The toolbar provides quick access to all RetroHexChat features through icon buttons, organized in six groups separated by dividers.
Button Groups
File > Account
- Register / Identify — Open the Account dialog for NickServ registration or login.
- Change Nickname / Edit Profile / Set Away — Open the Account dialog tabs for nickname, bio, and presence controls.
- Account Info — Runs /ns info for your current nickname.
Connection
- Connect / Disconnect — Connect to the server or disconnect from it.
Edit
- Clear Window — Clear messages from the active chat window. This cannot be undone.
- Copy — Copy selected chat-log text when a selection exists.
- Find — Open the search bar from Edit > Find or Ctrl+Shift+F.
View
- Channel List — Browse channels, join open rooms, or request access to invite-only (+i) channels.
- Toggle Conversations — Show or hide the left-side channel tree.
- Toggle Nicklist — Show or hide the right-side user list.
- Notify List — Open the buddy list used to track when selected nicknames come online.
Tools
- Address Book — Manage contacts, notify list, and nick colors.
- Highlight Words — Configure words that trigger message highlighting.
- Ignore List — Manage ignored users.
- URL Catcher — View URLs shared across channels.
- Channel Central — View and manage channel settings, bans, and modes.
- Perform — Configure auto-perform commands and auto-join channels.
- Sounds — Configure sound notifications for events.
- Flood Protection — Configure anti-flood and auto-ignore settings.
- Alias Editor — Create custom command aliases.
- Custom Menus — Add custom items to context menus.
- Auto-Respond — Configure automatic response rules.
- Timers — Add, edit, and stop session-only scheduled commands.
- Bot Management — Open the admin-only dialog for creating bots, toggling bot status, assigning channels, and managing custom commands.
Notifications
- DND (Do Not Disturb) — Toggle Do Not Disturb mode. When active, notifications are suppressed.
- Bell — Open the Notification Center. A badge shows the count of unread notifications.
Help
- Help Topics — Opens the help page in a new tab.