[fRodzet]

Originally Posted by Phanx If your string looks like this: "|Hitem:12345:0:1:2:3|h[Random Item of the X]|h" ...then string.split on colons returns: "|Hitem" "12345" "0" "1" "2" "3|h[Random Item of the X]|h" ...whereas string.match to capture what's between the first "|H" and the first following ":" returns only "item": |Hitem:12345:0:1:2:3|h[Random Item of the X]|h

okay i get the idea now.. However if i type: local linkType = strmatch(linkData, "|H(.-):") it doesn't show any tooltips when mouse hovering also tried string.match(x, x).. maybe some of my other code needs to be changed also then - but looked it all trough, dno what should be changed then.

Here is the code, but it won't work properly:

local supportedType = { 
      spell = true, 
      item = true, 
      quest = true, 
      achievement = true, 
      talent = true, 
      glyph = true, 
      unit = true,
      enchant = true
    }
 
local function ChatlinkTooltips_ShowTip(self, linkData)
    local linkType = strmatch(linkData, "|H(.-):")
    if supportedType[linkType] then
        GameTooltip:SetOwner(self, "ANCHOR_CURSOR")
        GameTooltip:SetHyperlink(linkData)
        GameTooltip:Show()
    end
end
 
local function ChatlinkTooltips_HideTip()
    GameTooltip:Hide()
end
 
local function ChatlinkTooltips_HookHandler(frame, event, func)
    frame:HookScript(event, func) -- Sets & Hooks the script
end
 
    for i = 1, NUM_CHAT_WINDOWS do
    local frame = _G["ChatFrame" .. i] -- Copy a reference
        ChatlinkTooltips_HookHandler(frame, "OnHyperLinkEnter", ChatlinkTooltips_ShowTip)
        ChatlinkTooltips_HookHandler(frame, "OnHyperLinkLeave", ChatlinkTooltips_HideTip)
end