TimeBreaks in Vue Chat UI component

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Show or hide time breaks

You can use the showTimeBreak property to display date-wise separations between all the messages which enhances the readability and message organizing. The default value is false, indicating time breaks are disabled unless it is enabled.

<template>
  <div id='container' style="height: 380px; width: 450px; margin: 0 auto;">
    <ejs-chatui :user="currentUser" :showTimeBreak="true">
      <e-messages>
        <e-message :author="currentUser" text="Hi Michale, are we on track for the deadline?" :timeStamp="new Date('December 25, 2024 7:30')"></e-message>
        <e-message :author="michaleUser" text="Yes, the design phase is complete." :timeStamp="new Date('December 25, 2024 8:00')"></e-message>
        <e-message :author="currentUser" text="I’ll review it and send feedback by today." :timeStamp="new Date('December 25, 2024 11:00')"></e-message>
      </e-messages>
    </ejs-chatui>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
import { ChatUIComponent as EjsChatui, MessagesDirective as EMessages, MessageDirective as EMessage } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-interactive-chat";

const currentUser = {
  id: "user1",
  user: "Albert"
};

const michaleUser = {
  id: "user2",
  user: "Michale Suyama"
};

</script>

<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-interactive-chat/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css";
</style>
<template>
  <div id='container' style="height: 380px; width: 450px; margin: 0 auto;">
    <ejs-chatui :user="currentUser" :showTimeBreak="true">
      <e-messages>
        <e-message :author="currentUser" text="Hi Michale, are we on track for the deadline?" :timeStamp="new Date('December 25, 2024 7:30')"></e-message>
        <e-message :author="michaleUser" text="Yes, the design phase is complete." :timeStamp="new Date('December 25, 2024 8:00')"></e-message>
        <e-message :author="currentUser" text="I’ll review it and send feedback by today." :timeStamp="new Date('December 25, 2024 11:00')"></e-message>
      </e-messages>
    </ejs-chatui>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
import { ChatUIComponent, MessagesDirective, MessageDirective } from "@syncfusion/ej2-vue-interactive-chat";

export default {
  components: {
    'ejs-chatui': ChatUIComponent,
    'e-messages': MessagesDirective,
    'e-message': MessageDirective
  },
  data() {
    return {
      currentUser: {
        id: "user1",
        user: "Albert",
      },
      michaleUser: {
        id: "user2",
        user: "Michale Suyama",
      }
    };
  },
};
</script>

<style>
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-interactive-chat/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css";
</style>

Time break template

Refer to the Templates section for more details about the Time break template.