Okay so as the image above shows this is how it currently works, but could you make it so every message that is the exact same stacks still instead of checking lines? Just like the title says, how the mod compact chat does it ! I think it would make this mod a lot smoother looking :)
Especially on bigger servers with a lot of chat!

does compact chat have a github or open source link i can take a look at?

Indeed there is! here is another example btw, see here how these two messages are similar but didn't stack?

here is the github link: https://github.com/cbyrneee/compact-chat

does compact chat have a github or open source link i can take a look at?

Another example here being how all these pings are different, lets use the auto clicker H and T message at the top, it would stack with the auto clicker message H and T on the bottom. If thats possible, I think it will make spammy chats alot cleaner

does compact chat condense the messages within a certain amount, or just if it has ever been said before?
ex. if i had a 20 message long convo w/ someone and said "hi" at the beginning and then said "hi" to someone else who joined after the first convo, would it always condense "hi" into one message or only based on the message amount between them?

does compact chat condense the messages within a certain amount, or just if it has ever been said before? ex. if i had a 20 message long convo w/ someone and said "hi" at the beginning and then said "hi" to someone else who joined after the first convo, would it always condense "hi" into one message or only based on the message amount between them?

I honesty don't know! I didn't get to use the mod long enough, I just saw that it smoothly can do something like that. frankly i would say yes though, so yea the hi from the beggining of your convo would condense with the hi at the end of your convo! That is what I was trying to explain above, yes!

Now idk maybe after so long like 30 lines of messages it would reset though, but I'd like to see for it to condense more recent messages :)

as of right now it literally checks every line, so if I had two messages condense and someone said something like HI! and then someone sent the same message again after they said HI! it would NOT condense (first photo in the thread for reference), I would like to see it condense :)
Sorry for so many replies, Im trying to give the best explanation I can!

Another thing that means it would do is it would literally move that duplicate message into one single message. I wish I had a gif to use, I might be able to grab one

I wish I could zoom in for you. But you kinda kinda see whats happening in the chat at the bottom