autoBindBoolean(default: true)
Controls whether the Chat will automatically fetch data from the data source when initialized.
When scrollMode is set to "endless" and the dataSource uses serverPaging, autoBind: false is not supported. Remote endless mode always starts with a Chat-managed latest-window request, and manual dataSource.read() and dataSource.fetch() calls are not supported for that mode.
Example
<div id="chat"></div>
<script>
let messagesData = [
{
id: 1,
text: "Hello! How are you today?",
authorId: "user1",
authorName: "John Doe",
authorImageUrl: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/Customers/RICSU.jpg",
timestamp: new Date(2026, 0, 1, 9, 0)
},
{
id: 2,
text: "I'm doing great, thanks for asking!",
authorId: "user2",
authorName: "Jane Smith",
authorImageUrl: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/Customers/LONEP.jpg",
timestamp: new Date(2026, 0, 1, 9, 5)
}
];
let dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
data: messagesData
});
let chat = $("#chat").kendoChat({
autoBind: false,
authorId: "user1",
dataSource: dataSource
}).data("kendoChat");
setTimeout(function() {
chat.dataSource.fetch();
}, 2000);
</script>