Show Private Messages pill as a topic list rather than individual messages.

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/user_activity_controller.js

@@ -21,5 +21,8 @@ Discourse.UserActivityController = Discourse.ObjectController.extend({
       archetypeId: 'private_message',
       draftKey: 'new_private_message'
     });
-  }
+  },
+
+  privateMessagesActive: Em.computed.equal('pmView', 'index'),
+  privateMessagesSentActive: Em.computed.equal('pmView', 'sent')
 });

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/user_routes.js

@@ -159,13 +159,6 @@ Discourse.UserActivityStreamRoute = Discourse.Route.extend({
   });
 });
 
-Discourse.UserPrivateMessagesIndexRoute = Discourse.UserActivityStreamRoute.extend({
-  userActionType: Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.messages_received
-});
-Discourse.UserPrivateMessagesSentRoute = Discourse.UserActivityStreamRoute.extend({
-  userActionType: Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.messages_sent
-});
-
 Discourse.UserTopicListRoute = Discourse.Route.extend({
 
   renderTemplate: function() {
@@ -178,12 +171,41 @@ Discourse.UserTopicListRoute = Discourse.Route.extend({
   }
 });
 
+Discourse.UserPrivateMessagesIndexRoute = Discourse.UserTopicListRoute.extend({
+  userActionType: Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.messages_received,
+
+  model: function() {
+    return Discourse.TopicList.find('topics/private-messages/' + this.modelFor('user').get('username_lower'));
+  },
+
+  setupController: function(controller, model) {
+    this._super(controller, model);
+    controller.set('hideCategories', true);
+    this.controllerFor('userActivity').set('pmView', 'index');
+  }
+
+});
+Discourse.UserPrivateMessagesSentRoute = Discourse.UserTopicListRoute.extend({
+  userActionType: Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.messages_sent,
+
+  model: function() {
+    return Discourse.TopicList.find('topics/private-messages-sent/' + this.modelFor('user').get('username_lower'));
+  },
+
+  setupController: function(controller, model) {
+    this._super(controller, model);
+    controller.set('hideCategories', true);
+    this.controllerFor('userActivity').set('pmView', 'sent');
+  }
+});
+
 Discourse.UserActivityTopicsRoute = Discourse.UserTopicListRoute.extend({
   userActionType: Discourse.UserAction.TYPES.topics,
 
   model: function() {
     return Discourse.TopicList.find('topics/created-by/' + this.modelFor('user').get('username_lower'));
   }
+
 });
 
 Discourse.UserActivityFavoritesRoute = Discourse.UserTopicListRoute.extend({

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/basic_topic_list.js.handlebars

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-<table id="topic-list">
+{{#if view.topics}}
+  <table id="topic-list">
     <tr>
       <th>
         {{i18n topic.title}}
       </th>
+      {{#unless controller.hideCategories}}
         <th>{{i18n category_title}}</th>
+      {{/unless}}
       <th class='num posts'>{{i18n posts}}</th>
       <th class='num likes'>{{i18n likes}}</th>
       <th class='num views'>{{i18n views}}</th>
@@ -24,9 +27,11 @@
             <a href="{{unbound lastUnreadUrl}}" class='badge new-posts badge-notification' title='{{i18n topic.new}}'><i class='icon icon-asterisk'></i></a>
           {{/if}}
         </td>
+        {{#unless controller.hideCategories}}
           <td class='category'>
             {{categoryLink category}}
           </td>
+        {{/unless}}
         <td class='num posts'><a href="{{unbound lastUnreadUrl}}" class='badge-posts'>{{number posts_count numberKey="posts_long"}}</a></td>
 
         <td class='num likes'>
@@ -52,4 +57,9 @@
       </tr>
     {{/groupedEach}}
 
-</table>
+  </table>
+{{else}}
+  <div class='alert alert-info'>
+  {{i18n choose_topic.none_found}}
+  </div>
+{{/if}}

