Per
Iriel's post on the official forums:
Last updated 2006-12-14 21:26 Pacific
This is a consolidated list of the announced (and sometimes observed) changes in the User Interface API's and functionality for the 2.0.2 release. Please note that this thread is to discuss the upcoming changes and any clarifications or features that are a direct result of those changes, or things which we've been asked to remind slouken of.
IMPORTANT: Off-topic or entirely redundant posts are liable to get deleted. It is however in everyone's best interest to not post them in the first place - We'd rather slouken could spend his time coding us cool things than moderating this thread!
Standard UI Elements
* Unit frames will respond to modified clicks by default.
* Action buttons no longer use shift-click to pick up actions, but instead use shift-drag. This frees up the shift modifier for use in macros or as a self-cast modifier. (A workaround for this now is available at
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...51038902&sid=1)
Macros and Slash Commands
* If you add a #showtooltip line to your macro, it will show the tooltip of the item or spell in addition to the normal visual feedback.
* /castsequence will equip items if they need to be equipped, and use them otherwise.
* NEW /dismount command
* The macro button: conditional will work with either the real button clicked or the state-header-remapped button that launched the macro.
* /startattack and /petattack will work like normal with no arguments, but if they're given arguments its interpreted and used as a unit ID or name to attack (you will not attack if the target cannot be found).
* If a unit is passed to /petattack YOUR target will not be changed.
* The following commands now support the [target=unit] macro option syntax: /startattack /petattack /target /assist /focus
* As a special case, if you /focus with the target=focus, or /target with the target=target, it will use the argument as the target instead. e.g. "/focus [target=focus,noexists] pet" will focus on the pet if the focus doesn't exist.
Key Bindings
* Holding down ctrl, alt, shift, x will check keybindings in the following order: ALT-CTRL-SHIFT-X, CTRL-SHIFT-X, ALT-SHIFT-X, ALT-CTRL-X, SHIFT-X, CTRL-X, ALT-X, X
* Key bindings that directly cast spells or use items now respectIM the self-cast modifier.
API Changes
* NEW: equippable = IsEquippableItem(item)
* NEW: link = GetInboxItemLink(index)
* NEW: Dismount()
* NEW: button = GetMouseButtonClicked() -- Returns the name of the button that triggered a mouse down/up/click/doubleclick event.
* NEW: hasMacro = CursorHasMacro()
* NEW: type, detail[,subdetail] = GetCursorInfo() -- one of "item",id,link / "spell",slot,"spell"|"pet" / "macro",index / "money",amount
* NEW: isSecure = IsSecureCmd("/command")
Frame Changes - Frames
API Calls
* UPDATED: protected, explicit = Frame:IsProtected() -- New 'explicit' return value
Frame Changes - Tooltips
API Calls
* NEW: name = Tooltip:GetUnit()
* NEW: name, link = Tooltip:GetItem()
* NEW: name, rank = Tooltip:GetSpell()
* NEW: isUnit = Tooltip:IsUnit("unit")
Script Handlers
* NEW OnTooltipSetUnit - Triggered when a Tooltip shows a unit
* NEW OnTooltipSetItem - Triggered when a Tooltip shows an item
* NEW OnTooltipSetSpell - Triggered when a Tooltip shows a spell
Frame Changes - Cooldown
There's a new cooldown indicator frame to be used in place of the previous Model file.
* OLD <Model inherits="CooldownFrameTemplate"/> should be replaced by
* NEW <Cooldown inherits="CooldownFrameTemplate"/>
Secure Templates
* Added an action type "attribute" to secure action buttons which sets an arbitrary attribute on an arbitrary frame.
* Added support for state header resizing and re-parenting on state changes.
Protected Functions
* Duelling, dismissing your pet, and abandoning your pet are no longer protected functions.
Saved Variables
* Arrays that are stored as saved variables are now saved using lua's array initializer syntax for optimal memory usage and performance on load.
Bug Fixes
* /click now works with secure action buttons
* Fixed taint issues with CloseLoot()
* Fixed taint issues with PickupContainerItem()
* MovePad will work again
* The raid pullout positions will be saved and restored between sessions
* Fixed a bug where raid composition changes can incorrectly change the units referenced by the pullouts.
* Fixed taint issue with social frame/raid tab not showing in combat (buttons in main social/raid tab are no longer secure unit buttons)
* Fixed /reply in macros
* Fixed issue whereby creating Textures/FontStrings from a template used the template name instead of the specified region name.
* Fixed bug where /petattack would target the nearest unit, not nearest live enemy unit
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