Core

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Overview

The UI Kit comprises a variety of components, each designed to work seamlessly with one another to deliver a comprehensive and intuitive chat experience. Here’s how different UI Kit components work together to achieve CometChat’s core features:

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Instant Messaging

At the heart of CometChat’s functionality is the ability to support real-time text messaging. Users can send and receive instant messages, fostering quick and efficient communication.

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Media Sharing

Beyond text, CometChat allows users to share various media types within their conversations. This includes images, videos, audio files, and documents, enriching the chat experience and enabling more comprehensive communication.

A complete messaging interface can be built by combining three key components: MessageHeader, MessageList, and MessageComposer.

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Read Receipts

CometChat’s Read Receipts feature provides visibility into message status, letting users know when a message has been delivered and read. This brings clarity to communication and ensures users are informed about the status of their messages.

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Mark as Unread

The Mark as Unread feature allows users to manually mark messages as unread, helping them keep track of important conversations they want to revisit later. When enabled, the message list can automatically start from the first unread message, making it easier to pick up where you left off.

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Typing Indicator

The Typing Indicator feature shows when a user is typing a response in real-time, fostering a more interactive and engaging chat environment. This enhances the real-time communication experience, making conversations feel more natural and fluid.

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User Presence

CometChat’s User Presence feature lets users see the online or offline status of their contacts, helping them choose the right time to start a conversation and set expectations for response times.

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Reactions

CometChat’s Reactions feature adds a layer of expressiveness to your chat application by allowing users to react to messages. With Reactions, users can convey a range of emotions or express their thoughts on a particular message without typing out a full response, enhancing the user experience and fostering greater engagement.

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Mentions

Mentions is a feature that enhances the interactivity and clarity of group or 1-on-1 chats by allowing users to directly address or refer to specific individuals in a conversation.

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Rich Text Formatting

Rich Text Formatting allows users to style their messages with bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, and inline code formatting. This brings richer expression to conversations and helps users emphasize key points, making communication clearer and more engaging.

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Quoted Reply

The Quoted Reply feature enables users to quickly reply to specific messages by selecting the “Reply” option from a message’s action menu. This enhances context, keeps conversations organized, and improves the overall chat experience in both 1-on-1 and group chats.

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Conversation and Advanced Search

Conversation and Advanced Search enables users to quickly find conversations, messages, and media across chats in real time. It supports filters, scopes, and custom actions, allowing users to locate content efficiently while keeping the chat experience smooth and intuitive.

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Moderation

CometChat’s Message Moderation feature helps maintain a safe and respectful chat environment by automatically filtering and managing inappropriate content. Messages can be automatically blocked or flagged based on predefined rules, ensuring harmful content is handled before it reaches users. After implementing moderation rules, users can report messages they find inappropriate or harmful. As a next step, you can enable the Report Message feature to allow users to flag messages for review by moderators.

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Report Message

The Report Message feature allows users to report inappropriate or harmful messages within the chat. Users can choose from predefined reasons and provide additional remarks for detailed context. This feature helps maintain a safe and respectful chat environment.

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Threaded Conversations

The Threaded Conversations feature enables users to respond directly to a specific message in a chat. This keeps conversations organized and enhances the user experience by maintaining context, especially in group chats.

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Group Chat

CometChat facilitates Group Chats, allowing users to have conversations with multiple participants simultaneously. This feature is crucial for team collaborations, group discussions, social communities, and more. For a comprehensive understanding and guide on implementing and using the Groups feature in CometChat, refer to the detailed guide on Groups.

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