Typing Indicator

The TypingIndicator functionality of the Conversational UI can be used to indicate that an Author is typing. This is done through the following properties.

• TypingIndicatorVisibility: It is of type Visibility. By default its value is set to Collapsed. In order the TypingIndicator to be displayed it can be set to Visible.
• TypingIndicatorText: A string property that specifies what text to be displayed when an Author is typing.
• TypingIndicatorIcon: An ImageSource property through which a custom icon for the TypingIndicator can be applied.

Example 1: Setting the TypingIndicator

• C#

        var textMessage = new TextMessage(this.currentAuthor, "Hello", "sent"); 
        textMessage.InlineViewModel.StatusVisibility = Visibility.Visible; 
 
        this.chat.AddMessage(textMessage); 
 
        this.chat.TypingIndicatorText = this.otherAuthor.Name + " is typing..."; 
        this.chat.TypingIndicatorVisibility = Visibility.Visible; 
        this.chat.TypingIndicatorIcon = new BitmapImage(new Uri("/Images/PeterJohnson.jpeg", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute)); 

Setting the TypingIndicator in such manner will have the following result.

Figure 1: Setting the TypingIndicator