In order to change the height of the TalkJS UI you can set the dimensions of the container in your CSS. In order to modify the width you have to edit the following classes’ width in themes: inbox-feed-panel and inbox-chat-panel.
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What files formats/types can be sent using TalkJS?
TalkJS Standard plan and up customers can allow files to be transferred between users. Currently TalkJS supports the sending of the following file types: mp4 | mpeg |qt | avi | mkv | mov | webm | aiff |aif | midi | mid | gif | jpeg | jpg | png | tif | tiff| […]
Can I make the user profile images or avatars appear next to their chat messages?
Yes you can do this if you are on the Standard plan or greater as a part of TalkJS Themes. To enable this first go to your dashboard and find the role (formerly called configuration) heading. Then either select a current role or make a new one. When a role has been selected scroll down […]
How can I modify what is shown in the title and subtitle?
Yes you can change what is shown in the title or subtitle of the chat window, furthermore you can opt to hide either one altogether. You can do this when you specify the UI options for your Chat window, for example to have the title show the subject you can do the following: … […]
How can I show only conversations with unread messages or filter the inbox?
Using TalkJS you can filter the list of conversations in the Inbox UI based on multiple properties. For example you can filter the list of conversations to only show conversations that are unread, conversations that the user can write in or filter conversations by a custom parameter such as a category or topic. Read more […]
Is it possible to get the amount of unread messages/conversations?
You may want to notify the current user of incoming messages from within your UI, even when they’re not looking at the Chatbox. A common way to do this is with a little icon button in your header with a red badge on top that shows the number of unread conversations. We call this the […]
Can I remove or replace the chat headers provided by TalkJS with my own?
Yes it is possible to remove or customize the chat headers that are used by TalkJS by default. To see see how this can be done view the associated documentation or for a more in-depth tutorial complete with code samples view the blog post on this feature.
Can we let visitors start a chat without registering for an account?
TalkJS needs a user ID to be able to know who a person is. You can get around this for visitors by creating anonymous user accounts and using that user id to identify the user with TalkJS. Using our HTML panel feature you could ask the user for information during the chat. We have made […]
Can we let our end users create (group) chats themselves?
This is something you’ll need to build and then use our chat engine. You can programmatically create chat rooms (using the JS SDK or using the REST API – https://talkjs.com/docs/Features/Group_Chats/index.html). So you can make a button to create a group chat with particular people, call our API accordingly, and then drop the current user into […]
Is it possible to integrate TalkJS with existing messaging services/apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Telegram?
We currently don’t offer a pre-built integration with other messaging services. But we provide our customers with a rich REST API and Webhooks, with which you can (if those apps offer APIs) easily build custom integrations yourself.