MacroSwap

A World of Warcraft addon for TBC Classic (Anniversary) that swaps a macro's text based on your current target — automatically, and without touching protected actions, so it keeps working in combat.

Set up as many independent swaps as you like: a different macro for trash vs. bosses, a fight-specific trinket macro that only activates on one boss, a per-target CC macro, whatever you need.

Each MacroSwap "tab" is one rule:

• Original macro — a macro already on your action bar.
• Swap-in macro — a second macro (doesn't need to be on any bar) whose text gets copied into the original while the rule is active.
• Target — what the rule watches for. Three modes:
  • Specific — a literal target name you type in.
  • Boss — matches any recognized Classic or TBC dungeon/raid boss.
  • Trash — matches any hostile, attackable NPC that isn't a recognized boss.

While the target condition is true, your original macro's text (and icon) is replaced with the swap-in macro's. The moment it's no longer true, the original text is restored. Your keybind and action bar placement never change — only the macro's contents do.

• /macroswap opens the options window.
• Click + to add a new tab, Remove This Tab to delete the current one.
• Fill in Original macro, Swap-in macro, and pick a target mode.
• That's it — everything saves as you type, no confirm/apply step.

Config is stored per-character.

BossList.lua is a plain Lua table (MacroSwap_Bosses) of lowercase boss names covering Classic and TBC 5-man dungeons, raids, and notable world bosses. If a boss is missing or misspelled, it's just a flat table — open the file and edit it directly, no code changes needed.

Blizzard blocks macro edits (EditMacro) while you're in combat — this is enforced by the game client itself, not something an addon can work around. Practically, that means:

• The first swap has to happen before you enter combat (e.g. target the boss right before the pull).
• If you switch targets mid-fight in a way that would change the macro, the change is queued and applied automatically the instant combat ends, not while you're still fighting.

For "Boss" and "Trash" modes this is rarely an issue in practice, since you typically acquire the relevant target right before a pull, while still out of combat.