Chat Overview

The Chat component allows the user to take part in chat sessions with other users or with chat bots.

The Chat wrapper for Vue is a client-side wrapper for the Kendo UI Chat widget.

Basic Usage

The following example demonstrates how to initialize the Chat.

Installation

To initialize the Chat, either:

• Use the CDN service, or
• Use Webpack.

Initializing with Webpack

1. Install Kendo UI and add a theme.

   Copy Codenpm install --save @progress/kendo-ui
   npm install --save @progress/kendo-theme-default

2. Install the Kendo UI Chat package for Vue.

   Copy Codenpm install --save @progress/kendo-chat-vue-wrapper

3. Import the Kendo UI packages to the App component. If you use the Kendo UI components more than once in your application, add all Kendo UI-related files to the main.js file. If you use the Kendo UI components once in your application, add the Kendo UI-related files to the component where they will be referred.

   Copy Codeimport '@progress/kendo-ui' // This will import the entire Kendo UI library
   // As an alternative, you could import only the scripts that are used by a specific widget:
   // import '@progress/kendo-ui/js/kendo.chat' // Imports only the Chat script and its dependencies
   
   import '@progress/kendo-theme-default/dist/all.css'
   
   import { Chat, ChatInstaller } from '@progress/kendo-chat-vue-wrapper'
   
   Vue.use(ChatInstaller)
   
   new Vue({
       el: '#app',
       components: {
           Chat
       }
   })

Functionality and Features

• Default cards
• Default actions
• Toolbar

Events

The following example demonstrates basic Chat events. You can subscribe to all Chat events by their handler name.

Copy Code<div id="vueapp" class="vue-app">
    <kendo-chat ref="chat"
                v-on:post="onPost"
                v-on:sendmessage="onSendMessage"
                v-on:actionclick="onActionClick"
                v-on:typingstart="onTypingStart"
                v-on:typingend="onTypingEnd"></kendo-chat>
</div>

Copy CodeVue.use(ChatInstaller);

new Vue({
    el: '#vueapp',
    methods: {
        onPost: function (ev) {
            console.log("A message has been posted to the Chat widget!");
        },
        onSendMessage: function (ev) {
            console.log("A message has been posted to the Chat widget using the message box!");
        },
        onActionClick: function (ev) {
            console.log("The user clicked an action button in attachment template, or selected a suggestedAction!");
        },
        onTypingStart: function (ev) {
            console.log("The user started typing in the Chat message box!");
        },
        onTypingEnd: function (ev) {
            console.log("The user cleared the Chat message box!");
        }
    }
})

Suggested Links

• Kendo UI Chat for jQuery
• API Reference of the Chat Widget