Skip to main content
Version: v4

ChannelListComponent

The ChannelList component renders the list of channels.

The ChannelList displays channels using pagination, new channels are loaded if the user clicks the "Load more" button.

The channel list is always visible on desktop devices, on mobile devices, the list can be opened or closed controlled by a button in the ChannelHeader component.

Customization

Example 1 - Using a custom channel list component

See our customization guide on how to provide your own channel list component.

note

If you want to create your own channel list, you can use the ChannelService to receive the channels and interact with the Stream API.

Other building blocks, that you might find useful:

Toggle

The channel list is always visible on desktop devices, on mobile devices, the list can be opened or closed controlled by a button in the ChannelHeader component. The open/close mechanism is implemented by the ChannelListToggleService.

Loading indicator

The ChannelList component uses the LoadingIndicator component to display a spinner while more channels are being fetched.

Icons

The ChannelList component uses the Icon component to display icons.

Example 2 - Using a custom channel preview component

If you only want to customize the channel preview items (not the whole list), see the channel preview customization guide.

Example 3 - Content injection points

It's possible to inject your own content to the top or to the bottom of the channel list:

<stream-channel-list>
<input channel-list-top placeholder="Search" />
<button channel-list-bottom>Add new channel</button>
</stream-channel-list>

Use the channel-list-top attribute to inject content at the top of the channel list, and the channel-list-bottom to display content at the bottom of the channel list.

Did you find this page helpful?