diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 722ffbbf8..daea9cc50 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -8392,6 +8392,9 @@ const CONNECT_API_MAP = {
     },
 };
 
+// Collect all unique API names in an array
+export const UNIQUE_APIS = [...new Set(Object.values(CONNECT_API_MAP).map(x => x.selected))];
+
 // Fill connections map from textgen_types and chat_completion_sources
 for (const textGenType of Object.values(textgen_types)) {
     if (CONNECT_API_MAP[textGenType]) continue;
@@ -8966,9 +8969,6 @@ jQuery(async function () {
         return '';
     }
 
-    // Collect all unique API names in an array
-    const uniqueAPIs = [...new Set(Object.values(CONNECT_API_MAP).map(x => x.selected))];
-
     SlashCommandParser.addCommandObject(SlashCommand.fromProps({
         name: 'dupe',
         callback: duplicateCharacter,
@@ -8977,13 +8977,13 @@ jQuery(async function () {
     SlashCommandParser.addCommandObject(SlashCommand.fromProps({
         name: 'api',
         callback: connectAPISlash,
+        returns: 'the current API',
         unnamedArgumentList: [
             SlashCommandArgument.fromProps({
                 description: 'API to connect to',
                 typeList: [ARGUMENT_TYPE.STRING],
-                isRequired: false,
                 enumList: Object.entries(CONNECT_API_MAP).map(([api, { selected }]) =>
-                    new SlashCommandEnumValue(api, selected, enumTypes.getBasedOnIndex(uniqueAPIs.findIndex(x => x === selected)),
+                    new SlashCommandEnumValue(api, selected, enumTypes.getBasedOnIndex(UNIQUE_APIS.findIndex(x => x === selected)),
                         selected[0].toUpperCase() ?? enumIcons.default)),
             }),
         ],
diff --git a/public/scripts/RossAscends-mods.js b/public/scripts/RossAscends-mods.js
index 9552a488d..4fa4ff603 100644
--- a/public/scripts/RossAscends-mods.js
+++ b/public/scripts/RossAscends-mods.js
@@ -954,6 +954,11 @@ export function initRossMods() {
      * @param {KeyboardEvent} event
      */
     async function processHotkeys(event) {
+        // Default hotkeys and shortcuts shouldn't work if any popup is currently open
+        if (Popup.util.isPopupOpen()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         //Enter to send when send_textarea in focus
         if (document.activeElement == hotkeyTargets['send_textarea']) {
             const sendOnEnter = shouldSendOnEnter();
@@ -1107,10 +1112,6 @@ export function initRossMods() {
         }
 
