WoW:User interface customization guide (source)
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The interface of World of Warcraft is built from XML files, which describe the look and layout, and lua files, which contain scripting functionality. This document is a short introduction into modifying these files to customize your interface. Customizing the interface is a very technical endeavor, and you should not attempt it unless you have a good working knowledge of XML and Lua. | The interface of World of Warcraft is built from XML files, which describe the look and layout, and lua files, which contain scripting functionality. This document is a short introduction into modifying these files to customize your interface. Customizing the interface is a very technical endeavor, and you should not attempt it unless you have a good working knowledge of XML and Lua. | ||
There is no official support for modifying the WoW interface. If you break it, you get to keep both pieces. | There is no official support for modifying the WoW interface. If you break it, you get to keep both pieces. =) | ||
To start fresh, download the [http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=21466 "User Interface Customization Tool"] and extract both Data & Art. This creates a new directory called "Interface". This directory will override any built-in user interface. To remove all customized UI, just remove the Interface directory. Be sure that you never remove the Interface directory in Data\, only remove the top level Interface directory the tool created for you. For example, if you installed WoW to the default directory on Windows 2000/XP, you'll need to delete the "Interface" folder located in ''C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\''. | To start fresh, download the [http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=21466 "User Interface Customization Tool"] and extract both Data & Art. This creates a new directory called "Interface". This directory will override any built-in user interface. To remove all customized UI, just remove the Interface directory. Be sure that you never remove the Interface directory in Data\, only remove the top level Interface directory the tool created for you. For example, if you installed WoW to the default directory on Windows 2000/XP, you'll need to delete the "Interface" folder located in ''C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\''. | ||