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React Chat - Customization

Use the following properties to customize the DevExtreme Chat component:

Backend API
import React, { useState, useCallback } from 'react'; import Chat from 'devextreme-react/chat'; import type { ChatTypes } from 'devextreme-react/chat'; import SelectBox from 'devextreme-react/select-box'; import CheckBox from 'devextreme-react/check-box'; import type { CheckBoxTypes } from 'devextreme-react/check-box'; import type { Format } from 'devextreme-react/common/core/localization'; import { currentUser, messages as initialMessages, dayHeaderFormats as headerFormats, messageTimestampFormats as messageTimestamps, messageTimestampLabel, dayHeaderLabel, } from './data.ts'; type CheckBoxValue = CheckBoxTypes.Properties['value']; export default function App() { const [messages, setMessages] = useState<ChatTypes.Message[]>(initialMessages); const [showAvatar, setShowAvatar] = useState<CheckBoxValue>(true); const [showUsername, setShowUsername] = useState<CheckBoxValue>(true); const [showDayHeaders, setDayHeaders] = useState<CheckBoxValue>(true); const [dayHeaderFormat, setDayHeaderFormat] = useState<Format>(headerFormats[0]); const [showMessageTimestamp, setMessageTimestamp] = useState<CheckBoxValue>(true); const [messageTimestampFormat, setMessageTimestampFormat] = useState<Format>(messageTimestamps[0]); const [isDisabled, setDisabled] = useState<CheckBoxTypes.Properties['value']>(false); const onMessageEntered = useCallback(({ message }: ChatTypes.MessageEnteredEvent): void => { setMessages((prevMessages) => [...prevMessages, message]); }, []); return ( <> <div className="chat-container"> <Chat height={710} items={messages} user={currentUser} disabled={!!isDisabled} showAvatar={!!showAvatar} showUserName={!!showUsername} showDayHeaders={!!showDayHeaders} showMessageTimestamp={!!showMessageTimestamp} dayHeaderFormat={dayHeaderFormat} messageTimestampFormat={messageTimestampFormat} onMessageEntered={onMessageEntered} /> </div> <div className="options"> <div className="caption">Options</div> <div className="option"> <CheckBox text="Avatar" value={showAvatar} onValueChange={setShowAvatar} /> </div> <div className="option"> <CheckBox text="User Name" value={showUsername} onValueChange={setShowUsername} /> </div> <div className="option-separator"></div> <div className="option"> <CheckBox text="Day Headers" value={showDayHeaders} onValueChange={setDayHeaders} /> </div> <div className="option"> <span>Day Header Format:</span> <SelectBox items={headerFormats} value={dayHeaderFormat} inputAttr={dayHeaderLabel} onValueChange={setDayHeaderFormat} /> </div> <div className="option-separator"></div> <div className="option"> <CheckBox text="Message Timestamp" value={showMessageTimestamp} onValueChange={setMessageTimestamp} /> </div> <div className="option"> <span>Message Timestamp Format:</span> <SelectBox items={messageTimestamps} value={messageTimestampFormat} inputAttr= {messageTimestampLabel} onValueChange={setMessageTimestampFormat} /> </div> <div className="option-separator"></div> <div className="option"> <CheckBox text="Disable Chat" value={isDisabled} onValueChange={setDisabled} /> </div> </div> </> ); }
import React, { useState, useCallback } from 'react'; import Chat from 'devextreme-react/chat'; import SelectBox from 'devextreme-react/select-box'; import CheckBox from 'devextreme-react/check-box'; import { currentUser, messages as initialMessages, dayHeaderFormats as headerFormats, messageTimestampFormats as messageTimestamps, messageTimestampLabel, dayHeaderLabel, } from './data.js'; export default function App() { const [messages, setMessages] = useState(initialMessages); const [showAvatar, setShowAvatar] = useState(true); const [showUsername, setShowUsername] = useState(true); const [showDayHeaders, setDayHeaders] = useState(true); const [dayHeaderFormat, setDayHeaderFormat] = useState(headerFormats[0]); const [showMessageTimestamp, setMessageTimestamp] = useState(true); const [messageTimestampFormat, setMessageTimestampFormat] = useState(messageTimestamps[0]); const [isDisabled, setDisabled] = useState(false); const onMessageEntered = useCallback(({ message }) => { setMessages((prevMessages) => [...prevMessages, message]); }, []); return ( <> <div className="chat-container"> <Chat height={710} items={messages} user={currentUser} disabled={!!isDisabled} showAvatar={!!showAvatar} showUserName={!!showUsername} showDayHeaders={!!showDayHeaders} showMessageTimestamp={!!showMessageTimestamp} dayHeaderFormat={dayHeaderFormat} messageTimestampFormat={messageTimestampFormat} onMessageEntered={onMessageEntered} /> </div> <div className="options"> <div className="caption">Options</div> <div className="option"> <CheckBox text="Avatar" value={showAvatar} onValueChange={setShowAvatar} /> </div> <div className="option"> <CheckBox text="User Name" value={showUsername} onValueChange={setShowUsername} /> </div> <div className="option-separator"></div> <div className="option"> <CheckBox text="Day Headers" value={showDayHeaders} onValueChange={setDayHeaders} /> </div> <div className="option"> <span>Day Header Format:</span> <SelectBox items={headerFormats} value={dayHeaderFormat} inputAttr={dayHeaderLabel} onValueChange={setDayHeaderFormat} /> </div> <div className="option-separator"></div> <div className="option"> <CheckBox text="Message Timestamp" value={showMessageTimestamp} onValueChange={setMessageTimestamp} /> </div> <div className="option"> <span>Message Timestamp Format:</span> <SelectBox items={messageTimestamps} value={messageTimestampFormat} inputAttr={messageTimestampLabel} onValueChange={setMessageTimestampFormat} /> </div> <div className="option-separator"></div> <div className="option"> <CheckBox text="Disable Chat" value={isDisabled} onValueChange={setDisabled} /> </div> </div> </> ); }
