This addon replaces bracketed text typed into a chat edit box with the real chat link. This is the successor to the QuickChatlink portion of Saeris's LootLink (but it has no connection to the other successors of that addon, LinksList and LinkBot).
There are two ways to use the addon. The first is with simple substitution of completely typed out link names. In this way, for example, typing out [hearthstone] will replace that text with the real link to a Hearthstone as soon as the closing right bracket is typed.
The second option is to use full auto-completion support. To use this, begin typing the link name after the opening bracket, and the addon will show highlighted possibilities for auto-completion based on what you've typed so far. In this way, typing out [heart will provide highlighted potential auto-completions after that text, such as "hstone", "razor", " Strike", " of the Phoenix", and other links which start with the text "heart".
For each letter you type in, the potential matches will be narrowed down. While in this mode, you can press Tab to complete the link, press Shift+Tab to scroll through other possible matches in the current section (items, tradeskills, etcetera), or press Ctrl+Tab to scroll through other sections which have matching links.
Note that once the addon has scrolled through all links in the current section with Shift+Tab, it will automatically move to the next section, and after the last section has been scrolled through, the first section will be selected again.
To adjust the order in which sections of links are searched for substitution (for instance, if you wanted tradeskill links to appear as auto-completions before item links, or if an item and an ability had the same name but you wanted to show preference to the item), use the "/quickchatlink order"
slash command.
The default order of sections is: items, tradeskills, abilities, quests, talents. Also, optionally, you can have the addon forego auto-completion suggestions unless you start the link with two left brackets ([[) instead of one ([). This is useful if you want to ensure that the small pause which occurs as a result of the addon searching the databases for potential auto-completion matches does not interfere when you're typing a single left bracket for some reason other than creating a link.
This option is toggleable with the "/quickchatlink double-bracket" slash command. Lastly, there is the option to completely disable normal link text replacement and use only auto- completion suggestions. This option is toggleable with the "/quickchatlink normal-replacement" slash command.
Note that the auto-completion suggestions feature cannot work if you begin the link with text already after the left brackets ([ or [[). However, if you do type the full link name (finishing with the right bracket), the real link will still be inserted properly in its place, as long as normal replacement is enabled.
Requirements:
· World of Warcraft
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Updated to a newer version of TalentLinksDB1 library, which fixes an issue wherein bracketed text could not be substituted for talent links if auto-completion suggestions were not used.
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