Avatar

Avatar — CometChat documentation.

CometChatAvatar component displays an image or user’s avatar with fallback to the first two letters of the username or group’s icon with fallback to the first two letter of the group name.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
image	string	Image URL of the avatar
name	string	Fallback name of the avatar
avatarStyle	Avatar Style	Styling properties of the element

Avatar Style

Styling properties and values of the avatar element

Name	Description
width	Sets the width of the element
height	Sets the height of the element
border	Sets the border of the element
outerViewBorder	Sets the border of the outer edge of the element
outerViewBorderSpacing	Sets the spacing between the profile picture and the outerViewBorder
borderRadius	Sets the border radius of the element
backgroundColor	Sets the background color of the element. Reference link
backgroundSize	Sets the size of the element’s background image. Reference link
nameTextColor	Sets the foreground color of the initials.
nameTextFont	Sets all the different properties of font for the initials. Reference link

Usage

HTML

<!--use the element-->
<cometchat-avatar
[image]="profilePic"
[avatarStyle]="avatarStyle"
></cometchat-avatar>

JavaScript

import  { AvatarStyle } from  '@cometchat/chat-uikit-angular'; //import the style class.

//profile pic
const profilePic = "image";

//styling properties
avatarStyle = new AvatarStyle({width: "28px",height: "28px"});