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04-20-09, 09:52 AM   #15
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In a nutshell.... yes... oUF and the like load in a style for a unit frame... but take the HUD as the simplest example which is not a unit frame but a collection of many unit frames of different types.

What you're asking for would the equivalent of asking Blizzard for an option in their config to enable or disable nUI's unit panels. The API allows the outside modder to change the presentation of the internal engine, but it is impossible for the internal engine to anticipate what the outside mod is going to try to do with that API.

Granted, yes, I could say that you have to name your HUDs to 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. and that every HUD must have this element named that so I can control it, but then I am greatly limiting the creative expression of the other person and in many ways would cause more harm than good.

The solution to the problem is to get nUI matured to the state where the tools to modify the UI to your personal taste are in place and the ability to share alternate layouts is in place, etc. Then this whole issue goes away.
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