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AutoHideBarsUI can temporarily hide the default blizzard action bars that are enabled in the interface menu. When the mouse is moved over to the edge of the screen where the action bars are, then the bars slide into view. The goal was to provide more real estate on the screen to see the world map, and not have to build new action bars to provide this feature.

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Open blizzard interface advanced options and enable any bottom or right action bars.
  
• Show bars by moving mouse to edge of screen where action bars are.
  
• Bars will hide after several seconds when mouse moves away.
  
• Bars will not hide if targeting something, assuming we are busy doing something.
  
• Show bars and not hide when starting combat. See slash command, /ahbui showCombat.

SLASH COMMANDS:

• /ahbui
  
• /ahbui off (to disable, and just use the options in the blizzard interface menu)
  
• /ahbui on (to enable) (default setting)
  
• /ahbui status (to show status of current settings)
  
• /ahbui default (to enable and reset to defaults)
  
• /ahbui hideBottom (to autohide bottom bar, or disable and back to normal)
  
• /ahbui hideRight (to autohide right bar, or disable and back to normal)
  
• /ahbui hideSSS (to autohide shape/stance/stealth/presence bar, or disable and back to normal)
  
• /ahbui hidePet (to autohide pet bar, or disable and back to normal)
  
• /ahbui showCombat (to show bar in combat, or disable to keep it hidden)

Or, set specifically with on/off, for example,

• /ahbui HideBottom on (to hide pet bar)
  
• /ahbui HideBottom off (back to normal, no autohiding)

INSTALLATION:

• In Windows XP, extract the ZIP file, to your World of Warcraft interface addons directory, which might look like,
  ...\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\AutoHideBarsUI
  
• The blizzard interface advanced options are not affected. You enable any bottom or right action bars you want to use.

UNINSTALL:

• Remove the game folder, .\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\AutoHideBarsUI
  
• Remove variable file, .\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\%youraccount%\SavedVariables\AutoHideBarsUI.lua
  
• Open blizzard interface options and set the bottom or right action bar options manually.

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Todo:

• Detect changes in buttons dynamically and not just at login

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Known bugs:

• Some cooldowns still appear where action bars would be, but hopefully not too distracting.
  
• Unable to show and hide bars during combat because of blizzard protection errors. Must show or hide before combat.

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Known limitations caused by Blizzard:

• Affects builtin action bars, shape, stance, stealth, presence, pet.
  
• If chat, bags, and other windows move as bars hide, then may need to unlock and lock those windows manually to refresh their location.
  
• Not tested with all character classes and races. Tested for warrior, hunter, priest, paladin, warlock, so far.
  
• Not implemented with an options window, so use slash command.
  
• Default blizzard menu bar and XP bar is not hidden.

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Change log:

(see "changes" section in website)