Is there a way to view just the contact's name on the tab instead of Name and E-mail address??

I am on the WLM 14.0 with Messenger Plus.

Thanks.

In the options of Messenger Plus! click Conversations > Tabbed Chats all of the options for display are listed. I forget if it is an option or not but check there.

Also because this is a Messenger Plus! question I requested to have the thread moved to the Messenger Plus! Help and Support section of the forum.

Yes, under the 'Tab Captions" dropdown on the Preferences page that matty directed you to, you can choose to view just the name instead of both

I've already selected Contact Name and it shows both Contact name and e-mail address.

Does anyone else have the same thing or is it just me??

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Originally posted by Kally
I've already selected Contact Name and it shows both Contact name and e-mail address.

Does anyone else have the same thing or is it just me??

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Originally posted by djdannyp
Because the window title cannot be changed, only what shows on the tabs

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Originally posted by matty

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Originally posted by djdannyp
Because the window title cannot be changed, only what shows on the tabs

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Not completly true. A script could be written to remove the email address from the chat window.

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I mean the tab that flashes "orange" tab.  No sure what the actual name of that is but that is what I am referring to.

Thanks.

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Originally posted by Kally
I mean the tab that flashes "orange" tab.  No sure what the actual name of that is but that is what I am referring to.

Thanks.

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I mean on the bottom taskbar.  When you minimize the conversation there is a tab at the bottom which flashes orange when the contact sends you a message - it is that tab that I am referring to.

It is on the bottom in the taskbar section.

Thanks

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Originally posted by Kally
I mean on the bottom taskbar.  When you minimize the conversation there is a tab at the bottom which flashes orange when the contact sends you a message - it is that tab that I am referring to.

It is on the bottom in the taskbar section.

Thanks

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Thanks djdannyp - I guess I will have to live with it.

This script will do what you've asked for

I may later develop it to offer more options, but for now you just run it and it will remove e-mail addresses and just leave the contact's display name showing in the taskbar

thanks a lot for this, really helpful!!

I have added this scripts and it shows that it is running in my preferences & options. However, after about 20 min the name on the task bar will change to the email address again. The only way it goes back to just the name is if i close the dialogue box and reopen.

Any suggestions? I am new to Plus and scripting so forgive me if I have no clue

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=88715&page=2

There is no easy foolproof way to fix it.

The title of the window, and thus also what is shown on the taskbar button, is updated by WLM sometimes. And thus is changed back to the original title. The same happens with the title of the main contactlist window btw.

The script only changes the title once when there is a chatwindow created; it doesn't check if the title is changed again by WLM.

To catch this update/change in a foolproof way you should subclass the chat window. But that is not possible in WLM and Plus! scripting without resorting to an external DLL.

The next best thing you can do is to alter the title each 10 secs or so so that an update by WLM is changed again within 10 seconds. But that is rather resource intensive.