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:
Customization#
The 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:
Avatar#
The Message component uses the Avatar component to display the sender's photo.
Message actions#
The Message component uses the MessageActionsBox component to enable interaction with the message (edit).
Message reactions#
The Message component uses the MessageReactions component to display reactions of a message, and enable reacting to a message.
Attachments#
The Message component uses the AttachmentList component to display the attachments of the message.
User friendly dates#
The Message component uses the parseDate utility function to create user-friendly dates (for example Yesterday at 8:15 AM).
Read by#
The 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).
Loading indicator#
The Message component uses the LoadingIndicator component to display a spinner while the message is being sent.
Icons#
The Message component uses the Icon component to display icons.
Mention template#
You can add interactions to mentions inside a message, follow our mention actions guide to get to know more.
Inputs and outputs#
message#
• message: undefined | StreamMessage<DefaultStreamChatGenerics>
The message to be displayed
Defined in#
lib/message/message.component.ts:55
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.
Defined in#
lib/message/message.component.ts:59
isLastSentMessage#
• isLastSentMessage: undefined | boolean
If true, the message status (sending, sent, who read the message) is displayed.
Defined in#
lib/message/message.component.ts:63
mode#
• mode: "thread" | "main" = 'main'
Determines if the message is being dispalyed in a channel or in a thread.
Defined in#
lib/message/message.component.ts:67
isHighlighted#
• isHighlighted: boolean = false
Highlighting is used to add visual emphasize to a message when jumping to the message
Defined in#
lib/message/message.component.ts:71
customActions#
• customActions: CustomMessageActionItem<DefaultStreamChatGenerics>[] = []
A list of custom message actions to be displayed in the action box