Solving post-patch addon woes
by Mathew McCurley 
Feb 19th 2010 at 1:00PM
Create a macro with that script command and hover over a section of your user interface. The name of that particular module of your interface will be displayed in your chat box. Simple and easy, in case you cannot figure out what addon you're looking at./script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage( GetMouseFocus():GetName() );
Whenever a new patch comes out or I head off to the PTR to test out the new changes, I like having this macro at the ready just in case one of my addons decides to move in a wacky place or if the game itself broke an addon's position and I need to remember which addon I'm dealing with.
Filed under: Add-Ons
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Justin Feb 19th 2010 1:03PM
Lol addons, l2p the game how it was meant to be played.
Eregos ftw! Feb 19th 2010 1:09PM
I do not believe you have no addons. No addons: Dead on most boss fights cause you didn't notice anything. Addons are almost needed for any healers, though you will rarely find a healer using basic ui to heal. I presume you aren't level 80 yet if you have no addons whatsoever.
Chilblain Feb 19th 2010 1:11PM
But I can't possibly live with a *round* mini-map in the corner of my screen! It needs to be square! And I was going to cancel my subscription until I was able to see a sweet 3-d version of my Tauren's face in my party frame!
Add-ons are k-rad, d00d. Look at all my buttons!
Hoggersbud Feb 19th 2010 1:10PM
That would be...with addons. Otherwise they wouldn't have implemented the functionality to allow it. Shocking logic I know.
Docp Feb 19th 2010 1:26PM
I used to know a guy who boasted about the fact that he did not use addons at all and was healing with the basic UI, he would laugh at the other healers and boast about how awesome he was.
He was the guy that always came bottom in healing done, near the top in overhealing, never dispelled anything and often died in fires.
Jeff Feb 19th 2010 2:43PM
Try raiding without any addons, then come back. It's not just a matter of looking cool. The usability advantage afforded by many addons (Go ask a healer if they would prefer the default UI to, say, Grid) is absolutely invaluable.
bob Feb 19th 2010 2:52PM
It really comes down to a matter of finding the right balance with addons for your own play style. In the past I've used lots of addons but over the last few patches I've scaled back considerably. The less I used the more I realized I really liked the default interface. It is simple, clean and functional for the most part. I'm pretty much completely done with addons for the purpose of aesthetics.
Most of the addons I run add functionality over looks. OmniCC for visible cool downs, Parrot for improved combat text, AuctionLite for an improved AH interface and X-Perl for unit frames. As a Druid you simply can not heal as effectively with out at least some sort of unit frame addon. None of these are shiny-spinny- do-dads. They all help improve the game an honestly I wish they would role the functionality into the default UI.
If you don't like addons don't use them. But if you find the right balance with the stuff you need it really isn't that much of a hassle to update when the patch comes out.
Akussa Feb 19th 2010 9:07PM
Lol clothing, l2show the body how it was meant to be seen.
Falcom Feb 19th 2010 1:20PM
Wait, new ptr coming up? Where is info for this?? Or is this just a general post to help people?
Eregos ftw! Feb 19th 2010 1:26PM
Likely the fact the the ptr people just got a new patch.
lost_in_yonkers Feb 19th 2010 1:31PM
This macro is worthless, every time I click it it just says ActionBarButton8 or something like that.
mor8idhomogenosuicide Feb 19th 2010 1:36PM
Rofl no offence but you genuinly just brightened up my evening cause that made me laugh. :P
It's because if you mouseclick it, it tells you the name of whatever your mouse is over. If you mouseclick it, your mouse is (obviously) hovering over ActionBarButton8, or whereever you put the macro on your action bar.
To show what addon a certain partof your UI is, you must hover your mouse over that piece of your UI (the stray black box or party frame or whatever) and use a keybind to use this macro. This will then display whatever you were hovering over at the time of running this macro in your chat box. Hope this helped. ;)
johnthediver Feb 19th 2010 1:50PM
@mor8idhomogenosuicide
You sir are a good man. First you got a nice chuckle from someone else, and their naivety. They without being a dbag, kindly and thoroughly explained his problem and how to fix it correctly. The internet needs more people like you.
johnthediver Feb 19th 2010 1:51PM
Stupid comment system. They in the second sentence = Then
lost_in_yonkers Feb 19th 2010 2:03PM
Thanks mor8id. I should let you guys know that it was written as a joke, so it's okay to laugh and no offense taken! lol
Glaras Feb 19th 2010 2:39PM
... but thank you anyway, because I *would* have made that mistake, and now I won't. Wewt!
tarkumi Feb 19th 2010 1:53PM
Even better, use the "/framestack" command.
It will display a small tooltip in the corner of the screen displaying all of the frames under the mouse cursor in realtime.
Use the command again to hide the tooltip.
Tekkub Feb 19th 2010 2:57PM
^ This
Avan Feb 19th 2010 2:10PM
/run print(GetMouseFocus():GetName())
It does the same thing, but uses less characters.
Camaris Feb 19th 2010 3:02PM
/framestack is superior to this. It produces a nice little box (that moves out of the way of your mouse of course) that lists the whole stack of frames your mouse is over.