Been using Tuk/ElvUI since Wrath and it has evolved and improved a ton since then. From LUA edits, to in-game menus, to its own updater. Everything is just so customizable to make it how you want it.
The chat font works the same as with the normal WOW chat frames, you right click on the chat tab (so if you want to change the size of text in your General chat tab, your right click "General" at the top of your chat box). One of the options should be font size. The text in the options for action bar 1 should be there by default. If you wanted to, you could go to Profiles, load the default profile, check the text, copy it, then switch back to your custom profile and paste the text.
its worth noting you can actually embed recount(or omen for tanks or both) into that actual bar so it becomes part of the frame, which means you can toggle it off and on when needed :]
make sure you have it enabled, when you log in before pressing enter world in the bottom left corner there is an addons thing. go into it and scroll down to ElvUI and make sure its checked
Gurrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!!! (snap snap snap) That was SO GOOD. Your tutorial answered ABSOLUTELY everything I wanted to know. OMG. I had this for a long time but hated it as I didn't know how to configure it. Your indepth tutorial has helped me set this thing up exactly how l want. Thank you so much. I love my ELVUI set up now. Thank you from New Zealand!!!
Typically class bar under the unit frames setting. Also make sure you're using the most up-to-date version of Elvui from the tukui website. If that doesn't work, there's an addon called ClassMonitor on the tukui website that should help as well
Mouse over the right facing arrow on the bottom right of that panel and it'll give you the option to toggle it. it'll disappear until you mouse over that area again.
Saw one of your other video's with this and DL'd it, can be confusing to go through first blindly but once you get the hang of it is very nice on the eyes.
Thank you so much Panser! I had just downloaded this the other day and it was a bit confusing, well I mean i did go around and tweak some things around, but watching this video made it 100000x Easier!! Ty, Keep up with the amazing videos.
Wow, thank you SO much TradeChat! I will have to send you a picture for my new UI, I'm in love with it, great video! PS. I'm a super big fan of your weekly wow videos! Not sure if you this answer to this question but do you know how to ensure that ElvUI keeps getting updated?
Great guide, good presentation :) As mentioned in other comments it is a little outdated now with the new versions of Elvui, but still a very nice walkthrough of setting it all up. Thank you!
Thanks for this! I've wanted to install a clean UI like this for literally years but really can't stand finicky ones...this definitely helped. c: My UI looks gorgeous and sleek now.
instead of using the default UF on elvui i use shadowed unit frames just because i already had that setup. i like it more but its just personal preference, my main point for putting this comment though is to say that you can pick and choose what parts of the addons you use :P
What resolution monitor do you have Danielle? Your UI takes up so much of your screen I imagine it's kind of small. That or...you have gigantic chat boxes, minimap, and a huge, scary wall of hotkeys.
Thanks for this Panser! I've been toying with grabbing this (Icy Veins recommends this for Holy Priests), and I think you just convinced me. I'm curious though, does ElvUi have built in features similar to Decursive and how does it work with Blizzard's Raid UI (I used to use XPerl, but it hoses the raid tools pop out).
Thank you for uploading this, Panser. I found it very helpful, and I would love to DL, install, and use it, but I am worried that my POS dinosaur won't be able to handle the strain of this UI and WoW together. So I was wondering if you have played (any real length of time) recently without any UI and then installed this and noticed the pull on resources. I.E. Framerate dropoff?
Thanks very much. I've had ElvUI for quite a while and have liked it but not been *completely* satisfied with it. With the help of this video I've been able to fine-tune everything to just the way I want it. Thanks a bunch! Subbing. ^^
much prefer healer layout for all classes, all that it changes is the data texts. which i turn off anyway. and healer layout gives you extra bars straight off the bat so u dont have to go and add/change more
I installed Elvui correctly and I was setting up my bars and then when I summoned a fel hunter (I'm a warlock), my PC had the blue screen of death and now it won't even load up, it just freezes on the DELL screen. Please help.
@Tradechat I see you use newgrounds music in all of your videos. how do you decide what music to take? do you kisten to all of them? or just randomly pick songs?
