ElvUI n00b questions

As a full time Ret with selfless healer/Word of Glory since Cata, I’ve been running Vudho for clutcheals and the like.

Recently, I got fed up of the sheer number of addons I have to run in raid, so I decided to consolidate a couple of them in to ElvUI, but I’m not too familiar with how it works. The first of my questions is this:

-Can ElvUI be setup to cast heals or cleanses when a unit frame is clicked (similar to Vudho)?

-What are Class Totems (in both Ret pally context or other spec/classes)?

-What usually goes into UIWidgetBelowMinimapContainer?

-What is Ghost Frame? (seems to be with Shadow & Light only?)

-What are the 3 MirrorTimers?

-I’m guessing Level Up Display shows when you ding, but Boss Banner?

Thanks, gonna be having more questions later for sure.

Kaldara#11970 is my BattleTag.

I’d be happy to give you a quick ElvUI 101 in game and in Discord if you want.

It’s a complex set-up (or it can be), but IMHO, totally worth it. Cuts way down on the number of UI-related add-ons and the ones you do end up with are better coordinated with one another.

I’m currently reconsidering. I was hoping the addon would kill 3 birds (nameplates, actionbars, and clickheal-raidframes) with 1 stone, but it can’t handle clickheals like VuhDo. On the other hand, if I stick with that, I have to get 2 other addons, e.g. Tidyplates for nameplates and Bartender for bars.

Anyone able to recommend an addon that can handle as much of the following as possible in one? :
-Player and target frame
-Raid/party/arena frames that can be clicked to heal/dispel
-Threat display
-Maybe a dps meter?

I’m generally trying to have to use as few addons as possible because I still need Bossmods and WA2 and Skada and RCloot and the like on top of all this.

ElvUI and Clique (which ElvUI directly supports) will do it.

Still saves a ton of other addons and you won’t find better unit frames anywhere.

I run it, Skada, my own take on Weak Auras (that thing is a pig - you wanna get rid of something, get rid of WA), DBM for UI mods. I have a few NON-UI mods, but they don’t impact what’s on my screen.

You’ll need Clique to be able to click cast. It works with any frame set.
https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/clique

Class Totems are primarily for tracking Guardian uptime.

After trying a few other options, looks like I’m getting clique after all.

What does ‘Raid Control’ do? Seems to be from Shadow & Light.

On a separate note, apart from fancifying your paperdoll interface, what else does S&L bring to the table?

Raid Control is the flyout for raids: readycheck, disband, world markers etc. It’s part of the default but I’m not seeing the anchor for it in the move screen right now.

Thanks alot! Is there someway I can test it without actually forming a raid? I believe VudHo had a similar function.

Not that I’m aware of.

Bear in mind that you can form a raid with one other person by simply doing the “convert to raid” thing.

How do I display Holy Power tied to my own nameplate (not unit frame!) as opposed to target nameplate?

Heading down for a long-overdue nap. I’ll be back on in a few hours and I’ll look at this then if Elvenbane hasn’t answered it already.

So my left click is Flash of Light, but is there a way I can conditionally use the same keybind to cast OOC res on dead targets and Cleanse on diseased/poisoned targets?

Yes and no. You could bind it to a macro that changes it to res on dead targets but you cannot automatically change spells based on the presence or lack of buffs/debuffs. More details in the sticky.

Can I get a sound to play when a dispellable debuff appears, just like in decursive?