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Channel Drafts

Nexconn Chat UI keeps text drafts for each channel through the current BaseChannel and ChatProvider.

When a user types text and leaves the chat page before sending it, the input widget saves the draft after a short debounce. When the same channel is opened again, the draft is restored into the input field. Sending a message or clearing the input clears the stored draft.

Default Behavior​

Draft handling is enabled by default when you use ChatPage with the standard MessageInputWidget.

The built-in flow:

  1. Reads the initial value from channel.draft.
  2. Saves non-empty input with ChatProvider.saveDraft.
  3. Clears empty or sent input with ChatProvider.clearDraft.
  4. Shows the draft in the channel list as the latest channel summary.

Manual Control​

Use ChatProvider if your app owns a custom input field.

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await chatProvider.saveDraft('Meet at 4?');
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await chatProvider.clearDraft();
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final draft = channel.draft;

Drafts are plain text. Attachments, reference state, mention metadata, and custom input panels are not persisted as part of the draft by Nexconn Chat UI.

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