Great video! I recently started playing WoW again on a feral druid and was looking for a good custom bar mod as well as dot/debuff tracker. This UI + your howto has given me an awesome looking setup plus replaced the need for a number of other mods. Thanks much! ^_^
Ftr, the reason her UI looked so screwy after her initial setup was because she picked the wrong resolution settings during the setup. If don't correctly you're practically good to go from the first setup and all else is just optional tweaking to your tastes.
Thank you so much for this video, honestly this has made my day!! Everything looks perfect now, obviously like you said i did change a few things such as size of the icons but mehhh it was spot on, thanks again :) hope you are having a great day too!!
I never use the 2nd chat window on the right side, I put skada there and my action bars slid over with omen on the left. Elvui is pretty awesome though sorta all I use lol
Where can I find the settings to the "Class Bar"? I have a Death Knight and when I summon my Ghoul a buff appears apart from the other buffs.I want to change the "Class Bar" so I can make it horizontal. Please help! Thanks! :)
im using the newest version of ElvUi , but the text on action bar 1 doesnt show, is it a big deal?? (the action paging text she talks about when explaining the 4 first bars)
so i have a huge screen (1920 x 1080) and obviously things dont fit the same way it does on pansers. i was wondering if there was a way to increase the size of everything to be proportional to the size panser has. thanks
Okay so I just set up Elvui to the way I wanted and all looks good, but there is one thing that really bugs me, I can't figure out how to display my character's (or target's) level on the unit frame. If someone could help please do.
Fairly sure he means too much room on the screen, and that's what I thought when I saw this, my custom setup takes half the room this does with all usable bars displayed not just some.
My power bar colour changed to the colour of my class (for example Warrior - brown) how i change it back rage to red, mana to blue and energy to yellow pls?
Need help! i get this chat like system messages (xp gained, loot gained, gold gained, shit like that), they are showing outside the chat near the middle of my screen! How do i get rid of it!?!?!?!??!
i had the newest set Elvui. umm... alittle different setup then what you showed, but no big deal, but i see alot of caster classes use this setup. what about rogues or warriors? just wondering how it would be setup. i had a hard time getting everything to work out right be cause im new and a newbie to WoD. any thoughts or help plz.
k i have 2 question after i get it all up and i log off when i log back on my the pic of my toon and the target is gone i have 2 enable it everytime any ideas and on the cd timer can i move them i cant find what i do 2 change it
The new version that I am currently tweaking here is annoying, I have to reload the ui after every change it seems.. but so far I seem to like it.. aside from that
I downloaded it and in the folder it shows its there but the add on menu in the character screen its not there and when i log in nothing pops up. Do i have to un-install dominos, chatter mod and sexy map to get it to work?
been fiddling around with Elvui and I made my bars similar to the razer style where it is 3x4 layout. My problem here is that everything is upside down any idea on how to resolve this issue?
It looked great then something popt up at the top and i clicked it without reading, then suddenly everything is massive D: and Im not sure how to shrink it. like all the icons and boxes are huge suddenly. any advice?
Does anyone know how to hide your default cursor??? I have been trying for ages to figure it out and have checked out the forums but to no gain. I always get a blackbox from a command that I am told to use in-game but again, I get a blackbox instead of no cursor. The command is this little thing here: /run local f=CreateFrame("Frame")f:SetScript("OnUpdate",function()SetCursor("")end) I have tried it multiple times and have tried restarting after I enter it in, etc. If anyone can help me hide the default cursor that would be great! Thanks!
Been using Tuk/ElvUI since Wrath and it has evolved and improved a ton since then. From LUA edits, to in-game menus, to its own updater. Everything is just so customizable to make it how you want it.
There should be an up-date vid on how to set up the current version of elvui
The chat font works the same as with the normal WOW chat frames, you right click on the chat tab (so if you want to change the size of text in your General chat tab, your right click "General" at the top of your chat box). One of the options should be font size.
