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The message view frontend now gracefully handles consuming topics with large messages. Earlier they were rendered in DOM regardless of size, which caused the browser tab to either become sluggish or to crash altogether. Now only a chunk of a visible message is rendered.

In order to retain ability to inspect the message contents, there are buttons to go through the data in chunks, copy it to clipboard and to download it as a file.

Minor color changes were done to enhance contrast.

PR #2011 was an earlier iteration of this work, but it handled the issue on the backend.

The implementation was done with Github Copilot. It has been tested and revised in real world use.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Large message keys and values appear as bounded previews, with chunk navigation for longer content and notices when headers exceed the preview limit.
  • Copy and download actions preserve full message content; field actions apply to the selected field.
  • Reproducing a large message requires confirmation.
  • Confirmation dialogs support custom titles and button labels, improved keyboard navigation, and focus management.
  • Message tables can scroll horizontally on smaller screens.
• Bug Fixes
  • Message exports are prepared when requested rather than in advance.

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Rendering large messages in the frontend previously caused browser tabs to become sluggish or crash due to excessive DOM elements. To resolve this, the message view now renders only visible chunks of large messages while providing controls to navigate, copy, and download the data. Additionally, minor color adjustments were included to improve UI contrast.

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📝 Walkthrough

Large messages now use bounded, surrogate-safe previews in table rows and expanded content. Users can navigate preview chunks, copy or download complete message data, and defer JSON and CSV serialization until export. Opening oversized records in the producer editor requires confirmation.

Changes: Bounded message previews and exports

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preview limits and message rows documentation/large-message-previews.md, frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/preview.ts, frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/Message.tsx, frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/__test__/*, frontend/src/theme/theme.ts	Row content is limited to 512 UTF-16 code units. Expanded chunks and header previews are bounded at 64 KiB, with chunk boundaries that avoid splitting surrogate pairs. Oversized rows skip JSONPath processing and show truncation indicators.
Expanded previews and downloads frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/Message.tsx, frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/MessageContent/*, frontend/src/lib/hooks/useDataSaver.ts, frontend/src/lib/hooks/__tests__/useDataSaver.spec.tsx, frontend/src/theme/theme.ts	Expanded content supports chunk navigation, field-specific copy and downloads, and full-message downloads. The saver accepts data callbacks and evaluates them when copying or saving.
Deferred exports and table viewport documentation/large-message-previews.md, frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/Filters/*, frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/Messages.styled.ts, frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/MessagesTable.tsx, frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/__test__/MessagesTable.spec.tsx	JSON and CSV data is prepared when the selected export runs. The messages table is placed in a horizontally scrollable, focusable region.
Confirmation before reproducing large records frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/Message.tsx, frontend/src/components/common/ConfirmationModal/*, frontend/src/components/contexts/ConfirmContext.tsx, frontend/src/lib/hooks/useConfirm.ts, frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/__test__/Message.spec.tsx	Reproducing an oversized record requires confirmation. Confirmation prompts support custom titles and labels, keyboard focus management, Escape cancellation, and focus restoration.

Dropdown focus restoration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Restore focus to dropdown trigger frontend/src/components/common/Dropdown/Dropdown.tsx, frontend/src/components/common/Dropdown/__tests__/Dropdown.spec.tsx	After a menu item is selected, the dropdown returns focus to its trigger.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant MessagesTable
  participant Message
  participant MessageContent
  participant ContentPreview
  participant useDataSaver
  participant Browser
  MessagesTable->>Message: render message row
  User->>Message: expand message
  Message->>MessageContent: provide record and download handler
  MessageContent->>ContentPreview: provide active field and preview state
  User->>ContentPreview: navigate preview chunks
  User->>MessageContent: request download
  MessageContent->>useDataSaver: provide data when requested
  useDataSaver->>Browser: create and download file

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The confirmation dialog retains focus, so no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

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• frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/Message.tsx
• frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/MessageContent/ContentPreview.tsx
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• frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/MessagesTable.tsx
• frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/__test__/Message.spec.tsx
• frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/__test__/MessagesTable.spec.tsx
• frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/__test__/preview.spec.ts
• frontend/src/components/Topics/Topic/Messages/preview.ts
• frontend/src/components/common/ConfirmationModal/ConfirmationModal.styled.tsx
• frontend/src/components/common/ConfirmationModal/ConfirmationModal.tsx
• frontend/src/components/common/ConfirmationModal/__tests__/ConfirmationModal.spec.tsx
• frontend/src/components/contexts/ConfirmContext.tsx
• frontend/src/lib/hooks/__tests__/useDataSaver.spec.tsx
• frontend/src/lib/hooks/useConfirm.ts
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• frontend/src/theme/theme.ts

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