# Hub

## Main chat window (left)

The main chat window displays messages sent by the hub. You can chat with other users in this "public area" by writing a message in the field below the main chat and pressing either Enter or Alt+S to send your message. You may also use /commands (send /help to list those available).
Note; this is not the place to search for files. Open a Search window to do that.

## Users list (right)

List of users connected to the hub. You can right-click them to see the menu options available for each.
Follow this link to see what the different icons mean.
The users list can be shown or hidden by using the checkbox available in the bottom right of the hub window, in the status bar, right below the users list filter. When that checkbox is checked, the users list is shown.

## Field to write a message (bottom left)

Write a message here to chat with other users connected to the hub. You can press either Enter or Alt+S to send your message. You may also use /commands (send /help to list those available).

## Users list filter (bottom right)

Here, you can filter the users list so you will only see specific users. Eg, selecting 'Nick' in the drop down, and writing "foo" in the filter, will only display users that have "foo" in their nick.
Note; users will only be visually filtered, not disconnected. You can revert to showing all users at any time by cleaning the text you have written in the filter.

### Columns

Nick
  The nicknames of the people currently connected to the hub.
Shared
  How much each person is sharing.
Description
  How the people have described themselves.
Tag
  This shows information about what client they are using, how it's setup and how many hubs they are in. For example a tag like this <++ V:705,M:A,H:1/2/3,S:4,O:5> indicates that they are using DC++, version 0.705. They are in active mode (as opposed to M:P for passive and M:5 for Socks5 connection). They are unregistered in 1 hub, registered in 2 hubs and operators in 3 hubs. They have 4 slots open. More slots will open if they are all used and are uploading slower than 5kb/s. The complete specification and history of the DC++ tag can be found here.
Connection
  The upload speed the user has.
IP
  Their IP. Possibly also shows their country code.
E-Mail
  Their E-Mail address. Normally blank or false.
CID
  The users CID. This is a unique identifier of that person.

## Status bar

Messages part (left)
  You can see here the last kick or status message the hub sent. To see more from the recent status messages you can move the mouse pointer above the status bar - the last few messages will be shown as a tooltip shortly.
Users
  Shows the number of users connected to the hub.
Total shared
  Indicates the total amount of bytes shared by the users.
Average share
  Shows the amount of average share in the hub.
Unnamed check-box (right)
  Show or hide the users list using this check-box.