Target the designated tank?

[linebacker]

Is there a line of code for a macro to target the designated tank in a group?

[Deleted]

Not possible to target based on assigned group roles.

[Deleted]

Easiest way will be to set up a macro with a [target=playername] term in it.
Ofc you will have to change it accordingly to group comp etc.

[sorry for bad english, foreign poster]

[styopa]

Why not macro-reference focus, always focus whomever is the tank, you're good.
I have a macro for MisDirect that says:
- if I have a target, md to that target
- if no target, md to focus
- if no focus, md to pet.

So every instance I just focus the MT (or OT as appropriate to the boss) and forget about it.

[Deleted]

I guess he wants a macro for raids which would not allow for an focus based macro.
More information would be useful

[linebacker]

Yeah I was looking for a way to target the tank that the LFD assigns or in a raid when the role is selected. Without using focus.

[Deleted]

Sadly... Treeston is right.
For LFD I´d recommend the focus based, for raids the target=name based macro so something like:

#showtooltip
/cast [target=focus] X

and

#showtooltip
/cast [target=maintank/offtank] X

[Judge40]

Depending on how the Blizzard interface works you may be able to get one working for a group (potentially for a raid using the same method). If you use the default blizzard party/raid frames you can organise by role, which places the tanks at the top.
The question is, does this change the numbering of the party members your client sees or is it purely cosmetic?

If it did work you could use :

/target [@party1,nodead]

or to cast a spell directly:

#showtooltip Misdirection
/cast [@party1,nodead]Misdirection

But I would suspect the numbering does not change, which is a pity.