Member List for PubNub Chat Components for React
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Renders a list of members.
It can represent all users of the application, only members of the current channel, users currently subscribed/present on the channel, or whatever else is passed into it. Custom memberRenderer can be used to modify how the users are rendered. For example you can add presence indicators.
Component
This section shows the preview of a sample Member List component and its source code.
- Preview
- Source Code

Sue Flores (You)
VP Sales

Anna Gordon
VP Marketing

Luis Griffin
Environmental Tech

Jenny Porter
Engineer

Luke Young
Product Engineer

Marie Harper
Technical Writer

Mark Kelley
Office Assistant

Sue Jones
Desktop Support Technician

Tom Martinez
Product Engineer

Veronica Barrett
Registered Nurse
<Chat currentChannel="test-channel">
<MemberList
presentMembers={[
"user_3c4400761cba4b65b77b6cae55fc21eb",
"user_def709b1adfc4e67b98bb7a820f581b1",
"user_a56c20222c484ff8987ec9b69b0c8f5b"
]}
members={[
{
"name": "Mark Kelley",
"custom": {
"title": "Office Assistant"
},
"email": null,
"eTag": "AYGyoY3gre71eA",
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You can configure the component using these parameters:
Parameter | Type | Default value | Description |
---|---|---|---|
members? | UserEntity[] | string[] | [] | Option to pass a list of members, including metadata, to render on the list. |
presentMembers? | string[] | [] | Option to pass a list of present member IDs to mark them with a presence indicator. |
selfText? | string | "(You)" | This text is added after current user's name. |
sort? | (a: UserEntity, b: UserEntity) => -1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | Members are sorted by presence and alphabetically by default, you can override that by providing a sorter function. |
extraActionsRenderer? | (member: UserEntity) => JSX.Element | n/a | Provide extra actions renderer to add custom action buttons to each member. |
memberRenderer? | (member: UserEntity) => JSX.Element | n/a | Option to provide a custom user renderer to override themes and CSS variables. |
onMemberClicked? | (member: UserEntity) => unknown | n/a | A callback run when user clicked one of the members. |