Messenger badge component
<wy-messenger-badge> | WyMessengerBadge
Weavy Messenger badge component that renders a realtime badge for the number of unread conversations. The badge fits well into a button or similar. The badge is automatically updated when new messages awaits and when messages have been read.
The badge can optionally be configured in agent mode, by defining the agent property, to only show the count for conversations with a given AI agent.
When the unread count property changes, the component fires a "wy-unread" event with the updated count. You can listen to the event to use the unread count for something else, and you can also turn off the component rendering by setting the badge property to "none".
Component layout
The badge displays as an inline badge, matching normal text per default. It has a filled background with rounded edge. The size and font-size is relative to the current font-size where it's placed, defaulting to 0.75em for the badge font-size and 0.3333em of the badge font-size for the padding. The badge is only displayed when there is an unread count of 1 or higher.
When placing the badge in a
<button>element, note that buttons initially have afont-sizeof13.3333pxinstead of inheriting font-size from it's parents.
Setting the badge property to "compact" reduces the padding and size to occupy less visual space. It can also be set to "dot" to remove the text, only indicating that there is unread conversations without any count.
The badgePosition property can be changed from "inline" to "top-right" or any other corner, to give it absolute positioning over the top-right corner. The absolute positioning is relative to the closest parent element with set CSS position, for instance relative positioning.
Importing
If you installed the UIKit with npm you can use the following snippet to import the component into your project.
Otherwise, if you installed the UIKit as a <script> you can ignore this section.
import { WyMessengerBadge } from "@weavy/uikit-web";
Examples
Inline Messenger badge in a text
Display a badge that shows unread count and tracks messages and conversations for the authenticated user.
<div>Messenger <wy-messenger-badge></wy-messenger-badge></div>
Filtered Messenger badge using agent mode
Display the number of unread agent conversations for the authenticated user.
<wy-messenger-badge agent="assistant"></wy-messenger-badge>
Display a Messenger badge in the corner of a button. Note that the badge position is relative to its closest positioned ancestor element, therefore we need to set CSS position on the button.
<button style="position: relative;">
<span>Messenger</span>
<wy-messenger-badge badgePosition="top-right"></wy-messenger-badge>
</button>
HTML attributes
Attributes can be set when using the component in HTML. All attributes have corresponding Javascript properties.
Most attributes are optional and/or has sensible default values. Any required attributes are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Learn more about attributes and properties.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
agent |
string |
Agent uid that enables agent mode. When set, unread conversation count is only for the conversations with the agent. See AI agents for details. |
badge |
"count", "compact", "dot", "none" |
Messenger badge appearance variant. |
badgePosition |
"top-right", "top-left", "bottom-right", "bottom-left", "inline" |
Position of the badge. "inline" means no positioning. |
JavaScript properties
Properties can be used in JavaScript. Some of them have corresponding HTML attributes where applicable.
| Property | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
agent |
string |
Agent uid that enables agent mode. When set, unread conversation count is only for the conversations with the agent. See AI agents for details. | |
badge |
"count", "compact", "dot", "none" |
"compact" |
Messenger badge appearance variant. |
badgePosition |
"top-right", "top-left", "bottom-right", "bottom-left", "inline" |
"top-right" |
Position of the badge. "inline" means no positioning. |
unread |
number |
readonly | The number of unread conversations. This value updates automatically whenever data changes. |
DOM Events
The component triggers custom events that bubbles up the DOM tree. They can be listened to using the addEventListener() method.
Learn more about events.
| Event | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
wy-unread |
WyUnreadEventType |
Emitted when the number of unread conversations change. |