Extended Macro UI

v0.11.0 (2026-10-20)

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• Add CurseForge release automation and release skill
  Add a tag-triggered GitHub Actions workflow that packages the addon with
  the BigWigs packager and uploads it to CurseForge, a luacheck CI workflow,
  a .pkgmeta describing the package and dev-only files to exclude, and a
  /release skill that bumps the version, lints, commits, tags and pushes.
  Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Add LDB launcher and optional minimap button
  Embeds LibStub, CallbackHandler-1.0, LibDataBroker-1.1 and LibDBIcon-1.0
  under Libs/. A launcher data object (Titan Panel and other broker
  displays, plus a LibDBIcon minimap button) toggles the window on
  left-click and opens a Saved Messages send menu on right-click. The
  minimap button is on by default and can be hidden in the EMU settings.
  Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 noreply@anthropic.com
• Consolidate duplicated UI and data code into shared helpers
  • Docked side panels (icon picker, macro builder, import/export) share a
    mixin for IsShown/Close/Toggle and close each other via ns.CloseDockPanels.
  • Shared list view, empty-state text, inset-height, radio, menu-tooltip,
    pipe-escape, A->Z sort helpers and the "?" icon constant in Core.lua.
  • Messages owns CopyOutputs and a single create path for New, Duplicate
    and Import; MessageEditor and Transfer reuse it.
    No behavior change intended.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 noreply@anthropic.com
• Show item and spell tooltips beside the Macro Builder list
  Hovering a list row shows the game tooltip docked to the right of the
  builder: worn/bag slot for items (with enchants and durability), item or
  spell id otherwise. Saved messages and ItemRack sets show none.
  Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 noreply@anthropic.com
• Add Equip Item and ItemRack actions to the Macro Builder
  • Equip Item: lists wearable gear from bags and worn slots; emits /equip,
    or /equipslot with a slot choice for one-handed weapons, trinkets and
    rings (defaulting to the slot the item is already worn in).
  • ItemRack: Equip Set: grayed out unless ItemRack is loaded; lists sets from
    ItemRackUser.Sets (falls back to typing the name) and emits
    /itemrack equip <set>.
  • Use Item: gear that must be worn gets an /equip (or /equipslot with the
    same slot choice) line before the /use; worn on-use items are listed too.
  • Target: add @cursor.
  • Hide Target/Modifier rows for actions that don't honor them, without
    leaving gaps; update the extend-macro-builder skill doc.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 noreply@anthropic.com
• Add Import/Export wizard for macros and saved messages
  A docked side panel, opened from a new header button, that exports all or
  selected General/Character macros and Saved Messages to a shareable string
  (!EMU:<v>! + Base64(Deflate(CBOR)) via C_EncodingUtil, with character,
  realm, timestamp and addon version metadata) and imports one with per-item
  selection, preview, and an overwrite-or-copy conflict policy. Import results
  are reported in chat; failures are also raised through geterrorhandler so
  BugSack/BugGrabber capture them.
  The wizard and the Macro Builder now size their height to their content.
  Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 noreply@anthropic.com
• Fix Run button hidden behind Blizzard's TimerTracker
  The earlier TradeSkillMaster layering fix moved the secure Run button from
  DIALOG down to the window's HIGH strata. That placed it beneath Blizzard's
  TimerTracker -- a full-screen, always-present DIALOG frame -- so the button was
  occluded and appeared to be missing.
  • Editor: the Run button is set to DIALOG strata (above TimerTracker, so it's
    visible) at a low frame level (2), so a focused DIALOG-strata window still
    raises above it instead of the button floating on top in the common case.
  • README: documents the remaining edge case -- the button can still layer above
    other DIALOG-strata addon windows (e.g. TradeSkillMaster) -- as a known issue.
    luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Add a Saved Message action to the Macro Builder
  The Macro Builder's action dropdown gains a "Saved Message" option alongside
  Cast Spell and Use Item. It lists the player's saved messages (fuzzy-searchable
  via the same search box) and, on Insert, writes an "/emu send <name>" line into
  the macro being edited.
  • Saved messages are picked from the list only (no manual name entry), so the
    name box is hidden for this action; the list selection is the source of truth.
  • Target/Modifier conditionals and the Rank box are hidden for this action,
    since /emu send takes only a name.
