Each menu item is discussed below. When there is a keyboard shortcut that performs a menu item function, the default shortcut is listed with the menu item.
Go online with all accounts
Set all connected accounts away
Set all accounts offline
This displays the Add Contact Wizard, which allows you to add a new contact to your list
Prompts you for the new group's name and adds it to the contact list.
Disconnects you from all IM systems, closes all the windows and exits the application.
Reverts the last change that was made to the contact list.
Reverts the last change that was made to the contact list by
Opens an email-style message window with the selected contact, to send a single message.
Opens a chat window with the selected contact, to have a conversation.
If supported by the IM system, this opens a file selector to choose a file to send to the selected contact.
(Enabled when a contact is selected) Choose another group from the sub-menu, and the contact will move to that group.
(Enabled when a contact is selected) Choose a group from the sub-menu, and the contact will be copied to group. IM systems that allow contacts to be in more than one group on the server contact list will be updated accordingly.
(Enabled when a contact is selected) Removes a contact from the contact list entirely.
(Enabled when a contact is selected) Renames the contact on the contact list. If you do this, the contact list entry will no longer change if the contact changes their display name remotely. You can re-enable this using the contact's Properties dialog.
(Enabled when a contact is selected) Choose another account from the submenu, and you can add another way to message that person using that account.
(Enabled when a contact is selected) Sometimes people will message you who aren't on your contact list already. In this case, Kopete creates a temporary entry for them, but to keep them on your contact list, use this function.
The Properties dialog lets you choose custom icons for the selected item, and change its name.
For contacts, you can change the KDE Address Book entry that they are associated with.
(Enabled when a group is selected) Removes a group from the contact list entirely. Any contacts that are only in this group are moved to the top level.
(Enabled when a group is selected) Renames the group.
Shows/hides the menu bar.
Shows/hides the tool bar.
Shows/hides the status bar.
This shows/hides contacts who are currently offline. They will become visible when they go online again.
This shows/hides groups which do not have any members, or where all the members are offline and hidden (see above).
Shows the KDE standard Configure Shortcuts dialog, where you can change keyboard shortcuts that work in the Contact List's windows.
Displays the KDE standard Configure Global Shortcuts dialog, where you can change keyboard shortcuts that work all the time under KDE.
Displays the KDE standard Configure Toolbars dialog, which lets you customise the Contact List's toolbars.
Displays the Configure Kopete dialog.
Displays the Configure Plugins dialog.
These are the KDE standard items for the menu:
Invokes the TDE Help system starting at the Kopete help pages. (this document).
Changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and question mark. Clicking on items within Kopete will open a help window (if one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's function.
Opens the Bug report dialog where you can report a bug or request a “wishlist” feature.
This will display version and author information.
This displays the TDE version and other basic information.
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