Display

Show Toolbar

This option allows you to turn the toolbar on or off.

Show Menubar

This option allows you to turn the menubar on or off. If it is turned off, the menubar will still be accessible via the main mIRC window System Menu.

Show Switchbar

This option turns the switchbar on or off.

Fill switchbar

This option stretches buttons to fill the whole of the switchbar to make them easier to click.

Include DCCs

This option allows you to choose between showing DCC Send/Get windows as buttons in the switchbar or as normal icons.

Sort buttons

If this option is turned on, window buttons are sorted according to type.

Always highlight

Turning this on makes mIRC highlight buttons/icons whenever a new message appears in a window, even if the window is visible.

Blink icons

Blinks the icon in switchbar buttons for query/chat windows if there's a message/highlight event, or a flash event.

Position

You can position the switchbar at the top, bottom, left, or right of the main mIRC window.

Height and Width

These allow you to size the switchbar to your preferred height and width.

Lines

This sets the height of the switchbar to display one or more rows of window icons.

Event, Message, Highlight

Whenever a new message is displayed in a channel or query window, mIRC highlights the switchbar icon for that window with the chosen color.

The event color is used for all non-message events, such as joins, parts, modes, etc. The Message color is used for actual messages, and the Highlight color is used for highlighted messages, ie. messages that match your Highlight settings.