From d932ec28e342499ce04dfdb31a9643ec8a2e224d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdul Rahman <81605929+abdulrahmancodes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:20:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Show friendly message for non-previewable file previews
 (#16372)
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<img width="1507" height="807" alt="Screenshot 2025-12-06 at 12 50
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src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9e13d813-76fa-43e9-9dea-ead1dca4ca1f"
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Closes #15771
---
 .../files/components/AttachmentRow.tsx        | 29 +++------
 .../files/components/DocumentViewer.tsx       | 61 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/activities/files/components/AttachmentRow.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/activities/files/components/AttachmentRow.tsx
index efa575d5ce..c5d7061ac2 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/activities/files/components/AttachmentRow.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/activities/files/components/AttachmentRow.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import styled from '@emotion/styled';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { isDefined } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
 
-import { PREVIEWABLE_EXTENSIONS } from '@/activities/files/const/previewable-extensions.const';
 import { FileIcon } from '@/file/components/FileIcon';
 import { useHasPermissionFlag } from '@/settings/roles/hooks/useHasPermissionFlag';
 import { IconCalendar, OverflowingTextWithTooltip } from 'twenty-ui/display';
@@ -90,10 +89,6 @@ export const AttachmentRow = ({
   const { name: originalFileName, extension: attachmentFileExtension } =
     getFileNameAndExtension(attachment.name);
 
-  const fileExtension =
-    attachmentFileExtension?.toLowerCase().replace('.', '') ?? '';
-  const isPreviewable = PREVIEWABLE_EXTENSIONS.includes(fileExtension);
-
   const [attachmentFileName, setAttachmentFileName] =
     useState(originalFileName);
 
@@ -180,22 +175,14 @@ export const AttachmentRow = ({
             />
           ) : (
             <StyledLinkContainer>
-              {isPreviewable ? (
-                <StyledLink
-                  onClick={handleOpenDocument}
-                  href={attachment.fullPath}
-                >
-                  <OverflowingTextWithTooltip text={attachment.name} />
-                </StyledLink>
-              ) : (
-                <StyledLink
-                  href={attachment.fullPath}
-                  target="_blank"
-                  rel="noopener noreferrer"
-                >
-                  <OverflowingTextWithTooltip text={attachment.name} />
-                </StyledLink>
-              )}
+              <StyledLink
+                onClick={handleOpenDocument}
+                href={attachment.fullPath}
+                target="_blank"
+                rel="noopener noreferrer"
+              >
+                <OverflowingTextWithTooltip text={attachment.name} />
+              </StyledLink>
             </StyledLinkContainer>
           )}
         </StyledLeftContent>
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/activities/files/components/DocumentViewer.tsx b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/activities/files/components/DocumentViewer.tsx
index e761accfb6..f97b52d678 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/activities/files/components/DocumentViewer.tsx
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/activities/files/components/DocumentViewer.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { PREVIEWABLE_EXTENSIONS } from '@/activities/files/const/previewable-extensions.const';
+import { downloadFile } from '@/activities/files/utils/downloadFile';
 import { fetchCsvPreview } from '@/activities/files/utils/fetchCsvPreview';
+import { getFileType } from '@/activities/files/utils/getFileType';
 import DocViewer, { DocViewerRenderers } from '@cyntler/react-doc-viewer';
 import '@cyntler/react-doc-viewer/dist/index.css';
 import { useTheme } from '@emotion/react';
@@ -7,6 +9,8 @@ import styled from '@emotion/styled';
 import { Trans } from '@lingui/react/macro';
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { isDefined } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
+import { IconDownload } from 'twenty-ui/display';
+import { Button } from 'twenty-ui/input';
 import { getFileNameAndExtension } from '~/utils/file/getFileNameAndExtension';
 
 const StyledDocumentViewerContainer = styled.div`
@@ -37,6 +41,29 @@ const StyledDocumentViewerContainer = styled.div`
   }
 `;
 
+const StyledUnavailablePreviewContainer = styled.div`
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  height: 100%;
+  gap: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(4)};
+  padding: ${({ theme }) => theme.spacing(8)};
+  text-align: center;
+`;
+
+const StyledMessage = styled.div`
+  color: ${({ theme }) => theme.font.color.secondary};
+  font-size: ${({ theme }) => theme.font.size.lg};
+  max-width: 400px;
+`;
+
+const StyledTitle = styled.div`
+  color: ${({ theme }) => theme.font.color.primary};
+  font-size: ${({ theme }) => theme.font.size.xl};
+  font-weight: ${({ theme }) => theme.font.weight.semiBold};
+`;
+
 type DocumentViewerProps = {
   documentName: string;
   documentUrl: string;
@@ -77,6 +104,9 @@ export const DocumentViewer = ({
 
   const { extension } = getFileNameAndExtension(documentName);
   const fileExtension = extension?.toLowerCase().replace('.', '') ?? '';
+  const fileCategory = getFileType(documentName);
+  const isPreviewable = PREVIEWABLE_EXTENSIONS.includes(fileExtension);
+
   const mimeType = PREVIEWABLE_EXTENSIONS.includes(fileExtension)
     ? MIME_TYPE_MAPPING[fileExtension]
     : undefined;
@@ -89,6 +119,37 @@ export const DocumentViewer = ({
     }
   }, [documentUrl, fileExtension]);
 
+  if (!isPreviewable) {
+    return (
+      <StyledDocumentViewerContainer>
+        <StyledUnavailablePreviewContainer>
+          <StyledTitle>
+            <Trans>Preview Not Available</Trans>
+          </StyledTitle>
+          <StyledMessage>
+            {fileCategory === 'ARCHIVE' ? (
+              <Trans>
+                Archive files cannot be previewed. Please download the file to
+                access its contents.
+              </Trans>
+            ) : (
+              <Trans>
+                This file type cannot be previewed. Please download the file to
+                view it.
+              </Trans>
+            )}
+          </StyledMessage>
+          <Button
+            Icon={IconDownload}
+            title="Download File"
+            onClick={() => downloadFile(documentUrl, documentName)}
+            variant="secondary"
+          />
+        </StyledUnavailablePreviewContainer>
+      </StyledDocumentViewerContainer>
+    );
+  }
+
   if (fileExtension === 'csv' && !isDefined(csvPreview))
     return (
       <StyledDocumentViewerContainer>