The text in the options for action bar 1 should be there by default. If you wanted to, you could go to Profiles, load the default profile, check the text, copy it, then switch back to your custom profile and paste the text.
its worth noting you can actually embed recount(or omen for tanks or both) into that actual bar so it becomes part of the frame, which means you can toggle it off and on when needed :]
make sure you have it enabled, when you log in before pressing enter world in the bottom left corner there is an addons thing. go into it and scroll down to ElvUI and make sure its checked
Gurrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!!! (snap snap snap) That was SO GOOD. Your tutorial answered ABSOLUTELY everything I wanted to know. OMG. I had this for a long time but hated it as I didn't know how to configure it. Your indepth tutorial has helped me set this thing up exactly how l want. Thank you so much. I love my ELVUI set up now. Thank you from New Zealand!!!
The ElvUI totem bar is actualy a totem timer bar. You can also right-click to cancel your totems.
Typically class bar under the unit frames setting. Also make sure you're using the most up-to-date version of Elvui from the tukui website. If that doesn't work, there's an addon called ClassMonitor on the tukui website that should help as well
grr - every time I see your UI, I have to go match it because it looks a million times better than what I'm rockin!
Basic setup takes less than 5 mins. Just a few initial options. However, tweaking it to your preference takes as long as you need it to take.
Thank you so much for this guide! Lots have changed setting it up now, but this really helped me understand ElvUI a lot more! Thanks!!
excellent video, panser. I've always found UIs to be insanely confusing, so this was a big help. thanks!
Mouse over the right facing arrow on the bottom right of that panel and it'll give you the option to toggle it. it'll disappear until you mouse over that area again.
Saw one of your other video's with this and DL'd it, can be confusing to go through first blindly but once you get the hang of it is very nice on the eyes.
This is my go-to video for whenever I re-install WoW.
Thank you so much Panser! I had just downloaded this the other day and it was a bit confusing, well I mean i did go around and tweak some things around, but watching this video made it 100000x Easier!! Ty, Keep up with the amazing videos.
This is incredible. This is gonna replace over half of my add-ons...
i LOVE ElvUI. Greatest UI i've ever used
This look awesome, the only thing I'm "afraid" of is to start all over again with key bindings.
Your video was amazing lol I love how you added the little bits of humor while explaining it.
Thanks for making this by the way :D
Wow, thank you SO much TradeChat! I will have to send you a picture for my new UI, I'm in love with it, great video! PS. I'm a super big fan of your weekly wow videos!
Not sure if you this answer to this question but do you know how to ensure that ElvUI keeps getting updated?
Great guide, good presentation :) As mentioned in other comments it is a little outdated now with the new versions of Elvui, but still a very nice walkthrough of setting it all up. Thank you!
Thanks for this! I've wanted to install a clean UI like this for literally years but really can't stand finicky ones...this definitely helped. c: My UI looks gorgeous and sleek now.
You should update this for WoD since a lot of it has changed
I just followed most of this and was able to figure out the settings/where they moved for WoD. It's not that hard xD
Excellent. Thanks for mentioning the cursor addon you were using as well, was a pet peeve of mine when in intensive battles (not seeing cursor).
Loved the advice spent an hour last night before I gave up, thanks.
instead of using the default UF on elvui i use shadowed unit frames just because i already had that setup. i like it more but its just personal preference, my main point for putting this comment though is to say that you can pick and choose what parts of the addons you use :P
What resolution monitor do you have Danielle? Your UI takes up so much of your screen I imagine it's kind of small. That or...you have gigantic chat boxes, minimap, and a huge, scary wall of hotkeys.
I will be setting this up tonight. Looks very clean
Hint. In recount you can set the title text to class colour with the "C" button when you are selecting the colour.
The My Liittle Companion one is by far the best.
Thanks for this Panser! I've been toying with grabbing this (Icy Veins recommends this for Holy Priests), and I think you just convinced me.
I'm curious though, does ElvUi have built in features similar to Decursive and how does it work with Blizzard's Raid UI (I used to use XPerl, but it hoses the raid tools pop out).
Been going nuts of the spam from aura bars, ty so much for this video! finally rid of those :D
Yeah, you probably put the resolution wrong. type /ec and go back through the installation progress, click Low Resolution. See if that helps.
