Right now, you press enter to open the chatbox, type your message, and press enter to send it. Sending the message does not close the chatbox, and you can continue typing. You have to either press enter again with no text or escape to close the box.
My suggestion is to make the box lose focus immediately after the message is sent.
Oh interesting, I find it annoying in the opposite direction - I want to send a quick message while playing/kiting and having it eat my followup keystrokes is very dangerous. Maybe a toggle option then?
The chat and the system behind it will get improvements in the future as it’s being rewritten I think. So we’ll see what kind of improvements they have planned.
All social features should improve when multiplayer is brought in, hopefully at least <3