oUF - Layout discussion

[ObbleYeah]

i'm writing this out of sheer exasperation. I've been working solidly for three days to see which of my events is causing my raid layout to spew out errors; and i'm utterly out of ideas. I've checked documentation, forum threads, other people code and still nothing.

http://obble.pastey.net/105064 Is my layout.

Can anyone spot what the event is that i'm calling that no longer exists? :<

[haste]

You don't register any events in that layout.

[Penthouse36]

I see why altering aura.lua is bad. But I couldn't get things to work like I wanted without it. Maybe someone could help me out so I can leave aura.lua be.

Inside aura.lua, I took:

		if((isDebuff and icons.showDebuffType) or (not isDebuff and icons.showBuffType) or icons.showType) then
			local color = DebuffTypeColor[dtype] or DebuffTypeColor.none

			icon.overlay:SetVertexColor(color.r, color.g, color.b)
			icon.overlay:Show()
			icon.count:SetText((count > 1 and count))
		else
			icon.overlay:Hide()
		end

and changed it to:

		if (not isDebuff and isPlayer) then
			icon.overlay:SetVertexColor(0, 1, 0)
			icon.overlay:Show()
			icon.count:SetText((count > 1 and count))
		elseif (not isDebuff) then
			icon.overlay:SetVertexColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)
			icon.overlay:Show()
			icon.count:SetText((count > 1 and count))			
		elseif((isDebuff and icons.showDebuffType) or (not isDebuff and icons.showBuffType) or icons.showType) then
			local color = DebuffTypeColor[dtype] or DebuffTypeColor.none

			icon.overlay:SetVertexColor(color.r, color.g, color.b)
			icon.overlay:Show()
			icon.count:SetText((count > 1 and count))
		else
			icon.overlay:Hide()
		end

This colored my buffs green, other buffs grey and debuffs by type.

I tried to simply use this in my layout instead:

local function PostUpdateAuraIcon(icons, unit, icon, index, offset, filter, isDebuff)
		if (not isDebuff and isPlayer) then
			icon.overlay:SetVertexColor(0, 1, 0)
			icon.overlay:Show()
			icon.count:SetText((count > 1 and count))
		elseif (not isDebuff) then
			icon.overlay:SetVertexColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)
			icon.overlay:Show()
			icon.count:SetText((count > 1 and count))			
		elseif((isDebuff and icons.showDebuffType) or (not isDebuff and icons.showBuffType) or icons.showType) then
			local color = DebuffTypeColor[dtype] or DebuffTypeColor.none

			icon.overlay:SetVertexColor(color.r, color.g, color.b)
			icon.overlay:Show()
			icon.count:SetText((count > 1 and count))
		else
			icon.overlay:Hide()
		end
end

But it wasn't that simple (you coders are probably laughing right now)

Tried lots of variations aswell, but it keeps throwing errors at me. I'm pretty sure it would be fairly simple to achieve what I want from within my layout, but it's beyond me at this point.

Sorry for the noobness

[Kellen]

I think ObbleYeah's confusion is similar to my own. If the error checking code suggested earlier reports a problem with an event that wasn't explicitly registered in my layout (or any layout), why is that an error? I realize that a missing handler is the problem, but if I didn't register it, why is it triggering?

For me it seems to be UNIT_AURA fired from 'player'. But I don't have anything to that effect in my layout. Is the answer to make a noop handler for it?

[haste]

Originally Posted by Kellen I think ObbleYeah's confusion is similar to my own. If the error checking code suggested earlier reports a problem with an event that wasn't explicitly registered in my layout (or any layout), why is that an error? I realize that a missing handler is the problem, but if I didn't register it, why is it triggering? For me it seems to be UNIT_AURA fired from 'player'. But I don't have anything to that effect in my layout. Is the answer to make a noop handler for it?

No, that's not the answer. If you can re-create the issue with a simple layout, and no plug-ins then post a bug report on oUF.

[ObbleYeah]

Originally Posted by haste You don't register any events in that layout.

I thought i didn't
I think it's something to do with my party frames, as more errors spurt out the more party members there are. I'l see if i recreate it if i move my party header to my main layout.

[TacoEater]

Hi there,

I've studied the codes from P3lim, ObbleYeah and health.lua in the "elements" folder, but still can't figure out how to change the direction where the status bar will deplete. For example, I'd like my target's health bar deplete from left to right -- just the opposite direction of the player's one.

