# Message Actions

Customizing Message Actions

### Introduction

Message actions pop up in message overlay, when you long-press a message.

![](@chat-sdk/flutter/v9-latest/_assets/message_actions.jpg)

We have provided granular control over these actions.

By default we render the following message actions:

- edit message

- delete message

- reply

- thread reply

- copy message

- flag message

- pin message

<admonition type="note">

Edit and delete message are only available on messages sent by the user.
Additionally, pinning a message requires you to add the roles which are allowed to pin messages.

</admonition>

### Partially remove some message actions

For example, if you only want to keep "copy message" and "delete message":
here is how to do it using the `messageBuilder` with our `StreamMessageWidget`.

```dart
StreamMessageListView(
  messageBuilder: (context, details, messages, defaultMessage) {
    return defaultMessage.copyWith(
        showFlagButton: false,
        showEditMessage: false,
        showCopyMessage: true,
        showDeleteMessage: details.isMyMessage,
        showReplyMessage: false,
        showThreadReplyMessage: false,
    );
  },
)
```

### Add a new custom message action

The SDK also allows you to add new actions into the dialog.

For example, let's suppose you want to introduce a new message action - "Demo Action":

We use the `customActions` parameter of the `StreamMessageWidget` to add extra actions.

```dart
StreamMessageListView(
  messageBuilder: (context, details, messages, defaultMessage) {
    return defaultMessage.copyWith(
      customActions: [
        StreamMessageAction(
          leading: const Icon(Icons.add),
          title: const Text('Demo Action'),
          onTap: (message) {
            /// Complete action here
          },
        ),
      ],
    );
  },
)
```


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This page was last updated at 2026-05-22T16:31:59.906Z.

For the most recent version of this documentation, visit [https://getstream.io/chat/docs/sdk/flutter/v5/customization/custom-widgets/customize-message-actions/](https://getstream.io/chat/docs/sdk/flutter/v5/customization/custom-widgets/customize-message-actions/).