         if (event.key == 'Escape') { //closes various panels
-            // Do not close panels if we are currently inside a popup
-            if (Popup.util.isPopupOpen())
-                return;
-
             //dont override Escape hotkey functions from script.js
             //"close edit box" and "cancel stream generation".
             if ($('#curEditTextarea').is(':visible') || $('#mes_stop').is(':visible')) {
diff --git a/public/scripts/slash-commands.js b/public/scripts/slash-commands.js
index f9a5877b9..14f74ef28 100644
--- a/public/scripts/slash-commands.js
+++ b/public/scripts/slash-commands.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import {
     Generate,
+    UNIQUE_APIS,
     activateSendButtons,
     addOneMessage,
+    api_server,
     callPopup,
     characters,
     chat,
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ import { findGroupMemberId, groups, is_group_generating, openGroupById, resetSel
 import { chat_completion_sources, oai_settings, setupChatCompletionPromptManager } from './openai.js';
 import { autoSelectPersona, retriggerFirstMessageOnEmptyChat, setPersonaLockState, togglePersonaLock, user_avatar } from './personas.js';
 import { addEphemeralStoppingString, chat_styles, flushEphemeralStoppingStrings, power_user } from './power-user.js';
-import { textgen_types, textgenerationwebui_settings } from './textgen-settings.js';
+import { SERVER_INPUTS, textgen_types, textgenerationwebui_settings } from './textgen-settings.js';
 import { decodeTextTokens, getFriendlyTokenizerName, getTextTokens, getTokenCountAsync } from './tokenizers.js';
 import { debounce, delay, isFalseBoolean, isTrueBoolean, showFontAwesomePicker, stringToRange, trimToEndSentence, trimToStartSentence, waitUntilCondition } from './utils.js';
 import { registerVariableCommands, resolveVariable } from './variables.js';
@@ -1496,8 +1498,9 @@ export function initDefaultSlashCommands() {
         ],
         helpString: 'Sets the specified prompt manager entry/entries on or off.',
     }));
-    SlashCommandParser.addCommandObject(SlashCommand.fromProps({ name: 'pick-icon',
-        callback: async()=>((await showFontAwesomePicker()) ?? false).toString(),
+    SlashCommandParser.addCommandObject(SlashCommand.fromProps({
+        name: 'pick-icon',
+        callback: async () => ((await showFontAwesomePicker()) ?? false).toString(),
         returns: 'The chosen icon name or false if cancelled.',
         helpString: `
                 <div>Opens a popup with all the available Font Awesome icons and returns the selected icon's name.</div>
@@ -1511,6 +1514,50 @@ export function initDefaultSlashCommands() {
                 </div>
             `,
     }));
+    SlashCommandParser.addCommandObject(SlashCommand.fromProps({
+        name: 'api-url',
+        callback: setApiUrlCallback,
+        returns: 'the current API url',
+        aliases: ['server'],
+        namedArgumentList: [
+            SlashCommandNamedArgument.fromProps({
+                name: 'api',
+                description: 'API to set/get the URL for - if not provided, current API is used',
+                typeList: [ARGUMENT_TYPE.STRING],
+                enumList: [
+                    new SlashCommandEnumValue('custom', 'custom OpenAI-compatible', enumTypes.getBasedOnIndex(UNIQUE_APIS.findIndex(x => x === 'openai')), 'O'),
+                    new SlashCommandEnumValue('kobold', 'KoboldAI Classic', enumTypes.getBasedOnIndex(UNIQUE_APIS.findIndex(x => x === 'kobold')), 'K'),
+                    ...Object.values(textgen_types).map(api => new SlashCommandEnumValue(api, null, enumTypes.getBasedOnIndex(UNIQUE_APIS.findIndex(x => x === 'textgenerationwebui')), 'T')),
+                ],
+            }),
+            SlashCommandNamedArgument.fromProps({
+                name: 'connect',
+                description: 'Whether to auto-connect to the API after setting the URL',
+                typeList: [ARGUMENT_TYPE.BOOLEAN],
+                defaultValue: 'true',
+                enumList: commonEnumProviders.boolean('trueFalse')(),
+            }),
+        ],
+        unnamedArgumentList: [
+            SlashCommandArgument.fromProps({
+                description: 'API url to connect to',
+                typeList: [ARGUMENT_TYPE.STRING],
+            }),
+        ],
+        helpString: `
+            <div>
+                Set the API url / server url for the currently selected API, including the port. If no argument is provided, it will return the current API url.
+            </div>
+            <div>
+                If a manual API is provided to <b>set</b> the URL, make sure to set <code>connect=false</code>, as auto-connect only works for the currently selected API,
+                or consider switching to it with <code>/api</code> first.
+            </div>
+            <div>
+                This slash command works for most of the Text Completion sources, KoboldAI Classic, and also Custom OpenAI compatible for the Chat Completion sources. If unsure which APIs are supported,
+                check the auto-completion of the optional <code>api</code> argument of this command.
+            </div>
+        `,
+    }));
 