  • Compose emits "/emu send <name>"; Describe reads "Sends the saved message ...".
  • List rows without an icon (saved messages) now start the name at the left edge.
    luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Allow dragging macros from the list onto action bars
  Macro list rows now RegisterForDrag("LeftButton") and PickupMacro(index) on
  drag start -- the same mechanism Blizzard's own macro frame uses, so the macro
  lands on the cursor and the player drops it on an action bar (the secure action
  button handles the placement; nothing is tainted). Left-click still selects;
  only a click-drag picks up. Message rows carry no macro index, so dragging them
  there is a no-op.
  Verified against Blizzard_MacroUI in the classic_era source.
  luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
  Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Add duplicate button for macros and saved messages
  A per-row duplicate control that appears on hover, right-justified, as a small
  red square button in the settings-gear style, with a tooltip. Works on General
  Macros, Character Macros and Saved Messages.
  • MainFrame: InitRow builds the hover button (shown via the row's mouseover,
    tucking the dirty dot aside so they don't overlap). It's disabled with an
    explanatory tooltip when there's no free macro slot or in combat; always
    enabled for messages (no slot limit). DuplicateItem routes to macro/message;
    duplicating while the editor is dirty goes through the usual Save/Discard/
    Cancel prompt (the copy is built from captured name/icon/body, so a reindex
    after Save is fine). The new entry is selected, opened in the editor and its
    name focused.
  • Core: ns.NameWithSuffix(name, suffix, maxLen) appends a suffix, trimming the
    end of the name so a copy of a max-length (16-char) macro name still fits
    instead of overflowing the limit.
  • Messages: Messages.Duplicate(id) copies content + checked outputs under a
    unique " Copy" name (names drive /emu send).
    Macros use CreateMacro (created and saved immediately); the glyph is
    Character-Plus since the classic assets have no dedicated copy icon.
    API verified against the classic_era source. luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Align the Saved Messages editor fields to a shared width
  The message-text box was inset ~6px on each side relative to the name box and
  the output checklist, so it looked narrower than the fields around it. Widen it
  to the shared area +10 / -10 edges and align the "Send to:" label so the
  checklist (anchored to that label) keeps the same edge. The Message Name,
  message text and Send to boxes now share one width with aligned left/right edges.
  luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
  Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Lower the anti-spam minimum interval to 0.5 seconds
  • Core: the settings slider now ranges 0.5-60 in 0.5s steps (so whole seconds
    stay selectable) with a decimal-aware label ("%g sec", e.g. "0.5 sec").
  • Messages: GetInterval clamps to a 0.5s floor (MIN_INTERVAL) instead of 1.
    Default remains 15 seconds. luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Skip ineligible message outputs to prevent chat error spam
  A saved message's checked outputs are now filtered by whether they can actually
  receive a message, so the addon never fires a doomed send that floods the
  player's chat with "You aren't in a party" and similar error replies.
  Per-output gating in Messages.Send (CanSendFixed), mirroring the eligibility the
  default chat editbox uses, plus the raid-warning and officer permission checks:
  • Party: only when in a group (IsInGroup).
  • Raid: only when in a raid (IsInRaid).
  • Raid Warning: only in a raid and as leader/assistant.
  • Instance (BG): only when in an instance group (IsInGroup INSTANCE).
  • Guild: only when in a guild.
  • Officer: only when in a guild and C_GuildInfo.IsGuildOfficer().
  • Global channel: only when currently joined (unchanged behavior).
  • Say/Yell: always attempted.
    Ineligible outputs are skipped silently; if nothing is eligible the send is a
    no-op and does not start the anti-spam cooldown (that only begins once a message
    actually goes out).
    APIs verified against the classic_era source. luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Add a global anti-spam interval for message sending
  Prevents any saved message the addon can send from going out more often than a
  configurable interval, guarding against accidental or intentional spam.
  • Messages: a single shared Messages.lastSend timestamp (GetTime), so the
    throttle is global across every message and every send path -- the "Send Now"
    button and /emu send alike. Messages.Send now returns early with a chat notice
    ("Anti-spam: wait N more second(s)...") when a send comes too soon, and only
    starts the cooldown once something actually went out. New helpers
    GetInterval() (clamped to a 1s floor) and ThrottleRemaining().
