{"name":"currentChannel","operator":null,"title":"currentChannel","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/currentChannel","revid":376817,"updated":"2025-11-21T20:34:59Z","groups":["Radio and Chat"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.42"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.42"},"arma3_since":"1.42","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Returns currently selected user chat channel on the UI (selected with <kbd><</kbd> and <kbd>></kbd> in multiplayer).\n\n| channel ID number correspondence |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| N/A | Global | Side | Command | Group | Vehicle | Direct | Custom1 | .. | Custom10 | Arma 3 v2.22 Custom11 | .. | Custom50 |\n| -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 65 |  |  |\n\nFor Custom Radio, see radioChannelCreate.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"currentChannel","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[],"returns":{"type":"Number","types":["Number"],"description":"channel ID (see BIS_fnc_channelNumToRadioChannelID, BIS_fnc_radioChannelIDToChannelNum)","text":"Number - channel ID (see BIS_fnc_channelNumToRadioChannelID, BIS_fnc_radioChannelIDToChannelNum)"},"form":"nullary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":null}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_selected = currentChannel; // 3 for the Group channel\n```","code":["_selected = currentChannel; // 3 for the Group channel"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["setCurrentChannel","getPlayerChannel","enableChannel","channelEnabled","radioChannelCreate"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Radio and Chat","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.42","Scripting Commands"]}