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title: RtkChatMessagesUi
description: API reference for RtkChatMessagesUi component (React Library)
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# RtkChatMessagesUi

@deprecated Use `rtk-chat-messages-ui-paginated` instead.

## Properties

| Property       | Type      | Required | Default         | Description                         |
| -------------- | --------- | -------- | --------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| canPinMessages | boolean   | ✅        | \-              | Can current user pin/unpin messages |
| iconPack       | IconPack1 | ❌        | defaultIconPack | Icon pack                           |
| messages       | Chat\[\]  | ✅        | \-              | Chat Messages                       |
| selectedGroup  | string    | ✅        | \-              | Selected group key                  |
| selfUserId     | string    | ✅        | \-              | User ID of self user                |
| size           | Size1     | ✅        | \-              | Size                                |
| t              | RtkI18n   | ❌        | useLanguage()   | Language                            |

## Usage Examples

### Basic Usage

```
import { RtkChatMessagesUi } from '@cloudflare/realtimekit-react-ui';
function MyComponent() {  return <RtkChatMessagesUi />;}
```

### With Properties

```
import { RtkChatMessagesUi } from '@cloudflare/realtimekit-react-ui';
function MyComponent() {  return (    <RtkChatMessagesUi      canPinMessages={true}      messages={[]}      selectedGroup="example"    />  );}
```

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