  • Core: sendInterval (default 15) added to the SavedVariables defaults, plus a
    slider in the EMU settings panel (1-60s, step 1, "N sec"), built with the
    modern Settings API (CreateSliderOptions / CreateSlider).
    API verified against the classic_era source. luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Refactor: extract shared UI helpers for lists, rows, prompts and inputs
  Pull repeated UI boilerplate into documented helpers in Core.lua and use them
  across the five UI files. Behavior is unchanged -- anchors, insets, draw layers
  and event wiring are preserved exactly.
  New Core helpers:
  • ns.IsBlank(text): nil/empty/whitespace check (replaces a NameIsBlank local
    duplicated in both editors).
  • ns.CreateScrollList(parent, rightInset): the InsetFrame + WowScrollBoxList +
    MinimalScrollBar scaffold shared by all four scrolling lists. rightInset
    defaults to 24; the icon grid and builder list pass 22 to keep their widths.
  • ns.AddRowHighlight(button): the gold selected background + white hover
    highlight used by the macro/message list and the builder list.
  • ns.CreatePrompt(parent, title, hint): the centered "No X selected" placeholder
    both editor panes show.
  • ns.CreateMultilineInput(parent, maxLetters): the InputScrollFrame text box with
    the char counter hidden and the editbox width kept in sync.
    Call sites in MainFrame, IconPicker, MacroBuilder, MessageEditor and Editor drop
    their copies of that boilerplate. Also removed two now-unused SCROLLBAR_WIDTH
    constants and an unused strtrim cache.
    luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Add extend-macro-builder Claude skill
  A project skill (.claude/skills/extend-macro-builder/SKILL.md) documenting how
  to add features to the Macro Builder: the command data flow (Compose / Describe
  / EffectiveName / UpdatePreview / UpdateVisibility / RefreshList), step-by-step
  recipes for adding a Target option, a Modifier option, or a whole new action
  type, plus the standing rules (verify APIs against the classic_era source,
  luacheck clean on addon files only, no taint, in-game test checklist).
  Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Add Macro Builder side panel for composing /cast and /use commands
  A guided panel, opened by a new "Macro Builder" button in the macro editor,
  that composes a single /cast or /use command and inserts it as a new line into
  the macro being edited. It never writes macros itself -- it only appends to the
  editor's draft, so the normal dirty/Save flow applies. Not available for Saved
  Messages.
  • New MacroBuilder.lua: pure data helpers (known-spell and bag-item enumeration,
    rank-prefix lookup, command composition and a plain-language description) plus
    a docked window modeled on the icon picker. The two side panels share the
    dock slot and are mutually exclusive.
  • One name box (spell or item) is the single source of truth: the searchable
    list, typing, and Shift-click all fill it. Shift-click is caught with a
    taint-free post-hook on ChatFrameUtil.InsertLink, which both item and spell
    links funnel through on this client.
  • The item list is filtered to usable items (C_Item.GetItemSpell), so reagents
    and plain gear are excluded.
  • Target and Modifier are single-select dropdowns that compose one conditional
    clause, e.g. /cast [@mouseover,mod:alt] Fireball. Each option has a tooltip.
    Targets: player/target/targettarget/focus/focustarget/mouseover/pet.
    Modifiers: any (mod) / alt / ctrl / shift / mouse buttons 1-5.
  • Optional Rank field (down-ranking) for spells that have ranks; the localized
    "(Rank N)" prefix is derived from the spell's own subtext, not hardcoded.
  • A live preview of the command plus a friendly explanation of what it does.
  • Editor: a "Macro Builder" button beside "Change Icon" (row re-anchored to the
    pane's left edge so both fit); Editor:InsertBodyLine appends a line and
    refuses rather than overflowing the 255-char limit. The builder closes with
    the window, on the Saved Messages tab, and when no macro is selected.
    All spell/item/chat APIs verified against the classic_era source.
    luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Fix Run button layering and add a settings gear button
  • Editor: the secure Run button (parented to UIParent so the window stays
    unprotected) no longer sits at DIALOG strata, where it floated above
    unrelated frames like TradeSkillMaster. It now syncs to the main window's
    own strata and a level just above it in SyncRun (out of combat only), so it
    layers with the window and drops behind other frames when the window does.
