Chat Windows

[Bacardii]

Hello ~ I was wondering if I could make a slightly odd request.

I know we kinda have a plug in that does what I'm looking for, but not exactly.

What I would like is to have the left most (primary) chat panel be broken into 2 windows. Sorta like all our duel stat plug-ins. This way I can have all the 'normal' chat going on in one half of the window, and guild chat going on in the second half of the window.

If there is a way that I can do this, just let me know - I will admit to being pretty nub when it comes to the UI set up.

[spiel2001]

You could just add a guild chat tab to the window. That said, trying to put two chat windows side by side in that space would almost certain result in two windows far too narrow to be very usable.

[Bacardii]

Turned out to be a moot point anyway. Main chat window only shrinks so much. Ah well.

[Xrystal]

What is it that the guildchat window not do that you would like it to do ? Perhaps it is something I could add to it or if its not something I feel should be in it in general I could show you what you need to do to do what you want.

[Seer]

Originally Posted by spiel2001 You could just add a guild chat tab to the window. That said, trying to put two chat windows side by side in that space would almost certain result in two windows far too narrow to be very usable.

An option would be not side by side but above/below. Won't be a good thing either in a chattery guild..

[gman265]

Originally Posted by Bacardii Hello ~ I was wondering if I could make a slightly odd request. I know we kinda have a plug in that does what I'm looking for, but not exactly. What I would like is to have the left most (primary) chat panel be broken into 2 windows. Sorta like all our duel stat plug-ins. This way I can have all the 'normal' chat going on in one half of the window, and guild chat going on in the second half of the window. If there is a way that I can do this, just let me know - I will admit to being pretty nub when it comes to the UI set up.

I made a slight change to the guildchat plugin ( Shhhh.. don't tel Xrystal ) to show party and party leader chat inside with the guildchat. Just edit the nUI_Infopanel_Guildchat.lua file and add the lines in blue. You don't have to use Party chat, like I have set up. You can other types of chat. You just have to make sure you have the naming set correctly.

MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS BACKUP FILES BEFORE EDITING THEM IN ANY WAY.

-- clean up the guildchat frame
		
			ChatFrame_RemoveAllChannels( gcframe );
			ChatFrame_RemoveAllMessageGroups( gcframe );
   			ChatFrame_AddMessageGroup(gcframe, "GUILD");
       		        ChatFrame_AddMessageGroup(gcframe, "GUILD_OFFICER");
   			ChatFrame_AddMessageGroup(gcframe, "GUILD_ACHIEVEMENT");
   			ChatFrame_AddMessageGroup(gcframe, "PARTY");
   			ChatFrame_AddMessageGroup(gcframe, "PARTY_LEADER");

I know the plugin is called guildchat, but maybe Xrystal can add an option to select other types of chat.

-gman

[Xrystal]

Psst, thats why I made a Chat Plugin :P That works like a separate chat window on the right hand side and doesn't reset any of the settings made by the user. It won't give that little bit of guild information but for those that want an extra chat window for whatever they want its ideal.

Originally Posted by gman265 I made a slight change to the guildchat plugin ( Shhhh.. don't tel Xrystal ) to show party and party leader chat inside with the guildchat. Just edit the nUI_Infopanel_Guildchat.lua file and add the lines in blue. You don't have to use Party chat, like I have set up. You can other types of chat. You just have to make sure you have the naming set correctly. MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS BACKUP FILES BEFORE EDITING THEM IN ANY WAY. -- clean up the guildchat frame ChatFrame_RemoveAllChannels( gcframe ); ChatFrame_RemoveAllMessageGroups( gcframe ); ChatFrame_AddMessageGroup(gcframe, "GUILD"); ChatFrame_AddMessageGroup(gcframe, "GUILD_OFFICER"); ChatFrame_AddMessageGroup(gcframe, "GUILD_ACHIEVEMENT"); ChatFrame_AddMessageGroup(gcframe, "PARTY"); ChatFrame_AddMessageGroup(gcframe, "PARTY_LEADER"); I know the plugin is called guildchat, but maybe Xrystal can add an option to select other types of chat. -gman

[loogielv]

Originally Posted by Xrystal Psst, thats why I made a Chat Plugin :P That works like a separate chat window on the right hand side and doesn't reset any of the settings made by the user. It won't give that little bit of guild information but for those that want an extra chat window for whatever they want its ideal.

sorry if i'm being dense here, but what is the chat plugin? are you referring to the guild chat infopanel addon? or is there another way to have guild chat in the chat frame? i would love to remove the guildchat info panel and have a way to cycle between normal chat, and guild chat, and whispers, all in the chat frame. is this possible?

