Chat channel initialization?

[Doskious]

I'm looking for functionality that will allow me to define a chat channel other than "/say" as the chat channel that comes up by default when opening chat after immediately logging into the game.

I use Prat, and I enjoy the highly customizable sticky-channel functionality it offers, but immediately after I've logged in and I hit the enter button to type something, the default chat channel for that initial message defaults to /say, when I'd rather it were /guild or something else.

I've used a number of different chat mods over the years I've been playing, and at least one of them used to provide this functionality. Sadly, none of the mods I've tried now seem to be able to address this need, and I've forgotten which mod it was that did this.

Any help would be appreciated. (Minor, but frustrating.)

~Doskious Steele

[Phanx]

Something like this should work:

local function apply(editBox)
	editBox:SetAttribute("chatType", "GUILD")
	editBox:SetAttribute("stickyType", "GUILD")
end

-- apply change to all existing chat frames
for i = 1, 10 do
	local editBox = _G["ChatFrame"..i.."EditBox"]
	if editBox then
		apply(editBox)
	end
end

-- apply change to all future chat frames when they are created
hooksecurefunc(ChatEdit_OnLoad, apply)

[Doskious]

Originally Posted by Phanx Something like this should work: local function apply(editBox) editBox:SetAttribute("chatType", "GUILD") editBox:SetAttribute("stickyType", "GUILD") end -- apply change to all existing chat frames for i = 1, 10 do local editBox = _G["ChatFrame"..i.."EditBox"] if editBox then apply(editBox) end end -- apply change to all future chat frames when they are created hooksecurefunc(ChatEdit_OnLoad, apply)

Yes, rather. Erm. I follow that code -- what do I do with it? ^_^;

Armed with this reply, I was able to track down the chat mod that I used that provided this functionality - it was Cirk's ChatManager, accomplished with a slightly more robust (at that time) bit of code, to support D/Cs when grouped, raiding, PvPing, etc. I've attempted to produce something similar:

local function apply(editBox)
    if ((IsInInstance() == "pvp") and (GetNumRaidMembers() > 0)) then
        editBox:SetAttribute("chatType", "BATTLEGROUND");
        editBox:SetAttribute("stickyType", "BATTLEGROUND");
    elseif (GetNumRaidMembers() > 0) then
        editBox:SetAttribute("chatType", "RAID");
        editBox:SetAttribute("stickyType", "RAID");
    elseif (GetNumPartyMembers() > 0) then
        editBox:SetAttribute("chatType", "PARTY");
        editBox:SetAttribute("stickyType", "PARTY");
    elseif IsInGuild() then
        editBox:SetAttribute("chatType", "GUILD");
        editBox:SetAttribute("stickyType", "GUILD");
    end
end

-- apply change to all existing chat frames
for i = 1, 10 do
	local editBox = _G["ChatFrame"..i.."EditBox"]
	if editBox then
		apply(editBox)
	end
end

-- apply change to all future chat frames when they are created
hooksecurefunc(ChatEdit_OnLoad, apply)

Would this code provide initial chat channel selection based on login conditions to support logging back in from a DC into a BG, raid, or party, followed by default guild support unless the chosen character is guildless wherein it will do nothing (leaving the default as SAY)?

[Rilgamon]

Looks good ... but IIRC you need to delay until "PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD" has fired.

local f = CreateFrame("Frame")
f:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD")
f:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self,event)
-- Your Code here --
self:UnregisterEvent(event)
end)

[Doskious]

Originally Posted by Rilgamon Looks good ... but IIRC you need to delay until "PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD" has fired. local f = CreateFrame("Frame") f:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD") f:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self,event) -- Your Code here -- self:UnregisterEvent(event) end)

That seems to have done it. (I had to eliminate the function call and process the If/elseif block inline, but it seems to work. Thanks very much for your help, both.

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