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Carousel

Category: Data Broker

Addon Information

Works with 3.1

Author:	Astromech [more]
Version:	2.1.1
Date:	04-27-2009 04:08 PM
Size:	119.90 Kb
Downloads:	4,168
Favorites:	120
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Carousel

Attention to users of versions before 2.0:
Carousel 2.0 has a restructured database and will convert as many of your settings from previous versions as possible. Some settings cannot be carried over however. Backup your saved variables if you are concerned about losing settings.

General Description:
Carousel is a LibDataBroker display addon, inspired by displays like Fortress and StatBlockCore. However, Carousel compacts multiple plugins into single blocks, which can cycle through plugins as you wish.

Type /carousel or /car to open the load on demand options menu, where you can edit the look and feel of the display, as well as the place and order to show LDB feeds. If you are interested in customizing Carousel's font, see the CarouselFont addon in optional files at the top of this page.

New in 2.0:
You can now have multiple "Carousels" bound together into bars. These bar will automatically resize to their contents, and can be left, right, or center anchored.
Carousel will alert you *once* when it finds a new LDB feed or updates to a new version. You can disable this feature in the /carousel menu.

Planned Features

Option to ignore launchers.
After showing a recently updated plugin, cycle back to the previous plugin after a certain amount of time.

Note To LDB Feed Developers:
Carousel has had issues with LDB feeds which "grab" onto and modify the frame sent in the OnEnter and OnLeave functions (examples are Fubar2Broker addons using Tablet). This is because multiple feeds can share a frame. Carousel implements OnShow and OnHide callbacks so LDB feeds can release the frame when the user hides the display through cycling or disabling an LDB feed, allowing the frame to be reused by another LDB feed.

Change Log - Carousel

2.1.1
If a bar has a fixed width, the last Carousel on the bar will stretch across any leftover space.

2.1
Fixed a bug in the feed ordering GUI.
Added an option to drag bars.
Added an option to hide tooltips while in combat.
Added an option to set a fixed width for a bar.

2.0
Major rewrite of the code.
Database restructuring.
Made compatible with 3.0.
GUI restructuring. CarouselOptions is now a load on demand addon.
Added the ability to hide arrows.
Added the ability to create multiple Carousel display frames and link them together into bars.
Dragging frames disabled for now.
Implemented OnHide and OnShow callbacks for Tablet-like LDB feeds.
Ignores any LDB feed which is not a "data source" or "launcher" type.

1.5.1
Fixed default font.

1.5
Bump toc.
Remove 2.4 compatability.
Fix /carousel error.

1.4
Added mousewheel support for scrolling through plugins.
Fixed a bug with positioning the frame if it was scaled.
Began adding support for an external tooltip addon in the works.
Updated libs.

1.3
Added the ability for Carousel to resize to certain plugins.
Added the ability for Carousel to automatically show certain updated plugins.
Added support for LSM fonts through an optional addon.
Added the option to lock the Carousel frame.

1.2
Added more customization options to the frame and arrows.
Fixed various bugs with disabling plugins still on the cycle list.

1.1
Optimized various algorithms.
Added the ability to choose the order Carousel cycles through plugins.
Fixed a bug in the GUI.

1.0
Initial upload

Optional Files - Carousel

File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date	Type
Carousel Font	3.1	62kB	Astromech	04-17-2009 02:29 PM	Addon

Archived Versions - Carousel

File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date
Carousel	2.1.0	120kB	Astromech	04-26-2009 11:58 PM
Carousel	2.0.0	119kB	Astromech	04-15-2009 08:53 PM
Carousel	1.5.1	95kB	Astromech	12-08-2008 01:45 PM

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05-06-2009, 02:01 PM

Wizardling

A Kobold Labourer

Forum posts: 0

File comments: 62

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Re: Re: Broker_AntiSocial's feed no longer shows up in Data Feeds

Quote:

Originally posted by Astromech
I just looked at Broker_AntiSocial's code, and it doesn't set a type for its broker feed. Carousel only displays plugins which have type "data source" or "launcher."

It's an easy fix. The author just needs to add

Code:

type = "data source",

at line 2.

This is new behavior introduced in Carousel 2. Previous versions would ignore the type field, but some newer types might be incompatible with Carousel.

Thanks - I'll pass that along to the author :-)

05-06-2009, 12:34 PM
Astromech A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 37 Uploads: 5	Re: Broker_AntiSocial's feed no longer shows up in Data Feeds I just looked at Broker_AntiSocial's code, and it doesn't set a type for its broker feed. Carousel only displays plugins which have type "data source" or "launcher." It's an easy fix. The author just needs to add Code: type = "data source", at line 2. This is new behavior introduced in Carousel 2. Previous versions would ignore the type field, but some newer types might be incompatible with Carousel. __________________ - Astromech Last edited by Astromech : 05-06-2009 at 12:38 PM.

