This mod attempts to 'detach' all your minimap buttons, allowing you to place them anywhere on your screen. Positions are saved per server/character and restored next login.
This is the first version of this mod, I am sure not all kinks are worked out. I have tested it only with the mods I have, so please let me know which mods create buttons that I cannot detach so I can load them and see what-is-what.
Not all minimap buttons are detected at start up (such as FuBar plugin mods, which has its own moving anyway). A slash command is provided so you can rescan for buttons: /dmbs. This will also reposition any buttons it failed to find at startup.
Special thanks to AnduinLothar without whose code and ideas in Mobile Minimap Buttons I would not have thought of this.
Very special thank to acruz2772 on wowinterface for guiding me to changes for TBC! His excellent explanation made things much easier!
Slash Commands:
/dmbs : look for new buttons.
/dmbs nodock : buttons will NOT try to dock to Minimap when close to it.
/dmbs dock : buttons will try to dock to Minimap when close to it. This is default.
/dmbs reset : reset all buttons back to initial positions.
/dmbs lock, /dmbs unlock. Lock stops movement of buttons, unlock allows it. This does NOT prevent other mods from moving the buttons.
Slash command /dmbs now shows help, use /dmbs scan to rescan buttons.
/dmbs help to show help.
/dmbs scan which scans for new buttons.
/dmbs cfg which shows lock/dock settings.
/dmbs config: show UI.
0.9.43:Fix for Alarm Clock Wrangler.
Update TOC.
Fix for NX button.
Fix for scale being nil when clicking a button in UI.
Check GetLeft(),GetTop sometimes not returning anything?
Added Reinhearthe to TOC. Thanks for the updates!!
Installation Guide
- Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
- Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
- Windows XP a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
- WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
- WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
- StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
- Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
- Start World of Warcraft
- Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.
Translations
When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".
TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.
If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
Mac Support
WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.
Directory Structure
World of Warcraft
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.toc
|_ *AddonName*.xml
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
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kendrask saidI love this addon except for one small thing... The addon works perfectly for the toon I first set it up on. But when I go to another toon the buttons dissapear... AND it wont let me copy from my main toon since I want all of the buttons in the same location!
Gankaku: If you zoom in once so that your minus button is now highlighted you will be able to move it. Then once you have them in the spot you want you can just zoom back out. Or you can just get rid of the two buttons and if you use a mouse with a scroll wheel you can just zoom in and out using it by mousing over the mini map.
I also agree with Dsanai, it would be nice to have an option to get all the buttons to appear in the middle of your screen. I had a horrible time of rearranging things to get some new buttons out from under my fubar.
And Vonbommel's idea of adding a grid or align to this would be awesome.. so you can have all of them in a straight line, or a curve or w/e without having to painstankingly move them and try to get them in a straight row or w/e.
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Ungesehen saidfor some reason SW stats won't budge. anyone know why?
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Xpl0iter saidHey, i like ur addon, and was using it to work on my UI.
However, i found an issue with it.
The issue is in line 1513
This is how it goes. If i do /dmbs config, i open a panel where i can select any toon i want, and copy their profiles to the ones who i need to copy on.
However, if i try to use /dmbs copy realm/toon command, it gives me an error.
Oddly, the code seems to go through the same routine, and does show me Realm and Character when i allow your Addon Code file to show it in chat msg.
But when it hits line 1513, it gives error that line is NIL.
From the panel, the routine seems to work flawless. From the / command, it seems to encounter that issue.
If you have trouble understanding my explanation, Please contact me on server Bonechewer - My name is Xploiter.
Thankyou.
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Nihlo saidlove and use the mod for a long time. Just get one problem with it and that's the performance. The memory-use isn't that high but cpu is enormous. Use a lot of addons but this one is always in the top5. Don't know if you could do anything to improve this...
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Gankaku saidHey this is a great little mod. Really nice for those who have quite a few mods that load their minibuttons on the map, making you have to move them all around to find the new buttons.
Unfortunately I've turned this one off for awhile. Why? Because the - zoom button stuck out at the bottom - it cannot be moved. I tried to "even it out" by putting my + and map buttons in a line there with the -, but it is just kind of in the way of things. Could you please fix that? If so I'll be using it again. Thanks!
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Dsanai saidA feature request: Could we get a command that will move all of the buttons to the center of the screen (so we can move them where we like them again)? It should be a fairly easy thing to add...
The reason I ask is that when new mods are added, they generally appear in the lower area of the screen and often this puts them UNDER my FuBar so I can't grab them. :(
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vonbommel saidThis addon is a Godsend! Is there any way to add an align to grid feature, or align to path with different path styles =).
Thanks for the great addon
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Klumpidunsa saidThis is AddOn is really imba! My UI looks really good with this!
Thank you for making this AddOn.
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Pseudopath saidJust wanted to say how much your addon has made a difference to my UI and that I greatly appreciate you updating it! Thanks a huge bundle!
- Pseudopath.
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Luckybob92 saidCan you fix the copier so that if you copy twice it wont double the buttons scale?
I like the setup i have on my one character and if I copy the profile more than once it will double the scale.
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cerebralcow saidI cant get Alarm Clock Wrangler to move. It just stays in the middle of the screen anyone know how to fix that?
