In People & Favourites metaspaces always show all rooms

src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx

@@ -616,6 +616,14 @@ export default class RoomList extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
                     alwaysVisible = false;
                 }
 
+                let forceExpanded = false;
+                if (
+                    (this.props.activeSpace === MetaSpace.Favourites && orderedTagId === DefaultTagID.Favourite) ||
+                    (this.props.activeSpace === MetaSpace.People && orderedTagId === DefaultTagID.DM)
+                ) {
+                    forceExpanded = true;
+                }
+
                 // The cost of mounting/unmounting this component offsets the cost
                 // of keeping it in the DOM and hiding it when it is not required
                 return <RoomSublist
@@ -631,6 +639,7 @@ export default class RoomList extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
                     resizeNotifier={this.props.resizeNotifier}
                     alwaysVisible={alwaysVisible}
                     onListCollapse={this.props.onListCollapse}
+                    forceExpanded={forceExpanded}
                 />;
             });
     }

src/components/views/rooms/RoomSublist.tsx

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ interface IProps {
     tagId: TagID;
     showSkeleton?: boolean;
     alwaysVisible?: boolean;
+    forceExpanded?: boolean;
     resizeNotifier: ResizeNotifier;
     extraTiles?: ReactComponentElement<typeof ExtraTile>[];
     onListCollapse?: (isExpanded: boolean) => void;
@@ -460,6 +461,7 @@ export default class RoomSublist extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
     };
 
     private toggleCollapsed = () => {
+        if (this.props.forceExpanded) return;
         this.layout.isCollapsed = this.state.isExpanded;
         this.setState({ isExpanded: !this.layout.isCollapsed });
         if (this.props.onListCollapse) {
@@ -508,15 +510,19 @@ export default class RoomSublist extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
     };
 
     private renderVisibleTiles(): React.ReactElement[] {
-        if (!this.state.isExpanded) {
+        if (!this.state.isExpanded && !this.props.forceExpanded) {
             // don't waste time on rendering
             return [];
         }
 
         const tiles: React.ReactElement[] = [];
 
         if (this.state.rooms) {
-            const visibleRooms = this.state.rooms.slice(0, this.numVisibleTiles);
+            let visibleRooms = this.state.rooms;
+            if (!this.props.forceExpanded) {
+                visibleRooms = visibleRooms.slice(0, this.numVisibleTiles);
+            }
+
             for (const room of visibleRooms) {
                 tiles.push(<RoomTile
                     room={room}
@@ -537,7 +543,7 @@ export default class RoomSublist extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         // to avoid spending cycles on slicing. It's generally fine to do this though
         // as users are unlikely to have more than a handful of tiles when the extra
         // tiles are used.
-        if (tiles.length > this.numVisibleTiles) {
+        if (tiles.length > this.numVisibleTiles && !this.props.forceExpanded) {
             return tiles.slice(0, this.numVisibleTiles);
         }
 
@@ -731,7 +737,13 @@ export default class RoomSublist extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         });
 
         let content = null;
-        if (visibleTiles.length > 0) {
+        if (visibleTiles.length > 0 && this.props.forceExpanded) {
+            content = <div className="mx_RoomSublist_resizeBox">
+                <div className="mx_RoomSublist_tiles" ref={this.tilesRef}>
+                    { visibleTiles }
+                </div>
+            </div>;
+        } else if (visibleTiles.length > 0) {
             const layout = this.layout; // to shorten calls
 
             const minTiles = Math.min(layout.minVisibleTiles, this.numTiles);