LF addon/script to simplify item usage

[Voxxel]

Hey there,

I wonder if there's any (probably chat) addon available that can alter the item link usage to set a mod key to actually USE the item?

For example, the chat entry is "You receive loot: [Stout Augment Rune]."

Normally, if you click on the link it brings up the tooltip of the item. I want to set up a key like "right-click" or holding down alt/shift/etc while clicking that actually /use the item you clicked on instead of showing its tooltip.

Is that possible with a script or do you know any addon that can do this? It seems pretty basic but I didn't find any addon/modules so far.

[elcius]

Pretty sure hyperlink clicks do not count as hardware events, could be wrong, but if not, actually using items would be tricky and probably require a secondary action.

[Seerah]

Clicking your mouse button is a hardware event. However, chat hyperlinks are not secure code like an action button, bag slot, etc. is. This is not feasible to implement.

[SDPhantom]

There's probably a way to create SecureActionButtons that overlay the dynamic buttons that make up the hyperlinks, but I'm not sure if it's possible to tell what buttons are for what hyperlinks. It also wouldn't be very stable considering you can't set/change attributes of protected frames while in combat.

[Voxxel]

I see the problems, thanks for your time anyway!

[semlar]

It's doable, I started writing an example and ended up with rather more than I intended.

This isn't polished and I can't guarantee it won't have issues, but in the interest of time I'll post it here so you can paste it into http://addon.bool.no and have it generate an addon for you.

local Button = CreateFrame('Button', nil, nil, 'SecureActionButtonTemplate,SecureHandlerStateTemplate')
Button:Hide()
Button:RegisterForClicks('AnyDown')
Button:SetFrameStrata('TOOLTIP')
 
Button:SetNormalTexture('interface/icons/inv_mushroom_11')
local Icon = Button:GetNormalTexture()
Icon:ClearAllPoints()
Icon:SetPoint('CENTER')
Icon:SetSize(24, 24)
 
Button:SetAttribute('type2', 'item')
Button:RegisterForDrag('LeftButton')
Button:SetScript('OnDragStart', function(self)
    self.MouseDown = false
    self:Hide()
    PickupItem(self.link)
end)
 
Button:HookScript('OnMouseDown', function(self)
    self.MouseDown = true
    GameTooltip:Hide()
end)
 
Button:HookScript('OnMouseUp', function(self, Button)
    self.MouseDown = false
    if not MouseIsOver(self) then
        self:Hide()
    elseif Button ~= 'RightButton' then
        DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:GetScript('OnHyperlinkClick')(DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME, self.link, self.text, Button)
    end
end)
 
RegisterStateDriver(Button, 'combat', '[combat]combat;')
Button:SetAttribute('_onstate-combat', 'if newstate == "combat" then self:Hide() end')
 
Button:SetScript('OnLeave', function(self) if not InCombatLockdown() and not self.MouseDown then self:Hide() end GameTooltip:Hide() end)
 
DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:HookScript('OnHyperlinkEnter', function(self, link, text)
    local HyperlinkButton = GetMouseFocus()
    Button.link, Button.text, Button.button = link, text, HyperlinkButton
    local linkType = strsplit(':', link, 2)
    
    if linkType == 'item' then
        GameTooltip:SetOwner(HyperlinkButton, 'ANCHOR_RIGHT')
        GameTooltip:SetHyperlink(link)
        GameTooltip:Show()
    end
    
    if InCombatLockdown() or not link or not HyperlinkButton then return end
    
    if linkType == 'item' then
        Icon:SetTexture(GetItemIcon(link) or 'interface/Icons/inv_mushroom_11')
        local left, bottom, width, height = HyperlinkButton:GetRect()
        local scale = HyperlinkButton:GetEffectiveScale()
        Button:ClearAllPoints()
        Button:SetPoint('BOTTOMLEFT', nil, left * scale, bottom * scale)
        Button:SetSize(width * scale, height * scale)
        Button:SetAttribute('item2', link)
        Button:Show()
    end
end)
 
DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:HookScript('OnHyperlinkLeave', function(self, link, text)
    if not Button:IsShown() then
        GameTooltip:Hide()
    end
end)
 
DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:HookScript('OnMessageScrollChanged', function(self)
    if not Button:IsShown() then return end
    if not Button.button or (not (MouseIsOver(Button.button) and MouseIsOver(Button)) and not Button.MouseDown) then
        Button:Hide()
    end
end)

[SDPhantom]

Originally Posted by semlar local left, bottom, width, height = HyperlinkButton:GetRect() local scale = HyperlinkButton:GetEffectiveScale() Button:ClearAllPoints() Button:SetPoint('BOTTOMLEFT', nil, left * scale, bottom * scale) Button:SetSize(width * scale, height * scale)

You should be able to simplify this with Region:SetAllPoints().

Button:ClearAllPoints();
Button:SetAllPoints(HyperlinkButton);

[semlar]

Originally Posted by SDPhantom You should be able to simplify this with Region:SetAllPoints(). Button:ClearAllPoints(); Button:SetAllPoints(HyperlinkButton);

You can't anchor a secure frame to an unsecure frame like that.