Sorting and displaying contacts

By selecting the appropriate entry from the View menu you can do the following:

• Sort Contacts Alphabetically
  • The Configure Alphabetical Sort... option in the View menu allows sorting by last name and sorting groups.
• Sort Contacts by Status
  • The Configure Alphabetical Sort... option in the View menu allows sorting by last name and sorting groups.
• Sort Contacts Manually

By default, Adium hides contacts who are offline.

If you want to see a complete list of your contacts, including contacts who are not online at the moment, select Show Offline Contacts from the View menu or hit ⇧⌘H.

To change back to the default, do the same thing—the menu item is a toggle, so choosing it repeatedly changes the setting back and forth.

Note: If you have offline contacts hidden, Adium also hides any empty groups. Thus, if you want to drag & drop some contacts into an empty group, or delete the group, you must Show Offline Contacts first.