Macro Sets is an addon for Retail World of Warcraft that allows players to manage and switch between sets of macros easily. This addon is particularly useful for players who use different sets of macros for various activities like PvE, PvP, roles, and/or specializations.

• Save and load macro sets.
• Automatically place macros in their saved action bar slots when loading a set
• Separate handling for general and character-specific macros.
• Easy-to-use slash commands for managing macro sets.
• Control over how macro icons are stored and set.
• Filter your macro sets when listing (WIP).

1. Download the addon.
2. Extract the ZIP file.
3. Place the MacroSets folder into your World of Warcraft\_retail_\Interface\AddOns directory.
4. Restart World of Warcraft or reload your UI.

• /ms save [name] [type]: Save the current macro set with the specified name. Example: /ms save mySet g.
  • [name] 50 characters limit. No spaces.
  • [type] Defaults to "both" if omitted.
    • "g": Save general macros as a set.
    • "c": Save character-specific macros as a set.
• /ms load [name]: Load the macro set with the specified name.
• /ms delete [name]: Delete the macro set with the specified name.
• /ms list: List all saved macro sets.
  • Sets will note the tab type they encompass.
  • Sets will be alphabetized.
• /ms bars: Toggles whether you want the macros to return to their action bar positions on load.
  • Toggled 'ON':
    • Macros will return to their saved action bar positions on load.
  • Toggled 'OFF':
    • All macros pertaining to the sets scope will be removed from the action bars on load.
  • Set to 'ON' by default.
• /ms icons: Toggles what the #i flag does at the end of macro names
  • Toggled 'ON':
    • Macros with names that end with #i will be saved with the default/dynamic question mark icon.
    • All other macros will be saved with the first icon shown when placed on the action bar.
  • Toggled 'OFF':
    • Macros with names that end with #i will be saved with the first icon shown when placed on the action bar.
    • All other macros will be saved with the default/dynamic question mark icon.
  • Set to 'OFF' by default.
• /ms help: Display help information for the addon.

In this section I'll provide a visual example of the way the /ms icons affects the addon's functionality as well as an explanation for why it had to exist in the first place.

Due to the limitations of WOW's API I was unable to devise a method that would allow me to save the user's chosen icon, only the icon that is shown when the macro is placed on the action bar. My thinking was that the next best approach would be to manually set all icons to the default question mark icon so they would naturally retake the most fitting icon. Unfortunately, that would cause issues for people who choose specific icons for their macros. As a final solution I opted for the #i tag. It's a minor inconvenience however I implemented the toggle that would invert the flags rules so that if you are a person who prefers to use the dynamic icon 9 times out of 10, then you can pick the option that defaults to the dynamic icon. If you are a person who prefers to use their own chosen icon 9 times out of 10, then you can pick the option that defaults to the displayed icon when saved. I'm aware it's not as user friendly of a solution and I've supplied examples to provide a better understanding of the way it works but I did my best to handle this in as graceful a manner as I could while retaining functionality and customizability for the user.

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• both macros are using a custom selected icon
• both macro bodies are the same

  • #showtooltip
    /cast Lightning Bolt
    

• the macro 'B' on the right has the #i flag at the end of the name

• 
• macro without #i flag retained its chosen icon
• macro with #i flag was given the dynamic icon and it defaulted to the Lightning Bolt icon

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• macro with #i flag retained its chosen icon
• macro without #i flag was given the dynamic icon and it defaulted to the Lightning Bolt icon

I've implemented a simple testing framework to assist with debugging. It executes some additional code within each function in order to output useful information while the addon is running. The table below contains a list of booleans denoting whether or not a function should execute its test code. The table is setup so that it is easy to identify which functions are being toggled on or off and exists within Main.lua in the root directory of the addon.

local test = {
    allFunctions = false,
    alphabetizeMacroSets = false,
    saveMacroSet = false,
    loadMacroSet = false,
    deleteMacroSet = false,
    listMacroSets = false,
    displayHelp = false,
    displayDefault = false,
    isValidSetName = false,
    getActionBarSlotsForMacro = false,
    placeMacroInActionBarSlots = false,
    setMacroSlotRanges = false,
    macroSetIsEmpty = false,
    displaySetSavedMessage = false,
    deleteMacrosInRange = false,
    restoreMacroBodies = false,
    duplicateNames = false,
    handleSlashCommands = false,
    toggleDynamicIcons = false,
    toggleActionBarPlacements = false,
}

Created by MattTuccillo

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

• Fulgerul, author of the addon "Profiles: Macros" which hasn't been updated in many years, for providing the inspiration for this project.
• ChatGPT for troubleshooting.
• Dall-E for logo.