Moonscarlet's Chat Scanner

Chat Scanner watches chat for you and alerts you only when someone posts something you are waiting for, with a sound and a clickable class-colored player name so you can whisper/invite right away.

How I use it

I keep Trade, LFG and World in a separate chat tab, so my main tab stays clean. When I'm looking for something, I add it to the watch list and get an alert in my main tab only when it shows up.

Features

• Simple in-game window. Type /cs or click the minimap button. No commands needed.
• Smart keywords. Match a word or phrase, require several words at once, or skip messages containing words you don't want (for example, find "LFM Molten Core" but skip "gold").
• Edit anytime. Change a keyword in place with one click.
• Choose your chats. Guild, Say, Yell and channels are on by default. Party, Raid, Battleground, Officer and Whispers are optional.
• Ignore list. Silence spammers in the scanner without touching your normal ignore list.
• Pick your sound. Choose the alert sound from a list and hear each one as you pick it. It can play even if game sound is muted.
• Pick your color. Choose the color of the alert text, with a Reset button to get the default blue back.
• Pick your chat tab. Send alerts to any of your chat tabs, not just the first one.
• Raid warning style alert (optional). Also show the match as big text in the middle of your screen.
• Taskbar flash (optional) when the game is in the background.
• Class-colored, clickable player names in every alert.
• Your own messages and repeated messages are skipped, and everything is saved between sessions.

Getting started

1. Type /cs (or click the minimap button).
2. On the Keywords tab, type what you're looking for and press Enter.
3. Check the Chats tab to choose where to listen.
4. Open the Settings tab to choose your sound, color, chat tab and alert style, then click Test notification to try it.

Keywords

Spaces count exactly as typed, so " tank " only matches the whole word "tank" and not "tanked".

Slash commands (optional)