--- a/browser_side/base_panels.py	Sun Mar 16 20:55:50 2014 +0100
+++ b/browser_side/base_panels.py	Sun Mar 16 21:03:50 2014 +0100
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 from html_tools import html_sanitize, html_strip, inlineRoot, convertNewLinesToXHTML
 
+from constants import Const
 from sat_frontends.tools.strings import addURLToText, addURLToImage
 from sat.core.i18n import _
 
@@ -62,15 +63,25 @@
 class Occupant(HTML):
     """Occupant of a MUC room"""
 
-    def __init__(self, nick, special=""):
+    def __init__(self, nick, state=None, special=""):
+        """
+        @param nick: the user nickname
+        @param state: the user chate state (XEP-0085)
+        @param special: a string of symbols (e.g: for activities) 
+        """
         HTML.__init__(self)
         self.nick = nick
+        self._state = state
         self.special = special
         self._refresh()
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.nick
 
+    def setState(self, state):
+        self._state = state
+        self._refresh()
+
     def addSpecial(self, special):
         """@param special: unicode"""
         if special not in self.special:
@@ -86,8 +97,9 @@
             self._refresh()
 
     def _refresh(self):
+        state = (' %s' % Const.MUC_USER_STATES[self._state]) if self._state else ''
         special = "" if len(self.special) == 0 else " %s" % self.special
-        self.setHTML("<div class='occupant'>%s%s</div>" % (html_sanitize(self.nick), special))
+        self.setHTML("<div class='occupant'>%s%s%s</div>" % (html_sanitize(self.nick), special, state))
 
 
 class OccupantsList(AbsolutePanel):