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Feat: horizontal chat #3576

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feat: initial horizontal chat implementation
dennisrijsdijk Sep 8, 2026
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hide horizontal chat alignment in horizontal chat mode
dennisrijsdijk Sep 9, 2026
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54 changes: 47 additions & 7 deletions src/backend/overlay-widgets/builtin-types/chat/chat.ts
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Expand Up @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export type ChatWidgetSettings = {
messageExitAnimation?: Animation;
messageStyle: "compact" | "modern";
chatOrder: "normal" | "reversed";
/** The type of the chat (vertical or horizontal, undefined = vertical) */
chatType: "vertical" | "horizontal" | undefined;
actionDisplayFormat: "modern" | "classic";
highlightStyle: "normal" | "highlighted";
highlightColor?: string;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -215,17 +217,32 @@ export const chat: OverlayWidgetType<ChatWidgetSettings, ChatWidgetState> = {
{
value: "normal",
label: "Normal",
description: "New messages will appear at the bottom of the chat feed",
description: "New messages will appear at the end of the chat feed (bottom for vertical, right for horizontal)",
iconClass: "fa-sort-amount-down-alt"
},
{
value: "reversed",
label: "Reversed",
description: "New messages will appear at the top of the chat feed",
description: "New messages will appear at the start of the chat feed (top for vertical, left for horizontal)",
iconClass: "fa-sort-amount-up"
}
]
},
{
name: "chatType",
title: "Chat Type",
description: "The type of chat widget",
type: "radio-cards",
default: "vertical",
options: [{
value: "vertical", label: "Vertical", iconClass: "fa-arrows-alt-v"
}, {
value: "horizontal", label: "Horizontal", iconClass: "fa-arrows-alt-h"
}],
settings: {
gridColumns: 2
}
},
{
name: "actionDisplayFormat",
title: "Action Display Format",
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -331,6 +348,12 @@ export const chat: OverlayWidgetType<ChatWidgetSettings, ChatWidgetState> = {
}],
settings: {
gridColumns: 2
},
showIf: {
chatType: [
"vertical",
undefined
]
}
},
{
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -894,6 +917,9 @@ export const chat: OverlayWidgetType<ChatWidgetSettings, ChatWidgetState> = {
default:
switch (config.settings.verticalAlignment) {
case "bottom":
if (config.settings.chatType === "horizontal") {
anchorToBottom = true;
}
height = "100%";
maxHeight = "100%";
justifyContent = "end";
Expand All @@ -907,16 +933,26 @@ export const chat: OverlayWidgetType<ChatWidgetSettings, ChatWidgetState> = {
break;
}

let flexDirection = config.settings.chatType === "horizontal" ? "row" : "column";
flexDirection = config.settings.chatOrder === "reversed" ? `${flexDirection}-reverse` : flexDirection;

const horizontalAlignment = config.settings.chatType === "horizontal" ? "left" : config.settings.horizontalAlignment;

const chatContainerStyles: Record<string, string> = {
"display": "flex",
"flex-direction": config.settings.chatOrder === "reversed" ? "column-reverse" : "column",
"align-items": config.settings.horizontalAlignment === "right" ? "end" : "start",
"flex-direction": flexDirection,
"align-items": horizontalAlignment === "right" ? "end" : "start",
"justify-content": justifyContent,
"height": height,
"width": "100%",
"text-align": config.settings.horizontalAlignment
"text-align": horizontalAlignment
};

if (config.settings.chatType === "horizontal") {
chatContainerStyles["text-wrap"] = "nowrap";
chatContainerStyles["align-items"] = "end";
}

if (!!maxHeight?.length) {
chatContainerStyles["max-height"] = maxHeight;
}
Expand All @@ -929,7 +965,7 @@ export const chat: OverlayWidgetType<ChatWidgetSettings, ChatWidgetState> = {
const messageRootContainerStyles: Record<string, string> = {
"display": "flex",
"gap": "10px",
"flex-direction": config.settings.horizontalAlignment === "right"
"flex-direction": horizontalAlignment === "right"
? "row-reverse"
: "row"
};
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1006,6 +1042,10 @@ export const chat: OverlayWidgetType<ChatWidgetSettings, ChatWidgetState> = {
"font-style": config.settings?.actionDisplayFormat === "classic" ? "normal" : "italic"
};

const chatMargin = config.settings.chatType === "horizontal" ?
config.settings.chatOrder === "reversed" ? "right" : "left" :
config.settings.chatOrder === "reversed" ? "bottom" : "top";

const styleMarkup = `
<style>
.chat-${config.id} {
Expand All @@ -1017,7 +1057,7 @@ export const chat: OverlayWidgetType<ChatWidgetSettings, ChatWidgetState> = {
}

.chat-${config.id} > div + div {
${config.settings.chatOrder === "reversed" ? "margin-bottom" : "margin-top"}: ${config.settings.spaceBetweenMessages ?? 5}px;
margin-${chatMargin}: ${config.settings.spaceBetweenMessages ?? 5}px;
}

.chat-message-root-container-${config.id} {
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