RadItemsControl ScrollTo(index) - How Do I Scroll An items Control Programatically

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billy asked on 23 Aug 2023, 12:28 AM

I have an items control that I am loading in a descending order (chat formate) and then will add new messages async.

I need to be able to scroll to the bottom of the list when I load the collection, and again after every message. I see a handler , but not sure how to implement this in codebehind file.

Do you have an example of how to scroll programatically or is there a way to invert the RaditemsControl orientation?

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answered on 24 Aug 2023, 12:04 PM

Hello Billy, 

The ItemsControl does not have ScrollTo method. I could suggest you to use our Chat control. For additional information you can refer to our documentation article and check if it fits your scenario: .NET MAUI Conversational UI (Chat) Overview. Another option that I can suggest is to use our ItemsView control. This is not an official Telerik control, but the API of the control is public and you can take a look. The control has a public ScrollTo method there. In addition this control is used in Chat and TreeView controls we have.  

If the scenario you want to achieve cannot be covered from the ItemsView or Chat, send me some videos/images with the exact case. 

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commented on 24 Aug 2023, 03:10 PM

The chat UI is awesome. Can't believe I missed it in my research. One last question, how can I swap the alignment between the agent and the user? Right now it shows the end user messages left aligned and the "agent" right aligned. Standard chat is reverse of that. I haven't seen a flag or anything to set to swap those. Can you help me? I'm attaching a screen below. I just want to swap the alignment showing agent left and end user right.
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commented on 24 Aug 2023, 03:20 PM

neverming. Sheesh. Just swapping the default "Author" on the Xaml control. 

Thanks again for the response. Great control.

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commented on 24 Aug 2023, 03:39 PM

Hi Billy, that's correct. The reason for this is because the TemplateSelector that chooses which ItemTemplate to use, has logic that return a left-aligned template or right-aligned template based on the author's value.

As an example, take a look at how I broke this out in my CRM demo https://github.com/telerik/telerik-xamarin-forms-samples/blob/671b6c7292f2566e353d9351868f4402592067fc/ArtGalleryCRM/ArtGalleryCRM.Forms/Views/SupportPage.xaml#L253 That's the selector. Now, look farther up in the resources and notice how some templates are left-aligned, and others are right-aligned? This is the magic of what's happening.

Learn more here => .NET MAUI Conversational UI Documentation - RadChat ItemTemplateSelector.

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