r/WowUI

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[addon] Coolinator, now with more cool(downs)

If you're new to Coolinator, its a CDM addon which uses drag-and-drop to position and snap items together to build your layout.

Lots of little improvements, and a few big ones since my last post:

  • Now has a cast bar
  • Keybindings on icons
  • Square borders and Masque support (alongside Blizzard look)
  • All class resources now supported 🥳
  • Reposition/colour/hide text on icons and bars
  • Import/export to share layouts

The biggest change is "Presets" (added June 24th), these allow you to share settings across specialisations and layouts, globally. There's a new "Preset" dropdown on every widget to use this functionality.

Find it on Curseforge

u/plusmouse_ — 5 hours ago
▲ 8 r/WowUI

[Help] Tooltips from action bar icons have changed to minimal info - Retail

For a week or so my spell tooltips are showing only the spell name, and sometimes a cooldown. Action bar slots with potions, etc. are not affected.

Using Bartender, but persists if I turn all addons off and it affects all characters.

There used to be an Enhanced Tooltips option in the base UI, but that doesn't seem to exist anymore. I have even futilely searched for a tooltip setting is the cvars.

Any idea how to fix it?

Edit: Solved.

Use either:

/console UberTooltips 1
Shows standard spell tooltip data but all tooltips are on the far right default position

/console UberTooltips 2
Same but tooltip is at cursor position.

u/AntonMaximal — 12 hours ago
▲ 431 r/WowUI+3 crossposts

Improving my small transmog addon

Showcasing an update to my addon I made as an addition to my UI.

I was planning to keep the appearances more or less of the same size to match the standard UI as much as possible, however, I realized that additional space could be used. Plus, I've added the option to hide the upper part of the UI, thus providing more space for appearances. I've also darkened the background for better immersion.

Since the appearances list is quite long, you can now jump quickly to the appearances of a certain expansion. There is also a comparison list for every slot: you can pin up to five appearances while you browse and compare them all at once.

And remember, this navigation view is optional, you can use the default grid view anytime.

Download on CurseForge

u/evasketch — 1 day ago
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[Other] Ellesmere x Atrocity (Moving to EUI)

https://preview.redd.it/1gvrwtnevebh1.png?width=1480&format=png&auto=webp&s=e4e8b027acd122817a37e62d22c382e7103004ec

Saw this on Atrocity discord. I am aware his current stuff is paywalled, but i am unsure if he will keep this free or bake this into as 'presets' that EUI will have.
On the other side, the features that do get added, EUI will have it for free.

Been using this UI now for awhile, and i love how everything is coming along with it. The updates are great, the features are growing without impacting performance. Probably one of the best addons from a UI point of view that has come in a full package.

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u/IcyBlood5031 — 1 day ago
▲ 6 r/WowUI

[Addon] PeaversConsumables

Real simple little addon that pulls the latest list of consumables (enchants/gems/flask/food/potions etc) from Wowhead on the daily, for your class/spec and puts them in a clickable list next to your auction house window to make buying them a second quicker than opening and copying from Wowhead

https://preview.redd.it/jb2n7vypufbh1.png?width=2070&format=png&auto=webp&s=81e78ca0435e9dffa5afecfb1a66827bd6cc5df3

https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/peaversconsumables

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[ElvUI][help] How to set an action bar to always visible during combat and mouseover when out of combat?

Title.

I want to set an action bar so that:

  1. While in combat, it is fully visible all the time
  2. While out of combat, it is invisible unless you place the mouse over the bar.

If I activate the mouseover option and use this visibility state [combat] show; hide the bar is invisible while out of combat, regardless of if the mouse is over the bar, and while in combat the bar is only visible while the mouse is over it.

This isn't what I want. Has anyone achieved what I'm looking for?

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u/Noriel_Sylvire — 1 day ago
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I need [help] to find addons for a improved blizz style ui

During vanilla and tbc i was heavily into designing my own ui with taking inspiration from everywhere to the point of not playing the game and only doing designs.

Now i came back with midnight and for some reason all those amazing addons like dandersframes, bettercooldownmanager or ellesmereui just utterly take me out of the game.

I know back in the day some people modded their ui to look like it is a crisper more polished version from the blizz ui.

I am looking for addons or big addon packages that help me do that.

I think betterblizzframes and plates is a good way to start. I am unsure if i use the build in but inproved unit frames with mouseover macros or if i should try to modify danders to look like blizzards? I seek to improve the cooldownmanager to include resources and health, have the cooldowns use the same border as my action bars. The action bars id love to look like the default just better polished i assume a action bars addon helps?

