Replace text in Item Tooltips with Icons

[zereissen]

Hello,

I have been looking for an add-on for some time that would simplify item tooltips, something that would replace the words "Strength", "Stamina", "Haste" etc with icons. If you could imagine the smiley here as the chosen picture for strength, instead of saying "+1,000 Strength" an item would have the following in its tooltip:

+1,000

It's not that they're difficult to read, I would simply personally like the added convenience of being able to tell what an item is from a very quick glance. I don't know if it's because I'm getting old, but twice now I've gone to equip an item that I thought had strength on it only to find out it instead had intellect.

[Phanx]

Quick drycoded example:

local replacements = {
    ["(%d) Agility"] = "%1 |TInterface\\AddOns\\MyAddon\\Icons\\mad:0|t",
    ["(%d) Strength"] = "%1 |TInterface\\AddOns\\MyAddon\\Icons\\smile:0|t",
}

local function ReplaceStatsWithIcons(tooltip)
    local name = tooltip:GetName()
    for i = 2, tooltip:NumLines() do -- Line 1 is always the item name, so skip it.
        local line = _G[name.."TextLeft"..i]
        local text = line:GetText()
        for k, v in pairs(replacements) do
            text = gsub(text, k, v)
        end
        line:SetText(text)
    end
    tooltip:Show()
end

GameTooltip:HookScript("OnTooltipSetItem", ReplaceStatsWithIcons)
ItemRefTooltip:HookScript("OnTooltipSetItem", ReplaceStatsWithIcons)
-- Add other tooltips here if you find you need them.

Alternatively, you could just give each stat a unique color, using ShinyStats or something similar, instead of replacing them with icons.

[zereissen]

Thank you! I've considered one of the ones that changes the stats' colors, but thought it would be cooler to have icons instead. Thank you for your time and take care.

[Malsomnus]

Hmmm, I tried this code and it doesn't seem to work, it just displays the path instead of an image. What could be the problem?
(I made sure to use a path to an image I actually have, of course)

[ravagernl]

Originally Posted by Malsomnus Hmmm, I tried this code and it doesn't seem to work, it just displays the path instead of an image. What could be the problem? (I made sure to use a path to an image I actually have, of course)

Try changing the lookup table to the following:

local replacements = {
    ["(%d) Agility"] = "%1 |TInterface\\AddOns\\MyAddon\\Icons\\mad:0|t",
    ["(%d) Strength"] = "%1 |TInterface\\AddOns\\MyAddon\\Icons\\smile:0|t",
}

This assumes you are using square icons, if not you will have to change the format.

http://wowpedia.org/UI_escape_sequences#Textures

[Malsomnus]

That worked
Also, thanks for the link!