---
title: "Rocket Chat UI Objects Guide"
slug: "objects"
description: "Learn about UI objects in Rocket Chat. Build secure, structured elements to support collaboration and app workflows."
updated: 2025-06-20T06:18:25Z
published: 2025-06-20T06:18:25Z
canonical: "developer.rocket.chat/objects"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.rocket.chat/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Objects

**Objects** are common JSON objects that are used inside [blocks](/v1/docs/blocks) and [block elements](/v1/docs/block-elements).

## Text object

This is an object containing some text.

| Field | Type | Required? | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `type` | String | Yes | The type of text object that you want to add. The available values are `plain_text` and `mrkdwn`. |
| `text` | String | Yes | The actual text. |
| `emoji` | Boolean | No | Works with the `plain_text` type. |

**Example**

```json
{
  type: 'plain_text',
  text: 'lorem ipsum 🚀',
  emoji: true,
}
```

## Options object

This object is usually used to define options in interactive elements such as select menus and radio buttons.

| Field | Type | Required? | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `text` | Object{} | Yes | The text object that is to be displayed on the menu. |
| `value` | String | Yes | The value that the option represents. |

**Example**

```json
{
  value: 'option_1',
  text: {
      type: 'plain_text',
      text: 'lorem ipsum 🚀',
      emoji: true,
    }
}
```