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v1.1.0

Whisper Mode

• Prevented addon searches from opening Blizzard’s default Who List window.
• Renamed Players: to Search Results:.
• Renamed Whispered: to Whisper History:.
• Renamed the Whisper Player button to Whisper.
• Changed Whisper History to show the most recently whispered player at the top instead of alphabetizing names.
• Restored player levels in Whisper History.
• Restored standard WoW class coloring for names in Whisper History.
• Added recovery of missing player level and class information from later searches.
• Replaced the removed reporting function with Blizzard’s current player-report window.
• Added a clear message when WoW cannot identify a selected WHO-result player for reporting.

Broadcast Mode

• Renamed Save Trade Message to Save Message.
• Renamed Save General Message to Save Message.

Interface

• Reduced the overall addon-window width.
• Improved spacing and alignment throughout Whisper Mode.
• Improved spacing and alignment throughout Broadcast Mode.
• Improved spacing and alignment throughout Chat Macros.

v1.0.9

• Prevented an interrupted addon WHO search from changing how another WHO search displays its results.
• Added a brief safety period around other WHO searches.
• Added protection against immediate outdated WHO results being mistaken for new results.
• Added localized class-name matching when WoW does not provide the player’s internal class identifier.
• Prevented zero or invalid channel values from being added to the default chat window.

v1.0.8

• Corrected the use of C_FriendList.SendWho() by removing an invalid request-number argument.
• Added detection when another addon or the Social window interrupts a WHO search.
• Restored the Search button immediately when a search finishes or is interrupted.
• Changed the ten-second WHO timer into a fallback timeout rather than a mandatory delay.
• Added automatically joined channels to the default chat window.
• Changed whisper feedback to say the whisper was submitted rather than claiming confirmed delivery.
• Removed outgoing-whisper event handling that could cause protected-value errors during chat restrictions.

v1.0.7

• Reworked General and Trade channel detection so it no longer assumes channels appear in a fixed order.
• Prevented Trade (Services) from being mistaken for the standard Trade channel.
• Removed incorrect handling of channel availability information.
• Added proper detection for unavailable or disabled channels.
• Added an Unavailable state to channel buttons.
• Added Haranir to the Alliance race filter while retaining the Horde option.
• Increased Chat Macro row spacing to prevent controls from overlapping.
• Prevented the final macro slot from being clipped.
• Added checks intended to reject unrelated WHO-result updates.

v1.0.6

• Redesigned Broadcast Mode into two vertically stacked sections:
  • Trade Chat
  • General Chat
• Added a separate saved recruiting message for Trade Chat.
• Added a separate saved recruiting message for General Chat.
• Added independent character counters for both messages.
• Added independent Save buttons for both messages.
• Channel buttons display Join Trade Chat or Join General Chat when the channel has not been joined.
• Channel buttons display Joining... while attempting to join.
• Channel buttons change to Post Message after joining.
• Migrated the previous shared broadcast message into both new message fields.

v1.0.5

Chat Macros

• Expanded Chat Macros from 6 slots to 20 slots.
• Increased the size of every macro text box.
• Added a visible scrollbar to the Chat Macros tab.
• Added mouse-wheel scrolling.
• Increased spacing between macro sections.
• Migrated the original six macro values into one WHC_ChatMacros saved table.
• Added persistent saving for all 20 macro slots.
• Added manual Save behavior instead of saving continuously while typing.
• Added unsaved-change tracking.
• Added character counters.

Whisper Mode

• Added a 255-character limit to the recruiting whisper.
• Added a live whisper character counter.
• Prevented blank recruiting whispers.
• Redesigned the results area into two columns:
  • Players
  • Whispered
• Removed race and class text from player-result rows.
• Added standard WoW class coloring to player names.
• Retained player levels in search results.
• Added independent scrolling to both player columns.
• Moved players from the search-results column into the whispered-history column after the whisper action.
• Kept whispered players in history until Clear History is pressed.
• Prevented whispered players from reappearing in later search results while they remain in history.
• Made names in both columns selectable.
• Restricted the Recruit button to players who have first been whispered through the addon.
• Added a Report button for selected players.
• Added selection validation when search results refresh.
• Disabled Whisper, Recruit, and Report when no valid player is selected.
• Added structured whisper-history records containing player name, level, class, and order.
• Added clearer and more accurate action-status messages.

Search and Filters

• Added a visible scrollbar and mouse-wheel support to the search-results list.
• Reset the search-results list to the top after a new search.
• Added locale-safe race filtering.
• Added locale-safe class filtering.
• Removed hardcoded English-only race and class comparisons.
• Added minimum- and maximum-level validation.
• Prevented blank, reversed, or out-of-range level searches.
• Used the current game maximum level for validation.
• Added clear validation-error messages.
• Replaced WHO chat-message filtering with C_FriendList.SetWhoToUi().
• Removed automatic closing of the Friends/Social window.
• Added addon-owned WHO-search state handling.

Broadcast Mode

• Added exact General and standard Trade channel selection.
• Prevented partial-name matching from selecting the wrong channel.
• Added automatic channel joining when the relevant broadcast button is pressed.
• Prevented the addon from automatically joining channels during login.
• Added handling for unavailable channels.
• Improved broadcast feedback so the addon does not claim unverified delivery.

Saving and Feedback

• Made Save Whisper perform a genuine manual save.
• Made Save Broadcast perform a genuine manual save.
• Made all Chat Macro Save buttons perform genuine manual saves.
• Enabled Save buttons only when text differs from the saved version.
• Disabled Save buttons again after saving.
• Preserved saved text across logout and /reload.
• Updated success messages to use accurate wording such as submitted or requested rather than claiming unverified success.

v1.0.4

• Original baseline version used for the v1.0.5–v1.1.0 development cycle.