[Xrystal]

Sorry, let me explain further. I have 3 different chat plugins I wrote.

nUI_InfoPanel_GuildChat - Holds guild related chat messages by default. On login it will reset the channels and set up guild messages by default.

nUI_InfoPanel_Whispers - Holds whisper related chat messages by default. On login it will reset the channels and set up whisper ones only.

nUI_InfoPanel_Chat - Acts like a second chat window and will keep the changes you make when adding channels and stuff.

So,

If you want a second chat window to store all your chats ( although not in separate tabs quite yet as I haven't figured out how that works ) then you might want to try the Chat version.

If you want to have separate guild and whisper messages then download the Whispers and GuildChat versions which will each have a separate infopanel to hold their chats in.

Bear in mind though that where these addons create new chat frames if you turn them off before removing the frames ( I added that feature to the addons in question ) you will end up with floating frames. Just drag them to the main chat frame to dock them or remove them manually.

I'm trying to find another way to handle this and so far the only way I can think of is to kill the frames on log out and recreate them on login. So that will be one of my next changes to those addons when I finish with my current task.

However, the actual idea you are thinking of is something like WiM which I know Scott wants to add at some point into nUI.

[loogielv]

great info, thank you. I think I need the chat panel then. cuz I currently use both the whisper and the guild one, but dont like having 2 extra info panels right in between my most used panels. thanks so much. I'd do anything to have these on the chat panel side, instead of the info panel though. no way, huh?

[Xrystal]

Originally Posted by loogielv great info, thank you. I think I need the chat panel then. cuz I currently use both the whisper and the guild one, but dont like having 2 extra info panels right in between my most used panels. thanks so much. I'd do anything to have these on the chat panel side, instead of the info panel though. no way, huh?

Not with the current layout. In nUI6 Scott is setting up 2 info panels and will allow users to choose which plugins go where and in which order. So something for you to look forward to.

The simplest option though for you would be to manually create the chat windows yourself in the normal chat window with or without the infopanel plugins. Set one with Guild related channels, one with Whisper channels and the other with whatever else you may want to separate. If that works along the way you wanted then you don't need the plugins

I use it all the time for things like Raid Chat and Party Chat etc.

[spiel2001]

Xrystal's correct... you can do that already just by right clicking the settings tab for the chat frame and adding new channels to it.

[loogielv]

Originally Posted by spiel2001 Xrystal's correct... you can do that already just by right clicking the settings tab for the chat frame and adding new channels to it.

whoa whoa whoa. wait a minute. you gotta be kidding. the whole time i've been able to do this?

i thought adding channels would only add more channels to the chat box. for instance, i could choose not to display trade chat, or only display raid, party, guild, whispers etc. you're saying I could have my chat panel open to normal chat that has everything, then an entirely new chat window, or tab or whatever that has only whispers? or guild, or whatever?

if so, why make the other addons Xrystal? just in case someone wanted both open at the same time?

[spiel2001]

Originally Posted by loogielv if so, why make the other addons Xrystal? just in case someone wanted both open at the same time?

Exactly... guild chat in one window, raid chat in the other, both open at the same time, etc.

[loogielv]

Originally Posted by spiel2001 Exactly... guild chat in one window, raid chat in the other, both open at the same time, etc.

i now feel completely retarded. sorry to waste everyone's time, i'll do that as soon as I get home. before I even say hi to the kids.

[spiel2001]

~lol~

Say hi to the kids first... then... yeah.

~grin~

[Xrystal]

Yes that was precisely the reason for it. GuildChat was a request from someone that wanted to be able to see his guild chatting regardless of what other chat windows he had open. The someone asked about whispers so the Whispers plugin was born and then someone asked about customising them to add other channels ... so Chat plugin was born. Whilst you can only have one of the plugins visible at a time you can have one of them visible on the right and the normal chat window on the left

[Chmee]

The upside to the default chat interface is that you can create several tabs, each with different setups - guild chat, raid/party chat, whispers, what have you. The downside is keeping track of all the conversations going on in the various tabs, since you can only see one at a time (unless you pull the tab out and put it elsewhere, but then you're cluttering up your main view of everything).

[Xrystal]

Yep, for now the alternative to toggling between chat tabs is to use one of the plugins for the right hand side and use the normal chat window on the left side.

So, say, you were doing a raid and needed to see the raid chatting going on. You could then have your raid chat tab selected on the left hand side. Now, if you also wanted to see all your whispers for friends and the odd snidy comments about the raid leader and that dpser that isn't pulling their weight or the healer that isn't healing you .. etc rofl .. yes, I know it happens rofl , then you could use the Whisper chat plugin on the right hand side.

Obviously if you also used Skada or Omen/recount you would have to wait until the fighting was over before checking what whispers you missed but then again you should be paying attention to the fight than whisper in the first place :P