Sorry I actually forgot to link to the addon I had found. I was in no way advertising nUI
This was the one I was supposed to point you to. My apologies.
https://www.wowinterface.com/downloa...-Elephant.html
Info from the addon page
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Main features
* Logs the chats in the background, with a limit of 10,000 lines for each chat (Blizzard's default is 161 lines for everything).
* Saves the logs when you log out or get disconnected.
* Display the chats with timestamps, or using your Prat settings if you have it installed.
* Copy the chat and paste it in other applications (BBCode supported!), up to 100,000 characters.
* Save the chat and combat log in two different files on your computer (using the default Blizzard logging system).
Other features
* Use filters to avoid logging some of the custom channels you join.
* Enable/disable logging for each chat separately.
* Item links in logs are displayed in their proper color and are clickable.
* Player names in the main window are clickable.
* ...and much more!