Will reduce the number of ttttttttttttttt messages we see on 100.

But but..... What about the follow up uuuuuuuuuuuuu messages? What will become of them?

unintuitive. we need an easy way to clear the chat box. I suggest "esc" or "control-delete". I know "esc" is bound to menu... but it could also clear if in chat box.

just stop hitting the wrong buttons =P

Doesn't esc already close chat?

maq: it might, but it doesn't erase what was in chat. I want something to erase. maybe holding down esc while in chat?

+1 to Willis.

When I was a noob, I eventually spent 2 minutes to find the most efficient way to clear the chatbox. Esc was actually better than just hitting enter, not to mention it didn't aggravate 100.

Regarding the length of this thread title, was the wrapping a fix for the 'Race to Page 100' thread that got RFG? We seriously need another one of those.

but i luv the "ttttt" in 100. it adds flavor.

umm dosent hitting escape already do this?

Not anymore, Look. I've been quite annoyed lately that, when in a station, hitting Esc while typing not only doesn't clear the chatbox, it brings you out to the Options screen. When you exit the Options screen, the focus is no longer on the chatbox, but your text is still there. I have had to manually delete everything I've decided against saying for the past several weeks, and it's pretty damn annoying.

That, or a small "Erase" button would be very easy to implement. >.>

weird, i think it still does that for me, is my client broken in some special way, perhaps because i installed off a cd?

Ok, i dunno what's up but for me esc closes the chat entry and clears the text.
At least in space, when using keyboard shortcut to open it.
It doesn't if you are typing in station or using the PDA interface.

I have the same behaviour, Mick. Sorry for not being more precise in my previous post.

ok, then isnt the solution really to just make it have the same behavior in station.

If you press escape it clears the chatbox, if the chatbox is clear it brings up the options menu.

first think, THEN type:)
It would be a help though..

local pda_dialog_show_cb_old = PDADialog.show_cb
PDADialog.show_cb = function(self, state)
PDAChatArea[2][2].value=''
pda_dialog_show_cb_old(self, state)
end

local station_dialog_show_cb_old = StationDialog.show_cb
StationDialog.show_cb = function(self, state)
StationChatArea[2][2].value=''
station_dialog_show_cb_old(self, state)
end

local cap_ship_dialog_show_cb_old = CapShipDialog.show_cb
CapShipDialog.show_cb = function(self, state)
CapShipChatArea[2][2].value=''
cap_ship_dialog_show_cb_old(self, state)
end
clearchat.zip

You forgot CapShipDialog and stuff.

Cause i wasn't in one in years. There. I added.