SecureActionButtonTemplate with macrotext attribute not working

[Dridzt]

They have seriously lost the plot over there, I've no clue why they would even do this.

The problem is that even a simple macro extender (assuming they didn't up default macros to the 1024 chars supported by RunMacro but kept them at the 255 UI restriction) will now need to be made as a series of buttons + chaining /click.

So if their goal was to kill macro extenders, expect further gutting of the system because this will not do it.

If their goal was to kill addons like GSE or M6 or oPie for who knows what reason (they were fully within the constraints of the secure system) they should state that along side an explanation.

They had no problem doing that for VRE.

[Gello]

Originally Posted by Archarodim It appears that support for macrotext attributes was dropped in wow 11:

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This one really hurts. A lot of functionality is going to break for some of my addons in TWW. Ability to equip slots of sets in Select, ability to toggle Safari Hat and other buffs in Rematch, the whole addon Grounded, etc.

What's our best way to get this reverted?

[Fizzlemizz]

Originally Posted by Gello What's our best way to get this reverted?

Player revolt probably (if that). It seems like once again, they are making changes but only trying to come up with something (anything) to justify it after the fact.

Removing padding and numbering from SavedVariables to "save a micro-second on megabyte plus tables when loggin in" is also a stretch but at least we can build a remedy for that sort of nonsense.

Blizz. haven't said anything but there is this report

[Zax]

I'm worried about my NPCsMarkers addon which uses a lot of macrotext to place and remove ground markers
Will I have to create 8 macros to place ground markers and also 8 macros to remove placed markers, or is there a workaround?

[Zax]

I just realized that the worldmarker action existed for SecureActionButton, so I was able to make my addon work without macrotext like this:

	-- Set world marker on left-click:
    button:SetAttribute("type1", "worldmarker")
    button:SetAttribute("marker1", markerIndex)
    button:SetAttribute("action1", "set")
	-- Clear world marker on right-click:
    button:SetAttribute("type2", "worldmarker")
    button:SetAttribute("marker2", markerIndex)
    button:SetAttribute("action2", "clear")

Thank you Archarodim for pointing out this change. Without that, I would probably have spent a lot of time looking into why my addon no longer worked with WoW 11.

[Fizzlemizz]

More news on MacroText:

[Gello]

Originally Posted by Fizzlemizz More news on MacroText:

This is great news. Thanks for posting that.

[Fizzlemizz]

Doesn't mean they wont have another go at it in future depending on how it "all works out" for them.