Overview of .NET MAUI Chat (SfChat)
7 Jul 20264 minutes to read
The Syncfusion® .NET MAUI Chat control offers a contemporary conversational chatbot experience, allowing for flexible customization of the layout to display conversations between two or more users.
Business use cases
- Messaging applications that require real-time conversations and rich chat interfaces.
- Customer support systems that provide chat-based assistance and automated responses.
- AI chatbot integrations that enable interactive user engagement with intelligent replies.
- Collaboration tools that involve team communication and message history management.
Key features
- Rich message types including text, images, cards, calendar, and hyperlinks.
- Message grouping with time breaks for better readability.
- Typing indicators to show real-time user activity.
- Quick suggestions for faster replies and reduced typing effort.
- Load more messages to handle long chat histories smoothly.
Globalization
The following table summarizes the globalization support available in this control.
Full Support
Partial Support
Not Applicable
| Control | Localization | RTL | Time zone | Screen reader | Keyboard navigation |
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Related Controls
- The AI AssistView enhances conversations with AI‑driven suggestions and guided responses.
- Autocomplete speeds up message composition with predictive text input.
- ComboBox provides flexible selection options within chat workflows.
See Also
- Getting Started shows how to begin using the Chat control step by step.
- Styles in .NET MAUI Chat shows how to customize message styles, editor appearance, and layout.
- Suggestions show how to provide quick reply options.
- UI Kit provides interactive demos and ready-made UI examples.
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