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QBar  Popular! (More than 5000 hits)

Version: 20.10.31
by: Aezay [More]

QBar - Quest Item Button Bar
Ever been questing and had to find all those usable quest items in your bags all the time, then this addon is for you. No longer will you have to keep your bags open to do daily bombing quests!

This addon will automatically create a dynamic buttonbar for all those usable quest items, it also checks if your equipped gear for usable quest items.
As using items is a secure function, QBar is not able to update the bar or the set keybinding when in combat. This will only be changed outside of combat.

You may ask, why use this over the buildin quest item buttons? Well, the buildin buttons will only show items you receive when you accept the quest,
any usable quest items you loot during a quest will not be shown, QBar will however. QBar will also show items which starts a quest, so you wont miss them in between all the cluttered loot.
The default buttons also goes away once you complete the quest, but the item is not actually removed until you turn the quest in, and you may want to use the item even after the quest is complete.

If you do not wish to show a certain item on QBar, you can ignore it by holding down Shift and clicking on it.

Button Facade Support
Officially there is no support for button facade, but someone has been kind enough to code one for QBar. You can find it here:
QBar ButtonFacade (Fan Update)

Command Line Parameters

/qb toggle
Toggles QBar being enabled or not.

/qb scale <value>
Sets the scale of the buttons, default is 1.

/qb size <value>
Sets the unit size of the buttons, default is 36.

/qb padding <value>
Configures the padding between the buttons, default is 1.

/qb tips
Determines if item tips are shown when you move your mouse over the buttons.

/qb vertical
Toggles between horizontal and vertical button bar.

/qb mirror
Changes the anchor direction, top/bottom or left/right, depending on the vertical setting.

/qb lock
Toggles the button frame being locked, use this command to move the buttons around.

/qb reset
Resets the QBar frame to the middle of the screen in case it was pushed off screen.

/qb add <itemlink>
Adds a custom item to the bar. To remove an item again, simply shift click it, as when you're ignoring an item.

/qb clearignore
Clears the ignore list, and shows all items again. You can shift click an item to ignore it.

/qb clearuser
Clears the user list from items, added using the add command.

/qb bind
Use this command to set the key binding for the last item used, this is vital for all the dailies.

Lacking Features, Problems & Ideas
- Manage the update of keybinding, no need to unbind and rebind if it stays the same as before.

QBar Changes | 2020 Oct 31
- Updated the TOC version to 90001 for the Shadowlands 9.0.1 pre-patch.
- Frames that use backdrops are now created using the "BackdropTemplate".

QBar Changes | 2018 Jul 29
- Updated the TOC version to 80000 for the Battle for Azeroth 8.0 pre-patch.
- Renamed "core.lua" to "qb.lua".

QBar Changes | 2016 Jul 23
- TOC version updated to 70000 for the Legion 7.0.3 pre-patch.
- Fixed an API change that was obtaining the localized "Quest" string.
- Fixed another API change related to CooldownFrame_SetTimer -> CooldownFrame_Set. Thanks Gaddor.

QBar Changes | 2012 Oct 04
- Updated the changed return position of the localised "Quest" string from the GetAuctionItemClasses() function (was 12, now 10).
- Fixed an error that would occur when the GetContainerItemLink() function didn't return a true "item:<id>" itemlink. It seemed to sometimes return "battlepet" links. This change might cause some items not to be picked up as before.

QBar Changes | 2012 Aug 30
- Changed the TOC version to 50001 for the 5.0 Mists of Pandaria patch.
- Removed the "RangedSlot" equipment slot.

QBar Changes | 2010 Dec 05
- Should now work better on non-English clients. This was done by gathering the localized "Quest" text from the 12th parameter of the GetAuctionItemClasses() function.
- Fixed the "/qb lock" slash command, locking QBar intially, instead of unlocking.
- Changed the "VARIABLE_LOADED" event with "ADDON_LOADED".
- Added "/qbar" as an alternative, to the already existing "/qb" slash command.
- Fixed an issue with the equipped gear scan not respecting the ignore list.

QBar Changes | 2010 Nov 08
- You can now properly ignore quest starter items again.
- Adding custom items to the bar is now possible. Use the new slash command "/qb add <itemlink>" to do so. To remove an item again, just shift click the item on the bar.
- New slash command "/qb clearuser" to clear the custom user list, from items added through the new "/qb add" slash command.
- It's now possible to overwrite QBar's old keybind. This used to be somewhat of a bug/coding error on my part.
- Now remembers the last used item between sessions.
- The ignore list is now stored using the item ID, rather than item name. This has the unfortunate side effect that your ignore list will be wiped.
- Button "count" text now uses normal font, instead of number font.
- Now uses a more localized way of determining a quest item, instead of just using "Quest". This means it should be more compatible with non English clients.
- Minor code cleanup and optimisations.

QBar Changes | 2010 Oct 22
- Changed the TOC version to 40000 for the 4.0.1 pre Cataclysm patch.
- Items that starts a quest are now detected using the GetContainerItemQuestInfo() function.
- Added a few items to the list of items that should be treated as quest items.

QBar Changes | 2010 Feb 27
- Changed the TOC version to 30300 for the 3.3 patch.
- Removed global pollution of the name "button".
- Items which starts a quest should now be detected better.

QBar Changes | 2009 Mar 08
- Added a mirrored anchor direction option, use the slash command "/qb mirror" to toggle it.
- You can now set the unit size of the item buttons using the command "/qb size <value>", default is 36. This option is not new, I had previously removed it when I added the scaling option.
- The item tooltip is now a little more intelligent and should not block the buttons any longer, no matter what corner of the screen you put QBar.
- Zone items should now properly update after you re-enter an instance from a corpse run.
- Did a little code cleanup.