import React from 'react'; import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'; import App from './App.tsx'; ReactDOM.render( <App />, document.getElementById('app'), );
import type { ChatTypes } from 'devextreme-react/chat'; import type { Format } from 'devextreme-react/common/core/localization'; function getTimestamp(date: Date, offsetMinutes = 0) { return date.getTime() + offsetMinutes * 60000; } const date = new Date(); date.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0); export const currentUser: ChatTypes.User = { id: 'c94c0e76-fb49-4b9b-8f07-9f93ed93b4f3', name: 'John Doe', }; export const supportAgent: ChatTypes.User = { id: 'd16d1a4c-5c67-4e20-b70e-2991c22747c3', name: 'Support Agent', avatarUrl: '../../../../images/petersmith.png', }; export const messages: ChatTypes.Message[] = [ { timestamp: getTimestamp(date, -9), author: supportAgent, text: 'Hello, John!\nHow can I assist you today?', }, { timestamp: getTimestamp(date, -7), author: currentUser, text: 'Hi, I\'m having trouble accessing my account.', }, { timestamp: getTimestamp(date, -7), author: currentUser, text: 'It says my password is incorrect.', }, { timestamp: getTimestamp(date, -7), author: supportAgent, text: 'I can help you with that. Can you please confirm your UserID for security purposes?', }, { timestamp: getTimestamp(date, 1), author: currentUser, text: 'john.doe1357', }, { timestamp: getTimestamp(date, 1), author: supportAgent, text: '✅ Instructions to restore access have been sent to the email address associated with your account.', }, ]; export const dayHeaderFormats: Format[] = ['dd/MM/yyyy', 'dd.MM.yyyy', 'MMMM dd, yyyy', 'EEEE, MMMM dd']; export const messageTimestampFormats: Format[] = ['hh:mm a', 'hh:mm:ss a', 'HH:mm', 'HH:mm:ss']; export const messageTimestampLabel = { 'aria-label': 'Message Timestamp Format' }; export const dayHeaderLabel = { 'aria-label': 'Day Header Format' };
import React from 'react'; import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'; import App from './App.js'; ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));
function getTimestamp(date, offsetMinutes = 0) { return date.getTime() + offsetMinutes * 60000; } const date = new Date(); date.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0); export const currentUser = { id: 'c94c0e76-fb49-4b9b-8f07-9f93ed93b4f3', name: 'John Doe', }; export const supportAgent = { id: 'd16d1a4c-5c67-4e20-b70e-2991c22747c3', name: 'Support Agent', avatarUrl: '../../../../images/petersmith.png', }; export const messages = [ { timestamp: getTimestamp(date, -9), author: supportAgent, text: 'Hello, John!\nHow can I assist you today?', }, { timestamp: getTimestamp(date, -7), author: currentUser, text: "Hi, I'm having trouble accessing my account.", }, { timestamp: getTimestamp(date, -7), author: currentUser, text: 'It says my password is incorrect.', }, { timestamp: getTimestamp(date, -7), author: supportAgent, text: 'I can help you with that. Can you please confirm your UserID for security purposes?', }, { timestamp: getTimestamp(date, 1), author: currentUser, text: 'john.doe1357', }, { timestamp: getTimestamp(date, 1), author: supportAgent, text: '✅ Instructions to restore access have been sent to the email address associated with your account.', }, ]; export const dayHeaderFormats = ['dd/MM/yyyy', 'dd.MM.yyyy', 'MMMM dd, yyyy', 'EEEE, MMMM dd']; export const messageTimestampFormats = ['hh:mm a', 'hh:mm:ss a', 'HH:mm', 'HH:mm:ss']; export const messageTimestampLabel = { 'aria-label': 'Message Timestamp Format' }; export const dayHeaderLabel = { 'aria-label': 'Day Header Format' };
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>DevExtreme Demo</title> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=5.0" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn3.devexpress.com/jslib/26.1.5/css/dx.light.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./bundle.css" /> </head> <body class="dx-viewport"> <div class="demo-container"> <div id="app"></div> </div> <script src="bundles/vendor/react.vendor.js"></script> <script src="./bundle.js"></script> </body> </html>
#app { min-width: 720px; display: flex; gap: 20px; } .chat-container { display: flex; flex-grow: 1; align-items: center; justify-content: center; } .options { padding: 20px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; min-width: 280px; background-color: rgba(191, 191, 191, 0.15); gap: 16px; } .dx-chat { max-width: 480px; } .caption { font-size: var(--dx-font-size-sm); font-weight: 500; } .option-separator { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--dx-color-border); } .dx-avatar { border: 1px solid var(--dx-color-border); }