Viewerhelp:3.5.0/Conversations

All text and voice chat in Second Life happens in the CONVERSATIONS window. All instant messages, multi-person conferences, group chats, and general nearby chat are treated as conversations in the conversation list.

Conversation List

The conversation list is the left side of the CONVERSATIONS window. Clicking a conversation in the list makes it the active conversation on the right side of the window.

Provides options to sort conversations by type, name, and recent activity. Additional options for sorting conversation participants by name or recent activity. You may also open chat preferences, privacy preferences, or the CONVERSATION LOG window from this menu.

Opens the CHOOSE RESIDENT window. Choose a Resident from one of the tabs to open a new private conversation with that Resident. You may hold Ctrl or Shift ⇧ to select more than one Resident for a multi-person conference chat.

Transmits your voice to the conversation where voice chat is currently active (indicated by the icon). This button works identically to the Speak button in the main toolbar of the Second Life window.

When in the conversation list, this icon indicates which conversation is currently using voice chat. You can move voice chat between conversations by selecting a conversation from the conversation list and clicking the button above the active conversation pane.

Indicates voice chat activity in a conversation or from a specific Resident. Changes to when someone is transmitting. You can click this icon next to a Resident's name to change their voice chat volume.

Indicates which of your active conversations represents Nearby Chat that all nearby Residents can read and hear. You can expand and view the list of nearby Residents by clicking the arrow to the left of the icon.

Collapses the conversation list into a column of icons that represent each active conversation. To expand the conversation list again, click .

Active Conversation

The active conversation is located on the right side of the CONVERSATIONS window. This is where chat text appears for the currently selected conversation. You can send messages to the active chat by typing in the field at the bottom of the window and pressing Enter ↵.

Provides options to change the look and feel of the active conversation. You may choose a Compact view or Expanded view, and may choose whether or not to Show time or Show names in one-to-one conversations.

Opens the CHOOSE RESIDENT window. Choose a Resident from one of the tabs to add that person to the active conversation. You may hold Ctrl or Shift ⇧ to select more than one Resident at once. You can also add people to the conversation by dragging their names from the PEOPLE window onto the active conversation.

Switches your voice chat to the active conversation. You can only send and receive voice chat in one conversation at a time.

Closes the active conversation and removes it from the conversation list.

Hides the active conversation. You can open it again by clicking the conversation in the conversation list.

Separates the active conversation from the conversation list. You can re-attach the active conversation to the conversation list by clicking the button on the active conversation window, or by selecting the conversation in the conversation list and clicking Bring it back.