Tooltips are breaking during inspecting after few moments

[fatlus]

If you inspect a player the tooltip of an equipped item isn't shown. It happens totally random and there is no error.

[Arcitec]

Could this be caused by GearScore/GearScoreLite? I seem to remember that being the cause when I played in WOTLK.

Those addons cause "inspect player" API to be called when you hover over player 3d models, whenever that player isn't in GearScore's recent player cache.

So if you view an inspect window, and your mouse hovers over some other player, and GearScore tells the game to inspect someone else, then I think that may be what causes the tooltips to break.

[fatlus]

I don't have installed one of these addons in TBC. This bug seems to be fixed since a lot of weeks/months. I think it can be closed.

[Arcitec]

Ah alright. And actually, I think I remember now. When I had GearScore and some ”enhanced inspect UI” addon back in the WOTLK days, the GearScore inspect causes that alternative inspect UI to change its contents to the hovered person (so I guess the addon hooked the inspect API call or inspect event). That was the issue I was thinking about.

Now, as for ElvUI: I have seen the tooltips vanish but it has been extremely rare. Last time was like a week ago (and I use the latest ElvUI code). But I just re-inspect the person to fix the tooltips.

[Arcitec]

@fatlus Ok it's time to re-open this ticket. I have found what causes it.

• First, inspect somebody.
• Second, hover your mouse over the unit frames in your party (haven't tested in raids).
• Try to hover an item again. If you still see a tooltip, continue to hover over party frames. Eventually, the item tooltips will break.
• If you want the tooltips to work again, continue to hover over various party frames. After a while, the item tooltips will start working again.

The GearScoreLite addon is installed on my 2.4.3, which may be relevant.

[Arcitec]

Oh and ... @Apollyonn