chat_ui

chat_ui(
    id,
    *,
    messages=None,
    placeholder='Enter a message...',
    width='min(680px, 100%)',
    height='auto',
    fill=True,
    icon_assistant=None,
    **kwargs,
)

UI container for a chat component (Shiny Core).

This function is for locating a :class:~shiny.ui.Chat instance in a Shiny Core app. If you are using Shiny Express, use the :method:~shiny.ui.Chat.ui method instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
id	str	A unique identifier for the chat UI.	required
messages	Optional[Iterable[str | TagChild | ChatMessageDict | ChatMessage | Any]]	A sequence of messages to display in the chat. A given message can be one of the following: * A string, which is interpreted as markdown and rendered to HTML on the client. * To prevent interpreting as markdown, mark the string as :class:~shiny.ui.HTML. * A UI element (specifically, a :class:~shiny.ui.TagChild). * This includes :class:~shiny.ui.TagList, which take UI elements (including strings) as children. In this case, strings are still interpreted as markdown as long as they’re not inside HTML. * A dictionary with content and role keys. The content key can contain a content as described above, and the role key can be “assistant” or “user”. * More generally, any type registered with :func:shinychat.message_content. NOTE: content may include specially formatted input suggestion links (see :method:~shiny.ui.Chat.append_message for more info).	None
placeholder	str	Placeholder text for the chat input.	'Enter a message...'
width	'CssUnit'	The width of the chat container.	'min(680px, 100%)'
height	'CssUnit'	The height of the chat container.	'auto'
fill	bool	Whether the chat should vertically take available space inside a fillable container.	True
icon_assistant	Optional[HTML | Tag | TagList]	The icon to use for the assistant chat messages. Can be a HTML or a tag in the form of :class:~htmltools.HTML or :class:~htmltools.Tag. If None, a default robot icon is used.	None
kwargs	TagAttrValue	Additional attributes for the chat container element.	{}