 Using
Swing2us Chat
This help file contains most of the information that you may require to make
use of the functions available in the Swing2us Chat applet. The content herein is divided into the different windows that you will see when using the
rooms.
Topic Index
Main Interface
After you have entered a room from the Login Window or via direct login, you will see the main chat interface. This is where you will see chat messages going through the chat room. You will also use it to chat with other users in the room.
The components of the chat interface are described in the table below.
| Component |
Description |
| Chat Text Area |
The text area where chat
and system messages are displayed. |
| Text Input Area |
Enter your chat message here. To enter a multi-line message, press
Shift-Enter or Ctrl-Enter to go to the next line. To scroll through previous messages that you have keyed in, press Ctrl-Up or Ctrl-Down.
|
| User Profile |
Click this button to open the
Profile Window. |
| Function Panels |
There are 4 function panels, you may not see all of them on the interface
as it depends on how your administrator has customized the client.
- Users
- Rooms
- Buddies
- Options
You can click on the arrow on the right-side of a panel's tab to float
the function panel. Once a function panel is floated, you can dock it
again by closing the window, i.e. clicking the Close Window icon
on the window's title bar.
|
| Banner |
Rotating banner ads. |
| Toolbar,
User bar, Expression
Bar |
See following table. |
| Send |
Send the message in the chat input area. You can also send it by hitting Enter when typing in it. |
| Leave |
Leave the current room. If you are only in one room, this is the same as logging out. This button may not appear if your administrator has disabled the multi-room feature. |
Toolbar / User bar / Expression Bar
You may not see some of the buttons (or even the whole button bar), depending
on the client customization.
| Button |
Description |
| TOOLBAR |
|
| Connect / Logout |
Connect to the chat server
if the user has logged out. Logs out the user if the user is connected. |
| Float |
Float the chat interface
as a separate window from the browser. A depressed button indicates that
the interface is currently floated. Please note that even when the chat
interface is floated, you cannot close the applet's browser window. Doing
so will cause the applet to shutdown and it will log you out of the chat
system. |
| Help |
Opens a browser window
to display client's help documentation. |
| USER BAR |
|
| Private |
Initiate a private chat
session with another user. |
| Info |
Obtain another user's profile. |
| Ignore |
Ignore a selected user so that all messages from that user are not
displayed. A user ignored by you will have an ignored icon displayed
beside his avatar.
|
| Add Buddy |
Add the selected user to
my buddy list. The selected user must be a member of the chat site. This
button does not appear if you did not login as a member. |
| EXPRESSION BAR |
|
| Bold |
Insert bold tags or wrap
selected text with tags. |
| Italicize |
Insert italics tags wrap
selected text with tags. |
| URL |
Open insert URL dialog. |
| Emoticon |
Open emoticon window. |
| Send Audio |
List of audio messages
that you can send. |
| Online Status |
Set your status to "Online"
or "Away". |
| Clear |
Clear the chat text area. |
| Transcript |
Open the Transcript window
which contains all the messages received during this chat session. You
can use the Transcript window to copy-and-paste the text in the chat session
and save it to your computer's hard disk. |
Function Panel 1: Users
The Users function panel displays the other users in the same room as
the user. The user bar will only be enabled when another user, excluding yourself,
is selected.
Function Panel 2: Rooms
The Rooms panel allows you to change to other rooms in the chat site.
It also shows users in other chat rooms. You can also use it to create your
own room. The room list will only show public rooms. Private rooms are not displayed.
To view the list of users in another room, simply select the room from the
room list.
| Function |
Description |
| Go To Room |
Try to go to another room. The room will
be checked for any password-protection it may have and whether the user
has access rights to the room.
If your administrator has enabled the multi-room feature, you will go to the new room while still retaining your presence in your current room(s). |
| Refresh All |
Get an update of the room listing.
|
| Private Room… |
Try to go to a private room. Since you
cannot see the list of private rooms, you will have to know the name of
the private room which you want to enter. |
Function Panel 3: Buddies
The Buddy List window allows you to manage your list of buddies and to view
their current status. You add a buddy to your buddy list by clicking on the
"Buddy" button in the user bar of the main interface.
| Function |
Description |
| Private |
Initiate a private chat session
with any of your online buddies regardless of which room they are in. |
| Profile |
Obtain the selected buddy's profile.
|
| Delete |
Remove the selected user
from your buddy list. If the user being removed also lists you in his or
her buddy list, you will also be removed from the other list. |
| Alert my buddies when I login |
If toggled, users who list
you as their buddy will be notified when you login to the chat site. |
| Alert me when my buddies login |
If toggled, you will be notified
in the chat area when any of your buddies login, provided they have enabled
this notification in the preceding setting. |
Function Panel 4: Options
In the Options panel, you can change your preferred text properties.
Types of messages can have different colours but font size is applied to all
message types. Audio alerts can also be modified or set. If you have logged
in as a member, these settings are stored to a database and will be retrieved
the next time you login again.
You can also choose your set of audio alerts.
| Setting |
Description |
| Text Properties |
You can change your preferred
text properties here. Types of messages can have different colours but font
size is applied to all message types. |
| Reject Private Chat |
Automatically reject all incoming requests for private chat sessions.
Current private chat sessions can still continue.
|
| Lock User Selection |
Prevent the User List from
returning to an unselected state. If this is enabled, you can keep on whispering
to another user without having to repeatedly click on his name. |
| Disable Audio |
Do not play received audio
messages. However, you can still send them. |
| Smart Replace |
Automatically detect and
replace URLs and emoticons.
|
| Hide avatars |
Do not display avatar images with text messages in the chat area. |
Profile Window
To bring users Swing2us Profile, click on button indicated
below.
In the event that a password box pops up this tells
you that either that user has set their profile to private or have not completed
a profile.
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