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React Chat - Customization

Use the following properties to customize the Chat component:

Backend API
import React, { useState, useCallback } from 'react'; import Chat, { ChatTypes } from 'devextreme-react/chat'; import { MessageEnteredEvent } from 'devextreme/ui/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.ts'; export default function App() { const [messages, setMessages] = useState<ChatTypes.Message[]>(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 }: MessageEnteredEvent) => { setMessages((prevMessages) => [...prevMessages, message]); }, []); return ( <React.Fragment> <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> </React.Fragment> ); }
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 ( <React.Fragment> <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> </React.Fragment> ); }
import React from 'react'; import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'; import App from './App.tsx'; ReactDOM.render( <App />, document.getElementById('app'), );
import { ChatTypes } from 'devextreme-react/chat'; function getTimestamp(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 = [ { 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' };
window.exports = window.exports || {}; window.config = { transpiler: 'ts', typescriptOptions: { module: 'system', emitDecoratorMetadata: true, experimentalDecorators: true, jsx: 'react', }, meta: { 'react': { 'esModule': true, }, 'typescript': { 'exports': 'ts', }, 'devextreme/time_zone_utils.js': { 'esModule': true, }, 'devextreme/localization.js': { 'esModule': true, }, 'devextreme/viz/palette.js': { 'esModule': true, }, 'openai': { 'esModule': true, }, }, paths: { 'npm:': 'https://unpkg.com/', 'bundles:': '../../../../bundles/', 'externals:': '../../../../bundles/externals/', }, defaultExtension: 'js', map: { 'ts': 'npm:plugin-typescript@8.0.0/lib/plugin.js', 'typescript': 'npm:typescript@4.2.4/lib/typescript.js', 'jszip': 'npm:jszip@3.10.1/dist/jszip.min.js', 'react': 'npm:react@17.0.2/umd/react.development.js', 'react-dom': 'npm:react-dom@17.0.2/umd/react-dom.development.js', 'prop-types': 'npm:prop-types/prop-types.js', 'rrule': 'npm:rrule@2.6.4/dist/es5/rrule.js', 'luxon': 'npm:luxon@3.4.4/build/global/luxon.min.js', 'es6-object-assign': 'npm:es6-object-assign', 'devextreme': 'npm:devextreme@link:../../packages/devextreme/artifacts/npm/devextreme/cjs', 'devextreme-react': 'npm:devextreme-react@link:../../packages/devextreme-react/npm/cjs', 'devextreme-quill': 'npm:devextreme-quill@1.7.1/dist/dx-quill.min.js', 'devexpress-diagram': 'npm:devexpress-diagram@2.2.5/dist/dx-diagram.js', 'devexpress-gantt': 'npm:devexpress-gantt@4.1.54/dist/dx-gantt.js', '@devextreme/runtime': 'npm:@devextreme/runtime@3.0.12', 'inferno': 'npm:inferno@7.4.11/dist/inferno.min.js', 'inferno-compat': 'npm:inferno-compat/dist/inferno-compat.min.js', 'inferno-create-element': 'npm:inferno-create-element@7.4.11/dist/inferno-create-element.min.js', 'inferno-dom': 'npm:inferno-dom/dist/inferno-dom.min.js', 'inferno-hydrate': 'npm:inferno-hydrate/dist/inferno-hydrate.min.js', 'inferno-clone-vnode': 'npm:inferno-clone-vnode/dist/inferno-clone-vnode.min.js', 'inferno-create-class': 'npm:inferno-create-class/dist/inferno-create-class.min.js', 'inferno-extras': 'npm:inferno-extras/dist/inferno-extras.min.js', 'devextreme-cldr-data': 'npm:devextreme-cldr-data@1.0.3', // SystemJS plugins 'plugin-babel': 'npm:systemjs-plugin-babel@0.0.25/plugin-babel.js', 'systemjs-babel-build': 'npm:systemjs-plugin-babel@0.0.25/systemjs-babel-browser.js', // Prettier 'prettier/standalone': 'npm:prettier@2.8.8/standalone.js', 'prettier/parser-html': 'npm:prettier@2.8.8/parser-html.js', }, packages: { 'devextreme': { defaultExtension: 'js', }, 'devextreme-react': { main: 'index.js', }, 'devextreme/events/utils': { main: 'index', }, 'devextreme/localization/messages': { format: 'json', defaultExtension: 'json', }, 'devextreme/events': { main: 'index', }, 'es6-object-assign': { main: './index.js', defaultExtension: 'js', }, }, packageConfigPaths: [ 'npm:@devextreme/*/package.json', 'npm:@devextreme/runtime@3.0.12/inferno/package.json', ], babelOptions: { sourceMaps: false, stage0: true, react: true, }, }; System.config(window.config);
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/24.2.3/css/dx.light.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" /> <script src="https://unpkg.com/core-js@2.6.12/client/shim.min.js"></script> <script src="https://unpkg.com/systemjs@0.21.3/dist/system.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="config.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> System.import("./index.tsx"); </script> </head> <body class="dx-viewport"> <div class="demo-container"> <div id="app"></div> </div> </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); }