Feature request: role-based styling for user messages in Codex app conversation view

Open 💬 2 comments Opened May 16, 2026 by roothider
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

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.

Additional information

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2 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 3 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

  • #22657
  • #21732

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roothider · 3 months ago
Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate. Sticky user messages #22657 TUI shortcut to jump between user prompts in the transcript #21732 _Powered by Codex Action_

no, they're different!