# More user friendly chat (closer to Whatsapp)?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/more-user-friendly-chat-closer-to-whatsapp/40030>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [March 24, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/more-user-friendly-chat-closer-to-whatsapp/40030 "2022-03-24T15:34:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/more-user-friendly-chat-closer-to-whatsapp/40030/2 "2022-03-25T00:54:59Z")

</div>

Attaching photos and videos might be tricky. The closest I have worked towards is something like this.

> [@Freezing certain components](https://community.glideapps.com/t/freezing-certain-components/39993/6):
>
> I did this a while ago, but with a text entry and a floating button to imitate a chat screen. I did have 3 versions of this CSS to test on mobile, desktop and tablet, if you want to have a go with this, here’s the mobile version. \<pre\>\<span\>\<style\> div[id\*='screenScrollView'] \> div \> :nth-of-type(2) { position: fixed; bottom: 0; background: white; box-shadow: 0px 0px 19px 5px rgba(199,197,199,1); height: 100px; width: 100%; z-index: 3; } div[id\*='screenScrollView'] \> div \> :nth-of…

But I’m sure with more CSS manipulation you would be able to do something better.

> [@CSS - inline list for chat](https://community.glideapps.com/t/css-inline-list-for-chat/34541/3):
>
> i make this app like Whatsapp, but the chat is in one Rich text component and not in inline list. App link: [https://43om3.glideapp.io/](https://43om3.glideapp.io/)

Let’s say this, for a left-and-right chat experience.

> [@Andrea\_Lasalandra](#):
>
> Will Glide think about these features considering that push notification are now available on Ios 15.4?

I don’t think the push notification being out would push Glide to make changes to the native chat, which has not gone through any major enhancements since the first days. I don’t think it’s a priority at all.

---

_[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/more-user-friendly-chat-closer-to-whatsapp/40030)._