# Reply actions in the footer

> Copy, regenerate and rating controls under an unframed assistant reply.

A shadcn/ui block from the [@reui](https://reui.io) registry, listed on [shadcn.exchange](https://shadcn.exchange/r/reui/c-message-4).

- Page, with a live preview: https://shadcn.exchange/r/reui/c-message-4
- Screenshot: https://abzjhwgwpdpz7ua5.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/shots/reui/c-message-4-light-d6e2c6d9ba62eb37.png
- Registry item: https://reui.io/r/new-york-v4/c-message-4.json
- Listed: 2026-10-13, source last changed 2026-10-13

## Install

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add https://reui.io/r/new-york-v4/c-message-4.json
```

Run it in a project that has shadcn/ui set up. It adds the files below and installs what they depend on.

## Dependencies

- Registry items: `bubble`, `button`, `message`

## Files

### `c-message-4.tsx`

```tsx
"use client"

import { useEffect, useState } from "react"

import { Bubble, BubbleContent } from "@/components/ui/bubble"
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import {
  Message,
  MessageContent,
  MessageFooter,
} from "@/components/ui/message"
import { IconPlaceholder } from "@/app/(create)/components/icon-placeholder"

/*
 * Two drafts, because Regenerate has to return a visibly different answer to
 * teach anything. One draft and a spinner reads as a button that is broken.
 */
const DRAFTS = [
  [
    "4.2 moves invoicing onto the new tax service, so EU orders now carry a VAT line on the PDF, the hosted receipt and the CSV export.",
    "Two smaller changes ride along: the billing portal keeps the filters you left it on, and a failed payment retries twice before it is marked overdue.",
  ],
  [
    "The headline in 4.2 is EU VAT. It is calculated per order rather than per account, and it shows up everywhere an amount does.",
    "We also cleared a long-standing annoyance in the billing portal: filters survive a reload, and overdue is only set after two failed retries.",
  ],
]

/*
 * A rating belongs to the answer that earned it, so regenerating clears it.
 * A thumb left lit reads as feedback on a draft nobody rated.
 */
export function Pattern() {
  const [draftIndex, setDraftIndex] = useState(0)
  const [vote, setVote] = useState<"up" | "down" | null>(null)
  const [copied, setCopied] = useState(false)

  const draft = DRAFTS[draftIndex]

  /*
   * What goes to the clipboard is derived from draft during render, so this
   * timed label is the only thing the effect has to unwind.
   */
  useEffect(() => {
    if (!copied) return
    const id = window.setTimeout(() => setCopied(false), 1600)
    return () => window.clearTimeout(id)
  }, [copied])

  return (
    <div className="mx-auto flex w-full max-w-2xl flex-col gap-6">
      <Message align="end">
        <MessageContent>
          <Bubble variant="muted">
            <BubbleContent>
              Summarise what changed in 4.2 for the customer note.
            </BubbleContent>
          </Bubble>
        </MessageContent>
      </Message>

      <Message>
        <MessageContent>
          {/*
            A ghost variant anywhere in the row drops the padding the footer
            would otherwise inherit, which sits the toolbar flush with the
            prose. aria-live carries a swapped draft to a screen reader.
          */}
          <Bubble variant="ghost" aria-live="polite">
            <BubbleContent>
              <div className="space-y-3">
                {draft.map((paragraph) => (
                  <p key={paragraph}>{paragraph}</p>
                ))}
              </div>
            </BubbleContent>
          </Bubble>
          <MessageFooter className="gap-0.5">
            <span className="pe-1 tabular-nums">09:41</span>
            {/*
              Copy is a one-shot, so it carries no aria-pressed. A pressed
              rating swaps variant, because no style tunes a colour override.
            */}
            <Button
              type="button"
              variant="ghost"
              size="icon-xs"
              aria-label={copied ? "Reply copied" : "Copy reply"}
              title={copied ? "Copied" : "Copy"}
              onClick={() => {
                /*
                 * Optional-chained twice: a page served over plain http has no
                 * navigator.clipboard at all. The label flips either way.
                 */
                void navigator.clipboard?.writeText?.(draft.join("\n\n"))
                setCopied(true)
              }}
            >
              {copied ? (
                <IconPlaceholder
                  lucide="CheckIcon"
                  tabler="IconCheck"
                  hugeicons="Tick02Icon"
                  phosphor="CheckIcon"
                  remixicon="RiCheckLine"
                  aria-hidden="true"
                />
              ) : (
                <IconPlaceholder
                  lucide="CopyIcon"
                  tabler="IconCopy"
                  hugeicons="Copy01Icon"
                  phosphor="CopyIcon"
                  remixicon="RiFileCopyLine"
                  aria-hidden="true"
                />
              )}
            </Button>
            <Button
              type="button"
              variant="ghost"
              size="icon-xs"
              aria-label="Regenerate reply"
              title="Regenerate"
              onClick={() => {
                setDraftIndex((index) => (index + 1) % DRAFTS.length)
                setVote(null)
              }}
            >
              <IconPlaceholder
                lucide="RefreshCwIcon"
                tabler="IconRefreshDot"
                hugeicons="Refresh04Icon"
                phosphor="ArrowsClockwiseIcon"
                remixicon="RiRestartLine"
                aria-hidden="true"
              />
            </Button>
            <Button
              type="button"
              variant={vote === "up" ? "secondary" : "ghost"}
              size="icon-xs"
              aria-label="Good reply"
              title="Good reply"
              aria-pressed={vote === "up"}
              onClick={() => setVote(vote === "up" ? null : "up")}
            >
              <IconPlaceholder
                lucide="ThumbsUpIcon"
                tabler="IconThumbUp"
                hugeicons="ThumbsUpIcon"
                phosphor="ThumbsUpIcon"
                remixicon="RiThumbUpLine"
                aria-hidden="true"
              />
            </Button>
            <Button
              type="button"
              variant={vote === "down" ? "secondary" : "ghost"}
              size="icon-xs"
              aria-label="Bad reply"
              title="Bad reply"
              aria-pressed={vote === "down"}
              onClick={() => setVote(vote === "down" ? null : "down")}
            >
              <IconPlaceholder
                lucide="ThumbsDownIcon"
                tabler="IconThumbDown"
                hugeicons="ThumbsDownIcon"
                phosphor="ThumbsDownIcon"
                remixicon="RiThumbDownLine"
                aria-hidden="true"
              />
            </Button>
          </MessageFooter>
        </MessageContent>
      </Message>
    </div>
  )
}
```