TipTac

Last Updated: Aug 12, 2018 Game Version: 8.0.1

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Owner: Aezay

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TipTac - An Advanced Tooltip Addon

TipTac is a tooltip enchancement addon, it allows you to configure various aspects of the tooltip, such as moving where it's shown, the font, the scale of tips, plus a lot more.

To open the option dialog, just use "/tip" without any parameters. Use "/tip anchor" to show the anchor frame and position it as you want.

You can always get the latest release of this addon on Curse.
Please post your comments, questions and suggestions for this addon there.

Current Features

Shows the buffs and debuffs of the target with cooldown models. Has options to make it only show the ones you cast.
When in a raid or party, there is an option to show who from the group is targeting the unit.
Vast anchoring options allows you to change between Normal, Mouse and Parent anchor, this is configurable for both unit and non-unit tips on a frame or non-frames.
Anchoring frame lets you decide exactly where you want tips with the normal anchoring option.
Able to change the font face and size for all tips in the User Interface. Uses "LibSharedMedia" if installed.
Can show a Health, Mana, Energy, Rage, Runic Power or Focus bar inside the tip, which can be enabled or disabled as you prefer.
Tips are getting updated at a customizable interval to display changes.
Configurable fading options, both a prefade and fadeout time can be set. They can also be set to zero if you prefer the tips to just hide instantly.
Allows for you to change the background and border color of the TipTacTip and any of the modified tip.

Layout Templates

Currently TipTac comes with a few presets, these are a collection of preset settings. You can find the presets in the options. I am looking for more layout presets to include in future releases of TipTac. So feel free to post your saved settings.

Special Tip Modification

TipTac does not only configure the tip for units, you can also use TipTac to modify other tips in the WoW Interface. The way they are getting modified are both in scale and appearance. The border and background of the modified tips can be changed to colors of your desire. You can disable this appearance change by disabling the option "Hook Special Tips" under the General tab of the options dialog. Currently these tips are getting modified, but you can add more if you wish by editing the "TipTac\core.lua" file. GameTooltip, ShoppingTooltip1, ShoppingTooltip2, ShoppingTooltip3, ItemRefTooltip, WorldMapTooltip, AtlasLootTooltip and QuestHelperTooltip.

Other TipTac Addons

There are two other addons, included in the TipTac package, which improves tip functionality in WoW. First one is "TipTacTalents", which will show player talents in the tip. The second addon is "TipTacItemRef", which improves the look of the ItemRefTooltip, which is the one shown when clicking on an item, spell or achievement link in the chat. Please refer to each addon's readme.txt file for more information regarding their functionality.

Saving Settings Per Character

If you prefer to have TipTac configured differently on each of your characters, you will have to manually edit the "TipTac.toc" file. In this file, you will have to locate "SavedVariables", and change it into "SavedVariablesPerCharacter". You must restart WoW for it to take effect, and it will reset your current settings.

Lacking Features, Ideas & Problems

There is an issue with the Chat Frame Hyperlink hooking.
Add glyph and npc support for the TipTacItemRef addon.
Colorblind mode does not work properly with owned combat pets with a custom name.
ItemRefTooltip: Does not support "archaeology". The "currency" type should be supported now, but need verification.
ItemRefTooltip does not position well if scaled below 1.
Add hover tips to "GuildBankMessageFrame".
Add more slash command to change settings, this will allow people to reconfigure TipTac on the fly, without opening the config window. Great for multiple specs etc.
Sometimes tips may not fade for a mage's mirror images. This happens because GTT:GetUnit() does not return a unit token when you mouse over them.
Even with the option "Instantly Hide World Frame Tips", some tips still fades out, this is because TipTac uses a "mouse cursor change" event to find out when to instantly hide world tips. But since not all world objects change the mouse cursor, you wont see tips fading out instantly for them.
Change the font of the "GameTooltipMoneyFrame" texts.
Adding a castbar in addition to the already existing health and power bar.

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Solidhype
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#2614 Solidhype

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Posted Aug 13, 2018
Hi again Aezay :)

Thank you for fixing the Item&spell ID separation!

2 more issues! :D if you know about them I'm sorry to complain about them!

AAAND found it, It wasn't tiptac afterall ....

Now background alpha works as it should and no double borders.

