MidnightBroker

MidnightBroker is a Retail-focused World of Warcraft addon that provides:

A standalone movable on-screen display for key stats
Optional LibDataBroker data source output
Per-element enable/disable, position persistence, and style customization

Features

Displays: - Current date + time (Date-Time element) - Zone and subzone - Player coordinates (configurable precision: 0-2 decimals) - Durability - Total addon memory usage - Gold - Frame rate (FPS) - Latency - Broker metrics for Gold, Frame Rate, and Latency
Every standalone element is independently configurable: - Enabled/disabled - Movable when unlocked - Position persistent across reloads - Font, font size, text justification, text color, background color, border color, opacity, and scale - Optional label/title visibility per element
Graceful fallback when LibDataBroker-1.1 is not available

Install

Copy the MidnightBroker folder to your WoW addons directory: - _retail_/Interface/AddOns/MidnightBroker
Restart WoW or run /reload.
Configure with /mb options.

Slash Commands

/mb or /midnightbroker - show help
/mb options - open the options panel
/mb lock - lock display elements
/mb unlock - unlock display elements for dragging
/mb toggle <time|zone|coords|durability|memory|gold|fps|latency> - toggle one element
/mb reset <time|zone|coords|durability|memory|gold|fps|latency|all> - reset position(s)
/mb resetstyle <time|zone|coords|durability|memory|gold|fps|latency|all> - reset style/color settings only

Options UX Notes

Font selection uses a built-in dropdown of WoW font choices (no external font library required).
Text justification supports Left, Center, or Right per selected element.
Font Size, Scale, and Opacity sliders display their current numeric values while adjusting.
Label visibility can be toggled per selected element.
Background and border visibility can be toggled per selected element.
Element frame width auto-adjusts to content length (for example dynamic zone/subzone text), within safe min/max limits.
Time element includes preset dropdowns for Date Format, Time Format, and Date/Time Layout.
Coordinates element includes sliders for decimal precision (0-2) and moving update interval (0.05s to 1.0s), with a slower idle refresh to reduce churn.
Coordinates updates are movement-aware: selected interval applies while moving, with lightweight idle behavior to reduce memory churn.
Gold element includes a format dropdown (Gold/Silver/Copper or Gold only), with comma-grouped large gold values.
Zone element includes a layout dropdown (single-line or two-line Zone/Subzone).
Memory hover tooltip supports entry filters (Top 10, Top 25, or All).
One-line and two-line text layouts auto-resize frame width/height to avoid clipping.
The single LibDataBroker text also includes Gold, FPS, and Latency.
Broker tooltip shows Latency in Home/World format.
Hovering the Memory standalone element shows a tooltip with loaded addons and current per-addon memory usage.
Memory tooltip filter supports Top 10, Top 25, or All loaded addons.
Hovering the Latency standalone element shows a tooltip with separate Home and World latency values.
Hovering the Durability standalone element shows per-item durability details for equipped gear.

Configuration Model

Saved variable:

MidnightBrokerDB

Data layout:

profile.unlocked - global lock/unlock state
profile.brokerEnabled - enables optional LDB source
profile.elements.<id> - per-element config including style and position

Defaults are merged non-destructively at startup so new keys are added without removing user settings.

Recovery tip:

If an element style becomes invalid/corrupted (for example invisible text/background/border), use /mb resetstyle <element> instead of deleting the entire saved variables file.

Architecture

Core/ - bootstrap, constants, defaults, db merge, events, throttling, style helpers, slash commands
Display/ - runtime element manager
Elements/ - base element class + one module per metric
Broker/ - optional LibDataBroker integration
UI/ - options panel and reusable widget builders