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It would be really nice for an RP to be able to either automatically post as whichever character you're using in it, or automatically set your active character to match. It's not a huge issue, but it's really irritating to either have to be constantly switching between the character you want to be talking as or leave multiple tabs open all the time for every RP that you have running.

This will have the same issue as the auto-switching for PMs, namely that it could be disorientating to have your active character constantly snapping around. Maybe an option somewhere that lets you turn on auto-switching (that would be off by default) that would let you be cognizant of the fact your active character will switch around to suit the needs of what you're looking at and can't assume it'll stay the same.

Either that or essentially have the active character switch only for the purposes of that specific tab. Ie, start with active character X, click on a PM that you're using with Y, automatically detect/send message with Y, go back to character X on exit. Would probably get the best of both worlds, as it doesn't feel like your character is constantly snapping around, apart from when you're in a situation where you want it to be, and users won't have to keep swapping their characters around manually.

Or alternately your account's adrive character never changes at all, but a different one is temporarily assumed by that tab in isolation from everything else.

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I've lost so many posts to accidentally having the wrong active character and not noticing. This would be incredibly helpful.

it could be disorientating to have your active character constantly snapping around.

It's switching around now, constantly, anyway. This proposed change just eliminates the manual labor and the disorientation you feel when you go to a PM/RP/Chat from your notifications or otherwise, start typing, and then realize you are on the wrong profile. (It can also be unintentionally revealing when you go to a chat and start typing, or even post, but you post from the wrong profile.)

In my case, this is a constant thing! I go to a PM, I need to switch to reply. I go to an RP, I need to switch back to reply. If I closed that PM, and someone just replied, I'll need to switch again after I open the PM, so this time I won't close that PM tab, for sure. A feedback notification pops, and that's another profile swap if I want to reply. I search recent chats and see activity in a chat I frequent, but that means another manual profile switch when I open it up. Oops, back in that RP I'm on, it popped to a new page, or otherwise endured a page refresh. Need to do another profile switch there, which will set up the next switch for the next thing I open up. (So, potentially, after this change, even page-refreshes end up keeping you on the correct profile, regardless of currently-active profile, for a page that gets refreshed.)

(BTW, all these profile switches are why I end up with 10 Lit tabs open in my browser, so that the need to manually switch is reduced.)

All these switches are manual steps that often must be performed before posting on a newly opened page that hopefully will all get eliminated if this is fully implemented.

To me, it's worse/more-disorienting now. I have no problem with adding in configurability, though. Go for it!

This is not a problem with the new chat~

Somewhat. You still have to choose a character, however it is now impossible to post accidentally with the wrong character or lose a post.

This might cover make the in channel character switcher auto select the only option in pms (litphoria.com) then.