To submit the Webchat message, clear the message box, and keep the cursor in the message box when hitting Enter, edit chat-html.pl this way:

First
Change
<TEXTAREA NAME=chat_message
ROWS=3 COLS=40 WRAP=physical></TEXTAREA>
 
to something like
 
<input type="text" name="chat_message" size="60" maxlength="200">
 
Second
Change 
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME=submit_message
VALUE="Chat">
 
to this
 
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME=submit_message 
VALUE="Chat" onkeyup="this.form.reset()"> 
 
Third
Name the form "chat" and use the onReset event to move the focus to the chat_message box.
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=$chat_script TARGET="_fmsgs" name="chat" onReset="chat.chat_message.focus()">
 

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