messageGroupTemplateFunction
The template used to render message groups.
Example
<div id="chat"></div> <script> let messagesData = [ { id: 1, text: "This is the first message in a group from John.", authorId: "user1", authorName: "John Doe", authorImageUrl: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/Customers/RICSU.jpg", timestamp: new Date(2026, 0, 1, 9, 0) }, { id: 2, text: "This is another message from John in the same group.", authorId: "user1", authorName: "John Doe", authorImageUrl: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/Customers/RICSU.jpg", timestamp: new Date(2026, 0, 1, 9, 1) }, { id: 3, text: "This message is from Jane, starting a new message group.", authorId: "user2", authorName: "Jane Smith", authorImageUrl: "https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/content/web/Customers/LONEP.jpg", timestamp: new Date(2026, 0, 1, 9, 5) } ]; $("#chat").kendoChat({ messageGroupTemplate: function(data) { return "<div class='custom-message-group'>" + "<span class='custom-author'>" + data.author.name + "</span>" + "<div class='custom-message-content'>" + data.message.text + "</div>" + "</div>"; }, authorId: "user2", dataSource: messagesData }); </script> In this article