05-06-2009, 12:02 PM
Wizardling A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 62 Uploads: 0	Broker_AntiSocial's feed no longer shows up in Data Feeds G'day. Broker_AntiSocial is gone from all my character's Carousel profiles, despite still showing in 'Bar 1 Feeds'. Though if I remove it I cannot see it to add it back and it is not in the 'Data Feeds' tab of Caruosel's settings. Any idea what's going on? I'm unsure when this happened, as I don't often access Broker_AntiSocial. TIA, Jamie Kahn Genet

04-28-2009, 12:46 PM
Astromech A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 37 Uploads: 5	Karecha, great! No problem. Wyll Oops, looks like I had Carousel marked for the wrong wow version. Don't worry, it should still work correctly. Just leave the load out of date button checked. __________________ - Astromech

04-28-2009, 09:37 AM
Wyll A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 4 Uploads: 0	Well... even as I type I'm betting that my recent exposure to addons is the real problem here... but WOW is still complaining that carousel is out of date, so I'm still forcing the load. What am I missing? Does that 'reset your interface' msg when logging in apply to me?

04-28-2009, 06:01 AM
Kerecha A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 8 File comments: 99 Uploads: 0	Sweet, now it works perfect, thanks a mil!

04-27-2009, 03:31 PM
Astromech A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 37 Uploads: 5	Wimpface, you're welcome! Karecha, I see what you mean! I think I know how to fix it. I'll try to get a quick new version out later today. EDIT: Just uploaded the new version. It should work how you want now! __________________ - Astromech Last edited by Astromech : 04-27-2009 at 04:09 PM.

04-27-2009, 02:16 PM
Kerecha A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 8 File comments: 99 Uploads: 0	Im having issues with the looks when using fixed width. i have set it to 250(thats teh distance between my 2 bartender blocks), but instead of being: [bartender][<______Text______>][bartender] [bartender][<_____XTextX_____>][bartender] [bartender][<____XXTextXX____>][bartender] [bartender][<___XXXTextXXX___>][bartender] being how i want it to look (and how it used to look) i get [bartender][<Text>____________][bartender] [bartender][<XTextX>__________][bartender] [bartender][<XXTextXX>________][bartender] [bartender][<XXXTextXXX>______][bartender] this way looks even more stupid when placed between 2 other elements. Even with playing around with offsets and so on, the arrows refuse to stay at the end of the bar and keeps moving around based on the amount of text in the feed. Closests i managed was: [bartender][___<____Text____>___][bartender] [bartender][__<____XTextX____>__][bartender] [bartender][_<____XXTextXX____>_][bartender] [bartender][<____XXXTextXXX____>][bartender] but still the free hanging arrows when feed is shorter:/

04-27-2009, 12:55 AM
Wimpface A Chromatic Dragonspawn Forum posts: 167 File comments: 202 Uploads: 20	Thanks for this latest update. __________________ Do you like waffles?

04-17-2009, 12:01 PM
Astromech A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 37 Uploads: 5	Fixed Width Thanks for the feedback! I'll add that to my TODO list. __________________ - Astromech

04-17-2009, 06:45 AM
Kerecha A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 8 File comments: 99 Uploads: 0	Totally agree with Rykasha, please make fixed width an option. I have my caroucel between 2 BT4 bars, and its looks so silly with the arrows hanging freely in thin air instead of sitting snuggly against the bars.

04-17-2009, 05:47 AM
Rykasha A Defias Bandit Forum posts: 2 File comments: 1 Uploads: 0	I'm not sure how anyone else feels about this, but I kinda liked how Carousel was a fixed size in the previous version. I had it lined up just under my minimap (squared through another addon). I appreciate the auto-sizing is a brilliant feature, but would it be possible to toggle it on and off? If not thanks anyway for a great addon

04-16-2009, 12:34 PM

Astromech

A Kobold Labourer

Forum posts: 0

File comments: 37

Uploads: 5

Re: carousel position...

Quote:

Originally posted by Wyll
v 2.0... it's right in the middle of my screen and I can't seem to move it... I seem to recall that with the prior version I put it where I wanted it... but maybe I was hallucinating? - ok ok ok read my screen... I found the options... first time after update it didn't load cuz wow thought it was out of date and when I went to addon options it wasnt listed so the config stuff wasn't there so I didn't think to look after I forced the load... amazing how reading the instructions (ie /carousel) can make SUCH a difference LOL...

For now you need to go into the options and change the X/Y coordinates of the block to move it. I will make the bars draggable in the next version.

__________________
- Astromech

04-16-2009, 09:24 AM
Wyll A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 4 Uploads: 0	carousel position... v 2.0... it's right in the middle of my screen and I can't seem to move it... I seem to recall that with the prior version I put it where I wanted it... but maybe I was hallucinating? - ok ok ok read my screen... I found the options... first time after update it didn't load cuz wow thought it was out of date and when I went to addon options it wasnt listed so the config stuff wasn't there so I didn't think to look after I forced the load... amazing how reading the instructions (ie /carousel) can make SUCH a difference LOL... Last edited by Wyll : 04-16-2009 at 09:32 AM.

04-15-2009, 04:42 PM
Astromech A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 37 Uploads: 5	Re: Errors Sorry for my inactivity. I just recently got back from a WoW hiatus. Thank you for the bug reports. I have finished updating Carousel for 3.1 as well as adding many new features. Since the WoWInterface server is so busy, I haven't been able to upload it yet, but I'll try tonight when traffic will hopefully be lower. Wizardling and Bitechu, I like your suggestions. I think I'll add them in a future version. The newest Carousel is almost a complete rewrite, so I want to make sure the core features are working before I add extra things. Edit: New version now up. Please submit any bug reports here. Thanks! Last edited by Astromech : 04-15-2009 at 09:09 PM.

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