Better Actionbar Button Labels?

[Damar Stiehl]

Let me preface with saying that I searched and found nothing, so maybe my search-fu is weak.

I like default Bliz UI (shocking, but true), but one thing annoys me to no end: actionbar button labels. Specifically, when I assign Numpad keys to certain buttons, labels become something like "Num...", because the label doesn't fit on the button.

Not terribly helpful. Yes, I know, after a while I should remember what does what, but I'm old.

Is there a mod out there that changes this? Maybe uses a different font for button labels, or abbreviates the numpad key labels somehow?

[Dawn]

rActionButtonStyler can be used to hide macro names, keybindings, even stack size. IIRC, keybindings are hidden by default, the other ones would need a manual edit of the lua file.

However, this addon also skins your actionbuttons (just the buttons nothing else), which is a good thing if you are using the default blizzard bars, though. There are several skins available.

[Damar Stiehl]

Dawn,

Thank you for the reply. What I'm interested in is not as much "hiding" stuff as changing it so it is more readable. Namely, if a button's label "Numpad 3" has been truncated to "Num..." by the interface, maybe abbreviate it to "Num7", or use a smaller font - anything that will show me more than "Num...".

I guess the styler mod would let me choose a different font...

[Dawn]

In fact, it does let you choose the font and font size and it lets you still see the keybindings, if you want (there's an option to hide/show them).

Like I said before, it requires some slight code changes. The code is pretty well commented and readable, though.

[Rostok]

local function updatehotkey(self, actionButtonType)
    local hotkey = _G[self:GetName() .. 'HotKey']
    local text = hotkey:GetText()

    text = string.gsub(text, '(s%-)', 'S')
    text = string.gsub(text, '(a%-)', 'A')
    text = string.gsub(text, '(c%-)', 'C')
    text = string.gsub(text, '(Mouse Button )', 'M')
    text = string.gsub(text, '(Middle Mouse)', 'M3')
    text = string.gsub(text, '(Num Pad )', 'N')
    text = string.gsub(text, '(Page Up)', 'PU')
    text = string.gsub(text, '(Page Down)', 'PD')
    text = string.gsub(text, '(Spacebar)', 'SpB')
    text = string.gsub(text, '(Insert)', 'Ins')
    text = string.gsub(text, '(Home)', 'Hm')

    hotkey:SetText(text)
end
hooksecurefunc("ActionButton_UpdateHotkeys", updatehotkey)

[Damar Stiehl]

Rostok,

That's great; I can understand what the code does, but what do I do with it? Just paste it into a text file, rename it to LUA and create a new addon?

Thanks for this, by the way... I'm new to WoW modding but I am learning...

[Damar Stiehl]

Sadly, didn't work. Addon shows as "incompatible" in addon menu, and though I load it, "the goggles, they do nothing".

I know this is noobism of purest strain, but can you wrap that code into a proper addon? I have a feeling I screwed the pooch somewhere.

[Taryble]

You need to make a .toc file that's got the same name as the folder, put
## Interface: 30300

at the top, and then the name of your lua file.

.toc files are just plain text, just like lua files.

[Damar Stiehl]

Well by gum, it worked. Perfectly, at that. Thanks everyone.