Micro Menu
The Micro Menu, also known as the Interface Panel,[1] is a collection of small buttons located found by default in the bottom right of the screen. The buttons provide access to the most prominent interfaces available through normal gameplay such as accessing the Talents, Quest Log, or even the Game Menu.
Character info
This button opens the Character Info window (sometimes referred to as the "paper doll"). The default keybind is C.
The icon changes to the character's headshot instead of displaying a default character portrait (such as the night elf icon below). This functionality was removed with the UI refresh in patch 10.0.0 and was later reinstated with patch 10.1.5.
Vanilla — Shadowlands
Blank, player's headshot appears here
Professions
This button opens the Professions window. The default keybind is K. This replaced the Spellbook in patch 11.0.0 as it was merged into the Talents window.
Talents & Spellbook
This button opens the Talents & Spellbook window. The default keybind is N. It was renamed from just Talents in patch 11.0.0 as the Spellbook was merged into the window.
Vanilla — Shadowlands
Vanilla and Warlords of Draenor betas only
Achievements
This button opens the Achievements window which also includes the Guild achievements and Statistics. The default keybind is Y. It was added in patch 3.0.2.
Quest Log
This button opens the Map & Quest Log window. The default keybind is L and M. It was renamed from just Quest Log in patch 6.0.2 as the World Map was merged into the window and then renamed to just Quest Log while the window itself remains as "Map & Quest Log".
Vanilla — patch 4.0.1
Guild & Communities
This button opens the Guild & Communities window which also contains the Guild and Guild list. The default keybind is J. It replaced the Socials button in patch 4.0.1. The icon changes to the guild color/crest chosen if in a guild. Patch 6.0.2 removed this functionality but it was re-added once again in patch 10.1.5.
A orange dot icon above the button indicates unread messages from a community or Blizzard Group.
If in a guild, this icon uses the guild colors.
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Group Finder
This button opens the Group Finder window. The default keybind is I. It was added as Looking For Group in patch 2.0.1, replacing the World Map button. It was later renamed to the Group Finder in patch 3.3.0 with a complete new system.
Warband Collections
This button opens the Warband Collections window. The default keybind is ⇧ Shift+P. It was added in patch 5.0.4, renamed from Mounts And Pets in patch 6.0.2 and renamed once again from Collections in patch 11.0.0.
Adventure Guide
This button opens the Adventure Guide window. The default keybind is ⇧ Shift+J. It was added in patch 4.2.0 as the Encounter Journal and renamed to Adventure Guide in patch 6.0.2.
Shop
This button opens the In-Game Store window. It was added in patch 5.4.2.
Game Menu
This button opens the Game Menu window. The default keybind is ⎋ Esc, however the button will only open the game menu if no other windows are open. If other windows are open, pressing the button will instead close any open windows first then pressing it again will open the game menu.
The tooltip for this button shows valuable information such as the latency, framerate, bandwidth, download percentage, and memory used by AddOns and what AddOns are using the most.
Vanilla — Patch 5.4.7
The Game Menu tooltip from Classic, includes info for each item
A small line at the bottom of the button called the "latency status bar" displays as green, yellow, or red color depending on the player's latency. During Vanilla and The Burning Crusade, it was its own interface, integrated into the interface bar itself and would change color based on the latency. Its functionality was merged with the Options button in patch 3.0.2, with the monitor screen changing colors to indicate the latency and changed once Patch 5.4.7 further changed this to a colored line at the bottom of the button. This colored line carried over with the patch 10.0.0 UI refresh.
Introduced with patch 4.0.1, this icon replaces the Game Menu icon if game data is being downloaded with the arrow color indicating the amount of data needed.
Yellow arrow
Red arrow
Removed
Spellbook & Professions
This button opened the Spellbook & Professions window which had all the available Abilities, Skills, Professions, and Pet abilities. The Spellbook was merged into the Talents window in patch 11.0.0, while the Professions tab was made the default for it, thus replacing the Spellbook & Professions interface. See the Professions section above.
Patch 10.1.5 — Patch 11.0.0
Patch 10.0.0 — Patch 10.1.5
Vanilla — Shadowlands
Player vs. Player
This button opens the Player vs. player window. The icon changes to match the character's faction. The default keybind was H. It was added in patch 3.0.2 then later merged with the Group Finder in patch 6.0.2.
Alliance
Horde
Customer Support
This button opens the Customer Support window to find out about known issues, reporting players, making tickets, and getting unstuck. It was removed in patch 5.4.2.
Raid Finder
This button opens the Raid Finder window. The default keybind was I. Icon added in patch 4.2.0. It was removed in patch 5.0.4 as the window was merged with the Dungeon Finder.
Socials
This button opened the Socials window, which provided access to the Friends List, Ignore List, Who List, Guild List, Raid List. The default keybind was O. It was replaced with the Guild button in patch 4.0.1. The socials remain accessible from the button above the Chat window.
World Map
This button opened the World Map window. The default keybind was M. It was replaced with the Looking for Group button in patch 2.0.1.
Beta
These buttons were never made available in the live servers or only served as a testing feature.
An Abilities window in patch 6.0.2. Never went live.
Report bugs; used during Vanilla, MoP and WoD alphas and betas. It was reintroduced as a separate interface since the BfA alpha and used for testing since.
Gallery
Patch 10.0.0 micro menu
Patch 10.0.0 micro menu with unread community posts
Patch 8.0.1 with unread community posts
During
During
Patch changes
Patch 11.1.5 (2025-04-22): Fixed an issue where the notification icon on the micromenu for Guilds and Communities would not honor filter settings. 
Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11):
- Icons are now colored.
- The Guild icon now represents the guild's colors/crest once again, if in a guild.
- Character info icon now shows the player's portrait once again.
- Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): UI refresh.
- Character info icon no longer shows the player's portrait.
- Character info icon no longer shows the player's portrait.
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17):
- Moved from the interface bar to the bottom right of the screen.
- Orange icon added above the Guild & Communities button if there are unread messages.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Guild icon no longer changes to represent the guild's colors/crest. 
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Stream patch data: Play the game while the rest of the game downloads with progress indicated with a green, yellow, or red arrow on the Game Menu button. 
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Latency status bar was merged into the Game Menu button.
References
- ^ Blizzard Entertainment. "Chapter 3", World of Warcraft: Game Manual, 18. “Interface Panel: These tabs enable you to access your character information, spellbook and abilities window, character talents, quest log, world map, social options, the main menu, and GM support.”
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