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MessageStatusTemplate

configuration

A custom template function for rendering message status indicators. Receives a context object with status (the status string) and message (the message object). When set, this overrides the default status rendering and messageStatusSettings.

messageStatusTemplate

Function

Default: null

<div id="chat"></div>
<script>
let messagesData = [
    {
        id: 1,
        text: "Message with custom status template",
        authorId: "user1",
        authorName: "John Doe",
        timestamp: new Date(2026, 0, 1, 9, 0),
        status: "seen"
    }
];

$("#chat").kendoChat({
    messageStatusTemplate: function(ctx) {
        var colors = { sent: "#999", delivered: "#4CAF50", seen: "#2196F3", failed: "#f44336" };
        return '<span style="color:' + (colors[ctx.status] || "#999") + '">' +
               '[' + ctx.status.toUpperCase() + ']</span>';
    },
    authorId: "user1",
    dataSource: messagesData
});
</script>