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Modern Chat

The modern chat is a tabbed chat window similar to recent MMOs, replacing the classic UO Journal and chat bar.

INFO

Enable Modern Chat Gump under Experimental in the game options to use.

Highlights

  • UI for Creating/Editing Tabs
  • Custom message filters, e.g. type != "Label".
    There's a few templates to choose from as examples, and the filterable properties are shown in the UI.
  • Chat prefix for all messages you send on a Tab, e.g. for UOAlive's global chat you would use [c
  • Customizable font, size and weight
  • Large message history (up to 1,000)
  • Enable displaying timestamps on messages
  • Lock position toggle, so you don't accidentally move it
  • Clear chat button to wipe the chat history
  • Input history navigation:
    • via arrow keys (like in a terminal), up for the last message, down for more recent
    • Standard UO hotkey CTRL + Q for last message (CTRL+W is not possible due to hardcoded browser hotkeys).
  • Autocomplete for previous messages, just type the first few letters then hit tab