Comment 4 for bug 294731

I too found this irritating.

Attached is a patch that adds in that option, and works (at least superficially, for me).

There are also a lot of other status options in Pidgin which aren't in the menu. I understand the need to not clutter it up, but would it be worthwhile having the options configurable or something, else that disconnect that Richard Laager mentioned will remain.