Thank you for uploading this, Panser. I found it very helpful, and I would love to DL, install, and use it, but I am worried that my POS dinosaur won't be able to handle the strain of this UI and WoW together. So I was wondering if you have played (any real length of time) recently without any UI and then installed this and noticed the pull on resources. I.E. Framerate dropoff?
Thank you, I have been trying to find out how to removed buffs for a few days. Thanks
Thanks very much. I've had ElvUI for quite a while and have liked it but not been *completely* satisfied with it. With the help of this video I've been able to fine-tune everything to just the way I want it. Thanks a bunch! Subbing. ^^
For how long I played I still like the way wow set it up
much prefer healer layout for all classes, all that it changes is the data texts. which i turn off anyway. and healer layout gives you extra bars straight off the bat so u dont have to go and add/change more
I installed Elvui correctly and I was setting up my bars and then when I summoned a fel hunter (I'm a warlock), my PC had the blue screen of death and now it won't even load up, it just freezes on the DELL screen. Please help.
Love this guide, i have been using Elvui for a time now, but with the help of you i can now do so much more with it :) Thanks Alot :)
@Tradechat I see you use newgrounds music in all of your videos.
how do you decide what music to take? do you kisten to all of them? or just randomly pick songs?
Great video! I recently started playing WoW again on a feral druid and was looking for a good custom bar mod as well as dot/debuff tracker. This UI + your howto has given me an awesome looking setup plus replaced the need for a number of other mods. Thanks much! ^_^
thanks this helped a lot :D been using standard UI for far too long haha
thanks so much ive been wondering how to set it up for a while and you guide was easy to understand thanks
I have enough ram. My addons combined use 130MB actually. I was talking about how much room it takes up on the screen.
Ftr, the reason her UI looked so screwy after her initial setup was because she picked the wrong resolution settings during the setup. If don't correctly you're practically good to go from the first setup and all else is just optional tweaking to your tastes.
i suspect this isn't 1920 x 1080, because the buttons look so big and clunky?
Going to try this addon. Seems to gather around 15 of the Addons I use and puts them all into one
i am having the problem with the default WoW main cast bar wont go away, if you could help would be appreciated
Thank you so much for this video, honestly this has made my day!! Everything looks perfect now, obviously like you said i did change a few things such as size of the icons but mehhh it was spot on, thanks again :) hope you are having a great day too!!
I never use the 2nd chat window on the right side, I put skada there and my action bars slid over with omen on the left. Elvui is pretty awesome though sorta all I use lol
omg thank you panser...now I finally have the sweet cursor addon and the companion addon..Ive always wondered what they were called :P
Where can I find the settings to the "Class Bar"? I have a Death Knight and when I summon my Ghoul a buff appears apart from the other buffs.I want to change the "Class Bar" so I can make it horizontal. Please help! Thanks! :)
Thanks so much Tradechat! Really needed to get my UI fixed. :D
how did you hide the blizzards own cursor
how do i make my profession menu bigger cause i click on cooking and the writing of the recipes so small...
How do I change Trade / Loot chat box to DPS / Healing meters? I DLd Cecile MeterOverlay, but no idea how to change it
Whenever I click finish on the installation thing it just resets and brings it up again
Idk about counting mobs, but I know there is an addon that estimates your time til level.
Great vid, had to re watch because I found my self watching fluttershy the entire time xD
Im starting to think panser gets to choose her own video ad as this is the third video of hers in a row i have seen the mop ad on... CONSPIRACY!!!!
im using the newest version of ElvUi , but the text on action bar 1 doesnt show, is it a big deal?? (the action paging text she talks about when explaining the 4 first bars)
Thanks for the guide ::)
Was very helpful, in the way that otherwise I never bother to check all the settings :D
This was extremely helpful for getting me started. Thanks a bunch!
so i have a huge screen (1920 x 1080) and obviously things dont fit the same way it does on pansers. i was wondering if there was a way to increase the size of everything to be proportional to the size panser has. thanks
Okay so I just set up Elvui to the way I wanted and all looks good, but there is one thing that really bugs me, I can't figure out how to display my character's (or target's) level on the unit frame. If someone could help please do.
