Chat Settings
All settings for this feature live under Settings Chat Settings .
Timestamps
- Show chat messages timestamp Settings Chat Settings Show chat messages timestamp — Show timestamps in the message history.
- Use 24h Settings Chat Settings Use 24h — Display timestamps in 24-hour format.
- Show seconds Settings Chat Settings Show seconds — Include seconds in the timestamp.
- Color Settings Chat Settings Color: — Customize the timestamp color.
Chat Bubbles
- Hide player chat speech bubbles Settings Chat Settings Hide player chat speech bubbles — Don’t show in-game speech bubbles over player characters that send a message in chat.
- Hide all friendly speech bubbles Settings Chat Settings Hide all friendly speech bubbles — Don’t show any in-game speech bubbles from friendly entities.
- Show NPC speech bubbles in emote channel Settings Chat Settings Show NPC speech bubbles in emote channel — Speech bubbles from NPCs and heroes appear as emote messages in chat.
Message Redirection
- Redirect NPC dialog to emote channel Settings Chat Settings Redirect NPC dialog to emote channel — Messages from NPCs that would normally show on-screen and in team chat are instead redirected to the emote channel.
- Redirect outgoing whispers to whisper channel Settings Chat Settings Redirect outgoing whispers to whisper channel — Whispers you send appear blue like an incoming message, with
->before the name.
Link Handling
- Open web links from templates Settings Chat Settings Open web links from templates — Clicking a template with a URL as its name opens that URL in your browser.
- Automatically change urls into build templates Settings Chat Settings Automatically change urls into build templates. — URLs (starting with
https://orhttp://) anywhere in your messages are automatically converted to template format.
Appearance
- Chat window font size Settings Chat Settings Chat window font size — Choose from Default, Large, Larger, or Largest.
- Chat Colors Settings Chat Settings Chat Colors — Customize the sender and message color for each chat channel: Local, Guild, Team, Trade, Alliance, Whispers, Emotes, and Other.
- Chat Token Colors Settings Chat Settings Chat Token Colors — Customize the highlight color of text tokens such as item rarities (Common, Uncommon, Rare, etc.) and other labeled text throughout the game.
Other
- Clear chat message when hiding the in-game chat window Settings Chat Settings Clear chat message when hiding the in-game chat window — Clears any typed text when you hide the chat window.
Chat Commands
/afk [message]: Set your status to Away and optionally set an AFK message/age2: Display instance time in chat/chat [all|guild|team|trade|alliance|whisper]: Open or switch to the specified chat channel
For a full list of chat commands, see the Chat Commands page.