BarShelf

Action Bars 1 more category

Hide your action bars and access them on-demand through compact popup shelves. Reparents Blizzard's own buttons — full cooldown/range support in combat. Fully configurable via Blizzard Settings.

WoW 12.0.5 Actively Maintained

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About this addon

What it does

BarShelf

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Hide your action bars. Access them on demand.

Barshelf lets you declutter your UI by hiding Blizzard's action bars and accessing them through a compact floating dock. Click a shelf handle to pop open your action bar in a customizable grid — then click again (or press ESC, or click away) to dismiss it.

Since Barshelf reparents Blizzard's actual buttons (not copies), everything works natively in combat: cooldowns, usability, range coloring, proc highlights, and tooltips.

Features

  • Bar Shelves (Bars 1–8) — Reparent any Blizzard action bar into a popup grid. Cooldowns, range checks, and proc highlights work in combat.
  • Custom Shelves — Drag spells, items, or macros onto buttons to create your own popup groups (OPie-like).
  • Configurable Grid — Set # of icons, # of rows, icon size, and padding per shelf. Auto-detects Blizzard's Edit Mode settings when adding a bar.
  • Multiple Docks — Horizontal or vertical. Drag the grip to reposition. Each dock holds any number of shelves.
  • Appearance Controls — Dock/shelf/handle background opacity, border toggle, padding, handle icon and font sizes — global defaults with per-shelf overrides.
  • Edit Mode Aware — Entering Edit Mode temporarily restores hidden bars so you can configure Blizzard's settings. Changes are picked up automatically on exit.
  • Profiles — AceDB profile support. Switch, copy, or reset configurations per character.
  • Blizzard Settings Integration — All options live in the AddOns tab with subcategories: General, Appearance, Shelves, Docks, Profiles.

Getting Started

  1. Type /bs or click the minimap icon to open settings.
  2. Go to the Shelves tab and click + Add Bar Shelf.
  3. A dock appears on screen with your shelf handle — click it to toggle the popup.
  4. Right-click any handle to jump to that shelf's settings.
  5. Drag the dotted grip on the dock to reposition it.

Slash Commands

  • /bs or /barshelf — Open settings
  • /bs reset — Reset dock positions to center
  • /bs rebuild — Force rebuild all docks and shelves

Tips

  • Set your action bars to Hidden in Blizzard's Edit Mode — Barshelf hides them automatically when a shelf is active and restores them when removed.
  • Use Custom Shelves for utility spells, profession cooldowns, or consumables you don't need on your main bars.
  • Adjust # of Rows to create compact grids (e.g., 3 columns × 4 rows for a 12-button bar).

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Performance highlights

  • Peaked at Hot #1332 on Jun 3, 2026.
  • Peaked at Rising #200 on Jun 4, 2026.
  • Featured on the Hot list across 5 distinct weeks.
  • Shipped 4 releases in the last 30 days.
  • Averaging 9 new downloads per day over the past week.

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