     registerVariableCommands();
 }
@@ -3418,6 +3465,102 @@ function setPromptEntryCallback(args, targetState) {
     return '';
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sets the API URL and triggers the text generation web UI button click.
+ *
+ * @param {object} args - named args
+ * @param {string?} [args.api=null] - the API name to set/get the URL for
+ * @param {string?} [args.connect=true] - whether to connect to the API after setting
+ * @param {string} url - the API URL to set
+ * @returns {Promise<string>}
+ */
+async function setApiUrlCallback({ api = null, connect = 'true' }, url) {
+    const autoConnect = isTrueBoolean(connect);
+
+    // Special handling for Chat Completion Custom OpenAI compatible, that one can also support API url handling
+    const isCurrentlyCustomOpenai = main_api === 'openai' && oai_settings.chat_completion_source === chat_completion_sources.CUSTOM;
+    if (api === chat_completion_sources.CUSTOM || (!api && isCurrentlyCustomOpenai)) {
+        if (!url) {
+            return oai_settings.custom_url ?? '';
+        }
+
+        if (!isCurrentlyCustomOpenai && autoConnect) {
+            toastr.warning('Custom OpenAI API is not the currently selected API, so we cannot do an auto-connect. Consider switching to it via /api beforehand.');
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        $('#custom_api_url_text').val(url).trigger('input');
+
+        if (autoConnect) {
+            $('#api_button_openai').trigger('click');
+        }
+
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    // Special handling for Kobold Classic API
+    const isCurrentlyKoboldClassic = main_api === 'kobold';
+    if (api === 'kobold' || (!api && isCurrentlyKoboldClassic)) {
+        if (!url) {
+            return api_server ?? '';
+        }
+
+        if (!isCurrentlyKoboldClassic && autoConnect) {
+            toastr.warning('Kobold Classic API is not the currently selected API, so we cannot do an auto-connect. Consider switching to it via /api beforehand.');
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        $('#api_url_text').val(url).trigger('input');
+        // trigger blur debounced, so we hide the autocomplete menu
+        setTimeout(() => $('#api_url_text').trigger('blur'), 1);
+
+        if (autoConnect) {
+            $('#api_button').trigger('click');
+        }
+
+        return api_server ?? '';
+    }
+
+    // Do some checks and get the api type we are targeting with this command
+    if (api && !Object.values(textgen_types).includes(api)) {
+        toastr.warning(`API '${api}' is not a valid text_gen API.`);
+        return '';
+    }
+    if (!api && !Object.values(textgen_types).includes(textgenerationwebui_settings.type)) {
+        toastr.warning(`API '${textgenerationwebui_settings.type}' is not a valid text_gen API.`);
+        return '';
+    }
+    if (api && url && autoConnect && api !== textgenerationwebui_settings.type) {
+        toastr.warning(`API '${api}' is not the currently selected API, so we cannot do an auto-connect. Consider switching to it via /api beforehand.`);
+        return '';
+    }
+    const type = api || textgenerationwebui_settings.type;
+
+    const inputSelector = SERVER_INPUTS[type];
+    if (!inputSelector) {
+        toastr.warning(`API '${type}' does not have a server url input.`);
+        return '';
+    }
+
+    // If no url was provided, return the current one
+    if (!url) {
+        return textgenerationwebui_settings.server_urls[type] ?? '';
+    }
+
+    // else, we want to actually set the url
+    $(inputSelector).val(url).trigger('input');
+    // trigger blur debounced, so we hide the autocomplete menu
+    setTimeout(() => $(inputSelector).trigger('blur'), 1);
+
+    // Trigger the auto connect via connect button, if requested
+    if (autoConnect) {
+        $('#api_button_textgenerationwebui').trigger('click');
+    }
+
+    // We still re-acquire the value, as it might have been modified by the validation on connect
+    return textgenerationwebui_settings.server_urls[type] ?? '';
+}
+
 export let isExecutingCommandsFromChatInput = false;
 export let commandsFromChatInputAbortController;
 
diff --git a/public/scripts/textgen-settings.js b/public/scripts/textgen-settings.js
index 50f0c3d4d..a2585a1c3 100644
--- a/public/scripts/textgen-settings.js
+++ b/public/scripts/textgen-settings.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ let DREAMGEN_SERVER = 'https://dreamgen.com';
 let OPENROUTER_SERVER = 'https://openrouter.ai/api';
 let FEATHERLESS_SERVER = 'https://api.featherless.ai/v1';
 
-const SERVER_INPUTS = {
+export const SERVER_INPUTS = {
     [textgen_types.OOBA]: '#textgenerationwebui_api_url_text',
     [textgen_types.VLLM]: '#vllm_api_url_text',
     [textgen_types.APHRODITE]: '#aphrodite_api_url_text',