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/activity.js.handlebars

@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@
 
   <ul class='action-list nav-stacked side-nav'>
     {{#if privateMessageView}}
-      {{#each stat in statsPmsOnly}}
-        {{activityFilter content=stat user=model}}
-      {{/each}}
+      <li {{bindAttr class=":noGlyph privateMessagesActive:active"}}>
+        {{#linkTo 'userPrivateMessages.index' model}}{{i18n user.private_messages}}{{/linkTo}}
+      </li>
+      <li {{bindAttr class=":noGlyph privateMessagesSentActive:active"}}>
+        {{#linkTo 'userPrivateMessages.sent' model}}{{i18n user.private_messages_sent}}{{/linkTo}}
+      </li>
+
     {{else}}
       {{activityFilter count=statsCountNonPM user=model}}
       {{#each stat in statsExcludingPms}}

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/topics_list.js.handlebars

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-no

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/user/activity_filter_view.js

@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ Discourse.ActivityFilterView = Discourse.View.extend({
   }.property('content.action_type'),
 
   url: function() {
-    var section = this.get('content.isPM') ? "/private-messages" : "/activity";
-    return "/users/" + this.get('user.username_lower') + section + this.get('typeKey');
+    return "/users/" + this.get('user.username_lower') + "/activity" + this.get('typeKey');
   }.property('typeKey', 'user.username_lower'),
 
   description: function() {

app/controllers/list_controller.rb

@@ -40,6 +40,22 @@ class ListController < ApplicationController
     respond(list)
   end
 
+  def private_messages
+    list_opts = build_topic_list_options
+    list = TopicQuery.new(current_user, list_opts).list_private_messages(fetch_user_from_params)
+    list.more_topics_url = url_for(topics_private_messages_path(list_opts.merge(format: 'json', page: next_page)))
+
+    respond(list)
+  end
+
+  def private_messages_sent
+    list_opts = build_topic_list_options
+    list = TopicQuery.new(current_user, list_opts).list_private_messages_sent(fetch_user_from_params)
+    list.more_topics_url = url_for(topics_private_messages_sent_path(list_opts.merge(format: 'json', page: next_page)))
+
+    respond(list)
+  end
+
   def category
     query = TopicQuery.new(current_user, page: params[:page])
 

config/locales/client.en.yml

@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ en:
       download_archive: "download archive of my posts"
       private_message: "Private Message"
       private_messages: "Messages"
+      private_messages_sent: "Sent Messages"
       activity_stream: "Activity"
       preferences: "Preferences"
       bio: "About me"

config/routes.rb

@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
   post 'topics/timings'
   get 'topics/similar_to'
   get 'topics/created-by/:username' => 'list#topics_by', as: 'topics_by', constraints: {username: USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
+  get 'topics/private-messages/:username' => 'list#private_messages', as: 'topics_private_messages', constraints: {username: USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
+  get 'topics/private-messages-sent/:username' => 'list#private_messages_sent', as: 'topics_private_messages_sent', constraints: {username: USERNAME_ROUTE_FORMAT}
 
   # Topic routes
   get 't/:slug/:topic_id/wordpress' => 'topics#wordpress', constraints: {topic_id: /\d+/}

lib/topic_query.rb

@@ -135,6 +135,17 @@ class TopicQuery
     end
   end
 
+  def list_private_messages(user)
+    list = private_messages_for(user)
+    TopicList.new(:private_messages, user, list)
+  end
+
+  def list_private_messages_sent(user)
+    list = private_messages_for(user)
+    list = list.where(user_id: user.id)
+    TopicList.new(:private_messages, user, list)
+  end
+
 
   def list_uncategorized
     create_list(:uncategorized, unordered: true) do |list|
@@ -190,6 +201,22 @@ class TopicQuery
       TopicList.new(filter, @user, topics)
     end
 
+    def private_messages_for(user)
+      options = @options
+      options.reverse_merge!(per_page: SiteSetting.topics_per_page)
+
+      # Start with a list of all topics
+      result = Topic.where(id: TopicAllowedUser.where(user_id: user.id).pluck(:topic_id))
+      result = result.joins("LEFT OUTER JOIN topic_users AS tu ON (topics.id = tu.topic_id AND tu.user_id = #{user.id.to_i})")
+      result = result.order(TopicQuery.order_nocategory_basic_bumped)
+      result = result.private_messages
+
+      result = result.limit(options[:per_page]) unless options[:limit] == false
+      result = result.visible if options[:visible] || @user.nil? || @user.regular?
+      result = result.offset(options[:page].to_i * options[:per_page]) if options[:page]
+      result
+    end
+
     # Create results based on a bunch of default options
     def default_results(options={})
       options.reverse_merge!(@options)