ZaeUI_Shared

ZaeUI_Shared

Shared library used by every ZaeUI addon. Provides reusable UI widgets, a standard backdrop style, the ZaeUI parent category for Blizzard Settings, and a minimap button backed by LibDBIcon-1.0 that gives one-click access to all ZaeUI settings.

All other ZaeUI addons have ZaeUI_Shared as a hard dependency — install it alongside any ZaeUI addon you use.

Features

• Parent settings category — every ZaeUI addon registers itself under AddOns > ZaeUI > <Addon> in the Blizzard options
• Global options panel — hosted inside the parent category, exposing shared preferences (e.g. the minimap button toggle)
• Minimap button — LibDBIcon-1.0 launcher showing the ZaeUI logo next to the minimap; click to open the settings, drag to reposition
• Shared UI widgets — createCheckbox, createSlider, createDropdown with consistent styling used by every sub-addon's options panel
• Standard backdrop — applyBackdrop(frame) for uniform dark panels across the suite
• isInAnyGroup() helper covering HOME and INSTANCE party categories plus raids

Minimap button

The minimap button lets you open the ZaeUI settings from anywhere without typing a slash command:

• Left-click — opens AddOns > ZaeUI in the Blizzard Settings
• Drag — reposition around the minimap (position is saved)
• Hover — tooltip with quick actions

The button is compatible with minimap button managers (Minimap Button Bag, SexyMap, Titan Panel, Bartender, etc.) because it is registered through the standard LibDBIcon-1.0 / LibDataBroker-1.1 ecosystem.

You can hide the button via AddOns > ZaeUI > Global → Show minimap button. The preference is persisted in ZaeUI_SharedDB and survives /reload.

Public API

Available to every ZaeUI addon via the ZaeUI_Shared global:

Function	Purpose
isInAnyGroup()	Returns true if in a party, raid or instance group
applyBackdrop(frame)	Apply the ZaeUI backdrop style to a frame (must inherit BackdropTemplate)
ensureParentCategory()	Create/return the shared ZaeUI parent Settings category
createCheckbox(parent, y, label, get, set)	Checkbox widget — returns (frame, nextY)
createSlider(parent, y, label, min, max, step, get, set, fmt?)	Slider widget — returns (frame, nextY)
createDropdown(parent, y, label, options, get, set)	Dropdown widget — returns (frame, nextY)
setMinimapButtonShown(shown)	Show or hide the minimap button (persisted)
isMinimapButtonShown()	Return whether the minimap button is currently visible

Bundled libraries

The Libs/ folder ships with the standard LibStub ecosystem used by the minimap button. These libraries are vendored (copied in) from upstream and are not modified:

Library	Version	Purpose
LibStub	2	Version manager for other libs
CallbackHandler-1.0	—	Dependency of LibDataBroker
LibDataBroker-1.1	4	Broker object registry
LibDBIcon-1.0	—	Minimap button standard

The Libs/ folder is excluded from the project's luacheck to respect upstream code style.

SavedVariables

ZaeUI_SharedDB = {
    minimapButton = {
        hide = false,       -- true to hide the button
        minimapPos = 225,   -- angle in degrees around the minimap
    },
}

Installation

1. Install ZaeUI_Shared alongside any other ZaeUI addon
2. Extract into World of Warcraft/_retail_/Interface/AddOns/
3. Restart WoW or /reload

Download

• GitHub Releases
• CurseForge