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Compatibility:	Thunder Isle (5.2) Landfall (5.1) Mists of Pandaria (5.0.4)
Updated:	03-05-13 05:36 AM
Created:	02-13-09 02:58 PM
Downloads:	9,889
Favorites:	138
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5.2

Class Colors Popular! (More than 5000 hits)

Version: 5.2.0.80

by: Phanx [More]

Class Colors lets you change class colors without breaking parts of the Blizzard UI.

It is supported by many popular addons, and also applies your custom colors to all parts of the Blizzard UI that are normally class-colored. If you want to colorize more parts of the Blizzard UI, check out yClassColors by yleaf.

Type “/classcolors” for options, or open the Class Colors panel in the Interface Options window.

Bug Reports

If you encounter a problem with Class Colors, please try some quick troubleshooting steps first, and then submit a bug report to let me know about the problem.

Please copy this list into your ticket and fill in as many of the details as you can.

Class Colors version (eg. 3.3.5.71)
WoW version and locale (as seen on the login screen, eg. 3.3.5 enUS)
Description of the problem
Steps to reproduce the problem
Whether the problem happens when all other addons are disabled
Exact text of the first related error message, if any
Please do not include any lists of local variables or installed addons that your error display may add!
Screenshot, if the problem is graphical

Remember to check on your ticket after a few days, as I may need more information from you in order to find and fix the problem!

Language Support

Class Colors is compatible with English, Deutsch , Español, Français, Português, Русский, 한국어, 简体中文, and 繁體中文 game clients.

How to make your addon support Class Colors

Basically, any time your addon would read a value from the RAID_CLASS_COLORS table, just look for a CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS table and read from it instead.

If your addon uses a local upvalue for RAID_CLASS_COLORS, or builds a local cache table of class colors, you should update your upvalue or cache in response to the PLAYER_LOGIN event, and register for a callback to be notified when the user changes a class color.

Please do not check for the !ClassColors addon by name — eg. with GetAddOnInfo or IsAddOnLoaded — or set !ClassColors as a dependency for your addon. Use the methods described above.

See see the CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS documentation for more details!

Version 5.2.0.80

Updated for WoW 5.2

Version 5.1.0.78

Updated for WoW 5.1

Version 5.0.4.76

Updated for WoW 5.0.4
Added better compatibility with other implementations of CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS

Version 4.3.4.56

Raid and party member blips on the world map will now be recolored using your custom colors.
Due to Blizzard restrictions, it is not possible to recolor blips on the minimap.
Added Português (ptBR) localization.

Version 4.2.0.51

Updated for WoW 4.2

Version 4.1.0.49

Updated for WoW 4.1
Removed the IterateClasses metamethod since nobody uses it
Changed the GetColoredName override to more closely emulate the original Blizzard function, as requested by Funkydude on WowAce

Version 4.0.3.43

Fixed LFR browser and who list coloring

Version 4.0.3.40

Fixed raid panel coloring

Version 4.0.1.36

Someday I will remember to turn off debugging before posting a release...

Version 4.0.1.35

Updated Blizzard UI coloring for WoW 4.0

Version 4.0.1.33

Removed a function that no longer exists in WoW 4.0
Guild panel coloring hasn't been updated yet

Version 3.3.3.29

Player names in the raid panel will now always be colored correctly
Added additional checks to prevent GetPlayerInfoByGUID usage errors

Version 3.3.0.26

Added coloring of class names in the channel pane of the chat config window

Version 3.3.0.24

Added coloring of names in the LookingForRaid interface
Fixed drycode errors

Version 3.3.0.22

Updated for WoW 3.3
Removed coloring for parts of the UI that aren't normally colored. This functionality may or may not reappear in a separate addon at a later date.

Archived Files (2)

File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date
Class Colors	5.1.0.78	11kB	Phanx	12-05-12 05:10 AM
Class Colors	5.0.4.76	11kB	Phanx	08-29-12 02:12 AM

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02-13-09, 04:11 PM
eiszeit A Flamescale Wyrmkin Forum posts: 129 File comments: 171 Uploads: 9	awesome <3 __________________ LYN.UI • DESTRUCTION IS A FORM OF CREATION.

02-14-09, 07:39 AM
MoonWitch A Chromatic Dragonspawn Forum posts: 194 File comments: 136 Uploads: 8	Very much so.

02-14-09, 08:22 AM
Zergreth A Fallenroot Satyr Forum posts: 24 File comments: 101 Uploads: 13	Still not completely sure about this. Would changing the RAID_CLASS_COLORS global break any Blizzard UI elements? Last edited by Zergreth : 02-14-09 at 08:22 AM.

02-14-09, 10:24 AM
Seerah Fishing Trainer Forum posts: 9175 File comments: 568 Uploads: 24	Yes, changing RAID_CLASS_COLORS taints the raid UI immensely. Which is precisely why this addon was developed (so that you're not doing that). __________________ "You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are." -Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

02-14-09, 02:34 PM

Zergreth

A Fallenroot Satyr

Forum posts: 24

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Originally posted by Seerah
Yes, changing RAID_CLASS_COLORS taints the raid UI immensely. Which is precisely why this addon was developed (so that you're not doing that).

I would like to have some details here. What does it break, and why (if possible)?

02-14-09, 04:14 PM

Phanx

A Pyroguard Emberseer

Forum posts: 2613

File comments: 1693

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Originally posted by Zergreth
I would like to have some details here. What does it break, and why (if possible)?

