I am creating a chat window component and I am using Material UI. I would have thought putting a height or max-height either on the MuiList or MuiBox that surrounds the list would make it auto scroll each time a new message is sent, but it doesn't seem to do the trick. I am somewhat baffled by this and any direction would be great. Below is my code. I am using Styled Components for styling.
export const ChatWindow = styled(MuiBox)`
&& {
position: absolute;
right: 0px;
bottom: 0px;
box-shadow: 0px 7px 40px 2px rgba(148, 149, 150, 0.3);
background: ${Color.white};
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: space-between;
transition: 0.3s ease-in-out;
border-radius: 5px;
width: ${props => (props.fullscreen ? '100%' : `${450}px`)};
height: ${props => (props.fullscreen ? '100%' : `${584}px`)};
/* max-height: 550px; */
}
`;
export const ChatWindowHeader = styled(MuiBox)`
&& {
background: ${Color.primary};
min-height: 40px;
border-top-left-radius: 5px;
border-top-right-radius: 5px;
color: white;
padding: 10px;
box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-between;
}
`;
export const MessageList = styled(MuiList)`
&& {
height: 80%;
overflow-y: auto;
}
`;
export const MessageListItem = styled(MuiListItem)`
&& {
margin: auto;
padding-bottom: 10px;
display: flex;
}
`;
export const MessageReceivedBubble = styled(MuiBox)`
&& {
padding: 8px 16px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 2px;
font-weight: 300;
font-size: 14px;
word-wrap: break-word;
}
`;
export const MessageSentBubble = styled(MuiBox)`
&& {
padding: 8px 16px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
border-radius: 10px 10px 2px 10px;
font-weight: 300;
font-size: 14px;
word-wrap: break-word;
}
`;