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Chat 1: team chat with threads

A team chat: channels and direct messages with unread counts and presence, messages grouped by person and day with a New divider, reactions, threads, @mentions that suggest people, and Retry when a message fails to send.

State

The normal view. Pick a state to see what the block shows while it loads, is empty or fails.

Open in v0 (opens in a new tab)

Installation

$ pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @ballmac/chat-1

Usage

Example: chat-1-demo.tsx
"use client"

import { Chat1 } from "@/components/ballmac/blocks/chat-1/chat-1"

export default function Chat1Demo() {
  return <Chat1 onSend={() => {}} />
}

States

Pass state and the block does the rest: skeletons that match its layout, a clear empty message, an error you can retry, and announcements for screen readers.

  • Loading

    Skeleton messages while the channel loads; the sidebar and composer stay usable.

    state="loading"
  • New channel

    "This is the start of #channel" with a prompt to say hello; emptyState sets the copy.

    state="empty" (or a channel with no messages)
  • Could not load

    An alert with Try again (onRetry). A single message that fails to send shows Not sent and Retry instead.

    state="error"

Quality scorecard

8/8

Every applicable check passes

Measured in Chromium 153.0.8010.12 on October 19, 2026, on version 1.0.0, across 5 examples.

How we measure
  • Passed: Accessibility scan

    No serious or critical issues in light and dark, on a phone and a desktop (axe-core 4.13.0, WCAG 2.1 AA and best-practice rules).

  • Passed: Small screens

    No sideways scrolling at 360, 390 or 1280 px wide.

  • Passed: Reduced motion

    Every endless animation stops when the visitor asks for less motion.

  • Passed: Right to left

    Mirrors correctly in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu layouts (1% of elements off the mirror, limit 15%).

  • Passed: Clean console

    No console errors or React hydration errors while loading.

  • Passed: Keyboard

    41 tab stops, each showing a visible change when it takes focus. 4 documented keys.

  • Passed: Loading, empty and error

    Ships loading, empty, error states, each with an example.

  • Passed: Automated tests

    Covered by chat-1.test.tsx.

  • For information: Footprint

    7.5 KB of source (gzip) in 1 file. Installs lucide-react.

Automated checks find a subset of problems and do not replace testing with a screen reader and a keyboard in your own app. What they miss.

Dependencies

Use with AI

A Slack-style team chat. <Chat1 people={[{ id, name, status }]} meId channels={[{ id, name, kind: 'channel' | 'dm', private, topic, unread, personId }]} messages={{ [channelId]: [{ id, authorId, text, day, time, reactions, replies }] }} firstUnread={{ [channelId]: messageId }} onSend={async ({ channelId, text, threadId }) => …} onReact onChannelChange />. Messages appear straight away while sending; throw from onSend to mark one Not sent with Retry. With the shadcn MCP server set up (guide), ask your agent:

Add the Ballmac UI Chat 1: team chat with threads (@ballmac/chat-1) to this project with the shadcn MCP, then use it where it fits.

Use it for

  • Team or community messaging inside a product
  • Customer conversations with internal threads

Not for

  • Talking to an AI assistant (use ai-chat-1 or ai-chat-2)
  • Email-style threads (use mail-1)

Registry JSON: https://ui.ballmac.com/r/chat-1.json

Free to use in personal and commercial projects.

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