You can no longer view the raid panel while in combat, and you can no longer set main tanks or main assists from the raid panel right-click menu, for example. This occurs because all of the raid panel code is "secure", and in order for it to remain secure, everything that touches it must also be secure. RAID_CLASS_COLORS comes from Blizzard code, and is thus secure by default, but if an addon touches it, it becomes tainted, and taints anything else that's secure that uses it.

Addons that modify the friends frame can cause the same kind of taint, because they touch the social window (which the raid panel is part of). Basically, that whole part of Blizzard's code is written rather poorly, and is extremely susceptible to taint from a multitude of greatly varied sources.

I suspect that modifying RAID_CLASS_COLORS may also have something to do with the "action blocked" errors people receive that name random addons as having attempted to call the protected function LFGQuery()... since I haven't been modifying RAID_CLASS_COLORS, I haven't seen a single occurrence, while previously they occurred quite regularly at a rate of several per hour.

Last edited by Phanx : 02-14-09 at 04:18 PM.

02-15-09, 04:12 AM

Zergreth

A Fallenroot Satyr

Forum posts: 24

File comments: 101

Uploads: 13

Originally posted by Phanx
You can no longer view the raid panel while in combat, and you can no longer set main tanks or main assists from the raid panel right-click menu, for example. This occurs because all of the raid panel code is "secure", and in order for it to remain secure, everything that touches it must also be secure. RAID_CLASS_COLORS comes from Blizzard code, and is thus secure by default, but if an addon touches it, it becomes tainted, and taints anything else that's secure that uses it.

Addons that modify the friends frame can cause the same kind of taint, because they touch the social window (which the raid panel is part of). Basically, that whole part of Blizzard's code is written rather poorly, and is extremely susceptible to taint from a multitude of greatly varied sources.

I suspect that modifying RAID_CLASS_COLORS may also have something to do with the "action blocked" errors people receive that name random addons as having attempted to call the protected function LFGQuery()... since I haven't been modifying RAID_CLASS_COLORS, I haven't seen a single occurrence, while previously they occurred quite regularly at a rate of several per hour.

Ah, quite interesting. Thanks for the information. Guess I will use Class Colors instead of ReTeal then (:

Edit: By the way, there's a locale error in the deDE table. The proper translation of death knight is Todesritter, not Todestritter.

Last edited by Zergreth : 02-15-09 at 05:02 AM.

02-15-09, 12:31 PM

Phanx

A Pyroguard Emberseer

Forum posts: 2613

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Originally posted by Zergreth
Edit: By the way, there's a locale error in the deDE table. The proper translation of death knight is Todesritter, not Todestritter.

Hah. I guess Babble has it wrong, then. Will fix soon.

05-23-09, 06:19 PM

Phanx

A Pyroguard Emberseer

Forum posts: 2613

File comments: 1693

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3.1.1.8a

Update license terms (see README)

This change was made primarily to prevent WoWMatrix from distributing my addon. If you are a compilation uploader whose compilation currently includes !ClassColors, please send an email "addons AT phanx DOT net" with the URL(s) where your compilation is available for permission to continue distributing my addon.

05-23-09, 10:16 PM

Phanx

A Pyroguard Emberseer

Forum posts: 2613

File comments: 1693

Uploads: 30

3.1.2.11

Add coloring for friends list (online friends only)
Add coloring for arena team list (untested)
Add coloring for trade frame (player names)
Add coloring for inspect frame (player name)
Add coloring for unit frames (player names only)

Went ahead and finished up some extra goodies I've been working on. Note that arena team list coloring is untested, since I'm not on any arena teams. Please report any issues with it.

05-23-09, 10:52 PM
raskul A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 5 Uploads: 0	FriendsList_Update constantly being spammed in my chat box with the new update. Anyone else?

05-24-09, 05:33 PM
Phanx A Pyroguard Emberseer Forum posts: 2613 File comments: 1693 Uploads: 30	Fixed, along with the nil value error related to coloring the arena team list.

05-25-09, 04:55 AM
Dridzt A Molten Giant Forum posts: 973 File comments: 761 Uploads: 76	Used the "Report Bug" feature to file a bug for the recent v3.1.2.13 Related to unitframe coloring when accepting a party invite. Edit: 3.1.2.14 fixed this error. Last edited by Dridzt : 05-28-09 at 02:45 AM.

08-08-09, 02:18 PM
Strongbow A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 11 File comments: 111 Uploads: 0	Getting this error with the latest version Date: 2009-08-08 22:13:04 ID: 2 Error occured in: Global Count: 20 Message: ..\AddOns\!ClassColors\ClassColorsBlizz.lua line 171: Usage: GetPlayerInfoByGUID("playerGUID") Debug: [C]: ? [C]: GetPlayerInfoByGUID() !ClassColors\ClassColorsBlizz.lua:171: GetColoredName() ..\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2490: ..\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2471 [C]: ChatFrame_MessageEventHandler() ..\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2288: FIZ_Orig_ChatFrame_OnEvent() Factionizer\Factionizer.lua:5007: ChatFrame_OnEvent() [string ":OnEvent"]:1: [string ":OnEvent"]:1 I'm using Chatter as my addon but I think it has to do with the new name colouring that blizz put in 3.2. -Strongbow-

08-08-09, 04:52 PM
Phanx A Pyroguard Emberseer Forum posts: 2613 File comments: 1693 Uploads: 30	@Strongbow: Please test with all other addons disabled; I see Factionizer at least mentioned in the error's stack trace, and Blizzard code shouldn't be calling the relevant function without parameters. If the error persists, post a bug report using the Bug Report button underneath the Download button. Otherwise, track down which addon is causing the problem by enabling addons until the problem comes back, and ask its author to fix it. Last edited by Phanx : 08-08-09 at 04:54 PM.

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