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Pop out the event chat

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Open Bevy Virtual event chat in its own browser window — for example on a second monitor — then return it to the event when you are done.

When your community offers it, Bevy Virtual chat can open in a separate browser window. Keep the live session on one screen and follow chat on another. Closing the pop-out window puts chat back in the event.

  • Pop out chat — control in the chat panel header that opens chat in a new window.
  • Return chat to the event — control in the pop-out window that closes it and restores the in-event chat panel.

Note: Pop-out chat is not available on every community. If you do not see Pop out chat in the chat panel header, your community has not enabled it yet — or you are on a narrow/mobile layout where the control does not appear. Contact Bevy Support or your Customer Success Manager if you need it turned on.

Pop out the chat

  1. Join the Bevy Virtual Meetup or Bevy Virtual Conference event on a desktop-width browser window.
  2. In the event tray, select Chat (or open Backstage chat / Public chat when those panels are available).
  3. In the chat panel header, select Pop out chat.
  4. Allow the new window if your browser asks about pop-ups.

Chat opens in its own window. The in-event side panel closes. You can move or resize the window — for example onto a second monitor.

Tip: While chat is popped out, selecting Chat in the event focuses the pop-out window instead of opening a second panel. As you move between sessions, the pop-out window follows the chat for your current room when that sync is available.

Return chat to the event

Use either path — both put chat back in the event:

  • In the pop-out window header, select Return chat to the event.
  • Or close the pop-out browser window.

The pop-out window closes and the chat panel reopens in the event.

If the pop-out window does not open

  • Allow pop-ups for the event site in your browser, then select Pop out chat again. If the browser blocks the window, chat stays in the event with no separate error message.
  • Use a wider desktop window. The control is for desktop layouts, not small phone-sized screens.
  • Open chat from inside the live event. A bookmark or shared pop-out URL by itself is not enough — you need an active event tab.
  • If chat never loads at all (spinner, no messages), see Troubleshooting Chat Loading Issues in Bevy Virtual.