[PLT-7342] Add function and tests to specifically determine @all & @channel (#7181)

* add function and tests to specifically determine @all & @channel

* uodate per comments - regex and tests

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/webapp/utils/post_utils.jsx b/webapp/utils/post_utils.jsx
index 9309e1e49..83fb666af 100644
--- a/webapp/utils/post_utils.jsx
+++ b/webapp/utils/post_utils.jsx
@@ -107,3 +107,12 @@ export function shouldShowDotMenu(post) {
 
     return false;
 }
+
+export function containsAtMention(text, key) {
+    if (!text || !key) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // This doesn't work for at mentions containing periods or hyphens
+    return new RegExp(`\\B${key}\\b`, 'i').test(text);
+}