Message Box
The Chat enables you to change the component used to enter user messages. You can switch between TextBox and TextArea inputs.
Message Box Types
To change the message box area of the Chat, utilize the messageBoxType input. It supports values of type MessageBoxType, which are the strings textbox and textarea. By default the Chat uses a TextBox message box.
When a TextArea message box is being used, you could enter new lines by pressing
enter + modifier keycombinations. The modifier keys areShift,commandandCtrl.
The following example demonstrates the two messageBox types in action.
Message Box Template
To implement a message box template and override the default message box of the Conversational UI, nest an <ng-template> tag with the ChatMessageBoxTemplateDirective directive inside the <kendo-chat> tag.
Keep in mind that when a message box template is used, the developer should handle sending the messages programmatically.
The following example demonstrates the message box template in action.