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Reinhearthe saidI was also having an issue once I played around with this addon. All the "Town Guard" icons where being pulled off the mini map. So i did pretty much the same thing AbyssedDream did a few weeks back.
I went ahead and incorporated this and the SWstats fix here for those who don't want to mess with the code:
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/10590/
I am just a hack... not a serious or talented coder.
The TownGuard "fix" :
Open DetachedMiniButtons.lua, located in \\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\DetachedMiniButtons with your favorite lua editor, go to line 518, you should see :
function DMBS_isExclude(s)
simply add the following lines :
-- ----------------------------------------------------------exclude TownGuard Buttons
if (string.find(s,"TownGuardMiniButton") ~= nil) then
return(true);
end;
-- ----------------------------------------------------------exclude TownGuard Buttons
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AbysseDream saidTo solve the SWstats mini button bug with Detached mini buttons, here's the deal : Open DetachedMiniButtons.lua, located in \\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\DetachedMiniButtons with your favorite lua editor, go to line 518, you should see :
function DMBS_isExclude(s)
simply add those few lines :
--to solve SWstats bug
if (string.find(s,"SW_IconFrame") ~= nil) then
return(true);
end;
--End solving SWstats :)
Save it ( you have to do this while Wow is shut ), and restart WoW, et voila !!!
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g0ste saidAbysseDream,
Brilliant! thanks for that. However, it doesn;t work like the rest of the buttons, but if you open the general settings, it does allow you to move the button using the degree and radius positions. Which worked for me :)
Much appreciated :)
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BattleFreak saidAny news for the Gatherer tool tip bug that DMB is causing.
Edit: NM the latest version seemed to fix it.
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g0ste saidHello.
Nice mod first of all, but is there a way to make it move the SW Stats button? When I reset it, it puts it to just to the right of the center of the screen, when I hit "Center button" it moves it to the left just below half way down my screen.
Is it just me with this problem or do others have this?
I have tried hiding the button, changing the size, but the SWS button remains in the middle of my screen!
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feilang999 saidtaint.log report:
what mean?
12/8 18:59:53.250 An action was blocked in combat because of taint from DetachedMiniButtons - PoisonPouchPoisonButton:ClearAllPoints()
12/8 18:59:53.250 Interface\AddOns\DetachedMiniButtons\DetachedMiniButtons.lua:1088
12/8 18:59:53.250 An action was blocked in combat because of taint from DetachedMiniButtons - PoisonPouchPoisonButton:SetPoint()
12/8 18:59:53.250 Interface\AddOns\DetachedMiniButtons\DetachedMiniButtons.lua:1089
12/8 18:59:53.250 An action was blocked in combat because of taint from PoisonPouch - PoisonPouchPoisonButton:SetAttribute()
12/8 18:59:53.250 Interface\AddOns\PoisonPouch\PoisonPouch.lua:181 PoisonPouch_Rebuff()
12/8 18:59:53.250 Interface\AddOns\PoisonPouch\PoisonPouch.lua:112 PoisonPouch_OnUpdate()
12/8 18:59:53.250 *:OnUpdate:1 PoisonPouchPoisonButton:?()
12/8 18:59:53.250 Interface\AddOns\DetachedMiniButtons\DetachedMiniButtons.lua:1096
12/8 18:59:53.250 An action was blocked in combat because of taint from PoisonPouch - PoisonPouchPoisonButton:SetAttribute()
12/8 18:59:53.250 Interface\AddOns\PoisonPouch\PoisonPouch.lua:182 PoisonPouch_Rebuff()
12/8 18:59:53.250 Interface\AddOns\PoisonPouch\PoisonPouch.lua:112 PoisonPouch_OnUpdate()
12/8 18:59:53.250 *:OnUpdate:1 PoisonPouchPoisonButton:?()
12/8 18:59:53.250 Interface\AddOns\DetachedMiniButtons\DetachedMiniButtons.lua:1096
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kazren saidAnyway to have this save button positions per account, not per character?
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yssaril saidWhen using this with shard ace you get lots of taints from DetachedMiniButtons
12/2 20:23:44.642 An action was blocked in combat because of taint from DetachedMiniButtons - ShardAceHealth:ClearAllPoints()
12/2 20:23:44.642 Interface\AddOns\DetachedMiniButtons\DetachedMiniButtons.lua:1088
12/2 20:23:44.642 An action was blocked in combat because of taint from DetachedMiniButtons - ShardAceHealth:SetPoint()
12/2 20:23:44.642 Interface\AddOns\DetachedMiniButtons\DetachedMiniButtons.lua:1089
12/2 20:23:44.642 An action was blocked in combat because of taint from DetachedMiniButtons - ShardAceCount:ClearAllPoints()
12/2 20:23:44.642 Interface\AddOns\DetachedMiniButtons\DetachedMiniButtons.lua:1088
12/2 20:23:44.642 An action was blocked in combat because of taint from DetachedMiniButtons - ShardAceCount:SetPoint()
12/2 20:23:44.642 Interface\AddOns\DetachedMiniButtons\DetachedMiniButtons.lua:1089
i have a 21mb taintlog file full of that repeating over and over and the log only recorded for about one hour
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borohir saidEscapee: Gatherer button is a local button with no name so I cannot do anything with that. Not sure about Ench, I will check it out..