Typing indicator

Typing indicator is a feature that allows users to know visually if another user in the channel is typing a message. The indicator remains visible until the user sends the message or deletes the text completely. It will also disappear when the user stops typing for more than 10 seconds.

We support two types of typing indicators: Text and Bubble.

The text typing indicator can be used in the following places.

• In the channel list as shown in the image below. This is the ChannelPreview component of the ChannelList module.
• In the channel. This is the MessageInput component of the GroupChannel module.

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The bubble typing indicator can be used in the following place.

• In the channel. This is the MessageList component of the Channel module.

Note that the bubble typing indicator is not supported in the ChannelList module.

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You can enable text and bubble typing indicators in your channel by following the code below. By default, the Text type of typing indicator is turned on. However, you can also enable the Bubble type here, or use both types at the same time.

import SendbirdProvider from '@sendbird/uikit-react/SendbirdProvider';
import { TypingIndicatorType } from '@sendbird/uikit-react';

const App = () => {
  return (
    <SendbirdProvider
      appId={appID} // Your Sendbird application ID
      userId={userID} // Your user ID
      uikitOptions={{
        groupChannel: {
          // Below controls the toggling of the typing indicator in the group channel. The default is `true`.
          enableTypingIndicator: true,
          
          // Below turns on both bubble and text typing indicators. Default is `Text` only.
          typingIndicatorTypes: new Set([TypingIndicatorType.Bubble, TypingIndicatorType.Text]),
        }
      }}
    />
  );
};

You can enable the text typing indicator in the channel list by following the code below. You need to set the feature's setter method to true in the ChannelList module. The bubble typing indicator is not supported in this module.

import SendbirdProvider from '@sendbird/uikit-react/SendbirdProvider';

const CustomApp = () => {
  return (
    <SendbirdProvider
      appId={appID} // Your Sendbird application ID
      userId={userID} // Your user ID
      uikitOptions={{
        groupChannelList: {
          // Below controls the toggling of the typing indicator in the group channel list. The default is `false`.
          enableTypingIndicator: true,
        },
      }}
    >
      {/* implement custom app with useSendbirdStateContext() */}
    </SendbirdProvider>
  );
};

The UI for the text typing indicator can be customized through the stringSet, which is a set of strings used to compose the screen. Text strings for typing status can vary depending on the number of members typing in a channel.

• If one member is typing: “Member is typing...”
• If two members are simultaneously typing: “Member A and Member B are typing...”
• If more than two members are simultaneously typing: “Several people are typing...”

The following table shows a customizable property of stringSet that appears in the ChannelHeader component.