Authors CurseForge

I have always thought that the Merchant frame could use some sprucing up :)

so this is where i am at so far



instead of pages i went with a ScrollFrame.
also i have added a buy button and an edit box so you can buy as many as you want without having to use that damn splitstackframe where you can't input anything :)

Things i plan to implement:

• filterbox so that you can narrow down your choices.
• an autosell option -- so you can get rid of those pesky grays
• an autobuy option -- so you can keep stocked up with reagents
• a reminder when you go into a city to restock your reagents if you get low

What do you guys think?

hmm never saw that looks pretty cool though

also never knew you could type stuff into the stacksplit frame (damn that would have made the last years alot easier it doesn't have a cursor so never thought you could type in it) but i in my implementation you can buy as much as you want (even multiple stacks)

not sure if thats a good idea since i never used the original mod and am starting from scratch gives me the ability to make the way i want it instead of having to work from an original base and then if i do make any changes piss of old users

my thoughts on a vendor frame replacement...

i'd leave the buy/sell stuff to other addons specifically designed for that purpose. an interface for freerefills might be nice, tho.

to me, the biggest issue with vendors is all the crap you don't care about getting in the way of the crap you do care about. you should prioritize the things people want and put them first.

like: recipes you could learn right now, items that have limited quantities, things you've bought before, stuff you can actually use, etc.

i'd lose your frames around your buttons, too. the extra detail doesn't help the legibility. if you think you need to make the buttons read next to each other, maybe you could alternate black and dark gray background colors (just enough to see the diff).

currently its pretty much instant when you open the frame (at least on my comp)

and i will look into how it will look with alternating backgrounds instead of the hard frames

how about this for priority

1. if its in limited supply and usable and not already known move to the top
2. if its not usable move to the bottom
3. have a ignore button that will move items to above the not usable items

so it would be something like this

[limited supply item i can use]
[usable item]
[usable item]
[usable item]
[ignored item]
[ignored item]
[ignored item]
[ignored item]
[not usable stuff]
[not usable stuff]
[not usable stuff]
[not usable stuff]

as for auto restock feature i was thinking about having a popout window to the right of the merchant frame where you can set all your autorestock settings

i'd throw limited supply item that i can't use up there as well. maybe as the #2 priority. it might be a recipe you could learn later or even one you can sell on the ah.

i'd also think an ignored item would be the last priority, but unusable stuff of limitless supply also seems like a pretty low priority. guess it depends on what unusable means. does it include reagents for trades you don't have? sometimes those are actually useful -- like if you want somebody to craft something for you...

it'd be nice if some kind of grouping scheme could be implemented, but i suspect it's probably more work than it's worth.

maybe it'd be cool to have a comparison feature. like you identify an object as being interesting this visit so it gets locked into the #1 position on the scroll bar. you find another interesting item and it gets locked into #2, etc. then you can quickly mouse over to see how they compare. right now you potentially have to mouse around a big list of items to see what pvp gear you might want. this could also be done as a separate break-out window. sort of the equivalent of a real life vendor taking items out of the display case for you to look at more closely.

cool idea the unusable stuff is everything that appears in red in the default merchant frame
which is given by

name, texture, price, quantity, numAvailable, isUsable, extendedCost = GetMerchantItemInfo(index)

a compare feature would indeed be kinda cool though i think it would be nicer to have that as a separate addon where you can just drag items to it

its always a pain to compare tanking drops to my tank set since i generally leave it in my bank but can access the items via itemrack

alright i like this alot better then the borders


also attached my current code if anyone wants to try it (use at your own risk)

the buy buttons are also now fully working (successfully bought 1000 Coarse Thread with one click)
also if an item is sold in stacks of 5 but you type in 6 then it will automatically round up to buy 10

nope clicking on the icon works just fine does not pull up the splitstack window though thats what the buy button is for

cause with my button i can buy as much as i want instead of just a stack

Or someone can install BuyEmAll to enhance the default split-stack frame to buy custom quantities. Why reinvent the wheel and bulk up your addon in the process?

for unusable items, maybe you should ghost the text as well -- like alpha it down to 60 or 70 percent just so those items recede a bit.

not sure that iLevel is so important that it should make the front page, so to speak. don't think i've ever cared about the iLevel of an item. now, if you subbed the recipe level (color coded!) or the min toon level for the item, then i could see how it'd be worth-while.

also, if clicking the icon buys the item, why do you need the buy buttons?

lastly, i would leave off the 1's and assume a blank edit field means 1. again, just trying to clean up the info so the important stuff is easy to see. might even suggest moving it to the left side of the icon (moving everything over to right to make room). maybe you could use that room to also identify/edit quotas or display current inventory counts....

$0.02

Quote from LaoTseu

One thing I would like to see for such an addon would be the currencies I need to buy the stuff at the merchant instead or in addition to the gold. It could even be a little window hanging to the right with multiple currencies that are used if there are more then one.

I filter of what I can buy would be great to.

not sure what you mean ???
but even the default frame displays exactly what you need to buy an item

Or someone can install BuyEmAll to enhance the default split-stack frame to buy custom quantities. Why reinvent the wheel and bulk up your addon in the process?

first its a personal choice cause i never liked the split stack frame :) also i will need most of the code for the auto buy feature

for unusable items, maybe you should ghost the text as well -- like alpha it down to 60 or 70 percent just so those items recede a bit.

not sure that iLevel is so important that it should make the front page, so to speak. don't think i've ever cared about the iLevel of an item. now, if you subbed the recipe level (color coded!) or the min toon level for the item, then i could see how it'd be worth-while.

also, if clicking the icon buys the item, why do you need the buy buttons?

lastly, i would leave off the 1's and assume a blank edit field means 1. again, just trying to clean up the info so the important stuff is easy to see. might even suggest moving it to the left side of the icon (moving everything over to right to make room). maybe you could use that room to also identify/edit quotas or display current inventory counts....

not bad ideas though blank edit frames tend to be confusing since at first glance they are just an empty rectangle but if you put something in them they are easily recognized as such (hopefully) currently they display the min buy quantity for an item. was thinking though to remove it and the buy button and simply make the min buy quantity on the itembutton itself editable and then if you either hit enter or click the item button it would buy the entered quantity on esc i would reset the value to its default value