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XChat Tips: Highlight Names, Tab Completion & Shortcuts

4,121 views · Published 16 November 2008 · 5:56 · Indexed 18 October 2026

Channel: PC-Addicts · 2008 · Science & Technology

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A quick walkthrough of the XChat features I actually use every day: highlight when someone types your name, tab-complete usernames, copy-on-highlight paste, custom text-to-icon shortcuts, and fast channel switching with the keyboard.

⏱ Chapters:
0:00 Intro: XChat features I use
0:07 Highlight my name in yellow
0:39 Tab completion for usernames
1:30 Copy on highlight, paste with Ctrl+V
1:50 Text-to-icon shortcuts and emoticons
3:07 Switch and reorder channels by keyboard
4:04 Right-click a name: private chat and detach
4:56 Set a background image
5:17 Colored theme and message alerts

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