What are your (if possible low weight for CPU) recommendations for my goals? You have some design inspiration by other players?

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u/_Galel_ — 2 days ago
▲ 5 r/WowUI+1 crossposts

Help with EasyFrames Bug

I need help with my Addon EasyFrames.

On the first picture you see my frames how they are when I do nothing. But as you see, my character frame is different to my Target Frame ( Target is how i want it).

When I open my Character Panel, my character frame looks like in picture 2, so just like my Target Frame and the way I want it. but when I close it, it goes back to how it looks in picture 1.

I tried using ElvUI and LuckyOneUI yesterday for the first time, which also told me in the intro that they dont cooperate with addons like EasyFrames, Details etc. . I didnt like both and uninstalled. After that I got the bug.

Anyone can help me with that? I tried uninstall and reinstalling the addon and I Disabled all other Addons besides easyframes and it didnt change.

Thanks in advance

u/RefuseSecure6725 — 2 days ago
▲ 1 r/WowUI+1 crossposts

[help] Elvui: Targetting or healing pets always selects player

Hi!

Issue: I am using Elvui and Clique for healing. If I try to heal or select a hunter's pet, my UI always selects/heals the player instead. Any idea why?

All other frames work just fine.

Is it possible to show RAID pet frames in dungeon groups?

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u/jtkirk22 — 2 days ago
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[Addon] W2UI - UI Replacement

Download on CurseForge

Hello everyone!

I have played World of Warcraft for years, and as a designer I always had this small idea in the back of my head:

“What if the default WoW UI could look a bit nicer, more consistent, and more modern, while still keeping its WoW flavor?”

And this is how W2UI came to life.

One of my main inspirations in terms of aesthetics is Bastion. Yes, I know, it might sound specific, but this location is one of my favorites in the game. It has a serene, clean, and somehow peaceful vibe, and I wanted to recreate some of that feeling in the interface.

At first, I spent quite some time wondering whether the interface should be light or dark. I am a huge fan of light mode interfaces, and one day I would really like to create a bright WoW interface. However, for this project, dark mode simply made more sense. WoW is a game where players spend many hours in front of their screen, dealing with lots of elements and tasks, and a darker interface is usually easier and more comfortable to use.

Before this version was created, there were many concepts, wireframes, mockups, and even interactive prototypes to go through. I wanted something that would feel familiar to Warcraft, but still more refined, more readable, and more coherent. Something adapted for modern resolutions and screen sizes, but not pushed into extreme minimalism or a sci-fi redesign.

I would have liked to try out in W2UI would be using larger almost fullscreen windows for certain of the major game interfaces.

The old WoW windows are quite appealing, however, a lot of them were initially created to fit the old screen resolutions. In addition, through time the game added more and more features such as collections, transmog, group finder, achievements etc. Most of these windows have acquired much more data that needs to be shown, yet at the same time, most of them are still viewed as small popup windows.

I would have liked to treat them as proper system screens rather than small popups.

With larger frame size, you will get more space for better separation, spacing, previews, list readability and visual hierarchy. It will also help you avoid the feeling of having too many tiny windows on your screen.
It also partially follows the current trends in interface design of RPGs/ARPGs, in which screens related to your character, inventory, skills or any collection usually utilize more space on screen and look like fully working environment. It would suit WoW perfectly.

So, for W2UI, it is important to reskin existing frames, but also reconsider some of them and make them larger and more logical windows.

This is just the start. W2UI is planned as a modular UI replacement, and more modules are already in the works.

What is included in this early release

The current version includes:

  • Character window
  • Group Finder — in beta/early release
  • Mini Professions window
  • Menu bar
  • Mini Map/bag button with info text

There are also basic options to turn off specific modules.

A few notes about limitations

A big part of the development was figuring out how to make custom frames work safely with Blizzard’s API. Some things are allowed, some things can be done with workarounds, and some things simply are not allowed by Blizzard at all.

Known limitations:

  • It is not currently possible to create a completely custom PvP frame inside the Group Finder. For now, the best option is to skin the default Blizzard PvP frame, which is planned for a future update.
  • The custom Group Finder cannot be opened while in combat. If you try to open it during combat, you will receive a prompt to use the default Blizzard Group Finder instead.

The Group Finder was definitely one of the biggest technical challenges of this release.

There are many window frames in WoW that could use a more consistent visual treatment — collections, achievements, also social features, and many others. Some of them are already being worked on for future releases.

This is only the beginning of a larger project.

Any useful feedback will be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to report any bugs, visual issues, or inconsistencies you notice.

u/evasketch — 4 days ago
▲ 0 r/WowUI

[Help] EllesmereUI

I can’t find a way to have an elite or rare icon on the nameplates or the unit frames while using EllesmereUI.

