For AI agents: the complete documentation index is available at https://a3s-lab.github.io/UI/v0.4.1/en/llms.txt, the full documentation bundle is available at https://a3s-lab.github.io/UI/v0.4.1/en/llms-full.txt, and this page is available as Markdown at https://a3s-lab.github.io/UI/v0.4.1/en/components/message-citation.md.
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      • Message Citation

      Message Citation links one claim to a named source without interrupting the reading flow. Source retrieval and preview behavior belong to the application.

      Live preview

      The package exposes stable semantic selectors for every public component 1Component manifestcomponents.json.

      Usage

      <a class="message-citation" href="#source-1">
  <span data-citation-index>1</span>
  <span data-citation-title>Component manifest</span>
  <span data-citation-source>components.json</span>
</a>

      Parameters

      APIValuesPurpose
      Root <a>RequiredNative navigation to the source
      data-citation-indexOptionalCompact reference index
      data-citation-titleRequiredHuman-readable source title
      data-citation-sourceOptionalHost, file, or publisher

      States and variants

      Unavailable citations remain text with a clear unavailable label; do not leave broken links active.

      Accessibility

      The link name must make sense outside the surrounding sentence. Restore focus after closing a citation preview.