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Overview

The Delete plugin handles any message that has been deleted (where getDeletedAt() returns a non-null value). It renders a placeholder bubble indicating the message was removed.
Live Preview — interact with the delete message bubble.Open in Storybook ↗

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Bubble Rendering

  • Placeholder text — “This message was deleted” (localized)
  • Styling — italic, muted text color, no bubble background for incoming
  • Variant — different styling for sent vs received deleted messages

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Resolution

The Delete plugin is special — it’s matched by the Plugin Registry’s deleted-message fast path, not by type+category. When the registry encounters a message with getDeletedAt() !== null, it immediately returns the Delete plugin regardless of the message’s original type. This means a deleted text message, deleted image, deleted poll — all render the same “deleted” placeholder.

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Context Menu Options

None — deleted messages have no context menu options.

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Conversation Preview

Returns: This message was deleted (localized via message_deleted key)

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CSS Selectors