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=== Chat bots === | |||
{{main|List of chat bots}} | |||
=== Frontpage Chat === | === Frontpage Chat === | ||
Formerly the "primary" chat as it was accessible from the [[/|Mainpage]]. Frontpage chat was [[Removal of chat|removed in 2024]]. | Formerly the "primary" chat as it was accessible from the [[/|Mainpage]]. Frontpage chat was [[Removal of chat|removed in 2024]]. | ||
Chat was brought back to the Mainpage in 2025 as part of a [[Holiday events|Halloween event]]. It was initially supposed to disappear after the event was over, but significant user support encouraged FP to restore it permanently. | |||
=== Global Chat === | === Global Chat === | ||
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=== Chat colors === | === Chat colors === | ||
By default, the color of a user's chat username is set to their canvas color, | By default, the color of a user's chat username is set to their canvas color. If their canvas color is pure black (#000000), their chat color is selected randomly from a list of 11 colors: {{Main_color|#660066}}{{Main_color|#003366}}{{Main_color|#ff9900}}{{Main_color|#ff0066}}{{Main_color|#003300}}{{Main_color|#ff0000}}{{Main_color|#3a3a3a}}{{Main_color|#006666}}{{Main_color|#3399ff}}{{Main_color|#3333ff}}{{Main_color|#000000}}. They can also customize it separately using the /chatcolor command. | ||
If the user's nickname matches their username (case-insensitive), their username shows up in bold lettering. | |||
As a separate feature, world owners can customize the color of both the chat's border and the messages themselves. However, this is only accessible through the [https://github.com/system2k/NodeWorldOfText source code version of OWoT.][[File:Countrysim owot.png|thumb|It is possible to set the color of chat messages.|none]] | |||
=== Nicknames === | === Nicknames === | ||
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=== Dragging/resizing chat === | |||
It is possible to resize the chatbox and drag it around the screen.<gallery mode="packed" heights="250"> | |||
File:Resize chatbox.png|Resizable and draggable chatbox | |||
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== Admin-only features == | == Admin-only features == | ||
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Updates included in [https://ourworldoftext.com/changelog/6 /changelog/6](December 2018) allowed users to drag the chatbox around their screen, while [https://ourworldoftext.com/changelog/8 /changelog/8](March 2020) allowed them to resize it. | Updates included in [https://ourworldoftext.com/changelog/6 /changelog/6](December 2018) allowed users to drag the chatbox around their screen, while [https://ourworldoftext.com/changelog/8 /changelog/8](March 2020) allowed them to resize it. | ||
In ???, the button for opening chat was changed from its original dark blue color to the transparent grey of most other UI elements. This was met with some amount of backlash from users, though most have since accepted this change. | In ???, the button for opening chat was changed from its original dark blue color to the transparent grey of most other UI elements. This was met with some amount of backlash from users, though most have since accepted this change. | ||
=== Removal of Frontpage Chat === | === Removal of Frontpage Chat === | ||
{{main|Removal of chat}} | {{main|Removal of chat}} | ||
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On April 29, it was removed permanently again. Global chat remains; and people also still have the option to use [[fernsy|fern]]'s chat enabler, which routes chat messages through /w. | On April 29, it was removed permanently again. Global chat remains; and people also still have the option to use [[fernsy|fern]]'s chat enabler, which routes chat messages through /w. | ||
Recently, it's been brought back. | |||
== Custom chat designs == | == Custom chat designs == | ||