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  • Created 1/24/2009 5:00:39 PM
  • Updated 11/30/2011 2:16:20 PM
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  • License: GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3)
  • Release Type: Release
  • Newest File: v2.2.4
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About ChocolateBar Broker Display

ChocolateBar will create a bar on top or bottom of your screen where other addons called broker plugins can display stuff like your fps.
Basically its a Titan-panel or Fubar replacement.

Example Bar:
ExampleBar3
You can get the plugins in this example from: Broker Starter Pack

Main Features

  • Easy setup, install & go!
  • Multiple bars - top or bottom as many as you want.
  • Left, right and center alignment.
  • Support for icon colors and coordinates like used by TomTom.
  • Easy config, simply drag a plugin and drop points will show. The idea is to easily disable a plugin or toggle its text. See pics.
  • Load-on-demand options, and small memory footprint.
  • More Chocolate - a broker plugin to show a bar that will autohide again. Great for launchers or other plugins you don't need visible all the time:)

Options for:

  • Show bars on mouse over only.
  • Hide bars in combat.
  • Set a fixed width for any plugin.
  • Change textures, font, colors and a lot more...

Where to get plugins?

I have made an addon pack with ChocolateBar and a selection of plugins that should cover your basic needs: Broker Starter Pack

Data Broker category on Curse
Data Broker category on WoWInterface
Updated list

Usage

Right click the bar or type "/chocolatebar" to open the options menu.

You can help with the localization, just go to: http://www.wowace.com/projects/chocolatebar/localization/
You miss a feature or found a bug? I look forward to your feedback.

Alpha versions
Forum thread

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r148 | yess | 2011-11-30 20:14:42 +0000 (Wed, 30 Nov 2011) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   A /tags/v2.2.4 (from /trunk:147)

Tagging as v2.2.4
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r147 | yess | 2011-11-30 18:16:25 +0000 (Wed, 30 Nov 2011) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   M /trunk/ChocolateBar/Chocolate.lua
   M /trunk/ChocolateBar/ChocolateBar.toc
   M /trunk/ChocolateBar_Options/ChocolateBar_Options.toc

TOC update.
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r145 | yess | 2011-10-31 22:37:42 +0000 (Mon, 31 Oct 2011) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   M /trunk/ChocolateBar_Options/Options.lua

Fixed options.
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r144 | yess | 2011-10-29 20:32:05 +0000 (Sat, 29 Oct 2011) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   M /trunk/ChocolateBar/Chocolate.lua
   M /trunk/ChocolateBar/ChocolateBar.toc
   M /trunk/ChocolateBar/localization/enUS.lua
   A /trunk/ChocolateBar/localization/ptBR.lua
   A /trunk/ChocolateBar/localization/ruRU.lua

Added option to remove custom colors from plugins.
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  • Posted 1/16/2012 8:24:13 AM #153
    Kimoshi
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    • Posts: 28

    <p>How do I completely disable a plugin? The built in blizzard calendar is gone for me. It's still gone even after I disable everything under Calendar.</p>
    <p>I remember doing it before, but I can't for the life of me remember how.</p>

    Edit-
    Wrong mod @_@ It was http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/broker-everything that handeled the calendar.

    Last edited by Kimoshi on 1/17/2012 12:14:41 AM
  • Posted 1/16/2012 12:12:17 PM #154
    yess
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    ChocolateBar (and other display addons) can only remove (hide) a plugin from your screen, not completely disable it.
    To completely disable a plugin you have to disable the addon from the character screen. Some addons bring an optional broker plugin with them, usually the have an option to disable this.

  • Posted 12/1/2011 1:53:23 AM #151
    Dexter74
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    • Posts: 20

    small blemish (FrameXML.log)

    ChocolateBar.toc

    Error loading Interface\AddOns\ChocolateBar\Clock.lua

  • Posted 12/5/2011 7:40:42 PM #152
    yess
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    Fixed in r149.

  • Posted 11/3/2011 12:26:30 AM #149
    sparkles555
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    • Posts: 1

    This addon is fantastic and I love how easy it is to view/access different data. However, I was wondering if it were possible to have the option to click before it brings up the tooltip instead of just hovering. For example, today when I was falling I went to click on my levitate spell, but instead I pulled up my reputation tooltip. Since my spell button was covered, I didn't get to it in time and died.

