From 82de472f2d17559a1a48511cfce45144ce6e9580 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan <ivan@quad4.io>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 14:04:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(LxmfUserIcon): remove seed property and related
 color generation logic; add test for outbound location sharing

---
 .../src/frontend/components/LxmfUserIcon.vue   | 15 +--------------
 tests/backend/test_lxmf_utils_extended.py      | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meshchatx/src/frontend/components/LxmfUserIcon.vue b/meshchatx/src/frontend/components/LxmfUserIcon.vue
index b403ddb..fd00adb 100644
--- a/meshchatx/src/frontend/components/LxmfUserIcon.vue
+++ b/meshchatx/src/frontend/components/LxmfUserIcon.vue
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ export default {
             type: String,
             default: "",
         },
-        seed: {
-            type: String,
-            default: "",
-        },
         iconClass: {
             type: String,
             default: "",
@@ -93,16 +89,7 @@ export default {
             if (this.iconBackgroundColour && this.iconBackgroundColour !== "") {
                 return this.iconBackgroundColour;
             }
-            if (!this.seed) {
-                return "";
-            }
-            // Simple deterministic color from seed string
-            let hash = 0;
-            for (let i = 0; i < this.seed.length; i++) {
-                hash = this.seed.charCodeAt(i) + ((hash << 5) - hash);
-            }
-            const h = Math.abs(hash % 360);
-            return `hsl(${h}, 35%, 85%)`;
+            return "";
         },
     },
 };
diff --git a/tests/backend/test_lxmf_utils_extended.py b/tests/backend/test_lxmf_utils_extended.py
index 850289d..a824626 100644
--- a/tests/backend/test_lxmf_utils_extended.py
+++ b/tests/backend/test_lxmf_utils_extended.py
@@ -354,6 +354,24 @@ def test_sidebar_preview_telemetry_location_incoming():
     assert out == "Riley shared their location"
 
 
+def test_sidebar_preview_telemetry_location_outbound_you():
+    me = "c" * 32
+    row = {
+        "content": "",
+        "fields": json.dumps(
+            {"telemetry": {"location": {"latitude": 1.0, "longitude": 2.0}}},
+        ),
+        "is_incoming": 0,
+        "source_hash": me,
+    }
+    out = lxmf_sidebar_preview_for_conversation_latest_row(
+        row,
+        local_hash=me,
+        peer_display_name="Sam",
+    )
+    assert out == "You shared your location"
+
+
 def test_sidebar_preview_location_request_outbound_you():
     me = "c" * 32
     row = {