API DoEmote

Performs an emote. restricted = DoEmote(token [, unit, hold])

• token: : EmoteToken - The emote to perform.
• unit: : UnitId - Who the emote will be performed on. Defaults to the current target.
• hold: - Supposedly holds the emote animation until canceled, like for the /read emote.

• restricted: - If an emote is restricted this tells the UI to show it as an unrecognized chat command. For example while being alliance.

• The list of emotes is in ChatFrame.lua and GlobalStrings.lua
• Does not require a hardware event. There is a ~0.25 second server-side throttle on performing an emote, since somewhere in 2011 when it was abused.
• Quirk: UnitIDs like "target" do not appear to work on NPCs, but it works while omitting the param.

Similar to, if you are targeting something <font color="#dda0dd">"You greet %s with a hearty hello!" , otherwise <font color="#dda0dd">"You greet everyone with a hearty hello!" To ensure an emote is not aimed at a target.

List of emote tokens in and

• for sending custom emote text similar to or