start a conversation with an aspect from contact index page

app/controllers/conversations_controller.rb

@@ -61,8 +61,14 @@ class ConversationsController < ApplicationController
         select("contacts.id, profiles.first_name, profiles.last_name, people.diaspora_handle").to_sql
     ).map{|r| {:value => r[0], :name => Person.name_from_attrs(r[1], r[2], r[3]).gsub(/(")/, "'")} }
 
+    @contact_ids = ""
+
     @contacts_json = all_contacts_and_ids.to_json.gsub!(/(")/, '\\"')
-    @contact = current_user.contacts.find(params[:contact_id]) if params[:contact_id]
+    if params[:contact_id]
+      @contact_ids = current_user.contacts.find(params[:contact_id]).id
+    elsif params[:aspect_id]
+      @contact_ids = current_user.aspects.find(params[:aspect_id]).contacts.map{|c| c.id}.join(',')
+    end
     render :layout => false
   end
 

app/views/contacts/index.html.haml

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 - content_for :page_title do
   = t('.title')
 
+- content_for :head do
+  = include_javascripts :people
+
 #section_header
   %h2
     = t('.title')
@@ -44,6 +47,10 @@
 .span-18.last
   #people_stream.stream.contacts
     - if @contacts.size > 0
+      #aspect_controls
+        - if @aspect_
+          = link_to "start a conversation", new_conversation_path(:aspect_id => @aspect_.id, :name => @aspect_.name), :class => "button conversation_button", :rel => "facebox"
+
       - for contact in @contacts
         .stream_element{:id => contact.person.id}
           .right

app/views/conversations/new.haml

@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
       keyDelay: 0,
       startText: '',
       emptyText: '#{t('no_results')}',
-      preFill: [{ 'name' : "#{params[:name]}",
+      preFill: [{name : "#{params[:name]}",
-                 'value' : "#{params[:contact_id]}"}]
+                 value : "#{@contact_ids}"}]
       });
-
     autocompleteInput.focus();
   });
 
-
 #new_message_pane
   .span-12.last
     #facebox_header

app/views/people/show.html.haml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       .right
         = link_to t('.mention'), new_status_message_path(:person_id => @person.id), :class => 'button', :rel => 'facebox'
         - if @contact.mutual?
-          = link_to t('.message'), new_conversation_path(:contact_id => @contact.id, :name => @contact.person.name, :contact_id => @contact.id), :class => 'button', :rel => 'facebox'
+          = link_to t('.message'), new_conversation_path(:contact_id => @contact.id, :name => @contact.person.name), :class => 'button', :rel => 'facebox'
 
     %h3
       = @person.name

public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass

@@ -3104,3 +3104,14 @@ ul#left_nav
   a.close
     :float right
     :text-decoration none
+
+#aspect_controls
+  @include border-radius(2px)
+  :background
+    :color #fafafa
+  :border 1px solid #ccc
+  :padding 10px
+  :min-height 23px
+
+  .conversation_button
+    :float right

spec/controllers/conversations_controller_spec.rb

@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ describe ConversationsController do
 
     it "assigns a contact if passed a contact id" do
       get :new, :contact_id => alice.contacts.first.id
-      assigns(:contact).should == alice.contacts.first
+      assigns(:contact_ids).should == alice.contacts.first.id
+    end
+
+    it "assigns a set of contacts if passed an aspect id" do
+      get :new, :aspect_id => alice.aspects.first.id
+      assigns(:contact_ids).should == alice.aspects.first.contacts.map(&:id).join(',')
     end
   end