PhanxChat

PhanxChat is a chat mod aimed at reducing chat frame clutter, and making chat frames easier to use.

• Hide the chat scroll buttons
• Enable mouse wheel scrolling in the chat frames
• Shorten channel names and chat strings
• Enable arrow keys in the chat edit box
• Move the chat edit box above the chat frame
• Configure the chat text fade time
• Stop chat tabs from flashing when new messages are received
• Lock docked chat tabs in place to prevent accidental dragging
• Color player names by class if known
• Make more chat types sticky
• Link URLs for easy copying
• Suppress channel notification messages
• Suppress repeated messages in public channels

For answers to common questions about PhanxChat and its features, see my portal for the PhanxChat FAQ.

For more information, including planned features, advanced configuration options, and a list of companion addons, please see my portal for extra info about PhanxChat.

Usage

Options are available in the standard Interface Options window. As a shortcut, you can type /pchat to open the Interface Options window directly to the PhanxChat panel.

You can type /pchat clear to clear the contents of all chat frames.

You can type /tt or /wt followed by a message to send that message to your current target.


Localization

PhanxChat currently has translations for English, German (deDE), French (frFR), Russian (ruRU), Korean (koKR), Simplified Chinese (zhCN), and Traditional Chinese (zhTW).

If no translations exist for your locale, PhanxChat will default to English, but some locale-dependent features may not work completely (like short channel names) or work in undesirable ways (like short chat strings using English abbreviations that might not make sense for your language).

If you can help translate PhanxChat for European Spanish (esES) or Latin American Spanish (esMX) locales, please send me a PM!

All existing translations will need to be updated for WoW 3.1, since the options are moving to the Interface Options window. If you can help update translations for any locale, please send me a PM.

Known Issues

• Tell-target commands do not update the chat edit box to reflect the target of your message.

Requesting Features

Use the Feature Request tracker to suggest features you would like to see in PhanxChat. Keep in mind that I intend to keep this addon limited to simple, uncluttered chat frame modifications. Also, please take a look at the list of declined features before posting a feature request.

Reporting Bugs

Use the bug report tracker. Before reporting a bug, please make sure it is not on the list of known issues (above), please first follow some basic addon troubleshooting steps, and be sure to include:

1. The actual error message. If you don't see an error message, are Lua errors enabled in your interface options? Do you have an error handling addon such as BugSack, Swatter, or tekErr enabled?
2. What is the problem? Be specific.
3. What were you doing when the problem occurred? Does the problem occur every time you do that? Be specific.
4. Does the problem occur when PhanxChat is the only addon enabled? If not, which addon is it conflicting with?
5. Does the problem occur while using the default settings? If not, which settings did you change from their default values?
6. What version of PhanxChat are you using? If you just say "the latest version" and do not provide an actual version number, I will likely ignore your report.
7. What locale (language) do you play WoW in? What is the current version of WoW in your locale?

License

Please see my portal or the README file included in the addon's folder for the full license terms under which PhanxChat is released. In particular, redistribution without prior permission is prohibited. Compilation creators, please take a few minutes to learn about the basic details of copyright law and software licensing before you upload a bundle of other people's copyrighted work. Thanks!

Version 3.1.0.40-beta
Rearranged configuration GUI
Re-added "/pchat clear" command for easy keybinding

Version 3.1.0.37-beta
Fixed suppressing repeated messages in 3.1
Fixed error in option for shortening channel names

Version 3.1.0.35-beta
Add LibStub for GUI configuration