jQuery Chat Events

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const currentUser = { id: 1, name: "John Doe", iconUrl: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/Customers/RICSU.jpg", iconAltText: "John's profile picture" }; var chat = $("#chat").kendoChat({ suggestedActionsScrollable: false, messageWidthMode: "full", width: 400, height: 600, messageToolbarActions: [{ name: "custom", icon: "gear" }, { name: "share", icon: "share" }], messageActions: [ { name: "copy", text: "Copy", icon: "copy" }, { name: "pin", text: "Pin", icon: "pin" }, { name: "delete", text: "Delete", icon: "trash" } ], fileActions: [{ name: "download", text: "Download", icon: "download" }], suggestions: [ { text: "Learn more about the company" }, { text: "No need for further assistance" } ], authorId: 1, dataSource: { data: [ { id: 2, authorId: 2, authorName: "George Smith", authorImageUrl: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/Customers/GOURL.jpg", authorImageAltText: "George's profile picture", text: "Hi there! Welcome to our Careers Portal. I see you're interested in the Designer position. Could you please upload your application documents (CV, portfolio and cover letter) so we can get started?", timestamp: new Date(), }, ] }, sendMessage: function(e) { e.message.authorId = currentUser.id; e.message.authorName = currentUser.name; e.message.authorImageUrl = currentUser.iconUrl; e.message.authorImageAltText = currentUser.iconAltText; e.message.id = kendo.guid(); kendoConsole.log("Message sent"); let text = ''; let secondText = "Is there something else I could assist you with?"; let file = {}; if (e.message.files.length > 0) { setTimeout(function() { e.sender.postMessage({ id: kendo.guid(), authorId: 2, authorName: "George Smith", authorImageUrl: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/Customers/GOURL.jpg", authorImageAltText: "George's profile picture", text: "Great! Your application has been successfully submitted. Our hiring team will review your files and get back to you within 5-7 business days. In the meantime, let me know what else would you like.", timestamp: new Date() }); }, 500) } else { if (e.message.text.toLowerCase().trim() === 'learn more about the company') { text = "Thank you for your interest! To learn more about our company and the services we offer, please visit the following links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX919tM3Zck https://www.progress.com/company"; } else if (e.message.text.toLowerCase().trim() === 'get tips on preparing for the interview') { text = "Here is a short presentation with some useful tips and tricks to help you shine in your designer job interview."; file = { name: "Interview_Guidelines.pdf", size: 5315153, extension: "pdf", url: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/pdfViewer/sample.pdf" }; } else if (e.message.text.toLowerCase().trim() === 'no need for further assistance') { text = "Understood. Good luck with your application. I'm here if you need anything else in the future."; secondText = ''; } else { text = "Please select a quick reply."; secondText = ''; } setTimeout(function() { const messages = []; messages.push({ id: kendo.guid(), authorId: 2, authorName: "George Smith", authorImageUrl: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/Customers/GOURL.jpg", authorImageAltText: "George's profile picture", text: text, timestamp: new Date() }); if (file.hasOwnProperty('name')) { messages.push({ id: kendo.guid(), authorId: 2, authorName: "George Smith", authorImageUrl: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/Customers/GOURL.jpg", authorImageAltText: "George's profile picture", timestamp: new Date(), files: [file] }); } // Push second text message if exists if (secondText != '') { messages.push({ id: kendo.guid(), authorId: 2, authorName: "George Smith", authorImageUrl: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/Customers/GOURL.jpg", authorImageAltText: "George's profile picture", text: secondText, timestamp: new Date() }); } sendMessagesSequentially(e.sender, messages); }, 200) } }, input: function(e) { kendoConsole.log("User is typing: " + e.value); }, toolbarAction: function(e) { kendoConsole.log("Toolbar action: " + e.type); }, fileMenuAction: function(e) { kendoConsole.log("File menu action: " + e.type + ", file: " + e.file.name); }, contextMenuAction: function(e) { kendoConsole.log("Context menu action: " + e.type); }, download: function(e) { if (e.files) { kendoConsole.log("Downloading all files: " + e.files.length + " files"); } else if (e.file) { kendoConsole.log("Downloading file: " + e.file.name); } }, suggestionClick: function(e) { kendoConsole.log("Suggestion clicked: " + e.text); }, unpin: function(e) { kendoConsole.log("Message unpinned"); } }).data("kendoChat"); chat.messageBox.uploadInstance.bind("select", function(e) { let files = e.files; files.forEach(function(file) { if (file.extension !== '.jpg' && file.extension !== '.pdf') { kendo.alert('The allowed files types are "pdf" and "jpg"') e.preventDefault(); chat.messageBox._files = chat.messageBox._files.filter(f => f !== file); } }); chat.messageBox.updateAttachmentList(); }); function delay(ms) { return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms)); } async function sendMessagesSequentially(sender, messages) { for (const msg of messages) { sender.postMessage(msg); await delay(300); } }

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The Kendo UI for jQuery Chat component supports multiple events which enable you to provide a fluent experience and smooth interaction with the component. This demo shows how to handle events like sendMessage, fileMenuAction, download, and more.

This Chat example is part of a unique collection of hundreds of jQuery demos, with which you can see all Kendo UI for jQuery components and their features in action. View the source code of the demos from the library or directly adapt, and edit them and their theme appearance in Kendo UI for jQuery Dojo or ThemeBuilder.

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