Is there any trick to do this? Such as rotating the health bar for 180 degree.

[Lysiander]

Hi there,

I have written a tag that shows me the target of a raidmember is the said raidmember is a designated MT or MA. Now I want to colorize the names of the target to be able to distinguish between the two, yet I do not know how. Its probably a simple solution and im just too blind to see it.

Here's the code:

	oUF.Tags['[raidtargetname]'] = 	function(u)
			if (not UnitExists(u)) then return "" end
			if not (GetPartyAssignment('MAINTANK', unit)) and not (GetPartyAssignment('MAINASSIST', unit)) then return '' 
			elseif (GetPartyAssignment('MAINTANK', unit)) and not (GetPartyAssignment('MAINASSIST', unit)) then return UnitName(u..'target')
			elseif (GetPartyAssignment('MAINASSIST', unit)) and not (GetPartyAssignment('MAINTANK', unit)) then return UnitName(u..'target')
		        end
		end

I want the UnitName(u..'target') part colored. I tried using the [raidtargetname] tag, but that gives me a weird bug where it shows the raidicons tiny above the frame.

Edit: Nevermind, got the colors working. Now I have to figure out how to limit the amount of characters displayed without getting the .. at the end if I just set a width. I love fidling with this stuff.

Edit2: Nevermind that as well. As p3lim pointed out a couple of pages back, string.sub does the trick. Now I gotta figure out why the raid target icon won't update. That edit will take a while tho.

[Tøra]

--[[ -- oUF does to this for, but only for the first layout registered. I'm mainly -- adding it here so people know about it, especially since it's required for -- layouts using different styles between party/partypet/raid/raidpet. It is -- however smart to execute this function regardless. -- -- There is a possibility that another layout has been registered before yours. --]] oUF:SetActiveStyle"dLx" local player = oUF:Spawn"player" player:SetPoint("CENTER", "UIParent", "CENTER", -105, -134) local pBG = addBG(player, dLx.oUF.playerBoxHeight, 209) if (dLx.oUF.selectSound) then pBG:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_TARGET_CHANGED") pBG:SetScript("OnEvent", function() if(UnitExists("target")) then PlaySound("igCreatureAggroSelect") end end) end local target = oUF:Spawn"target" target:SetPoint("CENTER", "UIParent", "CENTER", 101, -134) local tBG = addBG(target, 57) local tot = oUF:Spawn"targettarget" tot:SetPoint("CENTER", "UIParent", "CENTER", 101, -189) local totBG = addBG(tot) local pet = oUF:Spawn"pet" pet:SetPoint("CENTER", "UIParent", "CENTER", dLx.oUF.xpos+(dLx.oUF.xOffset*2), dLx.oUF.ypos) local petBG = addBG(pet, 57) local focus = oUF:Spawn"focus" focus:SetPoint("CENTER", "UIParent", "CENTER", dLx.oUF.xpos+(dLx.oUF.xOffset*3), dLx.oUF.ypos) local focusBG = addBG(focus) if (dLx.oUF.showParty) then local party = oUF:Spawn("header", "oUF_Party") party:SetPoint("CENTER", -150, -330) party:SetManyAttributes("showParty", true, "yOffset", -10) party:Show()

I can't see the raid frame, only party frame i can see.

[p3lim]

Originally Posted by Tøra I can't see the raid frame, only party frame i can see.

There is no raid header spawned, no wonder you cant see one.

[Alkar]

How would i go about making the party frames spawn like...

[1][2][3][4][5] instead of

[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]

up and down

[Wimpface]

Originally Posted by Alkar How would i go about making the party frames spawn like... [1][2][3][4][5] instead of [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] up and down

You do xoffset instead of yoffset

[Alkar]

Something like this...

party:SetManyAttributes('xOffset', -20, 'showParty', true)

[Wimpface]

Originally Posted by Alkar Something like this... party:SetManyAttributes('xOffset', -20, 'showParty', true)

Yes, that would set the frames 20 pixels to the left of eachother

[Alkar]

Bah got this..


local party = oUF:Spawn('header', 'oUF_Party')
party:SetPoint('TOPLEFT', UIParent, 'TOPLEFT', 15, -15)
party:SetManyAttributes('xOffset', 20, 'showParty', true)

but just not working lolo its stacking them up and down still just closer i have to be doin something wrong here :P