QBar Changes | 2009 Feb 20
- Usable zone items will now be shown on the bar. An example would be the flying drake's essence in The Oculus instance.
- Some items which starts a quest are now included onto the bar.
- If only one item is shown, the assigned hotkey will automatically become bound.
- Since some quest items are not marked as being so by WoW, I've added a custom table that forces any itemid in it, to be included no matter what. So if you find a quest item that isn't shown, please let me know which one it is, and I will add it to this list for the following releases.

QBar Changes | 2008 Nov 09
- Changed the TOC version to 30000 for the Wrath of the Lich King patch.
- Settings are now saved per character.
- The ignore list is now remembered between sessions.
- Fixed the "/qb toggle" slash command.

QBar Changes | 2008 May 01
- Added an "update throttle" to avoid lag when receiving several events at the same time.
- New slash command to lock and unlock the button frame. The border which used to show before is now only visible when unlocked. Use "/qb lock" to toggle the lock.
- You can now link items into chat as well as trying out the item in the dress up frame by using the normal modifier keys for those actions.
- Added back the "UNIT_INVENTORY_CHANGED" event, otherwise equipable items would not get removed from the button bar when you completed or abandoned the quest.
- Previously, not all quest items got included on the bar, this was due to some items not having the text "Quest Item" in the tooltip. Now it should properly include all items as one would expect.

QBar Changes | 2008 Apr 12
- I've renamed the addon to "QBar" as I like that better than "QButtons".
- Removed the size slash command "/qb size <value>" in favor of a scaling option using the command "/qb scale <value>".
- Added a padding option to set how much space there should be between buttons, use "/qb padding <value>" to set.
- You can now set a hotkey to the last item that was used. Use the slash command "/qb bind" to set the key binding.
- The buttons should now properly update when you leave combat.
- Fixed a bug where the cooldown frames could be shown on the wrong button if some of the objects on the bar changed position.
- Shift clicking an item now ignores it for the reminder of the session. Use the command "/qb clearignore" to show all ignored items again.
- Removed the "UNIT_INVENTORY_CHANGED" event, not needed as all gear change invoke "BAG_UPDATE" anyway.
- Changed frame strata to medium to allow other frames to show above it.

QButtons Changes | 2008 Apr 09
- Should now work on localised versions of WoW, let me know if I am wrong.
- Added cooldown frames to the buttons.
- New slash command to change the size of the buttons, use "/qb size <value>" to do so.
- You can now turn off tips showing on button mouseover with the slash command "/qb tips".
- There is now an option to turn the bar growth to vertical, instead of the normal horizontal, use the command "/qb vertical" to toggle.

QButtons Changes | 2008 Apr 06
- First Release.
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Wow, been thinking about something like this for a while. Thanks for the nifty mod.
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Wow just stumbled up on this... awesome!
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CyCircled support!
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Is it possible to show the cooldown animation on these buttons? It would really help for bombing dailies.
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Avazza
CyCircled is not something I use, so I wouldn't have any idea on how to add that, but I would imagine it would have to be CyCircled that should support this, no?

alanm26
Yeah, that is something I wanted to add.
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can I size it? I have small buttons on my screen so this thing is huge to me. Looks nice though.

Another neat thing would be load the buttons on what zone your in. Tour Guide had something like that I think... dunno if it would be easy or not
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Great idea. 3 suggestions:

Allow vertical orientation

Show cooldowns

Allow user to turn off tooltips
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Allowing OmniCC to hook up the buttons would make the addon perfect.
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Almost Perfect...

This is a great beginning but it at least needs to show the cool downs before it will really be usefull. I tried it doing the Skettis bombing... kept getting the "Not Ready Yet" error because I couldn't see when the bombs were cooled down.

As said below, being able to scale the bar, or even make it a vertical bar would be nice but isn't needed right away. The biggie is the cool downs and also as said below it you can make it hook to OmniCC that would be AWESOME!

Thanks for you work on this, I can see already it has the potential to become another one of those mods I just can't live without and will be recommending to all my family, friends, and guildmates.
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You will all be happy to know that I've added most of the features you have mentioned. I will try and find the time to do the final work and releasing it tomorrow.
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thumbs up!

Great addon...
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Originally posted by Aezay
You will all be happy to know that I've added most of the features you have mentioned. I will try and find the time to do the final work and releasing it tomorrow.
Awesome! One more suggestion

How about an option to ignore specific items from ever showing up?
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Just my 2 cents.. GREAT addon, this is staying with me. One thing though could you make a slight change to it , My suggestion make a (bindable) keybinding for the bar but make it only use the Highlighted item. then make it so the user can highlight a particlular button by rightclicking on the item or something (doesnt have to save through sessions or anything)

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Great addon .. nice job with the new features.

Two more suggestions.

1.) Option to change the direction it expands.Left --> Right or Right --> Left (same for up/down too)

2.) A way to minimize the addon. Either with a keybinding or similar to a normal Windows window.

Great work.

P.S. If you could somehow work in an actual options GUI that would be great .. easier than trying to remember slash commands
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secutanudu
Maybe some "shift click an item to hide it" would be a good way to accomplish this.

0Blackmage0
Yeah, I've been wanting to add a bindable key to this, and let this hotkey use the last used item that was used.

Sepioth
I might add on the ability in the way it grows. As for your question about minimising, you can just use "/qb toggle" to hide the window.
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