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BasicChatMods  Popular! (More than 5000 hits)
Version: v7.21
by: funkydude [More]
Type /bcm to configure BasicChatMods, a basic and modular approach to chat customization.

By default BCM will allow you to drag your chat frames to the very edge of the screen, the remaining customization is done in BCM's modules which can be enabled or disabled at will.

A few of the current modules include:
  • Button Hiding
  • Channel Name Customization
  • Chat Copy
  • Font Customization
  • Chat Frame Justification
  • Player Name Customization
  • Real Id Class Coloring
  • Sticky Customization
  • Tell Target
  • Timestamp Customization
  • URL Copy

Class Colors: Are already provided by Blizzard, right-click chat frame tab > Settings > Tick Boxes
Combat Log Timestamps: Are already provided by Blizzard, right-click combat log tab > Settings > Formatting > Show Timestamp. Repeat this for every combat log, e.g. "Self", "Everything", "What happened to me?", "Kills".
v7.21: toc bump

v7.2:
-BCM now includes the LibChatAnims library to prevent BCM blocking talent changes for some users.

-AltInvite: fix inviting people that log on.
-BNet: Add option to remove the "person" icon from chat.
-ChatCopy: Lots of code cleanup, remove icons from text to prevent copying issues, fix GUI description.
-Highlight: Scan instance chat for highlights, don't highlight your own chat.
-Timestamp: Clicking the timestamp for single-line copy now also includes the timestamp.
-URLCopy: Complete re-write for simplification and future proofing. (new TLD non-English languages and virtually any words like .book will be legitimate sites)

v7.1:
-AltInvite: New module, alt-click names in chat to invite them to group.
-ChannelNames: BATTLEGROUND >> INSTANCE_CHAT
-EditBox: New TOP/BOTTOM selection.
-InviteLinks: Completely removed. Replaced by AltInvite.
-Sticky: BATTLEGROUND >> INSTANCE_CHAT
-Timestamps: Replaced chatline copy popup with a custom one
-URLCopy: Replaced popup with a custom one, make links in BNET broadcasts clickable

v7.01: bnet bugfix

v7:
-Now supports on-demand chats frames (pet battle log, bnet popup whispers, etc)
-Chatcopy functionality now coverts raid icons into {rt} symbols for easy copying
-Timestamps are now clickable, clicking a timestamps shows a popup allowing you to copy a specific line of chat. Makes it easier to copy specific lines of chat than using the standard chatcopy functionality.

v6.92: Fix an issue introduced in v2.9 which prevented users from disabling timestamps, add an extra check to prevent a rare error.

v6.9: Fade: Rewrite fade module, should no longer cause taints.
ChatCopy: Moved away from double-click, now shift-click to copy.
URLCopy: Improved URL detection.
Playernames: Bugfixes.
History: Bugfixes.

v6.8: some taint & bugfixes

v6.77: toc bump

v6.75: Some code improvements
koKR update
fix zhCN font

v6.70: fix taints, improve config

v6.65: bump toc, tweak config, fix some taint issues

v6.62: realid bugfix

v6.61: toc update

v6.60: EditBox: Allow hiding of the background.
EditBox: Allow modification of size.
Config: convert some dropdowns into sliders
History: don't clear all chat at login (removing gmotd, etc)
URLCopy: attempt at improving pattern matching

v6.52: Font: Now applies font changes to the editbox also, not just the chat frame.
PlayerNames: minor tweak
4.1 toc bump

v6.50: BNet: Add support for replacing real names with character names for those that want to record movies and preserve the privacy of their friends.
GMOTD: Delay printing the gmotd even longer if it's not available due to lag.
PlayerNames: Bugfix not applying to certain cross realm players, bugfix bracket configuration sometimes not appearing.

