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Incoming chat messages from the MC server are scanned for special delimiters at the beginning of the chat line that are common to several server-side chat-channel plugins. When these chat channels can be deduced by TabbyChat, a new 'tab' is created above the chat window. This tab contains only the messages from that channel and filters out the rest.

The first tab listed will always be the catch-all tab, holding all received messages just like you would see without this mod, and is denoted with a * (asterisk).

Core behavior/functionality:

Currently active tabs denoted by light-blue text/background, names surrounded by brackets
Inactive tab name text is gray in color
Inactive tabs that contain unread chat are surrounded by angle brackets, and text is red in color
Tabs can be closed/removed by holding down the left Shift key while clicking
Multiple tabs can be selected by left Control clicking
Configuration of the mod separated into global (general/advanced) and server-specific (server/filters) settings, accessible by Shift-clicking on the initial * (asterisk) tab
Tabs will also be created for chats sent/received player-to-player, i.e. the /msg command from Essentials, depending on the server configuration (i.e. delimiters)
The mod disables itself during single-player play (this check is triggered by a chat event)

Additional features:

Define custom filters, allowing you to direct/exclude chat from tabs you want. Also configure highlighting the matching text, and play a sound when a match is found
Send multi-line messages at once, automatically split into multiple sends by TabbyChat, with a configurable time-delay between them
Log chat to file
Add timestamps to chat messages
Automatically 'group' repeated messages (consolidate spam)
Chat tabs with un-displayed messages can flash red to notify you of un-read chat
Customize the size of your chatbox display to a configurable percentage of your current window size (20% to 100%)
Customize how long new chat messages stay on the screen when the chat screen is inactive
Force Unicode Rendering for Chat
Configure automatic command prefixes for each tab (automatically begin message with command)

Installation

TabbyChat can be installed by any one of three methods:

Patch minecraft.jar with the mod files via MCPatcher, Magic Launcher, MultiMC, etc.
Load TabbyChat via ModLoader
Load TabbyChat via Forge