Use the chats_panel.html template in converse-minimize.js

To which it's actually applicable (instead of core).

src/converse-core.js

@@ -15,15 +15,11 @@
         "moment_with_locales",
         "strophe",
         "pluggable",
-        "tpl!chats_panel",
         "strophe.disco",
         "backbone.browserStorage",
         "backbone.overview",
     ], factory);
-}(this, function (
-        $, _, dummy, utils, moment,
-        Strophe, pluggable, tpl_chats_panel
-    ) {
+}(this, function ($, _, dummy, utils, moment, Strophe, pluggable) {
     /*
      * Cannot use this due to Safari bug.
      * See https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js/issues/196
@@ -54,7 +50,7 @@
     var event_context = {};
 
     var converse = {
-        templates: {'chats_panel': tpl_chats_panel},
+        templates: {},
 
         emit: function (evt, data) {
             $(event_context).trigger(evt, data);
@@ -1517,7 +1513,7 @@
                         $el = $('<div id="conversejs">');
                         $('body').append($el);
                     }
-                    $el.html(converse.templates.chats_panel());
+                    $el.html('');
                     this.setElement($el, false);
                 } else {
                     this.setElement(_.result(this, 'el'), false);
@@ -1923,9 +1919,13 @@
             return this;
         };
 
-        this._initialize = function () {
+        this.initChatBoxes = function () {
             this.chatboxes = new this.ChatBoxes();
             this.chatboxviews = new this.ChatBoxViews({model: this.chatboxes});
+        };
+
+        this._initialize = function () {
+            this.initChatBoxes();
             this.initSession();
             this.initConnection();
             this.setUpXMLLogging();

src/converse-minimize.js

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
             "tpl!chatbox_minimize",
             "tpl!toggle_chats",
             "tpl!trimmed_chat",
+            "tpl!chats_panel",
             "converse-controlbox",
             "converse-chatview",
             "converse-muc"
@@ -22,12 +23,14 @@
         converse_api,
         tpl_chatbox_minimize,
         tpl_toggle_chats,
-        tpl_trimmed_chat
+        tpl_trimmed_chat,
+        tpl_chats_panel
     ) {
     "use strict";
     converse.templates.chatbox_minimize = tpl_chatbox_minimize;
     converse.templates.toggle_chats = tpl_toggle_chats;
     converse.templates.trimmed_chat = tpl_trimmed_chat;
+    converse.templates.chats_panel = tpl_chats_panel;
 
     var $ = converse_api.env.jQuery,
         _ = converse_api.env._,
@@ -45,12 +48,12 @@
             //
             // New functions which don't exist yet can also be added.
 
-            _initialize: function () {
-                this.__super__._initialize.apply(this, arguments);
+            initChatBoxes: function () {
+                var result = this.__super__.initChatBoxes.apply(this, arguments);
                 converse.minimized_chats = new converse.MinimizedChats({
                     model: converse.chatboxes
                 });
-                return this;
+                return result;
             },
 
             registerGlobalEventHandlers: function () {
@@ -158,8 +161,7 @@
 
                 maximize: function () {
                     // Restores a minimized chat box
-                    var chatboxviews = converse.chatboxviews;
-                    this.$el.insertAfter(chatboxviews.get("controlbox").$el)
+                    this.$el.insertAfter(converse.chatboxviews.get("controlbox").$el)
                         .show('fast', this.onMaximized.bind(this));
                     return this;
                 },
@@ -372,12 +374,15 @@
 
 
             converse.MinimizedChats = Backbone.Overview.extend({
-                el: "#minimized-chats",
+                tagName: 'div',
+                id: "minimized-chats",
+                className: 'hidden',
                 events: {
                     "click #toggle-minimized-chats": "toggle"
                 },
 
                 initialize: function () {
+                    this.render();
                     this.initToggle();
                     this.model.on("add", this.onChanged, this);
                     this.model.on("destroy", this.removeChat, this);
@@ -404,11 +409,16 @@
                 },
 
                 render: function () {
+                    if (!this.el.parentElement) {
+                        this.el.innerHTML = converse.templates.chats_panel();
+                        converse.chatboxviews.el.appendChild(this.el);
+                    }
                     if (this.keys().length === 0) {
-                        this.$el.hide();
+                        this.el.classList.add('hidden');
                         converse.chatboxviews.trimChats.bind(converse.chatboxviews);
-                    } else if (this.keys().length === 1 && !this.$el.is(':visible')) {
-                        this.$el.show('fast', converse.chatboxviews.trimChats.bind(converse.chatboxviews));
+                    } else if (this.keys().length > 0 && !this.$el.is(':visible')) {
+                        this.el.classList.remove('hidden');
+                        converse.chatboxviews.trimChats();
                     }
                     return this.$el;
                 },

src/templates/chats_panel.html

-<div id="minimized-chats">
-    <a id="toggle-minimized-chats" href="#"></a>
-    <div class="flyout minimized-chats-flyout"></div>
-</div>
+<a id="toggle-minimized-chats" href="#"></a>
+<div class="flyout minimized-chats-flyout"></div>