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Message

Represents a Chat message.

You are required to provide the author field.

Local users are displayed to the

right in left-to-right languages and to the left in right-to-left languages.

If typing is set to true, the Chat displays a typing indicator instead of text.

Name	Type	Description
attachmentLayout?	`AttachmentLayout`	The layout that will be used for displaying message attachments, if any (see example).
attachments?	`Attachment[]`	(Optional) The message attachments (see example).
author	`User`	The author of the message.
status?	`string`	An optional status string for the message. The status is displayed when the message is selected—either by clicking on it or by using the keyboard navigation shortcuts.
suggestedActions?	`Action[]`	The suggested quick actions that will be displayed below this message (see example). Suggested actions are displayed only for the last message in the conversation.
text?	`string`	(Optional) The text for the message. For example, certain messages can contain only attachments or quick actions.
timestamp?	`Date`	The time at which the message was composed.
typing?	`boolean`	A Boolean value which indicates if the message is still being typed by the user. If set to `true`, the Chat displays a typing indicator instead of the actual message.