Lucky's Utils

Shared library for Lucky Phil's WoW addons. Provides a consistent UI theme, reusable frame components, settings panel builder, minimap button factory, and general utilities.

This addon is a dependency — it does nothing on its own. If another addon asked you to install it, you're in the right place. No configuration is needed.

What's Included

• LuckyUI — dark/gold colour palette and frame builders: styled panels, headers, buttons, checkboxes, dividers, and drag-to-move with position persistence.
• LuckySettings — fluent builder for Interface Options panels: toggles, selectors, sliders, and section headings.
• LuckyMinimap — draggable minimap buttons with saved position and visibility state, no extra library required.
• LuckyLog — gated debug loggers that stay silent until an addon's debug flag is on.
• LuckyDeps — optional dependency checks with version validation.
• LuckySound — helpers for addon sound files and built-in WoW sound kit entries.
• LuckyUtils — general utilities: recursive SavedVariables initialisation and canonical Name-Realm character keys.

For Addon Developers

Installation as a dependency

Add to your .toc:

## OptionalDeps: Luckys_Utils

And to your .pkgmeta to embed it in packaged releases:

externals:
  YourAddon/Luckys_Utils: https://github.com/LuckyPhilDev/LuckyUtils

The library loads before your addon code. All globals (LuckyUI, LuckySettings, LuckyMinimap, LuckyLog, LuckyDeps, LuckySound, LuckyUtils) are available after ADDON_LOADED fires for your addon.

LuckyUtils

-- Apply defaults to a SavedVariables table (recursive for nested tables)
LuckyUtils.ApplyDefaults(MyAddonDB, {
    devMode    = false,
    showPanel  = true,
    threshold  = { min = 1, max = 10 },
})

-- Canonical "Name-Realm" key for the current character
local key = LuckyUtils.CharacterKey()  -- e.g. "Tharindel-Silvermoon"

LuckyUI

Colour palette — LuckyUI.C (RGBA 0–1 tables) and LuckyUI.WC (WoW colour escape strings):

-- Print with gold accent
print(LuckyUI.WC.goldPrimary .. "MyAddon" .. LuckyUI.WC.reset .. ": hello")

Key palette tokens: bgDark, bgPanel, bgInput, goldPrimary, goldAccent, goldMuted, textLight, textMuted, danger, info, success, purple.

Frame helpers:

-- Styled panel (dark bg, gold border, draggable)
local panel = LuckyUI.CreatePanel("MyPanel", UIParent, 400, 300)

-- Header bar with title and close button
LuckyUI.CreateHeader(panel, "My Addon")

-- Buttons: "primary" | "secondary" (default) | "danger"
local btn = LuckyUI.CreateButton(parent, "Save", 90, 28, "primary")

-- Checkbox (gold fill when checked)
local cb = LuckyUI.CreateCheckbox(parent, 16)

-- Horizontal divider with optional label
local div = LuckyUI.CreateDivider(parent, "Section Title")

-- Drag-to-move with SavedVariables persistence
LuckyUI.EnableDrag(myFrame, {
    db      = MyAddonDB,
    key     = "windowPos",
    default = { "TOP", "TOP", 0, -200 },
})
-- Restores saved position immediately; adds myFrame:RestorePosition()

LuckySettings

local panel = LuckySettings:NewPanel("My Addon")

panel:Section("General")
panel:Toggle({
    label    = "Enable feature",
    desc     = "Turns the feature on or off.",
    checked  = MyAddonDB.featureEnabled,
    MyAddonDB.featureEnabled = v end,
})
panel:Selector({
    label   = "Mode",
    value   = MyAddonDB.mode,
    choices = { { value="auto", label="Auto" }, { value="manual", label="Manual" } },
    MyAddonDB.mode = v end,
})
panel:Slider({
    label     = "Threshold",
    key       = "threshold",
    min       = 1, max = 100, value = MyAddonDB.threshold,
    suffix    = "%",
    MyAddonDB.threshold = v end,
})

-- Open programmatically
panel:Open()
-- or: LuckySettings:Open(panel.category)

LuckyMinimap

LuckyMinimap:Create({
    name    = "MyAddonMinimapButton",
    icon    = "Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_Bag_36",
    dbKey   = "minimap",   -- key in db for { minimapPos, hide }
    db      = MyAddonDB,
    mouseBtn)
        if mouseBtn == "LeftButton" then MyAddon:Toggle() end
    end,
    tooltip = function(tt)
        tt:AddLine(LuckyUI.WC.goldPrimary .. "My Addon" .. LuckyUI.WC.reset)
        tt:AddLine("Left-click: Toggle", 0.91, 0.86, 0.78)
        tt:AddLine("Shift-drag: Move button", 0.54, 0.49, 0.42)
    end,
})

LuckyLog

local DevLog = LuckyLog:New("|cffc9a84cMyAddon|r:", function()
    return MyAddonDB and MyAddonDB.devMode
end)

-- Prints only when devMode is true
DevLog("Player entered zone:", GetZoneText())

LuckyDeps

-- Check if an optional dependency is installed and enabled
if LuckyDeps:IsEnabled("WeakAuras") then ... end

-- Check if loaded and optionally at minimum version
local ok, err = LuckyDeps:Check("Details", "9.0.0")
if not ok then print(err) end

LuckySound

-- Play an addon sound file
LuckySound:Play(LuckySound:Path("MyAddon", "sounds\\alert.ogg"))

-- Play a built-in WoW sound
LuckySound:PlayKit(SOUNDKIT.IG_QUEST_LOG_OPEN)

-- Stop a playing sound
local _, handle = LuckySound:Play(path)
LuckySound:Stop(handle)

Author

Lucky Phil