7 files changed, 18 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/battletab.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/battletab.cpp
index b888945a8..96e964b67 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/battletab.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/battletab.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 
 BattleTab::BattleTab(const Widget2 *const widget) :
-    ChatTab(widget, _("Battle"))
+    ChatTab(widget, _("Battle"), "")
 {
     if (config.getBoolValue("showChatHistory"))
         loadFromLogFile("#Battle");
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/chattab.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/chattab.cpp
index ae18740a9..2b360789a 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/chattab.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/chattab.cpp
@@ -49,14 +49,16 @@
 
 static const unsigned int MAX_WORD_SIZE = 50;
 
-ChatTab::ChatTab(const Widget2 *const widget, const std::string &name) :
+ChatTab::ChatTab(const Widget2 *const widget, const std::string &name,
+                 const std::string &channel) :
     Tab(widget),
     mTextOutput(new BrowserBox(this, BrowserBox::AUTO_WRAP)),
     mScrollArea(new ScrollArea(mTextOutput, false)),
     mAllowHightlight(true),
     mRemoveNames(false),
     mNoAway(false),
-    mShowOnline(false)
+    mShowOnline(false),
+    mChannelName(channel)
 {
     setCaption(name);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/chattab.h b/src/gui/widgets/chattab.h
index 24afffc0f..0ac55811d 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/chattab.h
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/chattab.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 
 class ScrollArea;
 
+const std::string GENERAL_CHANNEL = "\000\000\000";
+const std::string TRADE_CHANNEL = "\000\000\001";
+
 /**
  * A tab for the chat window. This is special to ease chat handling.
  */
@@ -54,7 +57,8 @@ class ChatTab : public Tab
         /**
          * Constructor.
          */
-        ChatTab(const Widget2 *const widget, const std::string &name);
+        ChatTab(const Widget2 *const widget, const std::string &name,
+                const std::string &channel);
 
         A_DELETE_COPY(ChatTab)
 
@@ -171,6 +175,9 @@ class ChatTab : public Tab
 
         virtual void playNewMessageSound();
 
+        std::string getChannelName()
+        { return mChannelName; }
+
     protected:
         friend class ChatWindow;
         friend class WhisperWindow;
@@ -195,6 +202,7 @@ class ChatTab : public Tab
         bool mRemoveNames;
         bool mNoAway;
         bool mShowOnline;
+        std::string mChannelName;
 };
 
 extern ChatTab *localChatTab;
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/gmtab.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/gmtab.cpp
index d129c9043..9a28622a9 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/gmtab.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/gmtab.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 
 GmTab::GmTab(const Widget2 *const widget) :
-    ChatTab(widget, _("GM"))
+    ChatTab(widget, _("GM"), "")
 {
     setTabColor(&getThemeColor(Theme::GM_CHAT_TAB),
         &getThemeColor(Theme::GM_CHAT_TAB_OUTLINE));
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/guildchattab.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/guildchattab.cpp
index c960b4798..5917fbda4 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/guildchattab.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/guildchattab.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 
 GuildChatTab::GuildChatTab(const Widget2 *const widget) :
-    ChatTab(widget, _("Guild"))
+    ChatTab(widget, _("Guild"), "")
 {
     setTabColor(&getThemeColor(Theme::GUILD_CHAT_TAB),
         &getThemeColor(Theme::GUILD_CHAT_TAB_OUTLINE));
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/tradetab.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/tradetab.cpp
index 96a45e339..380b11f06 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/tradetab.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/tradetab.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 
 TradeTab::TradeTab(const Widget2 *const widget) :
-    ChatTab(widget, _("Trade"))
+    ChatTab(widget, _("Trade"), TRADE_CHANNEL)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/whispertab.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/whispertab.cpp
index 58219f019..95c2fa505 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/whispertab.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/whispertab.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 
 WhisperTab::WhisperTab(const Widget2 *const widget, const std::string &nick) :
-    ChatTab(widget, nick),
+    ChatTab(widget, nick, ""),
     mNick(nick)
 {
     setWhisperTabColors();