From 8b56a6ad0334f6f3027c9aa701b71efb68451a4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Federico Jaramillo Martinez <federicojaramillom@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 23:01:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add copy action to chat messages

---
 src/client/src/components/ChatView.ts | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/client/src/components/shared.ts   |  8 ++++-
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/client/src/components/ChatView.ts b/src/client/src/components/ChatView.ts
index 344148c..589a72b 100644
--- a/src/client/src/components/ChatView.ts
+++ b/src/client/src/components/ChatView.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export class ChatView extends LitElement {
   @state() private openGroupKeys = new Set<string>();
   @state() private loadedScrollPercent = 100;
   @state() private expandedMetaKey: string | undefined;
+  @state() private copiedMessageKey: string | undefined;
   private suppressScrollSave = false;
   private saveScrollTimer?: number;
   private lastScrollTop = 0;
@@ -188,7 +189,22 @@ export class ChatView extends LitElement {
     return html`
       <div class="msg-header">
         <b class="label">${message.role}</b>
-        <span class=${expanded ? "msg-meta expanded" : "msg-meta"} role="button" tabindex="0" title=${meta.full} aria-label=${meta.full} aria-expanded=${String(expanded)} @click=${() => { this.expandedMetaKey = expanded ? undefined : key; }} @keydown=${(event: KeyboardEvent) => { this.onMetaKeydown(event, key, expanded); }}>${meta.short}</span>
+        <div class="msg-header-trailing">
+          ${this.renderMessageActions(message, key)}
+          <span class=${expanded ? "msg-meta expanded" : "msg-meta"} role="button" tabindex="0" title=${meta.full} aria-label=${meta.full} aria-expanded=${String(expanded)} @click=${() => { this.expandedMetaKey = expanded ? undefined : key; }} @keydown=${(event: KeyboardEvent) => { this.onMetaKeydown(event, key, expanded); }}>${meta.short}</span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    `;
+  }
+
+  private renderMessageActions(message: ChatLine, key: string) {
+    if (!this.isCopyableMessage(message)) return null;
+    const copied = this.copiedMessageKey === key;
+    return html`
+      <div class="msg-actions" aria-label="Message actions">
+        <button type="button" class="msg-action" title=${copied ? "Copied" : "Copy message"} aria-label=${`${copied ? "Copied" : "Copy"} ${message.role} message`} @click=${(event: MouseEvent) => { void this.copyMessage(message, key, event); }}>
+          <span aria-hidden="true">${copied ? "✓" : "⧉"}</span>
+        </button>
       </div>
     `;
   }
@@ -199,6 +215,37 @@ export class ChatView extends LitElement {
     this.expandedMetaKey = expanded ? undefined : key;
   }
 
+  private isCopyableMessage(message: ChatLine): boolean {
+    return (message.role === "user" || message.role === "assistant") && this.messageCopyText(message) !== "";
+  }
+
+  private messageCopyText(message: ChatLine): string {
+    return message.parts
+      .filter((part): part is Extract<ChatPart, { type: "text" }> => part.type === "text")
+      .map((part) => part.text.trim())
+      .filter((text) => text !== "")
+      .join("\n\n");
+  }
+
+  private async copyMessage(message: ChatLine, key: string, event: MouseEvent): Promise<void> {
+    event.stopPropagation();
+    const ok = await this.writeClipboard(this.messageCopyText(message));
+    if (!ok) return;
+    this.copiedMessageKey = key;
+    window.setTimeout(() => {
+      if (this.copiedMessageKey === key) this.copiedMessageKey = undefined;
+    }, 1200);
+  }
+
+  private async writeClipboard(text: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    try {
+      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(text);
+      return true;
+    } catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   private messageMetaLabel(message: ChatLine): { short: string; full: string } {
     const timestamp = message.meta?.timestamp;
     const model = this.modelLabel(message);
diff --git a/src/client/src/components/shared.ts b/src/client/src/components/shared.ts
index 6dcbe7c..713c165 100644
--- a/src/client/src/components/shared.ts
+++ b/src/client/src/components/shared.ts
@@ -151,12 +151,18 @@ export const chatStyles = css`
   .session-activity span, .session-activity small { color: #8b949e; }
   .history-boundary small { color: #6e7681; }
   .msg-header { display: flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 8px; }
+  .msg-header-trailing { min-width: 0; display: inline-flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: flex-end; gap: 8px; }
+  .msg-actions { display: inline-flex; gap: 6px; opacity: 0; transition: opacity .12s ease; }
+  .msg-action { display: inline-grid; place-items: center; width: 24px; height: 24px; border: 1px solid #30363d; border-radius: 6px; background: #161b22; color: #8b949e; padding: 0; font: 14px system-ui, sans-serif; line-height: 1; cursor: pointer; }
+  .msg-action:hover, .msg-action:focus { color: #e6edf3; border-color: #58a6ff; }
+  .msg:hover > .msg-header .msg-actions, .msg:focus-within > .msg-header .msg-actions, .group-msg:hover > .msg-header .msg-actions, .group-msg:focus-within > .msg-header .msg-actions { opacity: 1; }
   .label { display: block; color: #8b949e; font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; }
   .msg-header .label { margin: 0; }
   .msg-meta { min-width: 0; opacity: .28; border: 0; background: transparent; color: #6e7681; padding: 0; font: 11px system-ui, sans-serif; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; transition: opacity .12s ease, max-width .12s ease; cursor: pointer; user-select: text; -webkit-user-select: text; }
-  .msg:hover > .msg-header .msg-meta, .msg:focus-within > .msg-header .msg-meta, .msg-meta:focus, .msg-meta.expanded { opacity: 1; }
+  .msg:hover > .msg-header .msg-meta, .msg:focus-within > .msg-header .msg-meta, .group-msg:hover > .msg-header .msg-meta, .group-msg:focus-within > .msg-header .msg-meta, .msg-meta:focus, .msg-meta.expanded { opacity: 1; }
   .msg-meta:focus { outline: 1px solid #30363d; outline-offset: 3px; border-radius: 4px; }
   @media (hover: none) {
+    .msg-actions { opacity: 1; }
     .msg-meta { opacity: .75; max-width: 26px; }
     .msg-meta::before { content: "ⓘ"; font-size: 13px; }
     .msg-meta:focus, .msg-meta.expanded { opacity: 1; max-width: 75%; }