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Customizing Chat Item Styles in .NET MAUI
Learn how to modify the appearance of chat items, including text color, in the Telerik UI for .NET MAUI Chat component.
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How to Customize Chat Item Styles in Telerik UI for .NET MAUI
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chat, conversational ui, .net maui, styling, text color, item template selector, implicit style
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Environment

Version Product Author
7.0.0 Telerik UI for .NET MAUI Conversational UI Dobrinka Yordanova

Description

This KB article answers the following questions:

  • How can I change the text color of chat items in .NET MAUI?
  • Is there a way to apply custom styles to chat items in .NET MAUI?
  • How to use item template selectors for styling chat messages?

Solution

To customize the style of the chat items in the [Chat]({%slug chat-overview%}) control for .NET MAUI, choose one of the approaches described in this KB article.

Approach 1: Using Item Template Selector

Refer to the [Item Template Selector]({%slug chat-itemtemplate-selector%}) documentation. You can change the text color by adding a style targeting the Label and setting its TextColor property. For example, use a style named DefaultLabelStyle. See the example code in the Telerik MAUI Controls Samples Chat Examples

Approach 2: Using Implicit Style

Use an implicit style targeting TextMessageView or its derived types like IncomingTextMessageView and OutgoingTextMessageView.

<Style x:Key="LabelStyle" TargetType="Label">
    <Setter Property="TextColor" Value="Red" />
</Style>
<Style TargetType="telerik:TextMessageView" ApplyToDerivedTypes="True">
    <Setter Property="LabelStyle" Value="{StaticResource LabelStyle}" />
</Style>

For further examples, refer to the Telerik MAUI Controls Samples Chat Customization example

Notes

  • The TextMessageView and its derived types (IncomingTextMessageView, OutgoingTextMessageView) are crucial for applying text styles.
  • The LabelStyle is an example of how to directly modify the TextColor property, but you can customize other properties similarly.

See Also

  • [Chat Overview]({%slug chat-overview%})
  • [Item Template Selector Documentation]({%slug chat-itemtemplate-selector%})