Editing WoW:World of Warcraft API (section)

=== Chat Window ===
These are functions which are specific to chat 'window' management. See also the [[#Channel]] and [[#Communication]] sections. See [[World of Warcraft API/Mikk's spiel on chat windows|Mikk's spiel on chat windows]], which may be out of date.

:{{id|API|AddChatWindowChannel}}(chatFrameIndex, "channel") - Make a chat channel visible in a specific ChatFrame.
:{{id|API|AddChatWindowMessages}} - Adds a messaging group to the specified chat window.
:{{id|API|ChangeChatColor}}(channelname,r,g,b) - Update the color for a type of chat message.
:UI {{id|API|ChatFrame|AddChannel|f=1}}(chatFrame, "channelName") - Activate channel in chatFrame.
:UI {{id|API|ChatFrame|AddMessageEventFilter|f=1}}("event", filterFunc) - Add a chat message filtering function (added 2.4)
:UI {{id|API|ChatFrame|GetMessageEventFilters|f=1}}("event") - Retreive the list of chat message filtering functions. (added 2.4)
:UI {{id|API|ChatFrame|OnHyperlinkShow|f=1}}(reference, link, button) - called when the user clicks on a chatlink.
:UI {{id|API|ChatFrame|RemoveMessageEventFilter|f=1}}("event", filterFunc) - Unregister a chat message filtering function (added 2.4)
:{{id|API|GetAutoCompleteResults}}("text", include, exclude, maxResults[, cursorPosition]) - Returns possible player names matching a given prefix string and specified requirements.
:{{id|API|GetChatTypeIndex}}(type) - Get the numeric ID of a type of chat message.
:{{id|API|GetChatWindowChannels}}(index) - Get the chat channels received by a chat window.
:{{id|API|GetChatWindowInfo}}(index) - Get setup information about a chat window.
:{{id|API|GetChatWindowMessages}}(index) - Get the chat message types received by a chat window.
:{{id|API|JoinChannelByName}}("channel"[, "password"[, frameId]]) - Join the specified chat channel, with optional password, and register for specified frame. (updated 1.9)
:{{id|API|LoggingChat}}(newState) - Gets or sets whether logging chat to Logs\WoWChatLog.txt is enabled.
:{{id|API|LoggingCombat}}(newState) - Gets or sets whether logging combat to Logs\WoWCombatLog.txt is enabled.
:{{id|API|RemoveChatWindowChannel}}(chatFrameIndex, "channel") - Make a chat channel invisible (hidden) in a specific ChatFrame.
:{{id|API|RemoveChatWindowMessages}}(chatFrameIndex,"messageGroup") - Remove a set of chat messages from this window.
These functions get applied after reload ui (index 1 is General and index 2 is Combat Log):
:{{id|API|SetChatWindowAlpha}}(index,alpha) - Sets the Alpha value(transparency) of ChatFrame<index> (alpha - 0-100)
:{{id|API|SetChatWindowColor}}(index,r,g,b) - Sets the background color of a a chat window. (r/g/b - 0-255)
:{{id|API|SetChatWindowDocked}}(index,docked) - Set whether a chat window is docked. (docked - 0/1)
:{{id|API|SetChatWindowLocked}}(index,locked) - Sets ChatFrame<index> so that it is or is not movable. (locked - 0/1)
:{{id|API|SetChatWindowName}}(index,"name") - Sets the name of ChatFrame<index> to <"name">.
:{{id|API|SetChatWindowShown}}(index,shown) - Shows or Hides ChatFrame<index> depending on value of <shown> (shown - 0/1)
:{{id|API|SetChatWindowSize}}(index,size) - Sets the font size of a chat window. (size - default 14)
:{{id|API|SetChatWindowUninteractable}}(id, isUninteractable) - (added 3.0.8)