How to update the name of a chat message, or set a prop with a space

[zilch42]

Question

Hi there,

I am trying to update the name of a chat message after creation. I found a method by using .props, but it doesn't work if the new name contains a space. What's the correct way to do this?

from nicegui import ui

@ui.page('/')
def main():
    with ui.column():
        # This works fine 
        msg1 = ui.chat_message('Hello!', name='Smart Bot')
        msg2 = ui.chat_message('Hello!', name='Smart Bot')
        msg3 = ui.chat_message('Hello!', name='Smart Bot')
        
        # This gets cut off
        new_name = 'Smarter Bot'
        msg2.props(f'name={new_name}')
        
        # This changes nothing 
        with msg3 as m:
            m.name = 'Smartest Bot'
            m.update()

ui.run()

[rodja]

You need to quote the name:

msg2.props(f'name="{new_name}"')

[zilch42]

🤦‍♂️ thank you

[falkoschindler]

Alternatively you can use .props like a dictionary:

msg2.props['name'] = new_name

or

msg2.props.update(name=new_name)