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+import Rails from '@rails/ujs';
+
+import { updateDeleteButton } from '../delete';
+import { showNotification, showErrorNotification } from 'utilities/notifications';
+
+export function answerEntryHandler(event: Event): void {
+  const element: HTMLButtonElement = event.target as HTMLButtonElement;
+  const inboxEntry: HTMLElement = element.closest<HTMLElement>('.inbox-entry');
+
+  const shareTo = [];
+  inboxEntry.querySelectorAll('input[type=checkbox][name=ib-share]:checked')
+    .forEach((element: HTMLInputElement) => {
+      shareTo.push(element.getAttribute('data-service'));
+    });
+
+  const data = {
+    id: element.getAttribute('data-ib-id'),
+    answer: inboxEntry.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>('textarea[name=ib-answer]')?.value,
+    share: JSON.stringify(shareTo),
+    inbox: 'true'
+  };
+
+  Rails.ajax({
+    url: '/ajax/answer',
+    type: 'POST',
+    data: new URLSearchParams(data).toString(),
+    success: (data) => {
+      if (!data.success) {
+        showErrorNotification(data.message);
+        return false;
+      }
+      updateDeleteButton(false);
+      showNotification(data.message);
+      (inboxEntry as HTMLElement).remove();
+    },
+    error: (data, status, xhr) => {
+      console.log(data, status, xhr);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+export function answerEntryInputHandler(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
+  const input = event.target as HTMLInputElement;
+  const inboxId = input.dataset.id;
+
+  if (event.keyCode == 13 && (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey)) {
+    document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(`button[name=ib-answer][data-ib-id=${inboxId}]`).click();
+  }
+}
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