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Be consistent in aligning channel icon with channel name

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#1,906 opened on Oct 9, 2025

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Description

PR #1877 will add a function channelTopicLabelSpan as a canonical way to produce a span of text with a channel icon plus name, and optionally a topic. E.g.:

That PR only uses it in the channel and topic action sheet headers. But there are other places that make good candidates for using it:

  • Channel rows in the Inbox, Channels, and All channels pages
  • The channel name in a message-list app bar
  • Recipient headers in the message list

Related issues:

  • #1907
  • #1908

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Research direction
Identify all locations in the codebase where channel icon and name are displayed manually and replace them with the `channelTopicLabelSpan` function, ensuring consistent alignment and behavior for Inbox, Channels, All channels pages, message list app bar, and recipient headers.
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dartflutter
Domain
mobile
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Refactor
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2
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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DartFlutter
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75