bug: No default TypingIndicator provided when using VirtualizedMessageList

[DannyBiezen]

Describe the bug

The VirtualizedMessageList does not have a default implementation for the TypingIndicator: https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-react/blob/34b8e71771566551180af412f3c13d0740ccc725/src/components/MessageList/VirtualizedMessageList.tsx#L149

The MessageList does have a default implementation: https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-react/blob/34b8e71771566551180af412f3c13d0740ccc725/src/components/MessageList/MessageList.tsx#L81

Expected behavior

I can get the expected behavior by passing the TypingIndicator to the Channel component <Channel TypingIndicator={TypingIndicator} />.

However, I would've expected this to work out of the box. Are there any specific reasons to not have this as the default? I'm also wondering if there are any docs about the differences between MessageList and VirtualizedMessageList as I've been running into other issues due to slight differences in behaviour between the two.

Package version

• stream-chat-react: 10.6.0
• stream-chat-css: 3.9.0
• stream-chat-js: 8.3.0

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows
• Browser Chrome
• Version 109

[MartinCupela]

Hello @DannyBiezen , I am not aware of the reason why default TypingIndicator. We would like to deprecate the MessageList eventually, but we keep that epic in the backlog for now. That is also the reason we do not have a list of the differences.

Please pass your TypingIndicator component to corresponding Channel prop to work around this.

[dannyBies]

If I pass the TypingIndicator to the Channel component I quickly run into https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-react/issues/1951 which is making it unusable for my situation so I've disabled it for now.

[MartinCupela]

@dannyBies the issue #1951 will be partially fixed with https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-css/pull/221. The only thing we cannot introduce in a minor version / patch is change of markdown (moving TypingIndicator outside the message list's scroll container).