Why not implement a chat hide feature?

[Jellby]

You still see the new messages as they appear, as well as a (sometimes distracting) "Whatsitsname is writing something..." or whatever.

[wdspider]

You still see the new messages as they appear, as well as a (sometimes distracting) "Whatsitsname is writing something..." or whatever.

There's a `Notify chat messages` checkbox at the bottom of the general messages that I believe removes the new messages popups. This updated css seems to do it as well:

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#chatbar,
#chatwindowpreview_general {
  display: none;
}

Not sure about the "Someone is writing something..." as I can't seem to recall seeing it.

[Jellby]

My reply was meant for the remark that people can just not open the chat. As for using CSS to hide it, I have assigned a hotkey to hide the chat as soon as it starts to get annoying (which it very often does in Habani).

[Tof63]

You can mute players with this extension: https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/ChromeExtension

[pastor8226]

For those of you who want to hide chat, this little bit of css added under your advanced profile settings should do the trick:

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#chatbar {
  display: none;
}

It's a bit heavy handed as it removes all chat and requires you to remove the css to see chat again. However, it should work perfect if that's what you desire.

This works but it takes away the game log as well.
Is there any way to get rid of chat but keep the game log?
I use my phone the majority of the time. I know I can rotate my phone to get the log that way but prefer to use the game log "bubble"

[wdspider]

For those of you who want to hide chat, this little bit of css added under your advanced profile settings should do the trick:

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#chatbar {
  display: none;
}

It's a bit heavy handed as it removes all chat and requires you to remove the css to see chat again. However, it should work perfect if that's what you desire.

This works but it takes away the game log as well.
Is there any way to get rid of chat but keep the game log?
I use my phone the majority of the time. I know I can rotate my phone to get the log that way but prefer to use the game log "bubble"

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body.desktop_version {
  #chatbar,
  #chatwindowpreview_general {
    display: none;
  }
}

body.mobile_version {
  .chatwindowtype_table {
    display: none;
  }
}

This seems to work on desktop and mobile without hiding the game log button.