Editing WoW:Making a macro (section)

=== stance and form ===
: stance:0/1/2/.../n or form:0/1/2/.../n

Stance is the generic term used for Warriors', Druids', Rogues' (Stealth), Priests' (Shadowform) and Shaman's (Ghost Wolf) forms. Stances are only applicable to situations where certain abilities are only usable in specific forms. Because of this, Paladin auras and Death Knight presences (despite being on the shapeshift bar), and Hunter aspects  are NOT considered stances.

The simplest form of [stance], as mentioned previously, means that you are in any stance whatsoever. It is equivalent to [stance:1/2/3/.../n] where n is the number of stances you have. [stance:0] is equivalent to [nostance] so you can use a conditional like [stance:0/3] to evaluate as true if you are either in stance 3 or not in any stance.

Form is an alias for stance.  The condition [form:1] will work exactly the same as [stance:1].

The stances themselves are ordered the same way as they appear on your shapeshift bar. So a Druid with Bear, Aquatic, Cat, and Travel forms would have stances 1 through 4. Here is a simple chart to help you remember stance numbers:

{| class="darktable ww-tight" style="margin:auto 0; padding:4px; width:100%;"
! !!Warrior!!Druid!!Priest!!Rogue!!Shaman!!Warlock
|-
| Stance 1 || [[Battle Stance|Battle]] || [[Bear Form|Bear]] || [[Shadowform]] or<br />[[Spirit of Redemption]] || [[Stealth]] || [[Ghost Wolf]] || <s>[[Metamorphosis|Demon Form]]<s> ||
|-
| Stance 2 || [[Defensive Stance|Defensive]] || [[Cat Form|Cat]] || || [[Shadow Dance]]
|| || || 
|-
| Stance 3 || [[Berserker Stance|Berserker]] || [[Travel Form|Travel]]  (includes [[Aquatic Form|Aquatic]] and [[Flight Form|Flight]] forms) 
|| ||  || || || 
|-
| Stance 4 || || [[Moonkin Form|Moonkin]]|| || || ||
|-
| Stance 5 || || || || || || ||
|-
| Stance 6 || || || || || || ||
|}

Note: If a Druid is missing a form, all the higher-number ones will be shifted upwards on the chart.  Also, Tree of Life does not have the word "Form". 

If the player is using Glyph of the Stag and/or Tree of Life, this table will not be accurate.

Note: If a priest has both Shadowform and Spirit of Redemption, Stance 2 is Spirit of Redemption.

Example:

 /cancelform [noform:1/3]
 /cast [form:1/3] Faerie Fire (Feral)(); [noform] Faerie Fire

In Bear and Cat forms, this will cast Faerie Fire (Feral). In caster form, it will cast Faerie Fire. In any other stance, running the macro will return you to caster form. Note that after patch 2.3, /cancelform will register instantly so it will immediately cast Faerie Fire after leaving a form.