This addon is simple, lightweight and immediately usable in World of Warcraft, v. 10.1.0, and simply displays when other players (who also have this addon) begin typing a message in chat provided that they are either in a party or raid with you. This is a massive QoL improvement to the game's default chat especially for RolePlayers. It is compatible out-of-the-box with other addons/UIs that affect how chat looks and feels. Typing Tracker is the premiere way to keep track of various posts!
Never post over another person again, and never be left to wonder if your partner is responding with a short novel, or if they got up to use the restroom while you were typing your response.
NOTE: Both players must have the addon installed.
Current Features:
- Displays notification when other players in your party/raid are typing, or-- as of Version 2, if a player is typing in a public channel and is nearby.
- Player Names in notifications dynamically change based on the color of the channel they're typing in. E.g. if Player 1 is typing in party, then their name appears as light blue in the notification!
- Player Names optionally display names assigned in various RP addons. (E.g. TRP, XRP and MRP)
- Snappy and sharp notification that stops notifying you if a player has taken a pause, and re-notifies you as soon as they begin typing again.
- Click and Drag-able window, for easy customization.
- Easy and Intuitive adjustable window size.
- Optional setting in Options > Addons > Typing Indicator to include displaying your name for yourself when you begin typing. (Others will still see you typing regardless of this setting).
- Simple, lightweight and optimized for v.10.1.0.
- Compatible with my other addon, "Simply RP - Chat Edit Box Extender (CEBE)" link: https://legacy.curseforge.com/wow/addons/simply-rp-chat-edit-box-extender-cebe
- Typing notification displays over other players' heads in the world, with an option to enable/disable, configurable by choice.
- This edits some CVars and may not be compatible with other nameplate addons. See changelog documentation for more information.
- Before anything is altered, a pop up menu is displayed which can allow the user to opt-out. I recommend this to players who either use friendly nameplates or some other addon which uses nameplates. For most everyone else though, enable!
Planned Features (In no particular order):
- Localization.
- Configurable font size, text color, text font, window border, window background image, and etc.
- Notifications outside of party/raid groups, provided that players are in a whisper window, configurable by choice.
Known incompatibilities:
Dicemaster -- I looked into it, and it's not a problem with this addon. The problem lies with Dicemaster and currently it is unupdated and current support is locked behind a paywall.
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