BurntWaffleBar

A compact custom micro menu bar for World of Warcraft retail, with multiple icon theme packs and built-in Edit Mode support.

Features

• Custom 12-button micro menu (Collections, PvP, Adventure Guide, Housing, Group Finder, Quest Log, Achievements, Talents, Character, Guild, Social, Game Menu)
• Optional clock above the bar
• Hide Blizzard's default micro menu
• Edit Mode: drag the bar in WoW's native Edit Mode (/editmode) — no extra addons required
• Icon themes: The Paladin, The Illidari, and all 13 retail classes (Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock, Monk, Druid, Death Knight, Evoker). Class themes are selected automatically by default.

Installation

1. Download or clone this repository.
2. Copy the BurntWaffleBar folder into:

   World of Warcraft\_retail_\Interface\AddOns\

3. Restart WoW (or /reload for Lua-only updates; restart for new/changed textures).

Usage

• Settings: Esc → Options → AddOns → BurntWaffleBar, or type /bwb or /burntwafflebar
• Reposition: Esc → Edit Mode, select BurntWaffleBar, and drag it. Positions save per Edit Mode layout.

WoWUp

BurntWaffleBar is on WowUpHub — search for BurntWaffleBar in WowUp’s Get Addons tab. You can also install from GitHub:

1. In WoWUp, click Get Addons → Install from URL
2. Paste: https://github.com/WaffleBar/BurntWaffleBar
3. WowUp installs from the latest tagged release

The repo must stay public with tagged releases that include a packaged zip (created automatically by GitHub Actions when you push a v* tag).

Preview images (WowUp gallery)

WowUp Hub shows a Previews gallery from a .previews/ folder in your repo (Hub docs). When you tag a release, Hub snapshots whatever PNG/JPG files are in .previews/ on that branch.

1. Add or replace screenshots in .previews/ (in-game shots work best; 01-…, 02-… naming keeps order sensible). The repo ships five generated mockups — swap in real /screenshot captures when you have them.
2. Regenerate mockups: run tools\MakeWowUpPreviews.exe (see .previews/README.md).
3. Commit, push to main, then tag a release (e.g. v2.4.2). WowUp picks up the new gallery on the next Hub sync after that release.

The addon list thumbnail is separate: set your GitHub repo Social preview under Settings → Social preview. Use .github/social-preview.png from this repo (1280×1280 square). WowUp Hub reads that image, not the addon icon.

This folder is excluded from the addon zip via .pkgmeta, so previews never ship to players' Interface\AddOns folder.

GitHub-only installs: If you installed via URL before Hub listing, some WowUp CF builds fail on Update for GitHub addons (known bug). Hub installs should update normally. If updates still fail, remove the addon and reinstall from search or URL, or add a GitHub token under WowUp → Options → Addons.

If WoW is installed under Program Files, try running WowUp as administrator when updating.

GitHub topics (for WowUp Hub categories): under your repo’s About → Topics, add action-bars. Optional but common: warcraft-addon or world-of-warcraft-addon. Topics are free-form — type them even if autocomplete doesn’t suggest them (ignore wow-addon-snippet; that’s for code snippets).

Development

The tools/ folder contains C# scripts used to process source icon PNGs into production assets. They are optional for running the addon in-game.

Regenerate Illidari icons (example):

$csc = "${env:WINDIR}\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe"& $csc /nologo /target:library /r:System.Drawing.dll /out:"tools\ProcessIllidari.dll" "tools\ProcessTheIllidariIcons.cs"Add-Type -Path "tools\ProcessIllidari.dll"[ProcessTheIllidariIcons]::ProcessAll("Media\Themes\TheIllidari\source", "Media\Themes\TheIllidari")

Regenerate class theme packs (draws sources + processes to 256px):

$csc = "${env:WINDIR}\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe"& $csc /nologo /out:"tools\ClassThemeBuilder.exe" "tools\ClassIconCore.cs" "tools\ClassIconRenderer.cs" "tools\DrawClassThemeSources.cs" "tools\ClassThemeBuilder.cs"& "tools\ClassThemeBuilder.exe" .

Regenerate the WowUp addon icon or Hub preview images:

$csc = "${env:WINDIR}\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe"& $csc /nologo /out:"tools\MakeAddonIcon.exe" "tools\MakeAddonIcon.cs"& "tools\MakeAddonIcon.exe" .& $csc /nologo /out:"tools\MakeWowUpPreviews.exe" "tools\MakeWowUpPreviews.cs"& "tools\MakeWowUpPreviews.exe" .

Drop in-game screenshots into .previews/ before tagging a release; see .previews/README.md.

Third-party libraries

This addon embeds LibEditMode (see libs/LibEditMode/LICENSE.txt) and LibStub for Edit Mode frame repositioning.

Author

Waffle