diff -uNr kdenetwork-4.2.0/kopete/plugins/history/historychatui.rc kdenetwork-4.2.0-kopete-view-history/kopete/plugins/history/historychatui.rc
--- kdenetwork-4.2.0/kopete/plugins/history/historychatui.rc	2008-09-03 16:55:06.000000000 +0530
+++ kdenetwork-4.2.0-kopete-view-history/kopete/plugins/history/historychatui.rc	2009-02-21 16:14:21.364179805 +0530
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 <!DOCTYPE kpartgui>
-<kpartgui version="19" name="kopetechatwindow">
+<kpartgui version="21" name="kopetechatwindow">
 	<MenuBar>
 		<Menu name="tools" >
 			<text>&amp;Tools</text>
+			<Action name="viewChatHistory" />
 			<Action name="historyPrevious" />
 			<Action name="historyNext" />
 			<Action name="historyLast"  />
@@ -16,4 +17,8 @@
 		<Action name="historyQuote" />
 	</ToolBar>
 
+	<ToolBar name="chatToolBar" fullWidth="true">
+		<Action name="viewChatHistory" />
+	</ToolBar>
+
 </kpartgui>
diff -uNr kdenetwork-4.2.0/kopete/plugins/history/historyguiclient.cpp kdenetwork-4.2.0-kopete-view-history/kopete/plugins/history/historyguiclient.cpp
--- kdenetwork-4.2.0/kopete/plugins/history/historyguiclient.cpp	2008-12-10 21:44:03.000000000 +0530
+++ kdenetwork-4.2.0-kopete-view-history/kopete/plugins/history/historyguiclient.cpp	2009-02-21 16:07:53.209181963 +0530
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 #include "historyguiclient.h"
 #include "historylogger.h"
 #include "historyconfig.h"
+#include "historydialog.h"
 #include "historyplugin.h"
 
 #include "kopetechatsession.h"
+#include "kopetechatsessionmanager.h"
 #include "kopetecontact.h"
 #include "kopeteview.h"
 
@@ -58,6 +60,10 @@
 	actionNext = KStandardAction::forward ( this, SLOT ( slotNext() ), this );
 	actionCollection()->addAction ( "historyNext", actionNext );
 
+	KAction *viewChatHistory = new KAction( KIcon("view-history"), i18n("View &History" ), this );
+	actionCollection()->addAction( "viewChatHistory", viewChatHistory );
+	connect(viewChatHistory, SIGNAL(triggered(bool)), this, SLOT(slotViewHistory()));
+
 	KAction *actionQuote = new KAction ( KIcon ( "go-last" ),i18n ( "Quote Last Message" ), this );
 	actionCollection()->addAction ( "historyQuote",actionQuote );
 	connect ( actionQuote,SIGNAL ( triggered ( bool ) ),this,SLOT ( slotQuote() ) );
@@ -153,4 +159,37 @@
 	m_manager->view()->setCurrentMessage ( msg );
 }
 
+void HistoryGUIClient::slotViewHistory()
+{
+	// Original Code, but this any segfault if anything in this pipe is NULL - Tejas Dinkar
+	//Kopete::MetaContact *m = Kopete::ChatSessionManager::self()->activeView()->msgManager()->members().first()->metaContact();
+	
+	//The same as above but with some checking
+	KopeteView::KopeteView *view= Kopete::ChatSessionManager::self()->activeView();
+	if (!view) {
+		kDebug()<<"Unable to Get Active View!";
+		return;
+	}
+
+	Kopete::ChatSession *session = view->msgManager();
+	if (!session) {
+		kDebug()<<"Unable to Get Active Session!";
+		return;
+	}
+
+	Kopete::Contact *contact = session->members().first();
+	if (!contact) {
+		kDebug()<<"Unable to get contact!";
+		return;
+	}
+
+	Kopete::MetaContact *m = contact->metaContact();
+
+	if(m)
+	{
+		HistoryDialog* dialog = new HistoryDialog(m);
+		dialog->setObjectName( QLatin1String("HistoryDialog") );
+	}
+}
+
 #include "historyguiclient.moc"
diff -uNr kdenetwork-4.2.0/kopete/plugins/history/historyguiclient.h kdenetwork-4.2.0-kopete-view-history/kopete/plugins/history/historyguiclient.h
--- kdenetwork-4.2.0/kopete/plugins/history/historyguiclient.h	2008-02-13 21:16:06.000000000 +0530
+++ kdenetwork-4.2.0-kopete-view-history/kopete/plugins/history/historyguiclient.h	2009-02-21 16:09:45.449182229 +0530
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 	void slotLast();
 	void slotNext();
 	void slotQuote();
+	void slotViewHistory();
 
 private:
 	HistoryLogger *m_logger;