AvatarPlaceholderComponent

The AvatarPlaceholder component displays the default avatar unless a custom template is provided. This component is used by the SDK internally, you likely won’t need to use it.

Inputs and outputs

name

name: undefined | string

An optional name of the image, used for fallback image or image title (if imageUrl is provided)

Defined in

projects/stream-chat-angular/src/lib/avatar-placeholder/avatar-placeholder.component.ts:23

imageUrl

imageUrl: undefined | string

The URL of the image to be displayed. If the image can’t be displayed the first letter of the name input is displayed.

Defined in

projects/stream-chat-angular/src/lib/avatar-placeholder/avatar-placeholder.component.ts:27

location

location: undefined | AvatarLocation

The location the avatar will be displayed in

Defined in

projects/stream-chat-angular/src/lib/avatar-placeholder/avatar-placeholder.component.ts:31

channel

Optional channel: Channel<DefaultStreamChatGenerics>

The channel the avatar belongs to (if avatar of a channel is displayed)

Defined in

projects/stream-chat-angular/src/lib/avatar-placeholder/avatar-placeholder.component.ts:35

user

Optional user: User<DefaultStreamChatGenerics>

The user the avatar belongs to (if avatar of a user is displayed)

Defined in

projects/stream-chat-angular/src/lib/avatar-placeholder/avatar-placeholder.component.ts:39

type

type: undefined | AvatarType

The type of the avatar: channel if channel avatar is displayed, user if user avatar is displayed

Defined in

projects/stream-chat-angular/src/lib/avatar-placeholder/avatar-placeholder.component.ts:43

initialsType

initialsType: "first-letter-of-first-word" | "first-letter-of-each-word" = 'first-letter-of-first-word'

If channel/user image isn’t provided the initials of the name of the channel/user is shown instead, you can choose how the initals should be computed

Defined in

projects/stream-chat-angular/src/lib/avatar-placeholder/avatar-placeholder.component.ts:47

showOnlineIndicator

showOnlineIndicator: boolean = true

If a channel avatar is displayed, and if the channel has exactly two members a green dot is displayed if the other member is online. Set this flag to false to turn off this behavior.

Defined in

projects/stream-chat-angular/src/lib/avatar-placeholder/avatar-placeholder.component.ts:53