TAB targeting is for the nearest enemy, so taht might explain a lot
Is there a addon in curse to have a cursor trail like that?
This looks so different from what mine came out to be, and i followed the guide completely...
this girl likes her ElvUI Pixel :D
nice vid btw :)
Fairly sure he means too much room on the screen, and that's what I thought when I saw this, my custom setup takes half the room this does with all usable bars displayed not just some.
My power bar colour changed to the colour of my class (for example Warrior - brown) how i change it back rage to red, mana to blue and energy to yellow pls?
so I need to find out how to make my xp and rep bar like yours mines up and down no left to right
the only problem i have is that the text in the guild window and other friend window look blurry.
Need help! i get this chat like system messages (xp gained, loot gained, gold gained, shit like that), they are showing outside the chat near the middle of my screen! How do i get rid of it!?!?!?!??!
I still got like an image of me in 3d on the top left cornen.. I dont want that, how do i remove it
I recommend to install "Elvui_AddOnSkins" in addition to match your addons to ElvUI.
i had the newest set Elvui. umm... alittle different setup then what you showed, but no big deal, but i see alot of caster classes use this setup. what about rogues or warriors? just wondering how it would be setup. i had a hard time getting everything to work out right be cause im new and a newbie to WoD. any thoughts or help plz.
k i have 2 question after i get it all up and i log off when i log back on my the pic of my toon and the target is gone i have 2 enable it everytime any ideas and on the cd timer can i move them i cant find what i do 2 change it
i got elvui and it wont change the target frames for npcs only for players
The new version that I am currently tweaking here is annoying, I have to reload the ui after every change it seems.. but so far I seem to like it.. aside from that
Question, i did something with the Loot Panel, and now I can't see it anymore. How do i turn it back on.
I downloaded it and in the folder it shows its there but the add on menu in the character screen its not there and when i log in nothing pops up. Do i have to un-install dominos, chatter mod and sexy map to get it to work?
This video was very helpful. I would've had no idea what to do if it wasn't for this video. :)
Thnx!! Great video little off on versions but think I got it setup ok with newer version settings.
been fiddling around with Elvui and I made my bars similar to the razer style where it is 3x4 layout. My problem here is that everything is upside down any idea on how to resolve this issue?
Looks great except the font is to blurry. Needs to be smaller to look more crisp. :)
why cant i tab target? it will only target 1 enemy, not switch if i keep hitting tab. I like to tab target to switch enemies. please help!
How did you get your action bars like that :( and my frame I can't see the photo of my character and enemy
This looks really neat! I'm going to give this mod a try! Thanks!
Hey I have a question I just downloaded it and it has every bar set as my hot bar can you help me fix this?
It looked great then something popt up at the top and i clicked it without reading, then suddenly everything is massive D: and Im not sure how to shrink it. like all the icons and boxes are huge suddenly. any advice?
I need help... The ''Vechicle bar'' doesn't appear ... This sould appear when u enter in a vechicle and u need to kill enemies with ... help plz!
used to use elvui for a while, its pretty good but prefer BT it does take a while to get used to
Does anyone know how to hide your default cursor??? I have been trying for ages to figure it out and have checked out the forums but to no gain. I always get a blackbox from a command that I am told to use in-game but again, I get a blackbox instead of no cursor. The command is this little thing here:
/run local f=CreateFrame("Frame")f:SetScript("OnUpdate",function()SetCursor("")end)
I have tried it multiple times and have tried restarting after I enter it in, etc. If anyone can help me hide the default cursor that would be great! Thanks!
+Ceazarr Augustulus Did you end up finding out how? I'm having the same problem!
how do i stop it displaying guild name next to their name on the guild datatext?
Some people want it more comfortable or easier to keybind/access
She said "this will literally take you 5 minutes". Me: finally after one hour, my ElvUI is completed!
Awesome addon thanks Panser for the help! :D