Feature request: role-based styling for user messages in Codex app conversation view
Open 💬 2 comments Opened May 16, 2026 by roothider
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What variant of Codex are you using?
app
What feature would you like to see?
Codex app conversations become hard to scan in long threads because user messages are not visually distinct enough from agent output and tool/progress items.
Please add first-class role-based styling for user messages in the Codex app conversation view:
- distinct user message background or left accent bar
- optional "jump to previous/next user message"
- Appearance setting for userMessage / agentMessage semantic colors
- preserve accessibility contrast in light and dark themes
This should be app-side only; app-server already exposes ThreadItem types such as userMessage and agentMessage.
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