The Console

[Aarthas]

This is the only feature I really find counterintuitive in nUI. To me the purpose of the addon is to keep as little clutter off the screen while maximixing the amount of information we can for the given situation. The console as it is now just takes up alot of space on top with the silly graphic just to wrap the single menu it wraps. I know there is an option to turn the console off or set it to mouseover. Mouseover works most of the time, except for the times I try to mouse up high to click a target. What I would like to to be able to do is type /nui movers, move that one menu section in the console outside of the console, turn the console off and not have that menu still disappear. I hope I'm being clear enough to get the idea across.

I'm with the mind set of keeping as much viewing area clear as possible. It is better to have the viewing area smaller but totally clear of addons then having the viewing area take up the entire monitor but have addons blocking sections of it all over the place.

[spiel2001]

Actually, the issue is that the console was designed to be much more than it currently is, to include a wardrobe manager, gold tracker, durability, ammo tracker and a some other things... all of the "unused" space in the console is "reserved" for that purpose. The console also slides down to account for Titan Panel, FuBar and/or Chocolate Bar if you have them installed thus providing a consistent graphic look to those, as well.

[Aarthas]

I would like to suggest then giving the mouseover feature an enhancement. Instead of the console coming up if you mouseover any portion of the upper part of the screen, make it so you have to mouseover a very specific part, say an invisible box in the far upper left portion. That way we wont have the problem of mousing up high to target and getting the console to come down instead (as much at least).

[Alpha Dog]

I agree with Aarthas, the top console area is a PITA while in mouseover setting when in combat.

It is also design ugly with the unused portion hanging there stark black & doing nothing but taking up screen estate lol.

My suggestion to resolve this is to have a skin, exactly like the default nUI skin only eliminate the top console area, while permitting the console to move via movers.

just my nickles worth

Devilmon

[spiel2001]

Originally Posted by Alpha Dog My suggestion to resolve this is to have a skin, exactly like the default nUI skin only eliminate the top console area, while permitting the console to move via movers.

Have you looked at the available download skins? I'm about 99% certain there are several there that do not have a top console.

[Xrystal]

http://www.wowinterface.com/download...UI_Shaman.html

That one is one I used for like forever and works like a charm. You can easily keep the Console set to on as the console is transparent and doesn't affect display.

[Alpha Dog]

Thanks for the VERY fast replys Scott & Xrystal.

I have been using the Glossy Black Skin which eliminated the top console area & I liked that skin.

Now that I'm on a 22" wide screen I found that I wanted to LOWER the footprint of nUI for increased screen viewing area so I dropped the skin.

The shaman skin would work but I would like one thats plain rather then graphiced up. (is graphiced a word, lol well if not, it is now ) Just my preference lol.

The nUI skin would be nice if it didn't have the top console area, again just my preference.

Devilmon

[spiel2001]

Here are a few options worth looking at...

http://www.wowinterface.com/download...agon_Thin.html

http://www.wowinterface.com/download...t_Console.html <- probably the one you want

http://www.wowinterface.com/download...mondPlate.html

[Alpha Dog]

I'm downloading the skin you suggested Scott & it looks like it would work for me. Although I would like the nUI skin (hint hint )

One question/suggestion I have is, have an option for the console, when in mouseover mode, to only show on mouseover when out of combat?

Thanks

Devilmon

[spiel2001]

The out of combat option sounds perfect... I'm wondering... what about having it hide when you enter combat and show out of combat (no mouseover function)

[Alpha Dog]

That sounds like a good solution and would work well for me, although I think others might want to see the latency/fps while in combat which is why I suggested the option for either.

Devilmon

[Aarthas]

Disabling the mousover and hiding the console when in combat sounds like a great solution. I support this.

[Chmee]

I kind of like the mouseover functionality when not in combat, but I'm happy to give it up to get "hide in combat".

[spiel2001]

I'm thinking more along the lines of just adding another option, not replacing the mouseover.

on / off / mouseover / outofcombat

or something like that.

[neuralassassin]

Originally Posted by spiel2001 I'm thinking more along the lines of just adding another option, not replacing the mouseover. on / off / mouseover / outofcombat or something like that.

I think that would be perfect and then to add to it maybe an option to have mouse over disabled during combat. I know Bazooka does it with tooltips so I would think its possible.

[euphraties]

the out of combat sounds perfect and as im pretty sure that most people have something akin to titanpannel anyways not bein able to show the performance info in combat should not be that much of an issue at all