diff -r 726daa066fea -r 0b92341adb6a QTfrontend/ui/widget/chatwidget.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/ui/widget/chatwidget.cpp	Tue Oct 18 09:09:49 2011 -0400
+++ b/QTfrontend/ui/widget/chatwidget.cpp	Tue Oct 18 15:34:40 2011 +0200
@@ -414,12 +414,14 @@
 
 void HWChatWidget::nickAdded(const QString& nick, bool notifyNick)
 {
-    chatEditLine->addNickname(nick);
-
-    QListWidgetItem * item = new ListWidgetNickItem(nick, friendsList.contains(nick, Qt::CaseInsensitive), ignoreList.contains(nick, Qt::CaseInsensitive));
+    bool isIgnored = ignoreList.contains(nick, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+    QListWidgetItem * item = new ListWidgetNickItem(nick, friendsList.contains(nick, Qt::CaseInsensitive), isIgnored);
     updateNickItem(item);
     chatNicks->addItem(item);
 
+    if (!isIgnored)
+        chatEditLine->addNickname(nick);
+
     emit nickCountUpdate(chatNicks->count());
 
     if(notifyNick && notify && gameSettings->value("frontend/sound", true).toBool()) {
@@ -439,6 +441,7 @@
 
 void HWChatWidget::clear()
 {
+    chatEditLine->forgetEverything();
     chatText->clear();
     chatStrings.clear();
     chatNicks->clear();
@@ -481,6 +484,7 @@
     if(ignoreList.contains(curritem->text(), Qt::CaseInsensitive)) // already on list - remove him
     {
         ignoreList.removeAll(curritem->text().toLower());
+        chatEditLine->addNickname(curritem->text());
         onChatString(HWChatWidget::tr("%1 *** %2 has been removed from your ignore list").arg('\x03').arg(curritem->text()));
     }
     else // not on list - add
@@ -494,6 +498,7 @@
             chatNicks->scrollToBottom();
 
         ignoreList << curritem->text().toLower();
+        chatEditLine->removeNickname(curritem->text());
         onChatString(HWChatWidget::tr("%1 *** %2 has been added to your ignore list").arg('\x03').arg(curritem->text()));
     }
     updateNickItem(curritem); // update icon/sort order/etc