A lightweight Unity UI utility for rendering chat-style message bubbles inside a ScrollRect.
It handles only the view layer of a chat or dialogue system, keeping gameplay, networking, and data logic fully decoupled.

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Key Features

• Focused on simplicity, customization, and fast iteration.
• Automatically generates sent and received chat bubbles and places them inside a ScrollRect.
• Manages layout, spacing, and resizing without manual UI wiring.
• Exposes a deliberately minimal public API:

1AppendMessage(string message, BubbleType bubbleType);
2ClearMessages();

• Fully customizable through prefabs, not code.
• ReceivedMessage_Default.prefab is a variant of SentMessage_Default.prefab, ensuring visual consistency with easy overrides.
• Layout controlled via Unity’s HorizontalLayoutGroup and VerticalLayoutGroup.
• 9-sliced sprites recommended for scalable chat bubbles.
• Includes editor tools to preview chat bubbles without entering Play Mode:
  • Add Test Chats
  • Clear Test Chats
• Includes a sample scene for reference.