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Chat Visualforce Components Code Sample
Use this code sample to test and preview how Visualforce components
can help you customize your chat windows.
The following code sample shows a chat window that uses the following components:
- liveAgent:clientChat
- liveAgent:clientChatMessages
- liveAgent:clientChatEndButton
- liveAgent:clientChatLog
- liveAgent:clientChatInput
1<apex:page showHeader="false">
2<style>
3#liveAgentClientChat.liveAgentStateWaiting {
4// The CSS class that is applied when the chat request is waiting to be accepted
5// See "Waiting State" screenshot below
6}
7#liveAgentClientChat {
8// The CSS class that is applied when the chat is currently engaged
9// See "Engaged State" screenshot below
10}
11#liveAgentClientChat.liveAgentStateEnded {
12// The CSS class that is applied when the chat has ended
13// See "Ended State" screenshot below
14}
15body { overflow: hidden; width: 100%; height: 100%; padding: 0; margin: 0 }
16#waitingMessage { height: 100%; width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;
17display: none; }
18#liveAgentClientChat.liveAgentStateWaiting #waitingMessage { display: table; }
19#liveAgentSaveButton, #liveAgentEndButton { z-index: 2; }
20.liveAgentChatInput {
21height: 25px;
22border-width: 1px;
23border-style: solid;
24border-color: #000;
25padding: 2px 0 2px 4px;
26background: #fff;
27display: block;
28width: 99%;
29}
30.liveAgentSendButton {
31display: block;
32width: 60px;
33height: 31px;
34padding: 0 0 3px;
35position: absolute;
36top: 0;
37right: -67px;
38}
39#liveAgentChatLog {
40width: auto;
41height: auto;
42top: 0px;
43position: absolute;
44overflow-y: auto;
45left: 0;
46right: 0;
47bottom: 0;
48}
49</style>
50<div style="top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; position: absolute;">
51<liveAgent:clientChat>
52<liveAgent:clientChatSaveButton />
53<liveAgent:clientChatEndButton />
54<div style="top: 25px; left: 5px; right: 5px; bottom: 5px; position: absolute; z-index:
550;">
56<liveAgent:clientChatAlertMessage />
57<liveAgent:clientChatStatusMessage />
58<table id="waitingMessage" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
59<tr>
60<td>Please wait while you are connected to an available agent.</td>
61</tr>
62</table>
63<div style="top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 41px; left: 0; padding: 0; position: absolute;
64word-wrap: break-word; z-index: 0;">
65<liveAgent:clientChatLog />
66</div>
67<div style="position: absolute; height: auto; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; margin-right:
6867px;">
69<liveagent:clientChatInput /><liveAgent:clientChatSendButton />
70</div>
71</div>
72</liveAgent:clientChat>
73</div>
74</apex:page>For an active chat, this code results in the following chat window states:
Chat Waiting
Chat in Progress
Chat Ended