messagebubble

Modern message bubble widget for Go Fyne GUI toolkit.

Why messagebubble?

• Automatically update colors when switching between light/dark themes
• Set colors for the bubble, message, and time for light and dark themes
• Support for text selection, which is probably important for any chat
• Changing the corner radius
• Other customization options

Install

go get github.com/limafresh/messagebubble/v3@latest

Usage

An example can be seen here.

bubble := messagebubble.NewMessageBubble(
	"Alex", // sender's name
	"Hi, how are you?", // message text
	"13:36", // sending time
	false, // mine: true, other: false
)

Customization

Fields

Field	Value	Description
Sender	string	The name of the sender
Text	string	The message text
Time	string	The sending time
IsMine	bool	Whether the message is mine (true) or not (false)
BubbleColors	[]color.NRGBA	Colors for the bubble (light and dark variants)
TextColors	[]color.NRGBA	Colors for the message text (light and dark variants)
TimeColors	[]color.NRGBA	Colors for the time label (light and dark variants)
CornerRadius	float32	The radius of the bubble's corners
TimeSize	float32	The size of the time label
MaxWidth	float32	The maximum width of the bubble
HideSender	bool	Whether to hide the sender label (in messages not mine)
HideTime	bool	Whether to hide the time label

Example:

bubble.CornerRadius = 16
bubble.HideTime = true
bubble.BubbleColors = []color.NRGBA{
	{255, 51, 0, 255}, // for light theme
	{153, 0, 255, 255}, // for dark theme
}

Constants

• DefaultCornerRadius
• DefaultTimeSize
• DefaultMaxWidth

Variables

• DefaultBubbleColorsMine
• DefaultBubbleColorsOther
• DefaultTextColors
• DefaultTimeColors

Customization of bubbles in a container

For example, let's change CornerRadius of all bubbles in vbox:

for _, obj := range vbox.Objects {
	if bubble, ok := obj.(*messagebubble.MessageBubble); ok {
		bubble.CornerRadius = 16
	}
}

ActionBubble

An example can be seen here.

messagebubble.NewActionBubble("Ivan", "left the chat")