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

Install

go get github.com/limafresh/messagebubble/v2@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

Colors

bubble.Colors.Bubble.Mine = []color.NRGBA{
	{255, 51, 0, 255}, // for light theme
	{153, 0, 255, 255}, // for dark theme
}

Available: Bubble.Mine, Bubble.Other, Text.Mine, Text.Other, Time.Mine, Time.Other.

Fields

Field	Value	Description
Colors	*messagebubble.Colors	Bubble colors
CornerRadius	float32	The radius of the bubble's corners
TimeSize	float32	The size of the time label
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.TimeSize = 10

Constants

• DefaultCornerRadius
• DefaultTimeSize
• DefaultMaxWidth

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
	}
}