TL;DR: Explore the new AI-powered smart components in Syncfusion’s Blazor suite for the 2024 Volume 3 release. This blog introduces the Smart TextArea, Smart Paste Button, and AI AssistView components. It also explains how AI enhances components like DataGrid, Scheduler, Rich Text Editor, and more.
Syncfusion introduces three cutting-edge AI components in this release: Smart TextArea, Smart Paste Button, and AI AssistView.
Along with the new components, we support seamlessly integrating AI with Syncfusion’s existing Blazor components.
Note: Currently, these components and features are in an experimental phase and available only in the Blazor Server demos.
Let’s explore them in detail!
Blazor Smart Text Area (Preview)
The Blazor Smart TextArea is an AI-powered component designed to predict and autocomplete sentences in real time, making typing faster and more accurate.
Key features
Intelligent autocomplete: Automatically suggests whole sentence completions based on user input and predefined configurations.
Context-aware predictions: Enhances typing efficiency by predicting the most relevant text completions in real time.
Seamless integration: Easily integrates into existing Blazor apps, providing a smooth and intuitive user experience.
Customizable configuration: Allows tailored suggestions, adapting to specific app needs and user behaviors.
The Blazor Smart Paste Button is an AI-powered enhancement of Syncfusion’s Blazor Button. It enables intelligent clipboard pasting with contextual accuracy and proper formatting, boosting productivity.
Key features
Clipboard integration: Pulls data directly from the clipboard, reducing the need for manual typing.
Autofill capability: Automatically populates multiple form fields with a single click, saving time and effort.
Smart data parsing: Intelligently recognizes and formats clipboard data to match the form’s required fields.
The Blazor AI AssistView component is a versatile, modern UI tool designed to seamlessly integrate AI services into web apps. It enables users to send prompts, execute commands, and display AI-generated responses through a highly customizable and feature-rich toolbar.
Key features
Built-in toolbars: Predefined toolbar actions like copy, edit, and like/dislike enable smooth interaction with prompts and responses.
Prompt suggestions: This feature offers initial and on-demand suggestions, and you can also customize the prompt header for a personalized experience.
Header toolbar: Allows you to add toolbar items in the header, offering options for executing custom commands.
Custom views: Extensive customization options for creating unique views and enhancing the built-in assist view’s functionality.
Appearance customization: Modify the default layout, prompts, responses, and other visual elements to match your app’s needs.
Smart AI integration with Syncfusion Blazor components
With the 2024 volume 3 release, Syncfusion has infused AI capabilities into its Blazor components, accompanied by enhanced demos to showcase these features.
Before diving into the AI-powered functionalities, we recommend familiarizing yourself with Local Embeddings and the necessary dependencies for seamless AI integration.
Semantic searching: This feature allows the DataGrid to retrieve relevant information without requiring exact search terms. For example, if the DataGrid lists Abdominal pain, users can still find relevant reports by searching for terms like stomach. The grid dynamically displays related search results using local embeddings, improving search accuracy and relevance.
Anomaly detection: The DataGrid can display metrics such as Machine ID, Voltage, Pressure, Temperature, and more. Using AI, the component identifies anomalies in the data, explaining why specific data points are considered irregular. The grid highlights these anomalies by pressing the “Detect Anomaly” button, providing deeper insights into the data.
AI-powered smart Blazor Scheduler
The Blazor Scheduler is now enhanced with AI-powered event scheduling, allowing you to convert natural language text input into structured appointments effortlessly. This smart feature streamlines the scheduling process, saving time and improving accuracy.
Document summarization: Leverages AI to summarize lengthy documents, providing quick insights.
Smart redaction: Intelligently redacts sensitive information with precision.
Smart fill: Automatically fills form fields using AI, reducing manual data entry.
AI-powered smart Blazor Image Editor
The Blazor Image Editor provides advanced image editing features, including Magic Eraser, Background Changer, and Background Remover. These AI-powered tools enhance creativity and precision, making complex edits simple and intuitive.
Note: The AI features in the Image Editor rely on third-party Stability AI service.
Document summarization: AI-driven summarization and Q&A for document content.
Smart editor: Provides AI assistance for rewriting, grammar checking, and translation.
Writing assist: Helps generate new content based on user input and aids in expanding ideas.
AI-powered smart Blazor TreeGrid
With AI integration, the Blazor TreeGrid component can automatically organize and correct hierarchical data, fixing parent-child relationships to ensure accurate data nesting.
AI-powered smart Blazor Pivot Table
The Blazor Pivot Table now offers AI-powered capabilities to visualize and analyze data dynamically based on user queries. This makes complex data analysis more accessible and simplifies the process of extracting valuable insights from various data categories.
Smart search: Users can search for items based on semantic meaning, allowing them to find relevant files even if the search term does not exactly match the file name. To perform a smart search, provide semantic content in the File Manager search bar, click the search icon, or press Enter key.
Content summary: Users can quickly get summaries of .txt, .pdf, and .docx files by selecting a file and clicking the Quick Summary button in the File Manager Toolbar.
Intelligent organization: Users can organize files into categories using AI by selecting a folder and clicking the Organize button in the File Manager context menu.
AI-powered smart Blazor Kanban
The Blazor Kanban Board utilizes AI to recommend tasks based on analysis and interpret customer feedback sentiments, making task management more efficient.
AI-powered smart Blazor ComboBox
The Blazor ComboBox now supports semantic search, offering advanced search capabilities by understanding context and meaning rather than relying on exact keywords. Powered by AI integration, it leverages local embeddings and operates without Azure OpenAI.
Smart Blazor ComboBox component
AI-powered smart Blazor Query Builder
The Blazor Query Builder enables users to construct queries using natural language. The system intelligently interprets the user’s intent and converts it into the appropriate query format.
Thanks for reading! In this blog, we’ve explored the AI-powered smart components and features added to the Syncfusion Blazor suite for the 2024 Volume 3 release. To discover more about the features available in this release, please visit our Release Notes and What’s New pages. Try them out and leave your feedback in the comments section below!
Existing Syncfusion users can access the most recent version of Essential Studio® on the License and Downloads page. If you’re new to Syncfusion, we offer a 30-day free trial to test these exciting new features.
Rajendran is a product manager at Syncfusion, Inc. He leads and handles the development of Syncfusion’s web components. He also plays a major role in product development and in writing blogs about the components. He enjoys reading articles about web and mobile technology.
