
A two sided billing thread where align and variant carry the sender.
@reui
c-bubble-1.tsx
import {
Avatar,
AvatarFallback,
AvatarImage,
} from "@/components/ui/avatar"
import { Bubble, BubbleContent } from "@/components/ui/bubble"
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card"
// The sender is carried by the variant and the side together. Colour alone
// leaves anyone who cannot separate the two shades with an unreadable thread,
// and a side alone reads as decoration rather than as authorship.
const thread: { id: string; from: "agent" | "you"; text: string }[] = [
{
id: "m1",
from: "you",
text: "Invoice INV-4417 was charged twice on Tuesday. Can you take a look?",
},
{
id: "m2",
from: "agent",
text: "Checking now. I can see two authorisations against INV-4417, both for $248.00.",
},
{
id: "m3",
from: "agent",
text: "The second one was a retry after the processor timed out, so only the first should have settled.",
},
{
id: "m4",
from: "you",
text: "That matches the bank statement. Please refund the retry.",
},
{
id: "m5",
from: "agent",
text: "Refunded. It leaves us today and reaches your card in 3 to 5 business days.",
},
]
export function Pattern() {
return (
<Card className="w-full max-w-sm">
{/* CardHeader is a grid by default, so the flex override is what puts the
avatar and the name on one row, and border-b is what switches on the
header's own bottom-padding rung. */}
<CardHeader className="flex flex-row items-center gap-3 border-b">
<Avatar size="sm">
<AvatarImage
src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1494790108377-be9c29b29330?w=96&h=96&dpr=2&q=80"
alt="Lena Ortiz"
/>
<AvatarFallback>LO</AvatarFallback>
</Avatar>
{/* The header's gap reaches its own children, not these two, so the
column needs a gap or the two lines render flush in every style. */}
<div className="flex min-w-0 flex-col gap-1">
<CardTitle>Lena Ortiz</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Billing support, replies in a few minutes
</CardDescription>
</div>
</CardHeader>
{/* align="end" resolves to align-self, so the turns have to sit in a flex
column. In a grid or a plain block every outbound turn silently stays
left. */}
<CardContent className="flex flex-col gap-3">
{thread.map((turn) => (
<Bubble
key={turn.id}
align={turn.from === "you" ? "end" : "start"}
variant={turn.from === "you" ? "default" : "muted"}
>
<BubbleContent>
{/* Side and variant are both purely visual, so the turn names its
own sender for a reader who receives neither. */}
<span className="sr-only">
{turn.from === "you" ? "You said: " : "Lena said: "}
</span>
{turn.text}
</BubbleContent>
</Bubble>
))}
</CardContent>
</Card>
)
}


