v6.41: fix a bug introduced in v6.40 that removed the player name in the highlight module
v6.40: 1 new module: History, grants the ability to change how many lines of chat history your chat frames remember
Re-GMOTD & ChatFrame Resize: these features were previously in the Core and have been moved into their own modules
WoWAce localization system is up and some translations have been implemented
BattleNet: Added ability to customize/remove player brackets, fix coloring chat links instead of names
ChannelNames: You can now customize custom channels that you've joined, add support for French and traditional Chinese
ChatCopy: You can now turn off the tooltip hint, increased copy box size
Font: Add support for Russian/Chinese/etc fonts
InviteLinks: Also scan custom channels
PlayerNames: Added ability to customize/remove player brackets, added option to color player names that Blizz misses (player login, channel join, etc)
Resize: Restricted to a sensible minimum size

v6.30: 2 new disabled modules: AutoLog, PlayerNames
2 new enabled modules: BNet Color, Highlight
Timestamps: Bugfix, color can now be correctly turned off
InviteLinks: Bugfix, [inv ] appearing instead of [inv]
Core: re-display the guild motd 10 seconds after logging on

v6.20: Font: If SharedMedia is available, use it's fonts in the Font module
Sticky: Add Real ID whisper/conversation to the sticky dropdown
Editbox: Change to classic mode (hidden) when using this module
Channelnames/Sticky: remove options table when disabled
Channelnames/Timestamps: only attach to chatframes we're using

v6.10: New basic modules: TellTarget, InviteLinks.
URLCopy: Improved popup style.
Timestamps: Re-wrote, no longer depends on Blizz timestamps or channelnames module, allows more customization.

v6.00: Now customizable via an in-game configuration screen

v5.00: re-designed every module, added new font outline module that's disabled by default, hopefully fixed the random issue of the scrolldown button disappearing.

v4.10: Delay the loading of custom timestamps to prevent a taint resulting in WoW asking you to disable BCM. Tweaks to URLCopy and ChannelName modules.

v4.05: toc update, fix a minor error from the urlcopy popup

v4.04: Prevent the scrolldown module from loading if the button hide module is disabled.
-Russian Locale & misc bugfixes

v4.02: Fix some bugs with the scrolldown button showing/hiding.
Clamp the BNToastFrame so it doesn't cut out the screen when moving the chat frame.

v4.00: If you're using Blizz timestamps, re-select it from Interface>Social to avoid double-stamping/no-stamping
NEW: Scrolldown module, Moves the "scroll down" Blizzard button to the top-right side of the chat frame and shows if you're not at the very bottom
CHANGED: Re-wrote CopyChat, now requires you to double-click the chat tab, no longer uses an extra button
CHANGED: Re-wrote URLCopy, should work like before, just simplified
UPDATED: Tweaked most modules code & documentation
NEW: German localization for channelnames module
UPDATED: Russian localization
CHANGED: Renamed resize_chatframe module to dont_disable, as it contains misc functions that should not be disabled
CHANGED: Moved ability to use keyboard arrows/edit text in the editbox from the editbox module to the dont_disable module

v3.75: Added Russian support for channel replacements
Re-wrote most of the explanations in the modules
Really fix timestamping lines that Blizzard misses, like loot, etc
Check BNet whispers/conversations for URL's
Various tweaks around most modules

v3.70: NEW resize chatframe module. Allows you to resize chatframes to any Height/Width you like instead of those restricted by Blizz.
NEW now uses the Blizzard timestamp to also stamp any chat messages that Blizz misses, assuming you have it enabled.
ADDED some extra documentation to the buttons module explaining how to show certain buttons.

v3.65: NEW fade module, it changes the default Blizzard fade values so that your chat frames fade out COMPLETELY like pre-3.3.5 chat frames did. As always you can disable it by reading the disable modules.txt file.

v3.60: NEW Timestamps Customize module, customize the Blizzard timestamps, default is to return the style to the old BCM style, but you need to turn them on in Blizz config.
FIXED edit box is back at the top.
FIXED chat frame can be placed at the edge of the screen again.
FIXED copychat icon now only shows on-demand again, generally improved the module.
REMOVED Scroll module, 3.3.3 compatibility.

v3.59: Chat Scroll & Timestamps disabled in 3.3.5, implemented into the game. All modules now have 3.3.5 forward compatibility. Few TLD additions to URLCopy. Fix PARTY_GUIDE. Chat Copy icon moved for 3.3.5, also only shows when mousing over the chat tab (buggy) on 3.3.5, for now. EditBox no longer moved in 3.3.5 due to permanent tabs, might change this by hiding tabs manually. Next update after EU gets the patch...

v3.51 - Fix Party Leader chat not registering URL's

v3.5 - merged timestamps module into channelnames module, removed font module, various modules cleanups, shrink Party Leader to PL.

