Have Text Input be the color of the chat you're typing to to cut down on mis-tells

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01-12-2014, 10:48 AM
Eremite

Have Text Input be the color of the chat you're typing to to cut down on mis-tells

Title says it all. When you're typing something into your chat box, it should be the same color as whatever chat you're about to post to. Party would be blue, linkshell green, say white, etc.

I think that this would cut down on the number of mis-tells by a TON since it's very obvious that if you're typing in orange, you're about to shout that thing you meant for linkshell only, etc.

Shouldn't be that hard to change and it'd be a very nice addition/quality of life improvement.
01-12-2014, 11:38 AM
Dotsusama

I would be all for this, if they can implement it the same time as being able to select (or at least darken) the background color for the chat window. The last thing I need is to be unable to see what I'm typing because it matches the environment colors on top of being unable to read what anyone else is saying.
01-12-2014, 02:01 PM
Vespar

OP's post^ THIS! This is an awesome idea :D
01-13-2014, 07:37 PM
Vili

I'm for this as well, it only makes to much sense not to do it.
03-13-2014, 04:51 AM
Camate
Greetings, everyone!

Below is a comment from Hiroshi Minagawa that addresses this request directly as well as another plan to combat those pesky mistells!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiroshi_Minagawa

Hello,

I'd like to respond about this request.

Countermeasures for accidentally sending messages to the incorrect chat channel

We're currently planning two countermeasures to prevent instances of sending messages to the wrong channel.

The first is to make the text that is entered into the text box the same color as that of the chat mode you are in.

The color of the text for each chat channel can be changed in the chat configuration, so we'll be making it so even if you change the color the text color will match up.
*We'll be checking readability and as long as there are no issues we will look into being able to toggle this feature on and off.

The other countermeasure we have planned is to make an option so when using keyboard shortcuts to switch chat modes, instead of temporarily switching, you will remain on the chat channel you switched.

As there are some of you who have no issues with the way the system works currently, we'll be making it possible to select options. We are fleshing out all of the specifics and it's possible that this will take a little more time that the first countermeasure.

Both of these countermeasures will be implemented after patch 2.2, but we are aiming to implement them as quickly as possible. (We'd like to address this with an update in between patch 2.2 and patch 2.3.)
03-13-2014, 06:49 AM
LordSaviour

Chat will be broken after implementation, and hotfix to follow.
03-13-2014, 06:55 AM
Riv

Is there a reason that I am unable to set the default chat mode to tell?
03-13-2014, 07:22 AM
Xeonerable

and how about that chat log transparency eh? Can they are least make it a little darker by default if they don't want to implement a setting for it?
03-13-2014, 07:36 AM
XenoSamurai

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Originally Posted by Xeonerable

and how about that chat log transparency eh? Can they are least make it a little darker by default if they don't want to implement a setting for it?

Yes Please, they need to change that already! A lot of the time I can't read anything when it's sunny and I have to move the chat box over a shadow to read it lol

Hey Xeon :P
03-13-2014, 09:54 AM
Cutriss

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riv

Is there a reason that I am unable to set the default chat mode to tell?

You can, just only to one person at a time. Works the same way it did in FFXI - in XI you just use "/chatmode tell Dudebro". In XIV, open the text input and type "/tell Dude Bro" and hit enter. Now the default chatmode will be to send tells to Dude Bro.
03-13-2014, 11:06 AM
WHS

Why are they still ignoring a transparency option to the background of the chat box period? We had it in 1.0 is it really that hard to implement. I prefer mine to be solid black but others might like a degree of solidness with a hint of see thru. Just depends on the person. I need it black to see it under all light conditions.
03-13-2014, 02:09 PM
Aery

Would it be possible to also seperately adjust the text size for the text you're entering?
This is something that bothered me with the recent patch.
Sorry for going slightly off-topic. But still about the text we enter at least!
03-16-2014, 02:34 AM
Grauw

Why add even more options, there are so many already… New behaviour seems fine, just change it and lose the option.
04-28-2014, 02:09 AM
Fizzy

Changing the color of the text (as we type) to match the type of chat will be a great improvement for reminding us who we are sending to. Is it possible to also have the list in the chat selection menu show the colors of what each one will be? Right now they are all white, but it would be easier to see which one is which if they were color coded to the appropriate color.
04-29-2014, 02:06 AM
Niwashi

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Originally Posted by Fizzy

Is it possible to also have the list in the chat selection menu show the colors of what each one will be? Right now they are all white, but it would be easier to see which one is which if they were color coded to the appropriate color.

Agreed. I remember it took me a long time after I started playing before I could remember which was which between /shout and /yell, so I kept answering people in a different channel than they'd asked something.