react-chat-elements

react-chat-elements

Reactjs chat elements

Install

npm install react-chat-elements@latest --save

Imports

// RCE CSS
import 'react-chat-elements/dist/main.css';
// MessageBox component
import {MessageBox} from 'react-chat-elements';

Components

1. ChatItem
2. MessageBox
3. SystemMessage
4. MessageList
5. ChatList
6. Input
7. Button
8. Popup
9. SideBar
10. Navbar
11. Dropdown
12. Avatar

ChatItem Component

import { ChatItem } from 'react-chat-elements'

<ChatItem
    avatar={'https://facebook.github.io/react/img/logo.svg'}
    alt={'Reactjs'}
    title={'Facebook'}
    subtitle={'What are you doing?'}
    date={new Date()}
    unread={0} />

ChatItem props

prop	default	type	description
avatar	none	string	ChatItem avatar photo url
avatarFlexible	false	boolean	flexible ChatItem avatar photo
alt	none	string	ChatItem avatar photo alt text
title	none	string	ChatItem title
subtitle	none	string	ChatItem subtitle
date	none	date	ChatItem date
unread	0	int	ChatItem unread count
onClick	none	function	ChatItem on click
statusColor	none	color	ChatItem status color
statusText	none	color	ChatItem status text

MessageBox Component

file	photo	text

import { MessageBox } from 'react-chat-elements'

<MessageBox
    position={'left'}
    type={'photo'}
    text={'react.svg'}
    data={{
        uri: 'https://facebook.github.io/react/img/logo.svg',
        status: {
            click: false,
            loading: 0,
        }
    }}/>

MessageBox props

prop	default	type	description
id	i (index)	string	message box id
position	left	string	message box position
type	text	string	message type (text, photo, file)
text	none	string	message text
title	none	string	message title
titleColor	none	string(color)	message title color
data	{}	object	message data
date	new Date()	Date	message date
onClick	none	function	message on click (message(object) is returned)
onOpen	none	function	message on open (file or photo) (message(object) is returned)
onDownload	none	function	message on download (file or photo) (message(object) is returned)
onTitleClick	none	function	message title on click event

SystemMessage Component

import { SystemMessage } from 'react-chat-elements'

<SystemMessage
    text={'End of conversation'}/>

SystemMessage props

prop	default	type	description
text	none	string	message text

MessageList Component

import { MessageList } from 'react-chat-elements'

<MessageList
    className='message-list'
    lockable={true}
    toBottomHeight={'100%'}
    dataSource={[
        {
            position: 'right',
            type: 'text',
            text: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit',
            date: new Date(),
        },
        .
        .
        .
    ]} />

MessageList props

prop	default	type	description
className	none	string	optional message list className
dataSource	[]	array	message list array
lockable	false	boolean	It locks to scroll position when the dataSource has been changed
toBottomHeight	300	int or string(only '100%')	If the toBottomHeight property's value higher than bottom value of the scrollbar when the data source has been changed Scrollbar goes to bottom at the end of the page. If the toBottomHeight property's value has been set '100%', scrollbar goes to bottom at the end of the page when the data source has been changed.
onClick	none	function	message list item on click (message(object) is returned)
onOpen	none	function	message list item on open (file or photo) (message(object) is returned)
onDownload	none	function	message list item on download (file or photo) (message(object) is returned)
onScroll	none	function	message list onScroll event

ChatList Component

import { ChatList } from 'react-chat-elements'

<ChatList
    className='chat-list'
    dataSource={[
        {
            avatar: 'https://facebook.github.io/react/img/logo.svg',
            alt: 'Reactjs',
            title: 'Facebook',
            subtitle: 'What are you doing?',
            date: new Date(),
            unread: 0,
        },
        .
        .
        .
    ]} />

ChatList props

prop	default	type	description
className	none	string	optional chat list className
dataSource	[]	array	chat list array
onClick	none	function	chat list item on click (chat(object) is returned)

Input Component

import { Input } from 'react-chat-elements'