Am I completely missing the option or is it not possible?

Thank you.

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u/DS_Alex — 2 days ago
▲ 2 r/WowUI

[help] Having trouble clicking on nameplates

Since the beginning of the season I'm having trouble to click on specific nameplates in the middle of big packs, I click right on the nameplate but it doesn't work, my target doesn't change just as if I had clicked on the floor.

Sometimes it works if I move my camera (so the nameplates change positions), but not always. The problem persist both on Plater and on Platynator.

Do you guys have any suggestions on what can I try to fix that?

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u/flavioebn — 2 days ago
▲ 3 r/WowUI+1 crossposts

[Help] Need to highlight a CD, possible?

I have an important spell that needs to go off as soon as its off its cd. I did put in into Blizz cd tracker but the icon is kind of dark and there isnt much contrast between on and off state so I keep missing it, especially during mechanic.

Anyway to make it flash when ready? Or give it an extra bright border? Or anything that a simplest wa could do before to bring a cd to my attention?

edit, apparently there is a build in option for such highlight, but is it possible to make those highlights even brighter?

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u/skyisred2 — 3 days ago
▲ 29 r/WowUI+1 crossposts

Why are so many addons including QOL features?

Pretty much all addons I download that are new, add a whole bunch of features not useful for the actual addon, its like they are trying to all become complete replacements. I have way to many that overlap. Has anyone else run into this? Im guessing its in part everyone trying to make their own addons vibe coding, but they take up so much CPU useage, it makes my loads fail sometimes. Enhanced QOL is the only one I want with QOL life improvements. Whats the best way to audit Addons to see whats useful and whats not.

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u/TheWhisperingEye — 5 days ago
▲ 16 r/WowUI+1 crossposts

OxedHub - Toys/Spell mixer with onboard Macros system. *looking for localizers

Hello every collector of toys! Even if you are only a beginner! If someone still doesn't know, you can mix toy+toy or Toy+spell. Yes, it takes a macro slot, but no if you are using OxedHub!

All your mixes are saved inside the addon. You can use them through the OxedRing (a smart on-mouse-over ring) or use the ActionHub (a smart drag-and-drop action bar you can put anywhere on the screen in any pose/figure as you wish).

P.S. Currently looking for help with localization. I don't wanna make translations AI-made, so if you wish to provide some assistance and meet other toy collectors, feel free to DM or join Discord.
P.P.S. Currently working on Spanish localization (already added but polishing). In progress: Arabic localization.

u/jenanart — 4 days ago
▲ 9 r/WowUI+1 crossposts

[ADDON] Read this if you plan on playing PTR: New Aura Container System

Right now PTR testing is up and there is a pretty big UI shake-up happening. Most unitframe addons are not fully prepared for it yet.

Blizzard added a new Aura Container System. In simple words: buffs and debuffs on unit frames, especially target frames, are no longer handled the old way internally. Addons use the old aura system will break as soon as you enter combat.

If you plan to play or test the Midnight PTR/Beta and want working unit frames / group frames, you can try:

MidnightSimpleUnitFrames (MSUF) (Unit+Group Frames)
Unhalted Unitframes (Unitframes)

MSUF already supports a lot of the new aura system features, including dispel highlight, aura borders, filtering, cooldown text coloring, and more. Keep in mind both of these versions of these popular Unitframe addons are on ptr in a beta phase!

This is mainly a heads-up for people wondering why their unitframe addon suddenly acts weird on PTR. It is not just “addon bugs”, Blizzard changed a lot under the hood. So if you want something that is already prepared for the new system, use MSUF or UUF.

I am the author of MSUF. If you have any questions about this new aura system I will try to answer as many questions as possible. If you have other addons that are already updated let me know. Ill add them <3

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u/Relative-Trick-6042 — 5 days ago
▲ 7 r/WowUI

[Help] Special action button wont go away after logging and relogging (Mushroom hook ability from new zone)

Any ideas?

u/Juggernaught99 — 5 days ago
▲ 10 r/WowUI

Ellesmere ui vs elvui [help]

Well here is my dilemma I've been using elvui bc it's versatile UI I can use masque also and it really helped me to see the bars where the bottons actually are (bc I'm using a keypad and a mmo mouse when I play wow) I can see where to press sometimes but I heard something about that Elle's is better than elvui. Can you tell me which of the add-ons consume less RSS or maybe it's the best? Thanks for the advice :) God bless you all <3

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u/BellaRoleow — 7 days ago