General tab

Summary

The general tab is where addon specific settings exist and addon commands can be run.

Options

Top section

  • Hide options button - Hides the the options link at the bottom of the main frame.
  • Hide unlocked tag - Extends the frame and shows the word Unlocked when the frame is movable - Only applies out of combat.
  • Show minimap button - Shows the healbot button on the mini map.
  • Right click opens options - Allow clicking on the edge of a frame with the right mouse button to open options - tricky to use and not recommended.
  • Ignore aura events when resting - Turn off buff and debuff monitoring whenever the character is resting, for example in a city or inn.
  • Disable HealBot - Puts HealBot into an extremely low usage state, HealBot can take up to a second to wake up when re-enabled.
    • only when solo - Disabled when solo, enabled when entering a group or raid.
  • Options theme - Select a theme for the option tabs.
  • Options opacity - Set the option tabs opacity.

Middle section

  • Language - The language can be set outside of the wow client settings, a great deal of work has been done by translators and always interested in hearing from more.
  • HealBot Commands - Common commands originally used on the command line, now available here. See below for a list of commands.
  • Profile for Spells/Buffs/Cures - Healers can set spells, buffs and cures per character or have global settings per class.

Bottom section

  • Configure classes for - These settings really show HealBot's age, when in 40 man raids healers might be assigned specific classes to heal, this allowed for debuffs and other monitoring on a variety of combinations.

HealBot Commands

The following is a list of common commands.
There are less common commands that can be run from the command line.

  • Clear Blacklist - Blacklisted to many annoying players screaming for heals, use this command to clean the blacklist.
  • Copy current spells to all specs - Copy current spells to all specs for the current class.
  • Reset custom buffs - Reset frame icon settings in standard skins and reset class options (monitored HoT's and buffs).
  • Reset bar positions - Resets the bar positions to defaults, works on all skins that come bundled with HealBot.
  • Reset buffs - Resets the buffs to defaults for the class.
  • Reset debuffs - Resets the general debuffs to defaults for the class.
  • Reset custom debuffs - Resets the custom debuffs to defaults.
  • Reset skins - Resets all skins options to defaults.
  • Reset spells - Resets the spells to defaults for the class.
  • Toggle Dislike mount - Dislike the current mount to limit the number of times it is called when using the command Random Mount.
  • Toggle Exclude mount - Exclude the current mount from being called when using the command Random Mount.
  • Toggle suppress errors when using auto trinkets - Auto trinkets are set on the spells tab. When casting a spell, if the trinket is not ready an error will be displayed if not suppressed.
  • Toggle suppress sound when using auto trinkets - Auto trinkets are set on the spells tab. When casting a spell, if the trinket is not ready an error sound will be played if not suppressed.
  • Toggle custom cures - Default cast by - change the default cast by for custom debuffs.
  • Toggle include Main Assist with Tanks - Toggle including Main Assist with Main Tanks on the skins frames heal groups tab.
  • Recover Group skin - Recover the Group skin that comes with HealBot. This only works when the skin does NOT exist.
  • Recover Raid 25 skin - Recover the Raid 25 skin that comes with HealBot. This only works when the skin does NOT exist.
  • Recover Raid 40 skin - Recover the Raid 40 skin that comes with HealBot. This only works when the skin does NOT exist.