DamageMeter Anchored

Keep your Damage Meters organized, aligned, and exactly where you want them.

DamageMeter Anchored is a lightweight addon for World of Warcraft Retail and WoW: Forever that enhances Blizzard's built-in Damage Meter with automatic window anchoring, alignment, and customizable layouts.

Instead of manually positioning multiple Damage Meter windows, DamageMeter Anchored allows you to attach secondary windows to your primary meter. Move or resize the main window, and your anchored windows automatically follow.

Originally developed for WoW: Midnight and subsequently adapted for WoW: Forever, DamageMeter Anchored now supports both clients through a single addon package.

Features

Automatic Window Anchoring

• Anchor additional Damage Meter windows above, below, left, or right of your primary window.
• Automatically reposition anchored windows when the primary meter moves or resizes.
• Stack multiple windows along the same edge in window-number order.
• Hidden windows are automatically excluded from stacking.

Flexible Sizing and Spacing

• Automatically match the primary window's width when anchored above or below.
• Automatically match its height when anchored left or right.
• Independently customize the remaining window dimension.
• Configure spacing between anchored windows from 0 to 100 UI units.

Edit Mode Integration

• Integrates with Blizzard's native Edit Mode.
• Automatically adjusts secondary windows when the primary Damage Meter is repositioned or resized.
• Saves anchoring configurations separately for each named Edit Mode layout.
• Restores the appropriate configuration when switching layouts.

Independent Window Positioning

• Drag an unlocked secondary window to detach it from its anchor.
• Preserve manually positioned windows independently of the primary meter.
• Reattach or detach windows at any time through addon settings.
• Restore the last saved manual position when detaching an anchored window.

Native Blizzard Damage Meter Compatibility

DamageMeter Anchored enhances Blizzard's existing Damage Meter rather than replacing it.

All standard Damage Meter functionality remains managed by Blizzard, including:

• Damage and healing statistics
• Combat sessions and historical data
• Window visibility and locking
• Minimized and non-interactive modes
• Native menus and meter controls
• Combat timers and session resets

The addon uses event-driven updates without continuous background polling. Layout changes are deferred during combat.

Getting Started

1. Enable Blizzard's built-in Damage Meter.
2. Type /dma to open DamageMeter Anchored settings.
3. Create additional Damage Meter windows using Create Window or Blizzard's native meter menu.
4. Choose an anchor direction for each additional window.
5. Adjust window dimensions and spacing to your preference.
6. Move or resize your primary Damage Meter using Edit Mode, and your anchored windows will follow.

Slash Commands

• /dma — Open addon settings.
• /dma options — Open addon settings.
• /dma clear — Reset saved geometry and spacing for the active Edit Mode layout without hiding windows.
• /dma debug — Toggle diagnostic messages.
• /dma help — Display available commands.

Compatibility

Supported World of Warcraft clients:

• WoW Retail — Interfaces 120105
• WoW: Forever 1.60.1 — Interface 16001

Addon Version: 0.5.0

Requires Blizzard's native Damage Meter and Edit Mode functionality.

Existing addon configurations are preserved through supported profile migration.

DamageMeter Anchored keeps your combat information organized while preserving the familiar Blizzard Damage Meter experience.