settings/ProfileSettings.tsx

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import AccessibleButton from '../elements/AccessibleButton';
 import AvatarSetting from './AvatarSetting';
 import ExternalLink from '../elements/ExternalLink';
 import UserIdentifierCustomisations from '../../../customisations/UserIdentifier';
+import { chromeFileInputFix } from "../../../utils/BrowserWorkarounds";
 
 interface IState {
     userId?: string;
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ export default class ProfileSettings extends React.Component<{}, IState> {
                     type="file"
                     ref={this.avatarUpload}
                     className="mx_ProfileSettings_avatarUpload"
+                    onClick={chromeFileInputFix}
                     onChange={this.onAvatarChanged}
                     accept="image/*"
                 />

src/components/views/settings/tabs/room/NotificationSettingsTab.tsx

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { RoomNotifState } from '../../../../../RoomNotifs';
 import defaultDispatcher from "../../../../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import { Action } from "../../../../../dispatcher/actions";
 import { UserTab } from "../../../dialogs/UserTab";
+import { chromeFileInputFix } from "../../../../../utils/BrowserWorkarounds";
 
 interface IProps {
     roomId: string;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ export default class NotificationsSettingsTab extends React.Component<IProps, IS
         this.soundUpload.current.click();
     };
 
-    private onSoundUploadChanged = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>): Promise<void> => {
+    private onSoundUploadChanged = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>): void => {
         if (!e.target.files || !e.target.files.length) {
             this.setState({
                 uploadedFile: null,
@@ -254,7 +255,14 @@ export default class NotificationsSettingsTab extends React.Component<IProps, IS
                         <h3>{ _t("Set a new custom sound") }</h3>
                         <div className="mx_SettingsFlag">
                             <form autoComplete="off" noValidate={true}>
-                                <input ref={this.soundUpload} className="mx_NotificationSound_soundUpload" type="file" onChange={this.onSoundUploadChanged} accept="audio/*" />
+                                <input
+                                    ref={this.soundUpload}
+                                    className="mx_NotificationSound_soundUpload"
+                                    type="file"
+                                    onClick={chromeFileInputFix}
+                                    onChange={this.onSoundUploadChanged}
+                                    accept="audio/*"
+                                />
                             </form>
 
                             { currentUploadedFile }

src/components/views/spaces/SpaceBasicSettings.tsx

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import React, { useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { _t } from "../../../languageHandler";
 import AccessibleButton from "../elements/AccessibleButton";
 import Field from "../elements/Field";
+import { chromeFileInputFix } from "../../../utils/BrowserWorkarounds";
 
 interface IProps {
     avatarUrl?: string;
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ export const SpaceAvatar = ({
         <input
             type="file"
             ref={avatarUploadRef}
+            onClick={chromeFileInputFix}
             onChange={(e) => {
                 if (!e.target.files?.length) return;
                 const file = e.target.files[0];

src/utils/BrowserWorkarounds.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import { MouseEvent } from "react";
+
+export function chromeFileInputFix(event: MouseEvent<HTMLInputElement>): void {
+    // Workaround for Chromium Bug
+    // Chrome does not fire onChange events if the same file is selected twice
+    // Only required on Chromium-based browsers (Electron, Chrome, Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, etc)
+    event.currentTarget.value = '';
+}