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Hyperlinks

Last wiki revision 2023-11-07

Hyperlinks are clickable (chat) links. They are implemented in FrameXML/ItemRef.lua. Note that for use in it can reject invalid entries, as the server may expect certain combinations of color, payload and text.

''See also: ExtractHyperlinkString
From the in-game chat window.

From an addon, when clicking a hyperlink in-game.

achievement : achievementID : guid : completed : month : day : year : criteria1 : criteria2 : criteria3 : criteria4

The player's GUID.
1 for earned, 0 for unearned achievements.
Date the achievement was earned or 0:0:-1 if not earned.
32-bit bitmask fields for completed criteria, or 0:0:0:0 if not completed.
Example:

Generic link type for use by addons. Links with an "addon" type are local-only and cannot be sent in chat messages, and can be processed by addons by registering the callback in the EventRegistry, or by securely hooking. addon : name : data print("|cFFFFFF00|Haddon:SomeAddon:foo|h[Some Clickable Message]|h|r")

Arbitrary addon data.
Arbitrary colon-delimited addon data segments.
Example:

Shows API Documentation from the /api command. api : type : name : [parentName]

Example:

Azerite Essence link azessence : essenceID : rank

Example:
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battlepet : speciesID : level : breedQuality : maxHealth : [power] : [speed] : [battlePetID] : [displayID]

Example:
Barebone example:
See also: BattlePetSpeciesID

battlePetAbil : abilityID : maxHealth : power : speed

Example:

calendarEvent : monthOffset : monthDay : index

Example:
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Opens the chat window to a specific /channel. channel : channelType : [channelID]

Example:

Guild Finder (8.2.5) invite link. clubFinder : clubFinderId

Example:
See also: GetClubFinderLink

WoW communities & Blizzard Groups invite link. clubTicket : ticketId

Example:
See also: GetClubTicketLink

Community link in Quick Join requests. community : clubId

Conduit link conduit : id : [rank]

Example:
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currency : id : [amount]

Example:
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Opens the Death recap overview. death : recapID

Example:

Shows Mythic+ stats for a player in the tooltip.

Example:
See also DisplayDungeonScoreLink

Opens the Tradeskill window for a recipe. enchant : spellID

Example:

garrfollower : followerID : quality : level : itemLevel : ability1 : ability2 : ability3 : ability4 : trait1 : trait2 : trait3 : trait4 : spec1

Example:

garrfollowerability : abilityID

Example:

garrmission : missionID : missionDBID

Example:

Opens the /raidinfo list. instancelock : guid : instanceID : difficulty : defeatedEncounters

The player's GUID.
The instance's InstanceID
The instance's DifficultyID
Bitfield indicating the encounters that have been defeated. e.g. 7 means that the first 3 encounters have been cleared.
Example:

item : itemString

Example:

Opens the Adventure Guide. journal : journalType : journalID : difficulty

0=Instance, 1=Encounter, 2=Section.
InstanceID, EncounterID, or SectionID.
DifficultyID of the instance.
Example:
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Used for Mythic Keystone. keystone : itemID : challengeModeID : level : affix1 : affix2 : affix3 : affix4

Example:
See also: MapChallengeMode.db2, KeystoneAffix.db2

levelup : level : levelUpType : [petName]

Example:

Opens the /loot window. lootHistory : rollID

mawpower : id

Example:
See also: MawPower.db2

Shows a transmog in the dressing room. outfit : payload

Example:

This can also be in a non-hyperlink format. /outfit v1 14131,14137,0,39741,14134,1254,46212,15964,14128,16017,14136,16043,14106,-1,1898,0,0

See also:, TransmogUtil.ParseOutfitSlashCommand

player : name : [lineID] : [chatType] : [chatTarget]

Left-click: starts a whisper message
Right-click: opens the player context menu
Shift-click: sends a /who query
Message ID for reporting.
Example:
See also: GetPlayerLink

playerCommunity : name : communityClubID : communityStreamID : communityEpoch : communityPosition

Example:

Battle.net friend links. BNplayer : name : bnetIDAccount : lineID : chatType : chatTarget

BNplayerCommunity : name : bnetIDAccount : communityClubID : communityStreamID : communityEpoch : communityPosition

quest : questID : questLevel : unknown1 : unknown2 : unknown3

Example:
See also: QuestLink

Opens the Twitter /share window for an achievement. shareachieve : achievementID : earned

Example:

Twitter item link. shareitem : itemLink : earned

Example:

Twitter screenshot link. sharess : screenshotIndex

: index of the screenshot to autofill the Tweet with, counted from last login.
Example:

spell : spellId : glyphId : [event]

Example:
(as printed in Blizzard_CombatLog)
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Opens the In-Game Store. storecategory : category

Example:

talent : talentID

Example:
See also:

talent : talentID : points

Note that -1 = 0 points, 0 = 1 point, 1 = 2 points, etc.
Example:

Opens the Talent Tree UI with a read-only view of the linked loadout. talentbuild : specializationID : level : talentLoadoutImportString

The loadout's SpecializationID.
The loadout's level.
The loadout import string.
Example:
See also: Dragonflight Talent System

Shows the tradeskill window (from another player). trade : guid : spellID : skillLineID

The player's GUID.
The tradeskill's Spell ID.
The TradeSkillLineID.
Example:
See also: TradeSkillLink

Shows the transmog item in the Appearances tab. transmogappearance : id

Example:

Previews a weapon enchant in the Dressing room. transmogillusion : sourceID

Example:
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Shows the transmog set in the Appearances tab. transmogset : setID

Example:
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Shows the unit tooltip. Opens the combat log context menu on right-click. unit : guid : [name] Implemented in Blizzard_CombatLog.lua

Example:

Opens a URL in the default web browser. urlIndex : index

Example:

Opens the World Map to display a pinned waypoint. worldmap : uiMapID : x : y

The UiMapID for the waypoint.
The X coordinate of the waypoint, multiplied by 10000.
The Y coordinate of the waypoint, multiplied by 10000.

Example:
enUS globalstring:
See also:

Source

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