XE QoL Forever

What is new in 4.5

Stability

• Fewer disconnects: XE saved its settings into macros far too often (every 30 seconds), and every macro save is a message to the server. Settings are now saved only when something really changes.
• Settings save normally again: the Forever update fixed addon settings. XE uses them and removes its old backup macros (XE_S…) by itself; the "settings are saved in macros" warning is gone. /xe sv shows what happened.
• Fewer "Interface actions failed because of this AddOn": bars with clickable buttons are never moved or rescaled in combat, and XE no longer writes into Blizzard's cast bar or nameplate health bars. Any blocked action left is now recorded in the bug report (red ! / /xe errors).
• Macro changes are spaced out (target macros, old backup cleanup) instead of sent in bursts; the fixed macro icon now really applies.

New modules

• Player cast bar: Blizzard's (default) or the XE cast bar — icon, "Spell (target)", 0.6/3.0 timer, latency piece, spark; width, height, text, scale, colours or class colour, Move the bar and Test cast.
• Action bars: Blizzard's (default) or XE bars — no artwork, square icons, thin borders, dark empty slots, key text size, and opacity in / out of combat (full under the mouse). Size stays in Esc > Edit Mode.
• Fast loot (off by default): with Auto Loot, a corpse is emptied at once and the loot window only shows when something is left.

Nameplates

• Options in order: Design (Blizzard / XE Plater) → size (height and width) → colours (Blizzard's or custom: enemies brick red, casters blue) → threat colours in groups (DPS: red = on me, green = on the tank; tank: the reverse); a caster on the wrong person gets a red X and a red border.
• My target marker: corner brackets or chevrons >>> <<<, with a colour.
• Health % back, in the middle of the bar.

Target macros

• Drop quests (e.g. Witchwing Talon) now list the mob you looted.
• A fixed item icon (scroll, note, skull, spyglass, map or trophy) instead of a spell icon; old leftover quest macros are cleaned up; nothing from earlier sessions shows up at login.

Fixes

• Dragging an item no longer drags the whole bag window.
• Quest arrow: the tooltip only shows over the arrow and its text.
• Ask for buffs: the wait between asks is an option (0–300 s).