    Maybe I'm just not using it right though?

     

  • Posted 11/5/2011 4:31:10 PM #150
    yess
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    Hmm, displaying the tooltip on click is not possible because the plugins do something on a click/right click like open the character frame or open some options.

    Maybe you should not put a bar so near to your spells. I just have one bar at the top and my spells are at the bottom of the screen.

  • Posted 10/16/2011 2:51:52 AM #147
    SuperBeast3001
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    • Posts: 1

    Thanks for the great addon, works realy well.  If I have multiple bars, is it possible to hide only one bar during combat?  I have a bunch of addons that I dont need during combat, but others would be useful to see.  Thanks.

     

  • Posted 10/16/2011 6:24:57 PM #148
    yess
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    Added in latest Alpha, r142
    http://www.wowace.com/addons/chocolatebar/files/

  • Posted 9/24/2011 10:11:18 AM #145
    Kal_Zakath13
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    I'm having an issue with my Centre panels.
    I have two lines of bars at the top of my screen next to each other.

    I have two broker displays in the centre of the top bar, and one broker display in the centre of the bottom bar.
    The two are always aligning on the left of the centre together rather than independently centre.

    Screenshots:
    How the top bar should look (and does when I re-centre the items):
    http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/7959/wowscrnshot092411095932.jpg

    How the bar always snaps after one of them updates:
    http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6218/wowscrnshot092411095936.jpg

    This started happening quite some time ago. The last update where this worked correctly was 2.0.9. I used to just not update the addon, but I figured I'd let you know this was happening.
  • Posted 9/26/2011 8:40:02 PM #146
    yess
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    Thank you for reporting this. The screenshots helped a lot:)

    Should be fixed in r140 http://www.wowace.com/addons/chocolatebar/files/
  • Posted 4/29/2011 7:49:00 PM #144
    kuliksco
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    • Posts: 7
    Great addon btw. One problem. For some reason on every time i log in the center displays are anchored to the left side of the center. I have to pick them up and drop them back in the center for them to realign.
  • Posted 4/18/2011 7:48:08 AM #140
    Lombra
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    Hello,
    I'm quite fond of this addon, but there are a few things that bothers me!

    Firstly, changing the bar height also changes the font size. That's not intended, is it?

    What about adding possibility to set an absolute (rather than relative) icon size?

    A setting for text offset from the icon?

    Custom tooltip anchoring?

    Plugin text does not seem to use the .label property of LDB feeds, is this intended? If it is, could there be an option to instead use the label?

    Lastly, when I use an advanced bar texture, its height seems to be about half of what's expected.
  • Posted 4/18/2011 2:32:31 PM #141
    Lombra
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    Okay, the advanced texture thing may be specific to certain texture, actually. Using the Tribal texture.
  • Posted 4/18/2011 5:37:59 PM #142
    yess
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    Hi, I am glad you like the addon;)

    "changing the bar height also changes the font size. That's not intended, is it? "
    Actually it is intended. I think it's what most people want when they change the bar size. You can adjust the font size after setting the bar height.

    "What about adding possibility to set an absolute (rather than relative) icon size?"
    I could add that. Do you also want the icon bigger than the bar?

    "A setting for text offset from the icon?"
    That's an easy one. I will add this.

    "Custom tooltip anchoring?"
    That's a problem because some tooltip's do the anchoring themselves. What would you change about the anchoring?

    "could there be an option to instead use the label?"
    I'm thinking about label support.

    "Lastly, when I use an advanced bar texture, its height seems to be about half of what's expected."
    The advanced textures must be tweaked with the tile setting. This will change the height of the textures.


  • Posted 4/20/2011 12:55:07 PM #143
    Lombra
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    Thanks for your replies!

    I would personally not need the icons the be bigger than the bar.

    Tooltips I would probably anchor topleft to bottomleft.

    I've just switched from Titan Panel after a very long time, and can't help but compare and miss a few things from it. :)
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