DandersFrames

DandersFrames is a fully custom party and raid frame addon — built from the ground up for WoW Midnight (12.0). Total control over every aspect of your group frames, with a powerful Aura Designer, built-in Click Casting, automatic raid layouts, and deep customization.

🔮 Aura Designer

A full visual indicator system built right into the addon — track buffs and defensives directly on your frames without any external tools.

8 indicator types — Icons, Squares, Bars, Border Effects, Health Bar Color, Name Color, Health Text Color, and Frame Alpha
Drag-to-place on 9 anchor points with pixel-perfect offset control
Frame effects — Change health bar color, name color, or frame transparency when specific auras are active
Multi-trigger effects — One effect triggered by multiple auras (OR logic)
Layout groups — Grouped indicators that automatically collapse when inactive
Priority stacking — Set priority per aura so the most important one always wins
Per-spec configurations — Different setups for each specialization, auto-swapping on spec change
Curated aura lists for all healer specs + Augmentation Evoker to get started fast
Live preview with adjustable zoom and click-to-select editing

🖱️ Built-in Click Casting

Full click-casting built right in — no extra addons needed.

Bind spells and macros to any mouse button + modifier combo
Per-spec profiles that auto-switch when you change spec
Works on party, raid, pet, boss, target, and focus frames
Smart resurrection detection and spell transform support
Tooltip shows active bindings and usability on hover
Import/export profiles to share setups

⚙️ Auto Layouts (Raid)

Automatically switch raid frame settings based on content type and group size — no manual profile swapping.

Three content categories: Instanced, Mythic (20-man), and Open World
Size-range profiles — different layouts for 1-10, 11-20, 21-40 players
Override-only storage — only your changes are saved, everything else inherits from your base profile
Visual override indicators so you always know what's customized
Copy layouts between content types and size ranges

📌 Pinned Frames

Create custom frame groups for specific players — pin your co-tank, co-healer, or priority targets into their own movable group.

Multiple independent pinned sets
Auto-populate by role (tanks, healers, DPS)
Per-set sizing, growth direction, and positioning
Keep offline players option

🧪 Test Mode

Configure everything without needing a group.

Preview 1–5 party or 1–40 raid frames on demand
Animated health, absorbs, auras, dispels, range fading — all simulated
Quick-link buttons jump directly to relevant settings
Collapsible panel with active element badges

✨ Core Features

🎨 Health Bars

Dynamic gradients — Color shifts green → yellow → red as health drops
Class colors, custom colors, or hybrid mode
15+ built-in textures + SharedMedia support
Smooth bar animations with exponential easing
Missing health overlay with gradient coloring
Health threshold fading — Fade frames above a health % to focus on damaged players

🛡️ Absorbs & Heal Prediction

Absorb overlay or floating bar with full positioning control
Heal absorb tracking (Necrotic, etc.)
Incoming heal prediction — See heals in flight from you, others, or all
Overheal display with overflow threshold

⚡ Resource Bars

Healer-only mode — Only show mana for healers
Full positioning, sizing, and color control

🎯 Aura Control

Two filtering modes: Blizzard (automatic) or Direct API (granular control)
Direct mode filters: Player-cast, Raid, Defensives, External Defensives, Important Spells
Defensive Bar — Shows all active defensives simultaneously with wrappable layout
Boss Debuffs (Private Auras) with highlight borders
Missing buff indicator — Detects missing raid buffs, works in combat
Buff deduplication — auras shown in Aura Designer or Defensive Bar are hidden from the buff bar
Expiring indicators with pulsating borders

🎯 Highlights & Indicators

Target, Hover, Selection, Aggro highlights — each with 4+ styles (Solid, Corners, Glow, Dashed)
Dispel overlay — Border, gradient glow, or icon per debuff type (Magic, Curse, Disease, Poison, Bleed)
Role, Leader, Raid Target, Ready Check, Resurrection, AFK, and Phased icons — all repositionable
Status text for Dead, Offline, AFK, Vehicle, and Phased states

📊 Sorting & Layout

Sort by Role, Class, or Name
Separate Melee/Ranged DPS option
Player position control (First, Last, or sorted normally)
Flat raid mode (combined grid) or grouped layout
Custom growth directions and groups-per-row

⚙️ Profiles & Settings

Separate Party/Raid configurations
Per-spec auto-switching — Load different profiles per specialization
One-click import/export with compression
Global font options — apply one font across the entire addon
Settings search bar — find any option instantly
Copy-to-Raid / Copy-to-Party buttons on every settings section
Section sync toggles to keep party and raid settings linked

🔌 Compatibility

SharedMedia — Custom fonts and textures from other addons
Masque — Button skinning support
External API — Developers and UI pack creators can query frames, export/import profiles and click casting configs programmatically

How to Use

Install the addon (remove the old version if upgrading)
Access Settings: Click the minimap icon or type /df
Preview Changes: Use Test Mode (/df test) to see your frames without a group

Feedback & Support

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