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Choose how your chat conversations display

ID: SLN8355
Refers to: Mail

Description

How to make chat messages display in a tab versus a small floating window.


Resolution

Yahoo! Mail allows you to display your chat messages within tabs along the top of your mailbox or within a small floating window.

To change how your chat messages are displayed:

  1. Move your cursor over the gear icon (Gear Icon) in the upper-right corner of the window.
  2. Select Messenger Options from the menu.
  3. Within the General section, located under Conversation Window Management, select your desired setting from the pull-down menu
    • Tab: Instant Messages will display in a new tab within your Yahoo! Mail window.
    • Small window: Instant Messages will display in a small floating window on top of your Yahoo! Mail window. You can move this window by clicking on it and dragging it.
  4. Click OK to save.

 



Last updated: March 04, 2013
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