As in the upstream bug report this was a feature not a bug. I agreed it was a strange feature though and have removed it for the next release.
** Changed in: hexchat (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756402 Title: highlighting multiple channels results in the closing of one of them To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hexchat-irc/+bug/1756402/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs