How do I create groups?

Gary King · Post by **Gary King** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:17 pm

How do I create groups? I click on Add Group, type in a name, hit OK, but nothing happens.

LuxuryChair · Post by **LuxuryChair** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:52 pm

make sure that View -> Show Groups is checked on...

Other than that, I'm not sure...

TheSilverFox06 · Post by **TheSilverFox06** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:56 pm

When you create a group, it starts with no contacts in it. Thus, it will not show up. To see it, go to View > Show Offline Contacts. This will cause your empty group to show up.

Gary King · Post by **Gary King** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:26 am

TheSilverFox06 wrote:When you create a group, it starts with no contacts in it. Thus, it will not show up. To see it, go to View > Show Offline Contacts. This will cause your empty group to show up.

Thank you. It's kind of strange that this would be unchecked by default, then, otherwise new users would end up with what I have experienced.

zaudragon · Post by **zaudragon** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 2:02 am

Gary King wrote:
TheSilverFox06 wrote:When you create a group, it starts with no contacts in it. Thus, it will not show up. To see it, go to View > Show Offline Contacts. This will cause your empty group to show up.
Thank you. It's kind of strange that this would be unchecked by default, then, otherwise new users would end up with what I have experienced.

No, actually, it isn’t. Usually, instant messengers either don’t show offline contacts, or move them temporarily to another group.

Post by **evands** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:46 pm

* In 1.0 new groups will show even if empty (for the current adium session)
* We've been considering making showing of offline contacts on by default

Post by **Crypt** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:49 pm

evands wrote:* In 1.0 new groups will show even if empty (for the current adium session)
* We've been considering making showing of offline contacts on by default

please do!