So for everyone with Elvui that thinks its buggy and the tooltip background not reacting to alpha settings

also double border on alot of things. Seems Elvui do not disable "Tooltip" completely even when you turn it off (why not?)

so in Elvui Skins setting find Tooltip and disable it there.

Sorry for thinking it was you!!! :D

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Aikeiko
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Posted Aug 13, 2018
Still unable to use with TRP 3 =(. Was hoping the update fixed the issue.

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JF23
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Posted Aug 12, 2018
Got this error

9x TipTac\ttCore.lua:880: TipTac: FadeOut flag not cleared
[C]: in function `assert'
TipTac\ttCore.lua:880: in function <TipTac\ttCore.lua:844>
[C]: ?
[C]: ?

Locals:
InCombatSkipped

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Posted Aug 12, 2018
In reply to JF23:

https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/tip-tac/issues/163

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fa3sr011

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#2610 Posted Aug 12, 2018

Receiving this error shortly after login and occasionally during play.

32x [string "GameTooltip:OnEnter"]:2: Usage: GameTooltip:SetText("text" [, color, wrap])
[C]: in function `SetText'
[string "*:OnEnter"]:2: in function <[string "*:OnEnter"]:1>

Locals:
(*temporary) = GameTooltip {
 0 = <userdata>
 SetExistingSocketGem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetHyperlink = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetGuildBankItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetVoidItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetVoidDepositItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetVoidWithdrawalItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 comparing = false
 SetSocketGem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 TopOverlay = <unnamed> {
 }
 SetUnitDebuff = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetHeirloomByItemID = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetLootItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetQuestItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 FadeOut = <function> defined @TipTac\ttCore.lua:930
 SetRecipeReagentItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetBuybackItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 shoppingTooltips = <table> {
 }
 SetMerchantItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetQuestLogItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 Hide = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetTradeTargetItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetTrainerService = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetTradePlayerItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetIconTextureAndText = <function> defined @TipTacItemRef\ttItemRef.lua:54
 ttIcon = <unnamed> {
 }
 SetItemByID = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 updateTooltip = 0.17199999820441
 SetInventoryItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetInboxItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 ttCount = <unnamed> {
 }
 SetLootRollItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetUnitAura = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetUnitBuff = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetAuctionSellItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetBagItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 needsReset = true
 BottomOverlay = <unnamed> {
 }
 SetRecipeResultItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetSendMailItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
 SetAuctionItem = <function> defined =[C]:-1
}
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = 1
(*temporary) = 1
(*temporary) = 1

Lohgrif
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Posted Aug 4, 2018
Is there a way to make the tooltips show up only in the corner of my screen instead of right at the center or where my mouse is? It drives me nuts and often blocks what I'm trying to look at. I can't figure out if there's a setting that does it.

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Solidhype
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Posted Aug 5, 2018
In reply to Lohgrif:

type /tiptac and then in the lower left of the window there is a button called anchor.

press and move anchor where you'd like it.

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bezat22
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Posted Aug 4, 2018
If I try to use TipTac along with Total RP 3 and hover over a player with my mouse, a empty tooltip appears with small TRP3 symbols all over the place. Also, the tooltips for items in my trade window appear without a background.

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Metallan
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Posted Jul 31, 2018
Hi there.

First of all, thanks for this addon. It's by far my favorite tooltip addon, and I've been using it for a loooong time.

Now, I usually prefer to have my borders colored by reaction for NPCs, but by class for players. For a while I've been modifying the addon code myself to accomplish this, but I also noticed that in the comments you mention perhaps adding an option to have that as a possible behavior. Do you have any plans to have such option for real? I'd love to have it, not sure how many more people would too.

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Posted Jul 29, 2018
Not sure if there's anything you can do, but I use TRP3 with TipTac, and the past few days when I have TipTac on, all TRP tooltips are blank. I reported this to the TRP people, but they seem to think it's an issue with TipTac. Any info would be great. :) Lovely addon, keep up the great work.

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Posted Jul 30, 2018
In reply to lostal:

Take a look at the issue here: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/tip-tac/issues/160

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Solidhype
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Posted Jul 29, 2018
You still cannot set the transparency in the background of the tooltip.

It is stuck on 50% or so and nothing happens if you change it.

The colored border is instant now though :) before it was like 1s delay on it.

