Right now I am using a hot-bar button to mount and dismount my Dragon in DF. When I land on targets they get a few swings on me before I get a shot on them.
Is there a way to set my options up to allow me to dismount on attack like ground mounts do?
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Your dragon riding bar is an action bar. Put some of your classes attack abilities on it.
For my Druid I put catform on button 1 of dragonriding that way i can dismount as cat > stealth or attack.
For something like paladin you might want a self heal that way you donāt always have to start a fight when you land.
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I usually dismount when I am about to land with my favorite mount button. I have a button keybinded to a mousebutton for that good for mining/herbing.
DF made me dismount on some classes. But you can also put class spells on the dragonriding bar. Ideally buttons to engage.
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I have my mount ability hot keyed to the ~ key. When I land I just hit it with my pinky and start up my combat.
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Iāve been looking for a macro like this as well but I always forget to look and try 
Maybe something like
/cast dragonriding move
/cast [@target,exists] move
Idk, Iāll try it tomorrow.
Just put a ranged attack skill in slot one. Or an aoe that you have set to drop where your standing
you either have a shield or when you land a stun ability as a dragon flying talent - I would guess you have the former so maybe try the second if you donāt like them hitting you.
I just hit the mount button again - works to dismount as well.
Make a macro and put in on slot 5 on your dragonriding action bar
/dismount
Then fly around randomally, land and hit ā5ā and attack something. Itāll become second nature pretty quick.
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I would even be so bold to say put it in slot 2 for an easier reach. If you are like me, I use space bar instead of the default 2 where the lift button is. I moved lift way to the right (I removed it once and I think it auto came back).
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I put my Misdirect macro and Arcane Shot on my dragonriding bar, so that I could use them to dismount and get right into the action.
The other step is to go into the settings and turn on the ability to get dismounted by using an ability, but uhā¦just be careful with it. Iāve died MANY a time to accidentally hitting a button for an active ability that will dismount you that was right next to the one I intended!
I just moved all my ābar 1ā spells and keybinds to ābar 2ā and mount and dismount dragon to a mouse button, so when I land I just hit the key I normally would for a spell and it auto dismounts me.
Iām not in game to test, but I can when I get home unless someone else wants to try.
#showtooltip Surge Forward
/cast [harm, nodead] commonly used spell; Surge Forward
In theory this would cast surge forward if nothing is targeted and if you have a target it would cast that commonly used spell. I would say line up what ever you have bound to 1 to this and so on for 1-4.
if anyone wants to let me know if it works that would be cool and I can attempt to modify it if it doesnāt.
Yea I have one that casts my usual 1/2/3 spell if Iām targeting an enemy and the dragon riding ability otherwise.
I feel like itās somthing like
/cast [harm,nodead] Normal Spell; [help,nodead][@player] Dragonriding
but I can post it later when I get home
Hereās the macro I came up with for Dragonriding. Itās one button to mount a dragonriding mount in DF zones, and regular mounts elsewhere. It also allows one to dismount if mounted:
#showtooltip Violet Spellwing
/cast [nomounted, dragonridable] Highland Drake
/cast [nomounted, flyable] Violet Spellwing
/cast [nomounted, noflyable] Winterspring Frostsaber
/dismount
/script UIErrorsFrame:Hide();
You can just swap out the mount names for whatever mounts you want it to use.
I hit Bear Form.
Becauseā¦ the answer is always āTurn into a bearā
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did ya find it? and does it actually work I canāt seem to find one that works yet. 
Like someone else said, itās an action bar, I put a basic attack, charge or taunt on it. Insta dismount.