RyanS
I’m building a chat application, and would like to have a typing indicator (like a bouncing ...) appear when I’m waiting on a response, and then disappear when the response appears.
Currently I have the following in my template. When @typing is set to true, the typing indicator appears just like it should. But when @typing is set to false (and I’ve confirmed it’s getting set to false with a {typing} in the template), the indicator stays.
Lots of iterations and attempts with ChatGPT have gotten me nowhere, so I come to you experts. How do I make the contents of the if @typing do section disappear once @typing is false?
<div
id="messages"
phx-update="stream"
class="space-y-4 relative w-full p-6 overflow-y-auto scroll-smooth h-[30rem]"
phx-hook="ScrollToBottom"
>
<%= for {message_id, message} <- @streams.messages do %>
<div id={message_id} class="flow-root">
<div class={[
"relative max-w-md mx-4 px-4 py-2 text-gray-700 rounded shadow bg-gray-100 border-gray-500 justify-start text-left",
if(message.actor == "user",
do: "bg-lime-100 justify-end float-right text-right",
else: "bg-gray-400 float-left"
)
]}>
<span class="block">{message.content}</span>
</div>
</div>
<% end %>
<%= if @typing do %>
<div id="typing-indicator" class="flex clear-both items-center pt-8 justify-left">
<div class="typing-indicator">
<span></span>
<span></span>
<span></span>
</div>
</div>
<% end %>
<div class="float-left clear-both" id="messages-end"></div>
</div>
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cmo
I feel like that should work. Is
@typingcoming through as an atom (i.e. true/false) or a string?This is more efficient:
RyanS
That did it! Thank you. And now I’ve learned a new trick.
steffend
This is actually a limitation of streams: if you render a non-stream item, that is any element that is not part of the list of items passed to
stream/4with a corresponding DOM ID, inside a stream container, such an item will never be removed. See also Phoenix.LiveView — Phoenix LiveView v1.2.5