ChatTypeInfo

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ChatTypeInfo

Returns a table with attributes for the different types of messages that appear in the chat frame:

• ChatTypeInfo["SYSTEM"]
• ChatTypeInfo["SAY"]
• ChatTypeInfo["PARTY"]
• ChatTypeInfo["RAID"]
• ChatTypeInfo["GUILD"]
• ChatTypeInfo["OFFICER"]
• ChatTypeInfo["YELL"]
• ChatTypeInfo["WHISPER"]
• ChatTypeInfo["WHISPER_INFORM"]
• ChatTypeInfo["REPLY"]
• ChatTypeInfo["EMOTE"]
• ChatTypeInfo["TEXT_EMOTE"]
• ChatTypeInfo["MONSTER_SAY"]
• ChatTypeInfo["MONSTER_PARTY"]
• ChatTypeInfo["MONSTER_YELL"]
• ChatTypeInfo["MONSTER_WHISPER"]
• ChatTypeInfo["MONSTER_EMOTE"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL_JOIN"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL_LEAVE"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL_LIST"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL_NOTICE"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL_NOTICE_USER"]
• ChatTypeInfo["AFK"]
• ChatTypeInfo["DND"]
• ChatTypeInfo["IGNORED"]
• ChatTypeInfo["SKILL"]
• ChatTypeInfo["LOOT"]
• ChatTypeInfo["MONEY"]
• ChatTypeInfo["OPENING"]
• ChatTypeInfo["TRADESKILLS"]
• ChatTypeInfo["PET_INFO"]
• ChatTypeInfo["COMBAT_MISC_INFO"]
• ChatTypeInfo["COMBAT_XP_GAIN"]
• ChatTypeInfo["COMBAT_HONOR_GAIN"]
• ChatTypeInfo["COMBAT_FACTION_CHANGE"]
• ChatTypeInfo["BG_SYSTEM_NEUTRAL"]
• ChatTypeInfo["BG_SYSTEM_ALLIANCE"]
• ChatTypeInfo["BG_SYSTEM_HORDE"]
• ChatTypeInfo["RAID_LEADER"]
• ChatTypeInfo["RAID_WARNING"]
• ChatTypeInfo["RAID_BOSS_WHISPER"]
• ChatTypeInfo["RAID_BOSS_EMOTE"]
• ChatTypeInfo["FILTERED"]
• ChatTypeInfo["BATTLEGROUND"]
• ChatTypeInfo["BATTLEGROUND_LEADER"]
• ChatTypeInfo["RESTRICTED"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL1"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL2"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL3"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL4"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL5"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL6"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL7"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL8"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL9"]
• ChatTypeInfo["CHANNEL10"]
• ChatTypeInfo["ACHIEVEMENT"]
• ChatTypeInfo["GUILD_ACHIEVEMENT"]

SYSTEM is the yellow messages shown by the system, such as the ones shown at login and server reboot warnings. CHANNEL is /1 through /10, also known as the zone, trade, and custom channels.

Attributes returned from this table are as follows:

• r - red color
• g - green color
• b - blue color
• id - used to associate lines in a chat frame with a specific chat type, for filtering
• sticky - Whether the channel is "sticky". That is, whether you type into that channel again by default after sending a message, or whether it returns to the last sticky channel you typed into the next time you go to send a message. Default sticky channels are listed here.