Floating Chat

A framework-agnostic floating chat window component written in Svelte

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Floating Chat web component

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A framework-agnostic floating chat window web component written in Svelte

The primary purpose is embedding engageable content, in particular: helpdesks, chatbots or anything else that requires a floating box

Features:

Framework-agnostic integration (esmodule & umd)
Responsive UI with animations
Accessibility features
Customisation options
Custom javascript events

Installation

Browser

Add the following script to your <head>

<script defer src="https://unpkg.com/floating-chat@latest/dist/index.js"></script>

Using NPM

Install the floating-chat package

npm i floating-chat

Then import into your application with

import floatingChat from 'floating-chat'

Add the tag to your template

<floating-chat content="https://example.com" />

You can see the demo example in index.html

Customisation

Content area

HTML properties

Available attributes:

content, content address (to be displayed in <iframe>)
height, floating window height, default 600px, always 100% on mobile
width, floating window width, default 400px, always 100% on mobile
textOpen, text when the window is closed, default Open, hidden on mobile
textClose, text when the window is opened, default Close, hidden on mobile
textColor, the colour of text, default #000000 (black)
background, background color, can be either a color code or a css background property, default #FFFFFF (white)
logo, logo url, css background property, eg url(https://storage.googleapis.com/cloudprod-apiai/a0b2e356-b43e-4ca5-a094-b219475fa4ca_x.png)
position, y, x position on screen, default bottom right, possible options bottom, top, left, right
font, font name
borderRadius, corner radius, default 28px, 0px on mobile when opened
opened, boolean, whether floating window should start opened, default false

Styling with CSS variables

Available variables:

--height, floating window height, default 600px, always 100% on mobile
--width, floating window width, default 400px, always 100% on mobile
--textcolor, the colour of text, default #000000 (black)
--background, background color, can be either a color code or a css background property, default #FFFFFF (white)
--logo, logo url, css background property, eg url(https://storage.googleapis.com/cloudprod-apiai/a0b2e356-b43e-4ca5-a094-b219475fa4ca_x.png)
--positiony, y position on screen, default bottom
--positionx, x position on screen, default right
--font, font name
--borderradius, corner radius, default 28px, 0px on mobile when opened

Available CSS classes (modifiers):

floating-chat-open, when floating chat is open
floating-chat-closed, when floating chat is closed

Styling with JS

You can change the above HTML attributes in JS, example:

document.querySelector('floating-chat').width = '300px'
document.querySelector('floating-chat').opened = true

Events

Following events are emmited:

open, when the floating window state went from closed to open
close, when the floating window state went from open to closed
toggle, when the floating window state was changed

Example in Vue:

<template>
  <floating-chat @open="open" />
</template>

<script>
export default {
  methods: {
    open () {
      alert('Opened!')
    }
  }
}
</script>

Development

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/mishushakov/floating-chat.git

Install the dependencies
```
npm i
```
Build
```
npm run build
```

Acknowledgements

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