[Feature Request] Configurable text display for buffs and debuffs instead of icons
badamba opened this issue ยท 0 comments
Hello!
I used PerfectRaid, a minimalist party and raid frames addon, for a long time, but it broke completely with 11.0. I also saw that you have a fork of Perfectraid.
PerfectRaid allows you to have text in place of buff and debuff icons (configurable text value and color, with timer number option), which is a feature that I think would be really valuable in Cell. This allows you to customize buff and debuff display, reduce visual clutter and increase consistency. The same descriptor could be used for the same type of buff or debuff across characters, bosses, instances -- and player-chosen text can be simpler to interpret than an image, reducing cognitive load, especially when learning.
Cell already supports putting buff and debuff information outside of the frame using offsets, which is a feature I was unable to find in any other unitframe mods besides PerfectRaid. I am very glad you thought to include this!
However, there are over a hundred Raid Frame mods and none allow players to specify plain text to replace icon pictures. For a decade+ PerfectRaid was seemingly the only one that allowed text-based buff/debuff indicators to simplify the visual clutter of icons. Please enable Cell to fill this gap, putting it ahead of all the rest (from a cognitive load perspective)!