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About this addon
What it does
GCD Cast Bar adds a smooth Global Cooldown progress bar that follows Blizzard’s player cast bar, matching its size, scale, position, and presentation.
Configuration
Open the configurator with /gcd or through the GCD Cast Bar category in Blizzard’s AddOn settings.
Features
- Tracks and displays GCD progress after instant-cast abilities.
- Automatically adapts to Blizzard cast-bar positioning, scale, and Edit Mode changes.
- Hides during normal spell casts and channels to prevent visual overlap.
- Includes an integrated Spell Proc Alert icon with draggable positioning, adjustable scale, and glow presentation.
- Optionally displays the triggering spell’s icon and name.
- Supports normal or reverse fill direction.
- Shows or hides the moving edge spark.
- Can be limited to combat only.
- Can be disabled while mounted or in Druid Flight Form.
- Adjusts bar opacity with a precise slider.
- Supports custom bar colors, class color, and Blizzard’s standard color.
- Includes custom textures such as Smooth, Minimal, Flat, Skills, Standard Castbar, Target Bar, Gloss, Modern Unit Frame, and Crafted.
- Provides spark size and spark color controls.
- Includes global, character-specific, and per-specialization profiles.
- Automatically switches profiles when changing specialization.
- Includes Test Bar, Debug Mode, and Reset Defaults controls.
- Uses animated toggles, custom sliders, visible setting descriptions, page transitions, and conditional scrolling.
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At-a-glance numbers
Performance highlights
- Peaked at Hot #1039 on Aug 26, 2026.
- Peaked at Rising #513 on Aug 27, 2026.
- Featured on the Hot list across 5 distinct weeks.
- Shipped 5 releases in the last 30 days.
- Averaging 3 new downloads per day over the past week.
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