Fix expense preview with multiline description shows two spacings between each line in search page

src/CONST.ts

@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ const CONST = {
         EMOJI_NAME: /:[\w+-]+:/g,
         EMOJI_SUGGESTIONS: /:[a-zA-Z0-9_+-]{1,40}$/,
         AFTER_FIRST_LINE_BREAK: /\n.*/g,
-        LINE_BREAK: /\r|\n/g,
+        LINE_BREAK: /\r\n|\r|\n/g,
         CODE_2FA: /^\d{6}$/,
         ATTACHMENT_ID: /chat-attachments\/(\d+)/,
         HAS_COLON_ONLY_AT_THE_BEGINNING: /^:[^:]+$/,

src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestPreview/MoneyRequestPreviewContent.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import {truncate} from 'lodash';
 import lodashSortBy from 'lodash/sortBy';
+import truncate from 'lodash/truncate';
 import React, {useMemo} from 'react';
 import {View} from 'react-native';
 import type {GestureResponderEvent} from 'react-native';
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import * as OptionsListUtils from '@libs/OptionsListUtils';
 import * as ReceiptUtils from '@libs/ReceiptUtils';
 import * as ReportActionsUtils from '@libs/ReportActionsUtils';
 import * as ReportUtils from '@libs/ReportUtils';
+import StringUtils from '@libs/StringUtils';
 import * as TransactionUtils from '@libs/TransactionUtils';
 import ViolationsUtils from '@libs/Violations/ViolationsUtils';
 import variables from '@styles/variables';
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ function MoneyRequestPreviewContent({
     const isCurrentUserManager = managerID === sessionAccountID;
 
     const {amount: requestAmount, currency: requestCurrency, comment: requestComment, merchant} = ReportUtils.getTransactionDetails(transaction) ?? {};
-    const description = truncate(requestComment, {length: CONST.REQUEST_PREVIEW.MAX_LENGTH});
+    const description = truncate(StringUtils.lineBreaksToSpaces(requestComment), {length: CONST.REQUEST_PREVIEW.MAX_LENGTH});
     const requestMerchant = truncate(merchant, {length: CONST.REQUEST_PREVIEW.MAX_LENGTH});
     const hasReceipt = TransactionUtils.hasReceipt(transaction);
     const isScanning = hasReceipt && TransactionUtils.isReceiptBeingScanned(transaction);

src/components/ReportActionItem/ReportPreview.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import truncate from 'lodash/truncate';
 import React, {useMemo} from 'react';
 import type {StyleProp, ViewStyle} from 'react-native';
 import {View} from 'react-native';
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import Navigation from '@libs/Navigation/Navigation';
 import * as ReceiptUtils from '@libs/ReceiptUtils';
 import * as ReportActionUtils from '@libs/ReportActionsUtils';
 import * as ReportUtils from '@libs/ReportUtils';
+import StringUtils from '@libs/StringUtils';
 import * as TransactionUtils from '@libs/TransactionUtils';
 import type {ContextMenuAnchor} from '@pages/home/report/ContextMenu/ReportActionContextMenu';
 import variables from '@styles/variables';
@@ -249,10 +251,10 @@ function ReportPreview({
 
     const {supportText} = useMemo(() => {
         if (formattedMerchant) {
-            return {supportText: formattedMerchant};
+            return {supportText: truncate(formattedMerchant, {length: CONST.REQUEST_PREVIEW.MAX_LENGTH})};
         }
         if (formattedDescription ?? moneyRequestComment) {
-            return {supportText: formattedDescription ?? moneyRequestComment};
+            return {supportText: truncate(StringUtils.lineBreaksToSpaces(formattedDescription ?? moneyRequestComment), {length: CONST.REQUEST_PREVIEW.MAX_LENGTH})};
         }
         return {
             supportText: translate('iou.expenseCount', {

src/libs/ReportActionsUtils.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import Log from './Log';
 import type {MessageElementBase, MessageTextElement} from './MessageElement';
 import * as PersonalDetailsUtils from './PersonalDetailsUtils';
 import type {OptimisticIOUReportAction} from './ReportUtils';
+import StringUtils from './StringUtils';
 import * as TransactionUtils from './TransactionUtils';
 
 type LastVisibleMessage = {
@@ -634,7 +635,7 @@ function getLastVisibleMessage(reportID: string, actionsToMerge: OnyxCollection<
 
     let messageText = message?.text ?? '';
     if (messageText) {
-        messageText = String(messageText).replace(CONST.REGEX.LINE_BREAK, ' ').substring(0, CONST.REPORT.LAST_MESSAGE_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH).trim();
+        messageText = StringUtils.lineBreaksToSpaces(String(messageText)).substring(0, CONST.REPORT.LAST_MESSAGE_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH).trim();
     }
     return {
         lastMessageText: messageText,

src/libs/ReportUtils.ts

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import * as PhoneNumber from './PhoneNumber';
 import * as PolicyUtils from './PolicyUtils';
 import type {LastVisibleMessage} from './ReportActionsUtils';
 import * as ReportActionsUtils from './ReportActionsUtils';
+import StringUtils from './StringUtils';
 import * as TransactionUtils from './TransactionUtils';
 import * as Url from './Url';
 import * as UserUtils from './UserUtils';
@@ -1666,7 +1667,7 @@ function formatReportLastMessageText(lastMessageText: string, isModifiedExpenseM
     if (isModifiedExpenseMessage) {
         return String(lastMessageText).trim().replace(CONST.REGEX.LINE_BREAK, '').trim();
     }
-    return String(lastMessageText).trim().replace(CONST.REGEX.LINE_BREAK, ' ').substring(0, CONST.REPORT.LAST_MESSAGE_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH).trim();
+    return StringUtils.lineBreaksToSpaces(String(lastMessageText).trim()).substring(0, CONST.REPORT.LAST_MESSAGE_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH).trim();
 }
 
 /**

src/libs/StringUtils.ts

@@ -89,4 +89,11 @@ function getAcronym(string: string): string {
     return acronym;
 }
 
-export default {sanitizeString, isEmptyString, removeInvisibleCharacters, normalizeCRLF, getAcronym};
+/**
+ * Replace all line breaks with white spaces
+ */
+function lineBreaksToSpaces(text = '') {
+    return text.replace(CONST.REGEX.LINE_BREAK, ' ');
+}
+
+export default {sanitizeString, isEmptyString, removeInvisibleCharacters, normalizeCRLF, getAcronym, lineBreaksToSpaces};