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 Chat Journal
When logging into SA a chat box appears with two tabs,
System
and Journal. Legacy Chat Mode is the default 'mode' for chat. This is set
in the Main Menu/User Settings/Legacy Tab. Legacy mode is where you
type and press <enter> to speak in game. If you elect not to use legacy mode you will
change to 'enter to talk' mode. To talk
in this mode would be <enter>type text<enter>. This
allows you to assign the normal letter keys to macros/hotkeys without
'typing' the letters. For the purpose of this chat 'information' the
examples are for 'Legacy' mode, if you use non-legacy then you must type
<enter> before any other command.
1. Putting your cursor over the
chat icon on the bottom left corner of the window gives two options for left and right click. (Global Commands)
2. <right
clicking> on either of the tabs 'system' or 'journal' brings up further
options. (Tab Specific Commands)
Each of these is explained below.
 
GLOBAL COMMANDS (the following are global commands that apply to each chat
tab)
Chat Channels
Such as guild, party, alliance, chat etc may be selected by 'Left Click: Select
Channel' on the
bottom chat icon and selecting the mode as shown above.
This may also be
done by typing into any chat window (rather than using the menu):
/s <spacebar>
Normal
Speech
/p <spacebar> Party Speech
/g <spacebar> Guild
Speech
/a <spacebar> Alliance Speech
/c <spacebar> Global Chat
Lock Window
May be selected by 'Right Click: Select Tab' on the
bottom chat icon and toggling the lock window text. When locked your chat
window may not be resized or moved on your screen, and it remains 'locked' until
such time as you 'unlock' it.
Auto Hide
May be selected by 'Right Click: Select Tab' on the
bottom chat icon and checking the box to auto hide. When you elect to auto
hide the window frame and tabs 'disappear' and only the text appears in your
window with a left hand scroll bar.
Set Opacity
May be selected by 'Right
Click: Select Tab' on the
bottom chat icon, click on 'Set Opacity' to bring up the Opacity gump. Here
you may use the sliders to nominate your 'fade out' and 'fade in' opacity
on your chat windows.
Fade Out: changes the 'visibility' level of the chat border and
tabs (faint to full visibility) when 'auto hide' is checked on.
Fade In: changes the 'visibility' level of the chat border and
tabs (faint to full visibility) when 'auto hide' is checked off.
Chat Colors
May be selected by
'Right Click: Select Tab' on the
bottom chat icon and clicking on chat colors. A gump will appear that
allows you to select the color text that will appear in your chat windows. You
may nominate the color by clicking on the type of chat (eg guild chat) and
selecting the color you wish to view that type of chat in. Setting the colors in
one character sets the colors for ALL characters on the account.
Tab Selection (system, journal etc)
May be selected by
'Right Click: Select Tab' on the
bottom chat icon and clicking on the relative tab name. This allows
you to toggle between chat windows if your 'tabs' are on 'auto hide' or faded.
The list will include any tabs you have created.
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TAB SPECIFIC COMMANDS (the commands for 'Font, Filters and
Timestamps' only apply to the
'current' tab you have selected on <right click>, created tabs will appear
on all characters on your account and are not character specific.)
Font
May be selected by
'Right Clicking' on any chat window tab (as shown in 2 above). Select
the small arrow to open up a gump with a selection of fonts available.
Chat Filters
May be selected by
'Right Clicking' on any chat window tab (as shown in 2 above). When clicked a gump
appears with the various types of chat mode. Placing or removing a 'tick'
against each of the modes will determine what mode will 'report' to whichever
tab you 'right clicked' on. For example, if you turn them all off accept
'system' then all chat will disappear and only system messages will report to
that chat window. See the 'new tab' description below for more detail on
filters.
Show Timestamp
May be selected by
'Right Clicking' on any chat window tab (as shown in 2 above). This allows
you to toggle between having the text 'timestamped' on or off in any particular
chat window. It appears to the left of the text.
New Tab
May be selected by
'Right Clicking' on any chat window tab (as shown in 2 above).
Selecting new tab will give you another tab. This may be useful for
differentiating between different chat channels and is where the chat filter
option(s) come in handy. Creating a new tab is saved to all characters on
your account. So if, for example, you create a Tab which you name 'Guild, that tab will
appear on all your chat windows for each character. Shown below is a chat
box with five tabs, right clicking on a tab allows you select the chat filter
for that tab. In this case I have shown the 'journal' and 'party' filter
settings. In the journal I have all modes of chat reporting and in party
only the 'party' mode of chat reporting. This means that you can 'play' and see
all chat/system stuff happening, but if you want to 'view' just what was said in
party or guild etc you can click on that tab and it filters out all the
miscellaneous chat, spells, messages etc. If you select 'Custom' as your
filter then only chat from whatever 'global' chat channel you are in will appear
in that tab. Global Chat selection is discussed in more detail in the Global
Chat section of this guide.
Rename Tab
May be selected by
'Right Clicking' on any chat window tab (as shown in 2 above). It is
self explanatory and allows you to rename a tab.
Remove Tab
May be selected by
'Right Clicking' on any chat window tab (as shown in 2 above). It is
self explanatory and allows you to remove a tab.
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Other
To '''add someone to a party the command is:
/add <enter> (which will give you a
cursor to target the person) or hold shift and right click on the person and
select 'add to party' (left click on person in legacy targeting) or click on the person and then right click on the target
bar to get the menu.
/quit (to leave party) You
may also leave party by targeting yourself and right clicking on the target box
and select leave party.
To repeat text just spoken (what <ctrl>+Q did in 2d) press
<shift>+Page Up
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