From 355974e3be1ebd7c2f3468af7c2669a21491fa3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viet Ho <viet.ho.03@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:41:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] added headerSlivers for ChatList

---
 lib/src/widgets/chat_list/chat_list.dart | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/src/widgets/chat_list/chat_list.dart b/lib/src/widgets/chat_list/chat_list.dart
index a9b3b59d..9e546675 100644
--- a/lib/src/widgets/chat_list/chat_list.dart
+++ b/lib/src/widgets/chat_list/chat_list.dart
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class ChatList extends StatefulWidget {
     this.chatBuilder,
     this.appbar,
     this.loadMoreChats,
+    this.headerSlivers,
     this.header,
     this.footer,
     this.isLastPage,
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ class ChatList extends StatefulWidget {
   /// If set to `true`, pagination will not trigger loading more chats.
   final ValueGetter<bool>? isLastPage;
 
+  /// List of sliver headers to be displayed at the top of the chat list.
+  final List<Widget>? headerSlivers;
+
   /// Header widget to be displayed at the top of the chat list.
   final Widget? header;
 
@@ -179,6 +183,7 @@ class _ChatListState extends State<ChatList> {
               ),
             ),
           ),
+        ...?widget.headerSlivers,
         if (widget.header case final header?) SliverToBoxAdapter(child: header),
         StreamBuilder<List<ChatListItem>>(
           stream: _controller.chatListStream,

From 17dd494d36a1ea51417bfc10ab03c373d482db37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viet Ho <viet.ho.03@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:49:52 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] updated CHANGELOG

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e22beb2..e0d3a559 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   Rendering issue in attached image preview when sending message on web.
 * **Feat**: [420](https://github.com/SimformSolutionsPvtLtd/chatview/pull/420) Added support for
   `playerMode` in `VoiceMessageConfiguration` with `single` and `multi`.
+* **Feat**: [429](https://github.com/SimformSolutionsPvtLtd/chatview/pull/429) Added optional `headerSlivers`
+  to `ChatList` for better customization.
 
 ## [3.0.0]