MessageComponent
The Message
component displays a message with additional information such as sender and date, and enables interaction with the message (for example edit or react).
Example 1 - example message:

Example 2 - message with reactions:

Example 3 - message actions:

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CustomizationThe message list uses the Message
component to display messages, if you want to replace that with your own custom component, you can do that by providing it to the CustomTemplatesService
. It's also possible to just override parts of the message component.
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If you want to build your own Message
component, you might find the following building blocks useful:
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AvatarThe Message
component uses the Avatar
component to display the sender's photo.
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Message actionsThe Message
component uses the MessageActionsBox
component to enable interaction with the message (edit).
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Message reactionsThe Message
component uses the MessageReactions
component to display reactions of a message, and enable reacting to a message.
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AttachmentsThe Message
component uses the AttachmentList
component to display the attachments of the message.
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User friendly datesThe Message
component uses the parseDate
utility function to create user-friendly dates (for example Yesterday at 8:15 AM).
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Read byThe Message
component uses the listUsers
utility function to display the list of people who have read a particular message in a user friendly way (for example Bob, Sophie, Jack, Rose, John and 1 more).
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Loading indicatorThe Message
component uses the LoadingIndicator
component to display a spinner while the message is being sent.
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IconsThe Message
component uses the Icon
component to display icons.
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Mention templateYou can add interactions to mentions inside a message, follow our mention actions guide to get to know more.
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Inputs and outputs#
message• message: undefined
| StreamMessage
<DefaultStreamChatGenerics
>
The message to be displayed
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Defined inlib/message/message.component.ts:55
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enabledMessageActions• enabledMessageActions: string
[] = []
The list of channel capabilities that are enabled for the current user, the list of supported interactions can be found in our message interaction guide. Unathorized actions won't be displayed on the UI. The MessageList
component automatically sets this based on channel capabilities.
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Defined inlib/message/message.component.ts:59
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isLastSentMessage• isLastSentMessage: undefined
| boolean
If true
, the message status (sending, sent, who read the message) is displayed.
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Defined inlib/message/message.component.ts:63
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mode• mode: "thread"
| "main"
= 'main'
Determines if the message is being dispalyed in a channel or in a thread.
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Defined inlib/message/message.component.ts:67
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isHighlighted• isHighlighted: boolean
= false
Highlighting is used to add visual emphasize to a message when jumping to the message
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Defined inlib/message/message.component.ts:71
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customActions• customActions: CustomMessageActionItem
<DefaultStreamChatGenerics
>[] = []
A list of custom message actions to be displayed in the action box