  • MainFrame: added a gear button left of "Macro" that opens the addon's
    settings page (ns.OpenOptions). It's a standard red panel button matching
    the others, with Blizzard's OptionsIcon-Brown gear glyph via inline atlas
    markup.
    luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Add Saved Messages tab for multi-channel broadcasts
  A MessageBarker-style feature: a third "Saved Messages" tab for storing
  named chat messages that broadcast to several destinations at once. These
  live in SavedVariables, entirely outside the macro system, so they never
  consume macro slots.
  • Messages.lua: data layer (storage, A->Z list, send, channel enumeration).
    Outputs are say/yell/party/raid/raid warning/instance/guild/officer plus
    every currently joined channel. Sends via C_ChatInfo.SendChatMessage from
    hardware events only (button click or slash), with channel ids resolved
    through GetChannelName. Names are unique (case-insensitive): New
    auto-suffixes and Save refuses a duplicate, so slash resolution is
    unambiguous.
  • MessageEditor.lua: right-pane editor with a name box, multi-line content
    box (255-char counter), a scrolling output checklist, and Send Now. Shows
    the "/emu send <name>" command for pasting into a game macro, and warns
    inline on a blank/duplicate name.
  • MainFrame.lua: generalized the list/selection/editor plumbing to drive
    either editor, added the third tab (macro tab labels shortened to fit),
    and moved the unsaved-changes notice to a shared window footer so it no
    longer overlaps editor fields.
  • Core.lua: SavedVariables defaults (messages, nextMessageId) and the
    "/emu send <name>" slash subcommand.
  • Editor.lua: common editor interface (GetEditingKey/LoadItem/SetActive),
    active-aware Run button, Save returns success.
  • TOC bumped to 0.8.0; new globals added to .luacheckrc; MessageBarker/
    reference addon gitignored.
    luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Narrow the editor pane to match the native macro editor
  • MainFrame: MAIN_WIDTH 600 -> 552, so the editor pane's body box is
    ~286 wide, matching Blizzard's native macro command box.
  • Editor: move the body character counter onto its own line under the
    "Enter Macro Commands" label, and relocate the "Unsaved changes" label
    to its own line above Save/Cancel so the bottom row stays uncramped at
    the narrower width. The body box is re-anchored between them.
    luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Refactor: shared UI helpers and DRY cleanups
  Behavior-preserving simplification; no functional changes.
  • Core: add ns.CreateButton, ns.CreatePortraitWindow, ns.TrimIcon and
    ns.MUTED_COLOR / ns.SetMutedText, and use them for the EMU button.
  • MacroData: extract ForEachMacro and express GetMacros / FindBySnapshot
    in terms of it, removing the duplicated base+slot iteration.
  • Editor: collapse OnNameTyped to its real job (the two-way icon-picker
    name sync was dead since the picker's name box was removed); use the
    button/icon/color helpers.
  • MainFrame + IconPicker: build their windows and buttons via the shared
    helpers; crop icons with ns.TrimIcon; use CELL_SIZE for the grid
    selection overlay.
    luacheck: 0 warnings / 0 errors.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Add locked UI-panel layout mode and options panel
  The main window now defaults to a managed UI panel (registered in
  UIPanelWindows like Blizzard's MacroFrame), so it opens in a fixed
  position and pushes alongside other panels such as the character panel
  and spellbook. A new option restores the previous free-floating,
  drag-anywhere behavior.
  • Core: ApplyLayoutMode / OpenMain / CloseMain / SetLockToPanel route
    open/close through ShowUIPanel+HideUIPanel (locked) or raw Show/Hide
    (floating), keep the frame out of UISpecialFrames when panel-managed,
    and defer layout changes made in combat to PLAYER_REGEN_ENABLED.
  • Options panel via the modern Settings API with two checkboxes:
    "Lock window as a UI panel" (default on) and "Use as the default
    macro window (/macro)" (equivalent to /emu macro). New slash verbs:
    /emu lock | unlock | options | help.
  • MainFrame: RestorePosition is mode-aware; dragging is gated to
    floating mode.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com
• Initial commit: Extended Macro UI addon
  A replacement macro window for WoW Classic: tabbed account/character lists,
  fuzzy search with highlighting, a full editor (name/body counters, dirty
  tracking, Save/Cancel/New/Delete), a secure Run button, a docked icon picker,
  combat-safe handling, and EMU/native window switching.
  Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 noreply@anthropic.com