From 1d78100f63e81b7c945c8eda2ce0e42a9986fad2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Hill <iamdavidhill@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:13:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] tweak(ui): allow full-width user message meta

Moves the user message meta row out of the bubble width constraints and truncates long metadata while keeping the timestamp visible with consistent middot spacing.
---
 packages/ui/src/components/message-part.css | 22 ++++++++++
 packages/ui/src/components/message-part.tsx | 47 ++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/message-part.css b/packages/ui/src/components/message-part.css
index 5b0a3cc17..ede7f5c90 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/message-part.css
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/message-part.css
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
     align-items: center;
     justify-content: flex-end;
     gap: 10px;
+    width: 100%;
     opacity: 0;
     pointer-events: none;
     transition: opacity 0.15s ease;
@@ -134,6 +135,27 @@
   [data-slot="user-message-meta"] {
     user-select: none;
     text-align: right;
+    flex: 1 1 auto;
+    min-width: 0;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+  }
+
+  [data-slot="user-message-meta-wrap"] {
+    flex: 1 1 auto;
+    min-width: 0;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: flex-end;
+    overflow: hidden;
+  }
+
+  [data-slot="user-message-meta-tail"] {
+    user-select: none;
+    flex: 0 0 auto;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    text-align: right;
   }
 
   [data-slot="user-message-copy-wrapper"][data-interrupted] {
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/message-part.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/message-part.tsx
index 8e74b14ba..cd0d8c779 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/message-part.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/message-part.tsx
@@ -560,16 +560,15 @@ export function UserMessageDisplay(props: { message: UserMessage; parts: PartTyp
     return `${hour12}:${minute} ${hours < 12 ? "AM" : "PM"}`
   })
 
-  const meta = createMemo(() => {
+  const metaHead = createMemo(() => {
     const agent = props.message.agent
-    const items = [
-      agent ? agent[0]?.toUpperCase() + agent.slice(1) : "",
-      provider(),
-      model(),
-      stamp(),
-      props.interrupted ? i18n.t("ui.message.interrupted") : "",
-    ]
-    return items.filter((x) => !!x).join(" \u00B7 ")
+    const items = [agent ? agent[0]?.toUpperCase() + agent.slice(1) : "", provider(), model()]
+    return items.filter((x) => !!x).join("\u00A0\u00B7\u00A0")
+  })
+
+  const metaTail = createMemo(() => {
+    const items = [stamp(), props.interrupted ? i18n.t("ui.message.interrupted") : ""]
+    return items.filter((x) => !!x).join("\u00A0\u00B7\u00A0")
   })
 
   const openImagePreview = (url: string, alt?: string) => {
@@ -619,14 +618,30 @@ export function UserMessageDisplay(props: { message: UserMessage; parts: PartTyp
         </div>
       </Show>
       <Show when={text()}>
-        <div data-slot="user-message-body">
-          <div data-slot="user-message-text">
-            <HighlightedText text={text()} references={inlineFiles()} agents={agents()} />
+        <>
+          <div data-slot="user-message-body">
+            <div data-slot="user-message-text">
+              <HighlightedText text={text()} references={inlineFiles()} agents={agents()} />
+            </div>
           </div>
           <div data-slot="user-message-copy-wrapper" data-interrupted={props.interrupted ? "" : undefined}>
-            <Show when={meta()}>
-              <span data-slot="user-message-meta" class="text-12-regular text-text-weak cursor-default">
-                {meta()}
+            <Show when={metaHead() || metaTail()}>
+              <span data-slot="user-message-meta-wrap">
+                <Show when={metaHead()}>
+                  <span data-slot="user-message-meta" class="text-12-regular text-text-weak cursor-default">
+                    {metaHead()}
+                  </span>
+                </Show>
+                <Show when={metaHead() && metaTail()}>
+                  <span data-slot="user-message-meta-sep" class="text-12-regular text-text-weak cursor-default">
+                    {"\u00A0\u00B7\u00A0"}
+                  </span>
+                </Show>
+                <Show when={metaTail()}>
+                  <span data-slot="user-message-meta-tail" class="text-12-regular text-text-weak cursor-default">
+                    {metaTail()}
+                  </span>
+                </Show>
               </span>
             </Show>
             <Tooltip
@@ -647,7 +662,7 @@ export function UserMessageDisplay(props: { message: UserMessage; parts: PartTyp
               />
             </Tooltip>
           </div>
-        </div>
+        </>
       </Show>
     </div>
   )