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KKA-878: Although it’s possible to configure chat messages to show up as toasts they will only appear when the conversations floater is visible and not appear if the Local Chat panel is not obscured of the Conversations floater is fully visible which can be vexing if the expected behaviour is to always get a toast. The existing option has been renamed “Pop up the message if the window is obscured” (where ‘window’ refers to the Local chat panel of the Conversations floater) and a new option “Always pop up the message” which does exactly as it says. These settings can be found on Preferences / Chat / Notifications
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