---
id: customize_message_actions
sidebar_position: 8
title: Customize Message Actions
---

Customizing Message Actions

### Introduction

Message actions pop up in message overlay, when you long-press a message.

![](../assets/message_actions.png)

We have provided granular control over these actions.

By default we render the following message actions:

* edit message

* delete message

* reply

* thread reply

* copy message

* flag message

* pin message

:::note
Edit and delete message are only available on messages sent by the user.
Additionally, pinning a message requires you to add the roles which are allowed to pin messages.
:::

### Partially remove some message actions

For example, if you only want to keep "copy message" and "delete message",
here is how to do it using the `messageBuilder` with our `MessageWidget`.

```dart
MessageListView(
  messageBuilder: (context, details, messages, defaultMessage) {
    return defaultMessage.copyWith(
        showFlagButton: false,
        showEditMessage: false,
        showCopyMessage: true,
        showDeleteMessage: details.isMyMessage,
        showReplyMessage: false,
        showThreadReplyMessage: false,
    );
  },
)
```

### Add a new custom message action

The SDK also allows you to add new actions into the dialog.

For example, let's suppose you want to introduce a new message action - "Demo Action":

We use the `customActions` parameter of the `MessageWidget` to add extra actions.

```dart
MessageListView(
  messageBuilder: (context, details, messages, defaultMessage) {
    return defaultMessage.copyWith(
      customActions: [
        MessageAction(
          leading: Icon(Icons.add),
          title: Text('Demo Action'),
          onTap: (message) {
            /// Complete action here
          },
        ),
      ],
    );
  },
)
```