<Input
    placeholder="Type here..."
    multiline={true}
    buttons={
        <Button
            color='white'
            backgroundColor='black'
            text='Send'/>
    }/>

// clear text eg:
<Input
    ref='input'
    placeholder="Type here..."/>

this.refs.input.clear();

Input props

prop	default	type	description
className	none	string	optional input className
placeholder	none	string	input placeholder text
defaultValue	none	string	input default value
onChange	none	function	input onChange function
multiline	false	bool	input is textarea
autoHeight	true	bool	input auto height
minHeight	25	int	input min height
maxHeight	200	int	input max height
inputStyle	none	object	inputStyle object
leftButtons	none	object(component)	left buttons component
rightButtons	none	object(component)	right buttons component
inputRef	none	function	input or textarea ref

Button Component

import { Button } from 'react-chat-elements'

<Button
    text={'click me!'} />

Button props

prop	default	type	description
type	none	string	button type (outlined, transparent)
disabled	none	string	button is disabled?
text	none	string	button text
buttonRef	none	function	button ref

Popup Component

import { Popup } from 'react-chat-elements'

<Popup
    show={this.state.show}
    header='Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.'
    headerButtons={[{
        type: 'transparent',
        color:'black',
        text: 'close',
        onClick: () => {
            this.setState({show: false})
        }
    }]}
    text='Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Voluptatem animi veniam voluptas eius!'
    footerButtons={[{
        color:'white',
        backgroundColor:'#ff5e3e',
        text:"Vazgeç",
    },{
        color:'white',
        backgroundColor:'lightgreen',
        text:"Tamam",
    }]}/>

Popup props

prop	default	type	description
show	false	bool	popup visible
header	none	string	popup title (header) message
headerButtons	none	array	popup title (header) buttons
text	none	string	popup content (center) message
color	#333	string (color)	popup content message color
footerButtons	none	array	popup footer buttons
renderHeader	none	function (component)	render header function
renderContent	none	function (component)	render content function
renderFooter	none	function (component)	render footer function

SideBar Component

import { SideBar } from 'react-chat-elements'

<SideBar
    top={
        <div>'TOP' area</div>
    }
    center={
        <div>'CENTER' area</div>
    }
    bottom={
        <div>'BOTTOM' area</div>
    }/>

SideBar props

prop	default	type	description
type	dark	string	popup visible
top	false	function (component)	popup top component
center	none	function (component)	popup center component
bottom	none	function (component)	popup bottom component

Navbar Component

import { Navbar } from 'react-chat-elements'

<Navbar
    top={
        <div>'TOP' area</div>
    }
    center={
        <div>'CENTER' area</div>
    }
    bottom={
        <div>'BOTTOM' area</div>
    }/>

Navbar props

prop	default	type	description
type	dark	string	popup visible
top	false	function (component)	popup top component
center	none	function (component)	popup center component
bottom	none	function (component)	popup bottom component

Dropdown Component

import { Dropdown } from 'react-chat-elements'

<Dropdown
    buttonProps={{
        text: 'Dropdown',
    }}
    items={[
        'merhaba',
        'lorem',
        'ipsum',
        'dolor',
        'sit',
        'amet',
    ]}/>

Dropdown props

prop	default	type	description
animationType	none	string	fade or default
animationPosition	nortwest	string	animation start position (nortwest, norteast, southwest, southeast)
items	none	array	dropdown items array
onSelect	none	function	item on select
buttonProps	none	object	button properties

Avatar Component

import { Avatar } from 'react-chat-elements'

<Avatar
    src={'https://facebook.github.io/react/img/logo.svg'}
    alt={'logo'}
    size="large"
    type="circle flexible"/>

Avatar props

prop	default	type	description
src	none	image	image src
alt	none	string	image alt description
size	default	string	image size. default (25px), xsmall(30px), small(35px), medium(40px), large(45px), xlarge (55px)
type	default	string	types: default, circle, rounded(border radius 5px), flexible
sideElement	none	component	avatar side element