Message

Installation

Complete project setup with react/base, then install these components:

pnpm exec frontfriend download message bubble button tooltip icon input-group -f react --primitive base

Copy reports success only after the clipboard write succeeds. Feedback buttons expose their pressed state. Retry clears the feedback and copy states. The reply uses plain text; no Markdown renderer is required.

Optional AI SDK adapter

Message Parts accepts the structural id, role, and parts fields from an AI SDK UIMessage. Pass a message from your own chat client to the adapter. It renders text parts as escaped text, hides step-start markers, and skips unsupported parts. Add explicit renderers for tools or sources when your application supports them. This adapter adds no AI SDK dependency.

Usage

Complete example

import {
  Message,
  MessageContent,
  MessageFooter,
  MessageHeader,
} from "@/components/ui/message";
import { Bubble, BubbleContent } from "@/components/ui/bubble";
import {
  TooltipProvider,
  Tooltip,
  TooltipTrigger,
  TooltipContent,
} from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import { Icon } from "@/components/ui/icon";
import {
  InputGroup,
  InputGroupTextarea,
  InputGroupAddon,
  InputGroupButton,
} from "@/components/ui/input-group";
import * as React from "react";
function AiMessageAction({
  label,
  icon,
  pressed,
  onActivate,
}: {
  label: string;
  icon: string;
  pressed?: boolean;
  onActivate: () => void;
}) {
  return (
    <TooltipProvider>
      <Tooltip>
        <TooltipTrigger asChild>
          <Button
            variant="ghost"
            size="icon-sm"
            aria-label={label}
            aria-pressed={pressed}
            onClick={onActivate}
          >
            <Icon name={icon} />
          </Button>
        </TooltipTrigger>
        <TooltipContent>{label}</TooltipContent>
      </Tooltip>
    </TooltipProvider>
  );
}
export default function AiMessageExample() {
  const [prompt, setPrompt] = React.useState(
    "How do I add a settings dialog? It should open from the gear icon in the header.",
  );
  const [draft, setDraft] = React.useState(prompt);
  const [editing, setEditing] = React.useState(false);
  const editorRef = React.useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
  const [feedback, setFeedback] = React.useState<"good" | "bad" | null>(null);
  const [copied, setCopied] = React.useState<string | null>(null);
  const messageRef = React.useRef<HTMLSpanElement>(null);
  const replyText = [
    "Install Dialog, then connect its open state to the settings button.",
    "Implementation",
    "1. Place the settings content inside DialogContent.",
    "2. Wrap the header button with DialogTrigger.",
    "3. Give the dialog a title and test the keyboard path.",
  ].join("\n\n");
  const [status, setStatus] = React.useState("");
  React.useEffect(() => {
    if (editing) editorRef.current?.focus();
  }, [editing]);
  async function copy(value: string, source: string) {
    try {
      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(value);
      setCopied(source);
      setStatus(`Copied ${source}.`);
    } catch {
      setStatus("Copy failed. Select the text and copy it manually.");
    }
  }
  return (
    <div
      style={{
        width: "100%",
        maxWidth: 560,
        minWidth: 0,
        marginInline: "auto",
        display: "flex",
        flexDirection: "column",
        gap: 28,
        paddingBlock: 16,
        fontSize: "var(--text-sm)",
        lineHeight: 1.5,
      }}
    >
      <Message align="end">
        <MessageContent>
          <Bubble align="end" variant="muted">
            <BubbleContent>
              <span ref={messageRef} tabIndex={-1}>
                {prompt}
              </span>
            </BubbleContent>
          </Bubble>
          <MessageFooter>
            <AiMessageAction
              label={copied === "message" ? "Copied message" : "Copy message"}
              icon={copied === "message" ? "Check" : "Copy"}
              onActivate={() => void copy(prompt, "message")}
            />
            <AiMessageAction
              label="Edit message"
              icon="Pencil"
              onActivate={() => {
                setDraft(prompt);
                setEditing(true);
              }}
            />
          </MessageFooter>
          {editing && (
            <form
              onSubmit={(event) => {
                event.preventDefault();
                if (!draft.trim()) return;
                setPrompt(draft.trim());
                setEditing(false);
                setStatus("Message updated.");
                messageRef.current?.focus();
              }}
            >
              <InputGroup>
                <InputGroupTextarea
                  ref={editorRef}
                  aria-label="Edit message"
                  value={draft}
                  onChange={(event) => setDraft(event.target.value)}
                />
                <InputGroupAddon align="block-end">
                  <InputGroupButton type="submit" variant="default">
                    Save
                  </InputGroupButton>
                </InputGroupAddon>
              </InputGroup>
            </form>
          )}
        </MessageContent>
      </Message>
      <Message>
        <MessageContent>
          <MessageHeader>Assistant</MessageHeader>
          <p>Install Dialog, then connect its open state to the settings button.</p>
          <strong>Implementation</strong>
          <ol
            style={{
              paddingInlineStart: 20,
              display: "grid",
              gap: 6,
              listStyleType: "decimal",
            }}
          >
            <li>Place the settings content inside DialogContent.</li>
            <li>Wrap the header button with DialogTrigger.</li>
            <li>Give the dialog a title and test the keyboard path.</li>
          </ol>
          <MessageFooter>
            <AiMessageAction
              label={copied === "reply" ? "Copied reply" : "Copy reply"}
              icon={copied === "reply" ? "Check" : "Copy"}
              onActivate={() => void copy(replyText, "reply")}
            />
            <AiMessageAction
              label="Good response"
              icon="ThumbsUp"
              pressed={feedback === "good"}
              onActivate={() =>
                setFeedback((value) => (value === "good" ? null : "good"))
              }
            />
            <AiMessageAction
              label="Bad response"
              icon="ThumbsDown"
              pressed={feedback === "bad"}
              onActivate={() =>
                setFeedback((value) => (value === "bad" ? null : "bad"))
              }
            />
            <AiMessageAction
              label="Retry"
              icon="RotateCw"
              onActivate={() => {
                setFeedback(null);
                setCopied(null);
                setStatus("Reply regenerated.");
              }}
            />
          </MessageFooter>
        </MessageContent>
      </Message>
      <p
        role="status"
        style={{
          position: "absolute",
          width: 1,
          height: 1,
          padding: 0,
          margin: -1,
          overflow: "hidden",
          clipPath: "inset(50%)",
          whiteSpace: "nowrap",
          border: 0,
        }}
      >
        {status}
      </p>
    </div>
  );
}

Message Parts

import {
  Message,
  MessageContent,
  MessageHeader,
} from "@/components/ui/message";
type AdapterMessage = {
  id: string;
  role: string;
  parts: Array<{
    type: string;
    text?: string;
  }>;
};
function MessagePartsAdapter({ message }: { message: AdapterMessage }) {
  return (
    <Message align={message.role === "user" ? "end" : "start"}>
      <MessageContent>
        <MessageHeader>
          {message.role === "user" ? "You" : "Assistant"}
        </MessageHeader>
        {message.parts.map((part, index) =>
          part.type === "text" ? (
            <p key={index}>{part.text}</p>
          ) : part.type === "step-start" ? null : null,
        )}
      </MessageContent>
    </Message>
  );
}
export default function AiMessageExample() {
  return (
    <MessagePartsAdapter
      message={{
        id: "reply",
        role: "assistant",
        parts: [
          { type: "step-start" },
          {
            type: "text",
            text: "Install Dialog and connect it to the settings button.",
          },
        ],
      }}
    />
  );
}

Components and API

This composition has no separate component API. Use the APIs for its installed components.