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ChannelSwitch

Press Tab in the chat box to cycle through your active chat channels, including General and Trade, with no mouse needed.

ChannelSwitch

Switch chat channels with the Tab key. No mouse needed.

Open the chat box and press Tab, and the channel changes. Press Shift+Tab to go backward. It works even when you've already started typing, and your text stays put.

FEATURES

- Cycles through Say, Party, Raid, Instance, Guild, and Yell
- Includes your numbered channels (General, Trade, LocalDefense, and any others you've joined) if they're ticked in your chat window's channel settings
- Skips channels you can't use right now, such as Raid when you're solo
- Keeps your typed text when you switch
- Leaves slash-command autocomplete and whisper-target cycling alone, so Tab still works for those
- No settings, no saved variables, no slash commands to learn

CUSTOMIZING

To change the order of the built-in channels, edit the ORDER list at the top of ChannelSwitch.lua.

COMPATIBILITY

Built and tested for WoW: Forever (Interface 16001).

FEEDBACK

Found If something breaks or Tab does something weird, let me know in the comments. It helps if you tell me what you were doing, which other chat addons you run, and what BugSack says. I expect a few rough edges, and I'd rather hear about them than have you quietly uninstall it. Ideas are welcome too.

LICENSE

MIT. Made by QuinicAcid

ChannelSwitch Team

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