v3.32 - toc update

v3.31 - remove wow 3.0 compat, toc update

v3.3 - wow 3.1 fixes to prevent chat breakage

v3.2 - Major bugfix with blizz timestamps enabled in blizz combat log (the combat log would break)

v3.1 - Release
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Old 05-13-13, 12:00 AM  
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Editbox Border Color

Apologies if this has been asked, but is it possible to hide the border of the editbox? I mean the one that changes colors based on channel by default. I'd like to disable that border or at least change its alpha.
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Old 04-13-13, 11:31 AM  
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Thnx for this cool addon. But i need mini-feature - flashing tabs if new msg on it....like as addon ChatAlerts (But ChatAlerts - born more errors)
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Old 02-09-13, 01:14 PM  
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v7.2
BCM now includes the LibChatAnims library to prevent BCM blocking talent changes for some users.
  • AltInvite: fix inviting people that log on.
  • BNet: Add option to remove the "person" icon from chat.
  • ChatCopy: Lots of code cleanup, remove icons from text to prevent copying issues, fix GUI description.
  • Highlight: Scan instance chat for highlights, don't highlight your own chat.
  • Timestamp: Clicking the timestamp for single-line copy now also includes the timestamp.
  • URLCopy: Complete re-write for simplification and future proofing. (new TLD non-English languages and virtually any words like .book will be legitimate sites)
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Old 12-06-12, 01:08 PM  
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You are correct, they are stored there. Is it possible to add the position and sizing information into a module versus copy/pasting the chat-cache.txt to all characters on every server?

Originally Posted by funkydude
If I remember correctly chat frame positions are saved in the chat-cache.txt file. In your WTF>ACCOUNT>SERVER>CHARACTER folder.
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If I remember correctly chat frame positions are saved in the chat-cache.txt file. In your WTF>ACCOUNT>SERVER>CHARACTER folder.

Originally Posted by Vis
Does BCM have the ability, or can it be added, to save ChatFrame position and sizing to the savedvariables file?
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Does BCM have the ability, or can it be added, to save ChatFrame position and sizing to the savedvariables file?
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Old 12-05-12, 06:27 PM  
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v7.1
  • AltInvite: New module, alt-click names in chat to invite them to group.
  • ChannelNames: BATTLEGROUND >> INSTANCE_CHAT
  • EditBox: New TOP/BOTTOM selection.
  • InviteLinks: Completely removed. Replaced by AltInvite.
  • Sticky: BATTLEGROUND >> INSTANCE_CHAT
  • Timestamps: Replaced chatline copy popup with a custom one
  • URLCopy: Replaced popup with a custom one, make links in BNET broadcasts clickable
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Old 12-01-12, 01:59 PM  
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@Kabuto-eu, that's not an error, that's a taint. It may or may not be BCM, but rounding down the modules helps. Are you saying that this is guaranteed to happen? As I have nearly all modules active and have no such issue with joining raids.

If it is guaranteed to happen, can you start disabling more modules to get to the module causing the problem? Try with only the urlcopy module enabled and see if it happens. If it does, disable it too so that you have no modules active, and see if it still happens.
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Old 11-30-12, 11:04 AM  
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Modules active: Button Hide, Editbox, History, Scrolldown, Urlcopy.

The following bugs occur when joining a raid group and entering combat. This only seems to occur the first time the raid enters combat after creation. I executed a reload of the ui and was unable to repeat the error within that current raid.

One error of this type for each raid frame/member in raid:
Code:
1x [ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED] AddOn "BasicChatMods" tried to call the protected function "CompactRaidFrame2:ClearAllPoints()".
!BugGrabber-r188\BugGrabber.lua:587: in function <!BugGrabber\BugGrabber.lua:587>
<in C code>
FrameXML\FlowContainer.lua:157: in function "FlowContainer_DoLayout"
FrameXML\FlowContainer.lua:17: in function "FlowContainer_ResumeUpdates"
Blizzard_CompactRaidFrameContainer.lua:185: in function "CompactRaidFrameContainer_LayoutFrames"
Blizzard_CompactRaidFrameContainer.lua:130: in function "CompactRaidFrameContainer_TryUpdate"
Blizzard_CompactRaidFrameContainer.lua:57: in function "CompactRaidFrameContainer_OnEvent"
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <string>:"*:OnEvent":1

