diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 40bd287..0379212 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 ### Maven
 
 target/
+/bin/
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/nemez/chatapi/ChatAPI.java b/src/main/java/net/nemez/chatapi/ChatAPI.java
index 30fc30d..929adde 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/nemez/chatapi/ChatAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/nemez/chatapi/ChatAPI.java
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import java.util.Random;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandMap;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
 import net.nemez.chatapi.click.CallbackCommand;
 import net.nemez.chatapi.click.Message;
 import net.nemez.chatapi.click.PlayerQuitListener;
@@ -93,6 +95,19 @@ public class ChatAPI
 		sender.sendMessage(colorify(null, message));
 	}
 	
+	/** Sends a colorified action bar message to the command sender.
+	 * 
+	 * @param sender the command sender to whom to send the action bar message.
+	 * @param message the message to send. */
+	public static void sendActionBar(CommandSender sender, String message)
+	{
+		if (sender instanceof Player)
+		{
+			sender.spigot().sendMessage(new TextComponent(colorify(sender, message)));
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
 	/** Checks if a command sender has the permission node required to send chat messages.
 	 * 
 	 * @param sender the command sender to check.