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Pausing The Chat window.

TLDR Version - Can we get a "/pause #" that prevents the chat box from scrolling up when new messages come in, for # of seconds?  I'm sure many people use Nested (or Stacked) Macros. For those that don't, or just to be sure we're on the same topic. This is the ability to execute one macro that sends a chat box/template to the text chat window that contains many more clickable macros. This is one of the most useful features in Roll20. However it has 1 severe drawback. Unfortunately we don't normally play on Roll20 by ourselves. Yes, there are other people that have the nerve to send chat messages while you're trying to click your macro button.. oops, you didn't mean to intimidate the poor old guy, you simply wanted to talk to him and try to use diplomacy! The sad part is, the chat window has a built in feature that can handle this problem. If you are scrolled up even 1 line, then a new chat message doesn't move your chat window. So the solution is simple, scroll up some before clicking your macro button. But even that isn't a solid answer, as it's difficult to scroll up the chat window without scrolling past the bottom buttons on your chat message.  What we really need is a function that temporarily kicks on the feature that prevents the chat window from scrolling without having to actually scroll off the most recent message! Having a command like /pause # we could create our Master macro, then add a second line to it that performs /pause 5 this would then give us 5 seconds of uninterrupted window movement to select the appropriate macro out of our list, before the window returns to the bottom and starts scrolling again. Possibly a Toggle effect "/pause on" that could be added to a macro to start it, then manually typing '/pause' or '/pause off' to disable the effect. Even a simple manual trigger /pause that you can undo by scrolling to the bottom of the chat window like normal now would be extremely useful.
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