🐉 DragonUI for 3.3.5a

A modular, retail-inspired UI addon for World of Warcraft 3.3.5a (Wrath of the Lich King).

📥 Download

The main branch always contains the most recent features and fixes. Releases are periodic snapshots that have been tested more thoroughly.

📦 Installation

How to install

1. Download the ZIP from one of the links above.
2. Extract it and open the folder.
3. Copy both DragonUI and DragonUI_Options to:

World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns/

4. Start the game and verify DragonUI and DragonUI_Options are enabled in the AddOns list.
5. Open settings with /dui.

Clean install (reset settings): Delete:

WTF/Account/<YourAccount>/SavedVariables/DragonUI*

✨ Features

Core UI

• 🧩 Modular system: enable or disable any major UI component independently.
• ⚙️ Custom configuration panel with profile support and per-module controls.
• ⌨️ Editor Mode: move and reposition nearly every UI element, with live X/Y coordinates and pixel-by-pixel position controls.
• 📋 Layout Presets: save, load, duplicate, delete, import, and export full UI layouts and addon settings using shareable export codes.
• 🌍 Localization for English, Spanish (ES/MX), German, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

Frames And Bars

• 🎯 Action bars with configurable grid layouts, visibility rules, and button spacing.
• 💚 Unit frames for player, target, focus, party, pet, boss, ToT, and ToF, with elite dragon decoration, class portrait icons, and fat health bar mode.
• 🩹 Unit Frame Layers: heal prediction, absorb shields, and animated health loss overlays.
• 🔮 Castbars: custom castbars for player, target, and focus, with simple and detailed display modes, plus a built-in latency indicator on the player castbar.
• 📊 XP & Reputation bars with Dragonflight and RetailUI styles, independently movable.

Visual Style

• 🖼️ HD textures for player frame (normal mode), target and focus name backgrounds. More HD assets coming in future updates.
• 🌙 Dark Mode with three intensity presets and custom color picker.
• ✨ Glow effects with separate combat and rest status controls and opacity slider.

Inventory And Navigation

• 🎒 Auto-sort for bags and bank with slot locking, plus integrated module (Bagster) for unified inventory browsing.
• 🗺️ Custom Retail-style minimap (compatible with SexyMap).

Utility And Quality Of Life

• 💬 Chat enhancements: style skins, fade sync, movable textbox with adjustable opacity, URL detection, chat copy, vanilla chat buttons with hover visibility, and /tt whisper command.
• 💎 Item quality borders, enhanced tooltips with class-colored borders, and range indicator.
• ⌨️ Easy-to-use keybinding mode on supported buttons.

Extensive customization available directly in-game through the configuration panel.

🔧 Commands

⚠️ Known Issues

• Party/raid role icons (DPS, Healer, Tank) may be lost after /reload in Dungeon Finder groups.
• Single-line tooltips show text overlapping the health bar.
• Party and raid scenarios require further edge-case testing.
• Some third-party addon setups may require manual module disabling.
• Found a bug? Open an issue.

🙏 Credits And References

DragonUI builds on original work, adapted code and ideas from these addon authors and projects. Each entry says what was used; the licenses are listed in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.

Addons and references (16)

Contributors (15)

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💛 Special Thanks

• Everyone who tested early builds, reported bugs, and helped shape this addon.
• Translators who contributed localizations across different clients.
• The open-source addon community whose work made this project possible.

📜 License

DragonUI's own code is released under the MIT License. Bundled libraries, fonts and code adapted from other projects keep their own licenses, and the SexyMap border presets are included with their author's permission - see THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md and LICENSES/ (both ship inside the DragonUI/ addon folder). World of Warcraft game artwork included in the addon (most textures under DragonUI/Textures/) is © Blizzard Entertainment, is not covered by the MIT License, and is included only for use with the game.

📎 Disclaimer

DragonUI is a free, fan-made addon. No content is sold and no in-game advantages are provided. Donations are entirely voluntary. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment.

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