HandyNotes
Handy Notes for your maps. This addon is intended to be a small and simple replacement for Cartographer_Notes and functions in a similar manner.
Use /handynotes to access options.
You can add notes to the maps in 3 ways:
- Alt-RightClick on the world map to add a note.
- Use "/hnnew" without the quotes to add a note at your current location.
- Use "/hnnew x,y" without the quotes to add a note at location x,y on your current zone's map.
HandyNotes supports plugins that other authors can write to display their own set of notes on the map. See this link for a list of such addons: https://www.wowace.com/search?search=handynotes
Changes for WoW 8.0 / Battle for Azeroth
- Changed to HereBeDragons-2.0, since HBD-1.0 is not compatible with WoW 8.0 / BfA
- All plugins that reference HereBeDragons directly need to adjust as well
- Due to the massive changes in the map and all related logic, HandyNotes 1.5.0 will introduce changes to the Plugin API as well. Changes listed below are preliminary, however they are available in the latest Alpha builds if running on the BfA Beta.
- Removed API: HN:GetMapFile(C, Z), HN:GetCZ(mapFile), HN:GetZoneToCZ(zone), HN:GetCZToZone(C,Z)
- Rationale: C/Z values no longer exist in WoW 8.0
- Removed API: HN:GetZoneToMapID(zone)
- Rationale: Using localized zone names is generally a bad idea, and the old MapIDs no longer exist
- Deprecated API: HN:GetMapFiletoMapID(mapFile), HN:GetMapIDtoMapFile(mapID),
- These have been deprecated and will be removed in the future, but are still provided for compatiblity with existing plugins (data is no longer available in-game, mapping provided by HereBeDragons-Migrate)
- Changed API: HN:GetContinentZoneList(uiMapIdOrmapFile)
- This API can now be called with either a mapFile (legacy mode), in which case it'll continue to return a list of legacy mapIDs for old plugins, or called with a new uiMapID, in which case it'll return a list of uiMapIDs
- New API: plugin:GetNodes2(uiMapID, minimap)
- This is equivalent to the old GetNodes call, except that it handles the new uiMapID type.
- The Iterator should return:
- coord, uiMapID, iconpath, scale, alpha
- Mapfile was replaced by uiMapID, level has been dropped
- The old plugin:GetNodes API is still available and the data is automatically converted, if a conversion is possible. It is strongly recommended to switch to GetNodes2, so you can support new zones!
- Removed API: HN:GetMapFile(C, Z), HN:GetCZ(mapFile), HN:GetZoneToCZ(zone), HN:GetCZToZone(C,Z)
Changes from v1.2.0 to v1.4.0
- HandyNotes now uses HereBeDragons-1.0 instead of the unmaintained Astrolabe
- Plugins which referenced Astrolabe directly should be updated, and ideally not require anything the HandyNotes API does not provide
- New HandyNotes API function: HN:GetContinentZoneList(mapFile), retrieve a list of zones inside a continent (Z -> mapID hash table)
hey since you're obviously never going to update BankItems again, could you please just relinquish control of the mod to the guy who IS updating it?
In WoW classic, the window to add the note is minuscule, I can barely see it.
For those with alt + RightClick map issues, the same adjustment I did previously still works on 10.0.7:
In Handynotes/HandyNotes_HandyNotes.lua, line 473:
Replace:
with:
I've several Plugin AddOns which rely upon HandyNotes.
The original owner of this project appears to have departed and now the maintainer. I am not offering but I hope someone comes forward to take over!
In the meantime... just download anyway, then edit the TOC files to replace 3.4.0 with 3.4.1 and 10.0.2 with 10.0.5 and evrything will work perfectly!
Edit: It appears the maintainer is still active at Curseforge, just not this AddOn. Anyone have any intel?
It cannot be understated how much of a cunt move it was to add Alt-RightClick as a keybind (it supersedes a TomTom keybind which has existed for many years), not give us the ability to modify or disable it, and then ignore everyone complaining about it.
In reply to KarsiTV:
Commenting to add visibility. It's a terrible design choice and it should be fixed/removed.
In reply to KarsiTV:
The fix/workaround is further down the comments still, and credits to brunokbcao and durandal42 for making it, so just to put it here for better visibility:
In Handynotes/HandyNotes_HandyNotes.lua, line 473:
Replace:
with:
In reply to KarsiTV:
Quick hack to disable this annoying "feature": in HandyNotes_HandyNotes.lua file change line 494 from:
to:
how can i hide icons that have a "red requirement" (things i cant collect because i have missing renown or such) i would like to see only the things i currenlty could collect
Please update for retail 10.0.5
In reply to Justice_Ronin:
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In the meantime, open HandyNotes.toc file with Notepad or any other text editor, it can be found in the 'interface>addons>HandyNotes' folder wherever your WoW install folder is, and at the top you will see something like "Interface: 100002", change the 2 to a 5 and then save. All done.
This won't update any internal features the addon may have but it will give you less lua errors due to interface issues. Can be done for most addons that are only a couple versions outdated.
In reply to lordporkbone:
he is german
In reply to imna1975:
ok, so then just disregard the first paragraph. a german with a chinese handle is unexpected but it is what it is, I guess.
In reply to lordporkbone:
the maintainer is german who also does the updates
In reply to Justice_Ronin:
Any eta about new update ???
Update for Wotlk 3.4.1 pls : ))
Is there a reason by default addon is set to character-specific profile?
Ive been using it for many years and have never had any reason whatsoever to use character specific profile.
It is aggrivating because if i change the scale of map icons for one character, i lose that setting on another.
That means every time i set up my UI (i reset / move PC's often) i have to re-setup profile on EVERY single character!
Can you PLEASE set "default" profile as default, or alternative add a toggle that will get rid of profile settings and just make everything global.
Please consider this.. been bugging me for years.
Hello,
Is there a way to unconfigure the Alt-click behavior of handy notes? It is overriding the Alt-click of TomTom which I use more and I would like to prioritize the Tomtom one one move HandyNotes to e.g. Shift+Alt click.
In reply to wazikatoturo:
I came here to ask this! I can't configure it anywhere and I really need that TomTom Alt-click! I don't know when this changed but it's been really annoying throughout DF when I just want to Alt-click someplace on the map and go.