[Wimpface]

Originally Posted by Alkar Bah got this.. local party = oUF:Spawn('header', 'oUF_Party') party:SetPoint('TOPLEFT', UIParent, 'TOPLEFT', 15, -15) party:SetManyAttributes('xOffset', 20, 'showParty', true) but just not working lolo its stacking them up and down still just closer i have to be doin something wrong here :P

This is what i use, you need columnAnchorPoint and unitsPerColumn, and columnSpacing if i remember correctly.

party:SetManyAttributes(
	"showParty", true,   
	"showRaid", false,   
	"columnSpacing", 10,   
	"unitsPerColumn", 1,   
	"maxColumns", 4,   
	"columnAnchorPoint", "LEFT",   
	"xOffset", 20   
)

[Alkar]

Thank ya so much wimp worked like a dream but now another issue..

i have party target frames and party pet frames and i cant get them to match up to what i have...

local party = oUF:Spawn('header', 'oUF_Party')
party:SetPoint('TOP', UIParent, 'TOP', 0, -700)
party:SetManyAttributes(
	"showParty", true,   
	"showRaid", false,   
	"columnSpacing", 10,   
	"unitsPerColumn", 1,   
	"maxColumns", 4,   
	"columnAnchorPoint", "LEFT",   
	"xOffset", 20   
)

local partyToggle = CreateFrame('Frame')

--local partypet = {}
--partypet[1] = oUF:Spawn('partypet1', 'oUF_PartyPet1')
--partypet[1]:SetPoint('TOPLEFT', party, 'TOPLEFT', 0, -24.5)
--for i =2, 4 do
--	partypet[i] = oUF:Spawn('partypet'..i, 'oUF_PartyPet'..i)
--	partypet[i]:SetPoint('TOP', partypet[i-1], 'BOTTOM', 0, -32)
--end

--local partytarget = {}
--for i = 1, 5 do
--	partytarget[i] = oUF:Spawn('party'..i..'target', 'oUF_Party'..i..'Target')
--	if i == 1 then
--		partytarget[i]:SetPoint('TOPLEFT', party, 'TOPRIGHT', 5, 0)
--	else
--		partytarget[i]:SetPoint('TOPLEFT', partytarget[i-1], 'BOTTOM', 0, -20)
--	end

Have them comment out right now until i get it fixed but what do you see i need to fix to have them say liek this..

Party
Partypet
partytarget

[p3lim]

Originally Posted by Alkar Thank ya so much wimp worked like a dream but now another issue.. i have party target frames and party pet frames and i cant get them to match up to what i have... local party = oUF:Spawn('header', 'oUF_Party') party:SetPoint('TOP', UIParent, 'TOP', 0, -700) party:SetManyAttributes( "showParty", true, "showRaid", false, "columnSpacing", 10, "unitsPerColumn", 1, "maxColumns", 4, "columnAnchorPoint", "LEFT", "xOffset", 20 ) local partyToggle = CreateFrame('Frame') --local partypet = {} --partypet[1] = oUF:Spawn('partypet1', 'oUF_PartyPet1') --partypet[1]:SetPoint('TOPLEFT', party, 'TOPLEFT', 0, -24.5) --for i =2, 4 do -- partypet[i] = oUF:Spawn('partypet'..i, 'oUF_PartyPet'..i) -- partypet[i]:SetPoint('TOP', partypet[i-1], 'BOTTOM', 0, -32) --end --local partytarget = {} --for i = 1, 5 do -- partytarget[i] = oUF:Spawn('party'..i..'target', 'oUF_Party'..i..'Target') -- if i == 1 then -- partytarget[i]:SetPoint('TOPLEFT', party, 'TOPRIGHT', 5, 0) -- else -- partytarget[i]:SetPoint('TOPLEFT', partytarget[i-1], 'BOTTOM', 0, -20) -- end Have them comment out right now until i get it fixed but what do you see i need to fix to have them say liek this.. Party Partypet partytarget

That is not the proper way to spawn header's pets and targets, it should be done properly in templates, not by spawning them in tables.
That way they would be anchored properly aswell.

Even my own raid frames arent properly spawned, just that I havent bothered fixing something that works (for now).

[Alkar]

Ok not sure what ya mean there P3lim... I'm such a noob to all this still so tryin to figure things out still....

[p3lim]

Ill work out an example for you when I get the time.