Locals:
nil
One error of this type for each raid frame/member in raid:
Code:
1x [ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED] AddOn "BasicChatMods" tried to call the protected function "CompactRaidFrame2:SetPoint()".
!BugGrabber-r188\BugGrabber.lua:587: in function <!BugGrabber\BugGrabber.lua:587>
<in C code>
FrameXML\FlowContainer.lua:161: in function "FlowContainer_DoLayout"
FrameXML\FlowContainer.lua:17: in function "FlowContainer_ResumeUpdates"
Blizzard_CompactRaidFrameContainer.lua:185: in function "CompactRaidFrameContainer_LayoutFrames"
Blizzard_CompactRaidFrameContainer.lua:130: in function "CompactRaidFrameContainer_TryUpdate"
Blizzard_CompactRaidFrameContainer.lua:57: in function "CompactRaidFrameContainer_OnEvent"
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <string>:"*:OnEvent":1

Locals:
nil
Code:
1x [ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED] AddOn "BasicChatMods" tried to call the protected function "CompactRaidFrameManagerContainerResizeFrame:Hide()".
!BugGrabber-r188\BugGrabber.lua:587: in function <!BugGrabber\BugGrabber.lua:587>
<in C code>
Blizzard_CompactRaidFrameManager.lua:559: in function "CompactRaidFrameManager_LockContainer"
Blizzard_CompactRaidFrameManager.lua:552: in function "CompactRaidFrameManager_UpdateContainerLockVisibility"
Blizzard_CompactRaidFrameManager.lua:46: in function <Blizzard_CompactRaidFrameManager.lua:39>

Locals:
nil

One error of this type for each raid frame/member in raid:
Code:
1x [ADDON_ACTION_BLOCKED] AddOn "BasicChatMods" tried to call the protected function "CompactRaidFrame25:Show()".
!BugGrabber-r188\BugGrabber.lua:587: in function <!BugGrabber\BugGrabber.lua:587>
<in C code>
FrameXML\CompactUnitFrame.lua:276: in function "CompactUnitFrame_UpdateVisible"
FrameXML\CompactUnitFrame.lua:234: in function "CompactUnitFrame_UpdateAll"
FrameXML\CompactUnitFrame.lua:46: in function <FrameXML\CompactUnitFrame.lua:43>

Locals:
nil
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Old 11-28-12, 07:20 AM  
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Can you please do something about the way Blizzard changed the chat text?

If your in the BGs or a dungeon, it now says [Instance] or [Instance Leader] instead of [P], [PL], [BG] etc. and the color for all chat text in BGs and dungeons is the same as Raid.
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Old 11-27-12, 03:41 PM  
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v7 released:
  • Now supports on-demand chats frames (pet battle log, bnet popup whispers, etc)
  • Chatcopy functionality now coverts raid icons into {rt} symbols for easy copying
  • Timestamps are now clickable, clicking a timestamps shows a popup allowing you to copy a specific line of chat. Makes it easier to copy specific lines of chat than using the standard chatcopy functionality.

Although the new timestamp copychat functionality has been added, you can still copy multiple lines by shift-clicking a chat tab.
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Old 11-26-12, 12:17 PM  
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Re: Hmmm...?

Sounds like one of your addons is creating a frame at the bottom of the screen, something BCM doesn't do. I suggest you try with only BCM enabled.

Originally Posted by biancaav
Just so everybody knows, I've been having an issue where when I install BCM there's an inch of my screen from the bottom up that become inactive. If I have any action bars or other addons in that little space it becomes unclickable and inactive. I know it's BCM because I uninstalled and reinstalled my addons one by one and this addon was the problem. =/ It's a shame because it's a good mod. Oh well...
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Old 11-25-12, 10:55 AM  
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Unhappy Hmmm...?

Just so everybody knows, I've been having an issue where when I install BCM there's an inch of my screen from the bottom up that become inactive. If I have any action bars or other addons in that little space it becomes unclickable and inactive. I know it's BCM because I uninstalled and reinstalled my addons one by one and this addon was the problem. =/ It's a shame because it's a good mod. Oh well...
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Old 11-12-12, 07:52 AM  
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Glad the timestamp bug was fixed so quickly. Thanks for the mod.
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Old 11-11-12, 04:52 PM  
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Please note as of v6.9 copying chat is activated by shift-click, not double-click.
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