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Message Chat Bubbles

This sample formats your SharePoint list view to look like message chat bubbles! If the Author is the current user, the message will be displayed on the right.

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Shared by Tetsuya Kawahara
Updated Nov 19, 2020

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{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/row-formatting.schema.json",
  "hideColumnHeader": true,
  "hideSelection": true,
  "rowFormatter": {
    "elmType": "div",
    "style": {
      "display": "flex",
      "flex-direction": "row",
      "align-items": "flex-start",
      "width": "600px",
      "margin": "15px"
    },
    "children": [
      {
        "elmType": "div",
        "style": {
          "display": "flex",
          "justify-content": "center",
          "width": "15%"
        },
        "children": [
          {
            "elmType": "img",
            "defaultHoverField": "[$Author]",
            "attributes": {
              "src": "='/_layouts/15/userphoto.aspx?size=S&accountname=' + [$Author.email]",
              "title": "[$Author.title]"
            },
            "style": {
              "display": "=if([$Author.email] == @me, 'none' , 'block')",
              "width": "50px",
              "height": "50px",
              "border-radius": "50%"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "elmType": "div",
        "style": {
          "display": "flex",
          "justify-content": "=if([$Author.email] == @me, 'flex-end' , 'flex-start')",
          "width": "70%"
        },
        "children": [
          {
            "elmType": "div",
            "style": {
              "display": "flex",
              "flex-direction": "column",
              "width": "80%",
              "padding": "15px",
              "border-radius": "10px"
            },
            "attributes": {
              "class": "=if([$Author.email] == @me, 'ms-bgColor-themeLighter' , 'ms-bgColor-neutralLighter')"
            },
            "children": [
              {
                "elmType": "div",
                "style": {
                  "padding-bottom": "3px"
                },
                "children": [
                  {
                    "elmType": "span",
                    "style": {
                      "padding-right": "10px"
                    },
                    "txtContent": "[$Author.title]"
                  },
                  {
                    "elmType": "span",
                    "txtContent": "[$Created]"
                  }
                ]
              },
              {
                "elmType": "div",
                "txtContent": "[$Title]",
                "style": {
                  "display": "=if([$Title] == '' , 'none' , 'block')",
                  "padding-bottom": "3px"
                },
                "attributes": {
                  "class": "ms-fontSize-18 ms-fontWeight-bold"
                }
              },
              {
                "elmType": "div",
                "txtContent": "[$Message]",
                "attributes": {
                  "class": "ms-fontSize-14"
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "elmType": "div",
        "style": {
          "display": "flex",
          "justify-content": "center",
          "width": "15%"
        },
        "children": [
          {
            "elmType": "img",
            "defaultHoverField": "[$Author]",
            "attributes": {
              "src": "='/_layouts/15/userphoto.aspx?size=S&accountname=' + [$Author.email]",
              "title": "[$Author.title]"
            },
            "style": {
              "display": "=if([$Author.email] == @me, 'block' , 'none')",
              "width": "50px",
              "height": "50px",
              "border-radius": "50%"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/row-formatting.schema.json",
  "hideColumnHeader": true,
  "hideSelection": true,
  "rowFormatter": {
    "elmType": "div",
    "style": {
      "display": "flex",
      "flex-direction": "row",
      "align-items": "flex-start",
      "width": "600px",
      "margin": "15px"
    },
    "children": [
      {
        "elmType": "div",
        "style": {
          "display": "flex",
          "justify-content": "center",
          "width": "15%"
        },
        "children": [
          {
            "elmType": "img",
            "defaultHoverField": "[$Author]",
            "attributes": {
              "src": "='/_layouts/15/userphoto.aspx?size=S&accountname=' + [$Author.email]",
              "title": "[$Author.title]"
            },
            "style": {
              "display": "=if([$Author.email] == @me, 'none' , 'block')",
              "width": "50px",
              "height": "50px",
              "border-radius": "50%"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "elmType": "div",
        "style": {
          "display": "flex",
          "justify-content": "=if([$Author.email] == @me, 'flex-end' , 'flex-start')",
          "width": "70%"
        },
        "children": [
          {
            "elmType": "div",
            "style": {
              "display": "flex",
              "flex-direction": "column",
              "width": "80%",
              "padding": "15px",
              "border-radius": "10px"
            },
            "attributes": {
              "class": "=if([$Author.email] == @me, 'ms-bgColor-themeLighter' , 'ms-bgColor-neutralLighter')"
            },
            "children": [
              {
                "elmType": "div",
                "style": {
                  "padding-bottom": "3px"
                },
                "children": [
                  {
                    "elmType": "span",
                    "style": {
                      "padding-right": "10px"
                    },
                    "txtContent": "[$Author.title]"
                  },
                  {
                    "elmType": "span",
                    "txtContent": "[$Created]"
                  }
                ]
              },
              {
                "elmType": "div",
                "txtContent": "[$Title]",
                "style": {
                  "display": "=if([$Title] == '' , 'none' , 'block')",
                  "padding-bottom": "3px"
                },
                "attributes": {
                  "class": "ms-fontSize-18 ms-fontWeight-bold"
                }
              },
              {
                "elmType": "div",
                "txtContent": "[$Message]",
                "attributes": {
                  "class": "ms-fontSize-14"
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "elmType": "div",
        "style": {
          "display": "flex",
          "justify-content": "center",
          "width": "15%"
        },
        "children": [
          {
            "elmType": "img",
            "defaultHoverField": "[$Author]",
            "attributes": {
              "src": "='/_layouts/15/userphoto.aspx?size=S&accountname=' + [$Author.email]",
              "title": "[$Author.title]"
            },
            "style": {
              "display": "=if([$Author.email] == @me, 'block' , 'none')",
              "width": "50px",
              "height": "50px",
              "border-radius": "50%"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Summary

This sample formats your SharePoint list view to look like message chat bubbles! If the Author is the current user, the message will be displayed on the right.

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View requirements

Type	Internal Name	Required
Single line of text	Title
Multi line of text	Message	Yes
Person	Author	Yes
DateTime	Created	Yes

Show the default column Author and Created column in the view.
If you want to display the latest messages at the top, please sort them in descending order by Created.

Sample

Solution	Author(s)
message-chat-bubbles.json	Tetsuya Kawahara

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	November 19, 2020	Initial release

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