Regex support for User highlights

[LittleHam]

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Describe your issue

It is not currently possible to enable regex in the Users Highlights field.

Being able to use regex on usernames would help moderation efforts during bot raids or ban evasion where all names use a similar pattern.

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OS and Chatterino Version

Chatterino Nightly 2.5.0 (commit 1caf7ca, 2024-04-22) on Windows 10 Version 22H2

[Infinitay]

Not an answer to your c2 request, but another possible solution

help moderation efforts during bot raids or ban evasion where all names use a similar pattern

FWIW You should consider using Fossabot's nuke feature if you aren't already. They offer the ability to timeout/nuke users who send a particular message or that matches a regex and also lets you ban prior and future messages for a certain duration.

https://docs.fossabot.com/nukes/usage

[pajlada]

Not an exact solution, but in the latest nightly and the next release you can use a filter highlight to achieve this.
We may still want to expand the User Highlight to support regex, but it's less important now imo.