WoWInterface - Parent frame?

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I have made some background frames with borders. But I don't know how to make them have a parent name other then default UIParent. Don't know if I'm explaining this right.

So I will post my code and what I want to be able to do is anchor stuff to my frames ex...Recount, mini map, omen.....

Code:

local function CreateFrames()



local f = CreateFrame("Frame", "LeftFrame1", UIParent)

        f:SetWidth(405) -- Set these to whatever height/width is needed 

        f:SetHeight(145) -- for your Texture

        f:SetPoint("BOTTOMLEFT", 0, 0)

                f:SetFrameStrata("BACKGROUND")

                f:SetBackdrop(cfg.Backdrop)

                f:SetBackdropBorderColor(0,0,0)

                f:Show()



local f = CreateFrame("Frame", "MiddleFrame", UIParent)

        f:SetWidth(1120) -- Set these to whatever height/width is needed 

        f:SetHeight(145) -- for your Texture

        f:SetPoint("BOTTOM", 0, 0)

                f:SetFrameStrata("BACKGROUND")

                f:SetBackdrop(cfg.Backdrop)

                f:SetBackdropBorderColor(0,0,0)

                f:Show()



local f = CreateFrame("Frame", "RightFrame1", UIParent)

        f:SetWidth(405) -- Set these to whatever height/width is needed 

        f:SetHeight(145) -- for your Texture

        f:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", 0, 0)

                f:SetFrameStrata("BACKGROUND")

                f:SetBackdrop(cfg.Backdrop)

                f:SetBackdropBorderColor(0,0,0)

                f:Show()



end

I have tried naming the UIParent as my frame name but that dos not work.

Instead of naming UIParent as your frame's parent put a different frame name.

CreateFrame("Frame", "LeftFrame1", Minimap)

Or type /fstack in your Chat and hover the Frames like Recount, Skada, ...

If you know the Frame Name of the AddOn, so you can use it as a Parent.

Ok so I can anchor the frame to the addon but not vise versa (the addon to the frame)?

ADDONFRAMENAME:SetParent(YOURFRAMENAME)

Ok new question on frames. I made the background frames for omen and recount and they work good but now I want to make one main big frame for both omen and recount to be anchored to. Is this possible?

Frames that work.

Code:

if Recount then

        local f = CreateFrame("Frame", "Recount", UIParent)

        f:SetParent(Recount_MainWindow)

        f:SetPoint("BOTTOMLEFT", Recount_MainWindow, -5, -5)

        f:SetPoint("TOPRIGHT", Recount_MainWindow, 5 , -5)

        f:SetFrameStrata("BACKGROUND")

        f:SetBackdrop(cfg.Backdrop)

        f:SetBackdropBorderColor(0,0,0)

end

        

if Omen then

        local f = CreateFrame("Frame", "Omen", UIParent)

        f:SetParent(OmenAnchor)

        f:SetPoint("BOTTOMLEFT", OmenAnchor, -5, -5)

        f:SetPoint("TOPRIGHT", OmenAnchor, 5 , 5)

        f:SetFrameStrata("BACKGROUND")

        f:SetBackdrop(cfg.Backdrop)

        f:SetBackdropBorderColor(0,0,0)

end

Tried this.

Code:

if Recount and Omen then

        local f = CreateFrame("Frame", "RightFrame", UIParent)

        f:SetMovable(true)

        f:EnableMouse(true)

        f:RegisterForDrag("LeftButton")

        f:SetScript("OnDragStart", f.StartMoving)

        f:SetScript("OnDragStop", f.StopMovingOrSizing)

        f:SetPoint("CENTER")

        f:SetWidth(350) 

        f:SetHeight(150)

        f:SetFrameStrata("BACKGROUND")

        f:SetBackdrop(cfg.Backdrop)

        f:SetBackdropBorderColor(0,0,0)

end