Also noticed now, when hoovering mounts thats in the actionbar it changes border and background to smore grid looking one :) and when hoovering minimap icons they are without any background at all.

and when hoovering battle pets the "second" tooltip that comes up are transparent and without the correct border.

(edit 3)

Something is still fishy when hoovering mounts on actionbar, it looks like it applies a second layer or something like that. I changed background then THAT displayed correctly but something is different than hoovering spells and other items. And the problem with minimap tip, I dont think is a problem. because they all are affected correctly by border color and transparency, that is why it was transparent in the first edit :) because I had left it on that from the start since its not working on any other item, but on minimap icons it does.

And 1 more thing, its just what I would prefer myself.

when you use Itemref and you pick Item level & ID the text changes from just below item name to the bottom of the tooltip, is there any way to change it so

newline just replaces the old one at the top? I'm not lua master and I have tried to figure it out but without no luck in the code :)

I can see where it makes a new info line, but not how it is placed within the tooltip.

Love the addon though and thank you for keeping it updated.

Peace.

Last edited by Solidhype: Jul 29, 2018

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#2601 Posted Jul 28, 2018

It's bugging when overing the gigant rat pet or (any other pet)

Message: Interface\AddOns\TipTac\ttCore.lua:563: invalid capture index
Time: Sun Jul 29 08:04:49 2018
Count: 6
Stack: Interface\AddOns\TipTac\ttCore.lua:563: invalid capture index
[C]: ?
[C]: in function `find'
Interface\AddOns\TipTac\ttCore.lua:563: in function <Interface\AddOns\TipTac\ttCore.lua:487>
Interface\AddOns\TipTac\ttCore.lua:1373: in function <Interface\AddOns\TipTac\ttCore.lua:1351>
Interface\AddOns\TipTac\ttCore.lua:1454: in function `ApplyGeneralAppearance'
Interface\AddOns\TipTac\ttCore.lua:1062: in function <Interface\AddOns\TipTac\ttCore.lua:1026>
[C]: ?
[C]: ?

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Posted Jul 27, 2018
I have installed the most recent (3 days ago?) incarnation of this addon but I'm not seeing anything at ALL when I mouse over icons or buffs. I'm using zperl unit frames and DBM plus a few other non combat related addons (pet battles etc)

Thanks for the work you're doing on this, it is one of my favorite addons, especially when in LFR and lust goes off at the wrong time and they all say "wasn't meeeee" :P

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Aikeiko
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Posted Jul 24, 2018
Tiptac is completely invisible now, had to disable, but grabbed a screenie of it first.

The white bar up near the lantern to my right is tiptac..

https://imgur.com/a/PKk42Ax

Hopefully a fix comes soon, this is my favorite addon for tool tips =(

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Posted Jul 24, 2018
Any idea why the Twitch client doesn't see this addon as installed?

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Posted Jul 24, 2018
In reply to obscurescience:

Unfortunately, the Twitch client is terribly buggy when it comes to "losing" addons you have installed. I hate to say this is regular behavior, but it is, and despite reports to their technical support AND attempting their version of a supposed fix, the problem persists.

You might try this (their suggestion), but it didn't do anything for me at all:

https://help.twitch.tv/customer/en/portal/articles/2778975-twitch-app-wow-addon-troubleshooting#NotInApp

For me, addons still disappear from the list and reappear later on their own. It's lame, I kinda hate it, and I feel your pain. Good luck!

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Posted Jul 23, 2018
Date: 2018-07-23 22:31:42
ID: 2
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\TipTac\core.lua line 1460:
bad argument #1 to 'unpack' (table expected, got nil)
Debug:
[C]: ?
TipTac\core.lua:1460: ApplyGeneralAppearance()
TipTac\core.lua:1099:
TipTac\core.lua:1069
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: SetUnit()
ZPerl\ZPerl.lua:1664: XPerl_PlayerTip()
ZPerl\ZPerl.lua:3638:
ZPerl\ZPerl.lua:3637
Locals:
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "table expected, got nil"

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Posted Jul 22, 2018
The tooltip background and border are default; at the spells on my action bar they are flickering around between default and what they should.

Last edited by bezat22: Jul 22, 2018

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Posted Jul 25, 2018
In reply to bezat22:

The last update seems to fix this problems, but now the ITEM tooltip as a whole is flickering. Also, while I am inspecting someone, the tooltip background for equipped items of the player is totally gone.

Last edited by bezat22: Jul 25, 2018

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