Minimap Button Collector

v2.0.0 (2026-04-21)

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• feat!: v2.0.0 — side panel layout, settings panel, per-character SavedVariables (#5)
  • feat!: v2.0.0 — side panel layout, settings panel, per-character SavedVariables
    BREAKING CHANGES:
  • Hex overlay removed in favor of a side panel. The new layout is a
    floating grid anchored to a configurable corner of the minimap; the
    minimap is no longer covered while the panel is open. Full rationale
    in docs/adr/0001-drop-hex-overlay-in-favor-of-side-panel.md.
  • SavedVariables schema bumped to v2. The trigger angle moves from the
    global DB to a new MinimapButtonCollectorPerCharDB (each char keeps
    its own trigger position). v1 data is migrated on first v2 login and
    the old DB is preserved under _legacy_v1 as a safety net.
    Highlights:
  • New UI.lua implementation around a clean side panel grid with
    auto-sized rows x cols, 8 px gap, BackdropTemplate background,
    200 ms fade in and out. Panel is parented to UIParent and anchored
    via SetPoint — no Minimap:SetAlpha anywhere in the addon now, which
    eliminates a whole class of conflicts with ElvUI and other skinners.
  • Settings.lua adds a native Blizzard settings panel (/mbc config or
    right-click the trigger). v2.0.0 exposes the panel anchor and an
    About section with version, distribution links and Ko-fi. Behavior
    and Collected buttons sections land in v2.1+ as features arrive.
  • Core.lua migrates schema v1 to v2 on PLAYER_LOGIN, copies the trigger
    angle into the per-char DB, and prints a one-shot chat notice
    announcing the layout change on first v2 login.
  • .toc adds SavedVariablesPerCharacter and Settings.lua.
  • docs/adr/0001 seeds the project's ADR directory with the layout
    decision, Nygard format.
  • README rewrites Features, Usage, Roadmap and adds a Compatibility
    section to reflect the side panel reality.
    Follows: v2.1.0 (per-button hide + reorder), v2.2.0 (search/filter),
    v2.3.0 (Masque support).
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) noreply@anthropic.com
  • chore: apply smoke-test refinements to v2.0.0 PR
    Iteration on feat/v2-side-panel after real-user smoke-testing exposed
    four refinements to apply before merging and tagging.
  1. Default anchor LEFT + new LEFT/RIGHT presets.
     BOTTOMLEFT left the panel centred below the minimap, wasting the
     free space beside a top-right minimap (TBC default). LEFT feels
     natural, grows downward and doesn't collide with chat or action
     bars. LEFT and RIGHT are new beside-the-minimap options on top of
     the four above/below corners.
  2. Settings panel is now a standalone floating frame.
     InterfaceOptionsFrame_OpenToCategory in TBC 2.5.5 didn't actually
     navigate to our category — right-click opened a generic options
     view. The floating frame owns its lifecycle, is drag-movable,
     responds to ESC, and works reliably across the client.
  3. "Close panel when clicking outside" toggle, default ON.
     Reverts the v1 rc5 non-modal decision for v2.0.0 based on user
     feedback. Implementation is a checkbox so anyone preferring the
     older non-modal behaviour can opt out.
  4. Collected LibDBIcon buttons no longer look desaturated.
     The longest debugging thread of this PR. Five iterations tried to
     hide LibDBIcon's decorative textures (TrackingBorder ring and
     UI-Minimap-Background disc) via path match, size heuristics, draw
     layer, and named attributes — each caught more textures but the
     icons kept looking dim.
     Tracing MBB's source showed the correct approach: keep the
     decorations intact (they're what makes the icon read as a button)
     and give the grid enough pitch that adjacent rings don't overlap.
     The real desaturation turned out to be visual contrast from the
     dark panel backdrop — a near-black plate behind colourful icons
     made them read as less vibrant by comparison.
     Final shipping look after another round of iteration: thin gold
     UI-Tooltip-Border on the panel, pale warm-gold fill at 15 % alpha.
     The lighter fill raises pixel luminance where it mixes in, so
     icons stand out against the panel rather than being dimmed by it.
     No dark plate anywhere in the addon.
     Also included:
  • /mbc debug <ButtonName> slash command for diagnosing unusual
    buttons (dumps region layer, size, alpha, vertex colour, tex id).
    Argument case is preserved — the existing /mbc parser's
    :lower() call only applies to the command token, not its arg.
  • MoveAny uses button.border = true (a boolean) rather than a
    texture reference; the border-probing code is guarded with
    type(button.border) == "table" so AdoptButton no longer crashes
    on that pattern.
  • restoreButtons simplified: collected buttons stay permanently
    parented to the panel once adopted, so we no longer reassign
    parent / point / alpha every close — only Hide() them so any
    OnUpdate loop in the owning addon stops firing while the panel
    is down. Panel:Hide() then handles visual disappearance via
    parent-alpha inheritance.
  • Fade animation now touches only the panel (children inherit its
    effective alpha) — fewer fadeEntries, same visual result.
  • CHANGELOG [2.0.0] rewritten to describe the shipping behaviour
    rather than the intermediate iterations.
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) noreply@anthropic.com

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  Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) noreply@anthropic.com