Chatter

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Chatter is a comprehensive, lightweight, mega-configurable chat enhancement addon. It supports a whole bunch of stuff, including:

- Hiding buttons
- Custom aliases for channel names
- Coloring of player names by class or deterministic HSV formula, and player levels next to names
- Custom font and font size for your chat frames
- Custom background, border, and positioning for the edit box
- Option to let the edit box border color match the color of the channel you are typing in
- Channel colors remembered by name, rather than by number
- Scrolling your chat frames with the mouse wheel.
- Sticky channels, configurable
- Ability to copy a chat frame's contents to your clipboard
- Ability to copy URLs to your clipboard
- Ability to customize the background and border of your chat frames
- Timestamps
- A /tt command to send a tell to your target
- A module that turns the word "invite" into clickable links that let you invite the speaker.
- Highlights both for custom keywords in specific channels
- Chat fading toggles
- Text justification
- Autologging (Off by default)
- Alt linking
- Much larger and smaller chat frames than default
- A Groupsay (/gr) command to talk to your group, whether that's battleground, raid, or party.
- Chat Tab look-n-feel modifications
- Paging through chat tabs with the scroll wheel

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_ForgeUser1961580
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Posted Jun 23, 2010
I am having a problem with /tell (name) being sticky'd. Is there a way to disable that?

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
Looks like copy chat is not working in the latest build

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
midgetmage55: thats fixed in 1.2-1-g51559cc

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
Aside from the many other Blizzard 'improvements' (gack), the chat input field now won't display over other addons, e.g. Titan Panel bars :-(

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
Found 2 odd bugs/issues:

Issue 1: The Real ID popup window is interfering with the chat window placement and saved positions. The Real ID window is offset a bit to the left of the main chat window, so if you like to have your chat window all the way to the left, at the very least, the chat window is moved over far enough when you log back in to allow the complete Real ID popup to show. (I can provide SS's if needed).

For those of you having issues with all your chat windows completely resetting, double check and make sure that your chat-cache.txt file in your character's named folder (
World of Warcraft\WTF\ACCOUNT NAME\Server Name\Character Name\) is not set to read-only or locked. Mine was, and aside from the previously mentioned issue with the Real ID moving my main chat window,one I unlocked it, the rest of my chat windows positions were saved properly.

Finally, an odd bug. I had my text input box location set to Top. Once I had typed in some text, and sent it out, I was unable to click on anything the chat input box had been over, such as the chat window tabs. When I tried, the chat input box would open instead.

P.S. Anyone remember how to make the chat tabs fade completely out except when you mouse over them ? I had set up my UI to do that, and now its not. For the life of me, I can't remember how to do it again.

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
Found 2 odd bugs/issues:

Issue 1: The Real ID popup window is interfering with the chat window placement and saved positions. The Real ID window is offset a bit to the left of the main chat window, so if you like to have your chat window all the way to the left, at the very least, the chat window is moved over far enough when you log back in to allow the complete Real ID popup to show. (I can provide SS's if needed).

For those of you having issues with your chat windows completely resetting, double check and make sure that your chat-cache.txt file in your character's named folder (\\World of Warcraft\WTF\ACCOUNT NAME\Server Name\Character Name\) is not set to read-only or locked. Mine was, and aside from the previously mentioned issue with the Real ID moving my main chat window,one I unlocked it, the rest of my chat windows positions were saved properly.

Finally, an odd bug. I had my text input box location set to Top. Once I had typed in some text, and sent it out, I was unable to click on anything the chat input box had been over, such as the chat window tabs. When I tried, the chat input box would open instead.

P.S. Anyone remember how to make the chat tabs fade completely out except when you mouse over them ? I had set up my UI to do that, and now its not. For the life of me, I can't remember how to do it again.

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
My chat-cache.txt is not set to read only and my window positions are not being saved.

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
Quote: Once I had typed in some text, and sent it out, I was unable to click on anything the chat input box had been over, such as the chat window tabs. When I tried, the chat input box would open instead.

I had the same problem so I made the box free floating above the tabs, then locked it (prolly keep it that way till it's fixt) although it's not bad just a little higher since the input box doesn't always show. Just an idea, hope it helps.

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
As already said, chat window positions aren't being saved.
But all in all, I still appreciate the quick update.

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
Just tried the alpha version - still same issue.

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
failrous already said it however, I'd like to second that chatter is indeed not saving my chat box Size/Position but everything works great for me keep up the good work I realize the patch hasn't been out that long so it's not a big deal at all you're usually pretty on top of things.

P.S - The Real ID Conference Chat Box is completley clashing with my Chatter so you might want to take a look at it. ;)

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
I get the following errors:

- 1x Chatter-1.0\Modules\ChatTabs.lua:63: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
(tail call): ?:
<in C code>: ?
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[1]":9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:5>
(tail call): ?:

- Chatter-1.0\Chatter.lua:213: in function <Chatter\Chatter.lua:206>
(tail call): ?:
<in C code>: ?
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[1]":9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:5>
(tail call): ?:

Default chat buttons are shown, and the edit box positioning/finish isnt applied.

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
See this post: http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/chatter.aspx#756966

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
Disregard what I posted. Chatter though, is not saving my position setting

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
I'm having a problem where when I log in/out it resets the placement of my chat and combat log. It always places them back to the same position (which I assume is the Blizzard default) even when they are locked. My friend who also uses Chatter says he isn't having this issue so I'm not sure if it's just me. Does anyone have a solution for this problem?

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
While testing I realized that it's not setting them to the default position, it's moving them away from the bottom/sides of the screen. If I move the box to the center of the screen relogging doesn't change it's position. I think it must be related to the problem where people can't move the chat box down there. I can move it down, it just won't stay after I relog / reloadui. =(

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
I am having the same problem with the chat windows resetting to their default location.

Also, with the new "IM Style" for chatboxes, is there a way to make it NOT open the edit box when you click where the edit box would be? I have frames around the edges of the chat window, and when I try to click on them it opens a chat edit box instead.

Update: I got the newest version just now (v1.2) and am getting the following error.

Date: 2010-06-23 00:26:54
ID: 1
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\Chatter\Modules\EditBox.lua line 182:
attempt to index global 'ChatFrameEditBox' (a nil value)
Debug:
(tail call): ?
[C]: ?
Chatter\Modules\EditBox.lua:182:
Chatter\Modules\EditBox.lua:181
Chatter\Modules\EditBox.lua:186: in main chunk

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
See this post: http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/chatter.aspx#756966

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
That link does not work. It just takes me back here.

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Posted Jun 23, 2010
Awesome that this addon is instantly updated.... But one new problem with the patch.... The chat cant be dragged the the bottom of the screen...... Anyone figure out a way to fix this yet????

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