MacroBank
What this addon does
MacroBank is an addon to allow you to save macros for future use.
Features
- Create macros inside the macro bank without having to create them in the main macro window first.
- Macros can be given a category to group similar macros together.
- Categories can be within other categories (Use '\' in between categories: Category1\Category2\Category3)
- Macros can also be given a description to distinguish them between other macros with the same macro name.
- Change both the macro text and icon in the macro bank.
- Save a macro from the main macro window directly to the macro bank.
- Load a macro from the macro bank to your main macro list.
- Replace an existing macro with a macro from the macro bank.
- Delete a macro from the macro bank.
- Load macro groups when swapping talents.
- Send macros to other MacroBank users.
Usage
Opening MacroBank
- Open your normal macro window (/macro)
Saving Macros into the MacroBank
- Select the macro from the main macro window.
- If you have some categories already defined in the MacroBank, select the category for which to save the macro into. (If no category is selected/defined, a temporary category will be created)
- Click Save.
Creating Macros in the MacroBank
- Select a category in the MacroBank for which to create a new macro into. (If no category is selected/defined, a temporary category will be created)
- Click Create.
Loading macros from the MacroBank to your main macro window
- Select the macro from the MacroBank you wish to use.
- Select the tab in the main macro window you wish to load the macro into (General or Character Specific)
- Click Load.
- If the Macro with the same name exists, it will be replaced, otherwise a new macro will be created if there is enough room for another macro.
Replacing macros from the MacroBank into your main macro window
- Select the macro from the MacroBank you wish to use.
- Select the macro in the main macro window you wish to replace.
- Click Replace.
Deleting macros in the MacroBank
- Select the macro you wish to delete.
- Click Delete.
Changing Categories, Description, and Names of macros in the MacroBank
- Select the macro you wish to change
- Type in the new category, description, or name of the macro in the corresponding edit box.
- Press Enter to save it. (Why not as you type? Description/Category is used in the scroll window)
Changing the text of the macro in the MacroBank
- Select the macro you wish to change.
- Type in the new macro text.
- Changes should be saved as you type.
Sending a macro to other users of MacroBank
- Select the macro you wish to send.
- Click the 'Send To' button.
- Type in the name of the user and click 'Ok.'
Notes
- Shift-Clicking spells from the spell book will not insert text into MacroBank's edit boxes. This is code defined in the spell book, and I'm not sure I want to go messing with it. (Same goes for items from your bags or equipped inventory)
- MacroBank's window normally opens to the right of your main macro window. You may move it by dragging it to another location.
Translation
Translation is done through the localization system at www.wowace.com/projects/macro-bank/localization/
Is there a way to group up categories? I use this addon for my raiding macros and it gets a bit confusing when theres so many categories at once to deal with.
Thanks.
I can create the macros in MacroBank just fine. I cannot, however, load them into my real macro area unless no macro of that name exists. I have to delete it all. Macrobank does not just over-write it like it says it will. The 2nd part of the "same?" issue is that when I do delete the old macro (in my real macro menu) and tell MacroBank to load the new one there, it puts the new macro name and icon there, but the macro script itself is overwritten by my old macro THAT I HAD DELETED!!! I cannot figure out what is wrong here and I'm being driven up a wall with all my macros having the wrong name and icons for what their script is. Any ideas?
I also increased the icon selection in macrobank to 10x10.
If you shift-click Save, it will save all macros from the global or char list (depending on which you have selected)
If you shift-click Load, it will load the entire category now.
Added AutoLoad on login options.
First of all thanks for such a great addon. But I have some kind of suggestion\request.
Can you add a function to snapshot current set of macro's, and then load them(and loading macro's as a charecter(addon) loads would be absolutly fantastic)
You see I started using your addon cause some of my macro's started disappring and I have to retype them on every disconnect wich were very uncomfortable especialy when it happens on a pull so I would be very happy to have my macro's reloaded with disconnect.
Thanks. Usikava <Evil Monstarz> Grimreaper RU
I can't create any macros with it, the buttons are all blank, too.
#showtooltip Charge
/cast [target=mouseover, exists][target=target] Charge
/startattack
The other macro I had for arms was also labeled Charge and set as the following:
#showtooltip Charge
/cast [nostance:1] Battlestance; Charge
/startattack
When I had the macrobank set up to swap to my Prot macros in Prot stance and Arms macros in my Arms spec, as you said, new talents would load in (up until there was no longer any space) and the functionality of replacing Charge with Charge always in every case made me end up with the Arms version of charge instead of the Prot version of charge when I was in prot spec.
Personally what I was expecting from macro bank was the following:
1) Set up categories based on spec/playtype
ie -> prot pvp, prot pve, arms pve, fury pve, arms pvp
2) Put the macros you want to use in each category
3) Select which category you want loaded with primary and secondary spec.
4) When you change talent spec, macro bank wipes everything and only loads those categories you want loaded.
In this scenario one could specify general macros that they use in all specs as one category (warrior macros category) or w/e, these would load into the general category. Then set the macros they want in each specific talent setup and have those loaded into the character macros.
Idunno, I'm probably confusing in the way I'm trying to explain what I was expecting and/or what I want, but I figure it would just work better overall.
Just let me know if what I'm asking to do is unfeasible.
Replacing macros of the same name made it so the macro on your bars was not removed.
Your case with the Charge macro should work. I don't know why you were ending up with the wrong charge macro as the other spec.. are you sure you put it in the correct primary / secondary talent config?