Bind a key, and copy text from whatever your mouse is hovering over.
Chatframes, QuestText, Menus whatever.
You can bind a key from the blizzard key bindings configuration menu.
The following slash commands are supported:
/cpyt <Name of Frame>
This is mostly used for the chatframes, eg.
/cpyt ChatFrame1
you can bind keys to copy the frame that your mouse pointer is over, or the game tooltip (since you cant mouse over it).
I suppose you could also use: /cpyt GameToolTip
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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- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.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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Protector saidSome instructions for key binding would have been nice in a README. Copied from the
.lua ffile for those that don't know the bindings.
BINDING_HEADER_: - /CopyThat = "CopyThat!"
BINDING_NAME_: - /copymouse = "Copy Mouseover Frame"
BINDING_NAME_: - /copytooltip = "Copy Game Tooltip"
SLASH_COPYTHAT_COPYFRAME1 = "/copythat"
SLASH_COPYTHAT_COPYFRAME2 = "/cpyt"
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sylvanaar saidThe description is lacking, i'll give you that.
Basically, you use the key binding interface on the game's options menu to bind a key - just like you would for an action button. I'll make some notes
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Medielak saidHow do you paste?
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Protector saidCtrl v - to paste this is Std.
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epuck saidDoes this thing still work? I've seen a bettter chat copy mod before but it was included with cosmos.
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sylvanaar saidYes, this still works just fine.
For chat copying there is a better solution built into Prat.
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galace saidI don't get it
Whats the binding you press to get the screen to copy anything u mouse over or how do I create that binding. The only thing I know is how to copy from chat frame.
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some saidAny possibility to get this work with WIM chat addon?
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Rykara saidI am not able to copy from the chat frame for some reason. I hover over it, hit the key for the mod and it just shows whatever I last copied (like an NPC name or some other pane). It copies the "General" from the general chat pane when I mouse over the tab on the chat frame, but I get nothing when I hover over the body of it.
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sylvanaar said/copythat ChatFrame1
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Nair saidamazingly handy
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Mikentosh saidThe below post is true.
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smallsbig saidawesome :D