microsoft · OEvgeny · Jul 18, 2025 · May 12, 2025 · May 13, 2025 · Jul 17, 2025
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ Notes: web developers are advised to use [`~` (tilde range)](https://github.com/
 - Fixed [#5446](https://github.com/microsoft/BotFramework-WebChat/issues/5446). Embedded `uuid` so `microsoft-cognitiveservices-speech-sdk` do not need to use dynamic loading, as this could fail in Webpack 4 environment, in PR [#5445](https://github.com/microsoft/BotFramework-WebChat/pull/5445), by [@compulim](https://github.com/compulim)
 - Fixed [#5476](https://github.com/microsoft/BotFramework-WebChat/issues/5476). Modernizing components through memoization and use [`valibot`](https://npmjs.com/package/valibot) for props validation, by [@compulim](https://github.com/compulim)
 - Ported `useSuggestedActions` to use React hooks as backend instead of Redux store, in PR [#5489](https://github.com/microsoft/BotFramework-WebChat/pull/5489), by [@compulim](https://github.com/compulim)
+- Removed `StarterPromptsCardAction` during `blueprint` ui state in PR [#5477](https://github.com/microsoft/BotFramework-WebChat/pull/5477), by [@jcheung824](https://github.com/jcheung824)
 
 ### Fixed
 

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en-US">
+  <head>
+    <link href="/assets/index.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
+    <script crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://unpkg.com/@babel/standalone@7.8.7/babel.min.js"></script>
+    <script crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://unpkg.com/react@16.8.6/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
+    <script crossorigin="anonymous" src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16.8.6/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
+    <script crossorigin="anonymous" src="/test-harness.js"></script>
+    <script crossorigin="anonymous" src="/test-page-object.js"></script>
+    <script crossorigin="anonymous" src="/__dist__/webchat-es5.js"></script>
+    <script crossorigin="anonymous" src="/__dist__/botframework-webchat-fluent-theme.production.min.js"></script>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <main id="webchat"></main>
+    <script type="text/babel">
+      run(async function () {
+        await host.windowSize(720, 640, document.getElementById('webchat'));
+
+        const {
+          React,
+          ReactDOM: { render },
+          WebChat: { FluentThemeProvider, ReactWebChat }
+        } = window; // Imports in UMD fashion.
+
+        const { directLine, store } = testHelpers.createDirectLineEmulator();
+
+        const App = () => <ReactWebChat directLine={directLine} store={store} uiState={'blueprint'} />;
+
+        render(
+          <FluentThemeProvider>
+            <App />
+          </FluentThemeProvider>,
+          document.getElementById('webchat')
+        );
+
+        await pageConditions.uiConnected();
+
+        await directLine
+
+        await directLine.emulateIncomingActivity({
+          entities: [
+            {
+              '@context': 'https://schema.org',
+              '@id': '',
+              '@type': 'Message',
+              keywords: ['PreChatMessage'],
+              type: 'https://schema.org/Message',
+              author: {
+                '@context': 'https://schema.org',
+                '@type': 'Person',
+                type: 'https://schema.org/Person',
+                description: 'Ready to explore? Select one of the suggestions below to get started...',
+                name: 'Onboarding Buddy',
+                image: 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+              }
+            }
+          ],
+          type: 'message'
+        });
+
+        await pageConditions.numActivitiesShown(1);
+
+        expect(document.querySelectorAll(`[data-testid="${WebChat.testIds.preChatMessageActivityStarterPromptsCardAction}"]`).length).toBe(0);
+
+        await host.snapshot('local');
+      });
+    </script>
+  </body>
+</html> 
@@ -184,12 +184,7 @@
           document.querySelectorAll(
             `[data-testid="${WebChat.testIds.preChatMessageActivityStarterPromptsCardAction}"]:not(button)`
           )
-        ).toHaveLength(3);
-
-        // THEN: Card action height should kept the same.
-        expect(
-          document.querySelector(`[data-testid="${WebChat.testIds.preChatMessageActivityStarterPromptsCardAction}"]`)
-        ).toHaveProperty('clientHeight', cardActionClientHeight);
+        ).toHaveLength(0);
 
         // THEN: Send box container height should kept the same.
         expect(document.querySelector(`[data-testid="${WebChat.testIds.sendBoxContainer}"]`)).toHaveProperty(

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
           document.querySelectorAll(
             `[data-testid="${WebChat.testIds.preChatMessageActivityStarterPromptsCardAction}"]:not(button)`
           )
-        ).toHaveLength(3);
+        ).toHaveLength(0);
 
         // THEN: Should match screenshot.
         await host.snapshot('local');

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 }
 
 :global(.webchat-fluent) .pre-chat-message-activity__body--blueprint {
-  opacity: 60%;
+  opacity: 65%;
 
   .pre-chat-message-activity__body-avatar {
     filter: grayscale(1);

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { hooks } from 'botframework-webchat-api';
 import { type DirectLineCardAction } from 'botframework-webchat-core';
 import cx from 'classnames';
-import React, { Fragment, memo } from 'react';
+import React, { memo } from 'react';
 import { useStyles } from '../../styles/index.js';
 import StarterPromptsCardAction from './StarterPromptsCardAction.js';
 import styles from './StarterPromptsToolbar.module.css';
@@ -21,22 +21,15 @@ const StarterPromptsToolbar = ({ cardActions, className }: Props) => {
     // TODO: Accessibility-wise, this should be role="toolbar" with keyboard navigation.
     <div className={cx(className, classNames['pre-chat-message-activity__card-action-toolbar'])}>
       <div className={classNames['pre-chat-message-activity__card-action-toolbar-grid']}>
-        {uiState === 'blueprint' ? (
-          <Fragment>
-            <StarterPromptsCardAction />
-            <StarterPromptsCardAction />
-            <StarterPromptsCardAction />
-          </Fragment>
-        ) : (
+        {uiState !== 'blueprint' &&
           cardActions
             .filter<DirectLineCardAction & { type: 'messageBack' }>(
               (card: DirectLineCardAction): card is DirectLineCardAction & { type: 'messageBack' } =>
                 card.type === 'messageBack'
             )
             // There is no other usable keys in card actions.
             // eslint-disable-next-line react/no-array-index-key
-            .map((cardAction, index) => <StarterPromptsCardAction key={index} messageBackAction={cardAction} />)
-        )}
+            .map((cardAction, index) => <StarterPromptsCardAction key={index} messageBackAction={cardAction} />)}
       </div>
     </div>
   );