Extra Bars 

Important
I have recently uploaded the initial release for the successor (replacement) to Extra Bars called Button Forge.
Button forge addresses several of the problems present in Extra Bars (such as Companions sometimes causing an error at first login, poor performance in certain scenerios etc), perhaps the biggest change is the ability to create as many or few bars and buttons as you choose.
I encourage you to take a look:

Button Forge


Note: I have uploaded a v4.0.1 compatible version of Extra Bars now! (I only plan to provide basic support for this addon, but I will try to keep it operational for the time being... I may have a longer term plan if I find the time at a later date i.e. Extra Bars using the Button Forge engine which is a better engine)

(Both addons can operate side by side if you want to give it a try first)




Description
Adds 4 extra action bar you can drag abilities, items, macros, mounts and critters to.
This bar will not alter your existing actionbars or other user interface elements in anyway.


Project goal
To provide additional action bars to the user interface with as little learning curve or time spent configuring as possible.


Features
This bar is modelled very closely around how the standard action bars work. This includes features such as:

• Dragging of macros, items, abilities, mounts and critters to the bar
• range, cooldown, hotkey, etc... indicators
• A different set of actions for each talent spec
• Automatically update abilities to the highest rank when new abilities are learnt

• The ability to drag the bar to the desired location on screen (this can be locked in the settings screen)
• Abilities that are unlearnt will remain in bar as a faded '?' and will become usable again once the ability is relearnt (for respeccing)
• The ability to drag any item to the bar even if it doesn't have a use (this can help to keep track of counts of an item)
• Dynamically set the number of buttons per bar (1 - 12)
• Disable Tooltips
• position the bar horizontally or vertically

• To add buttons drag them from your inventory, spell book, macro's tab, or from other buttons into the button you want them in.
• To change settings go to the Interface->Addons->Extra Bar menu option
• A faint icon can be found at the top right corner of each bar, clicking this will provide some quick graphical options to configure the bar including a shortcut button to the bars configuration page
• To bind keys to the buttons go to the 'Extra Bar' section of 'Key Bindings'

• Most settings cannot be changed while in combat
• Actions cannot be dragged to or from the bar while in combat

1. Macros with identical names may be switched around on the bar
2. Items with a cooldown do not display the time remaining in the tooltip
3. Critters and Mounts do not darken if they cannot be used
4. the visual state of a macro that casts a mount or critter may not be displayed up to date

1. Add option to allow graphical configuration options to be fully hidden
2. Add slash commands for config options
3. Investigate Button Facade and rActionButtonStyler support
4. ...

1. Provide localization support
2. Provide full reset ability
3. Custom interface for key bindings (to allow the next feature to be viable)
4. Dynamic creation of extra buttons and bars (as many or few as you desire)
5. Conditional bar display (based on macro conditionals)

1. Provide extra display info on the buttons such as cooldown times
2. Buttonfacade or other skinning addon support ?!?