Quest Tracker Info Panel

[spiel2001]

You should be able to resize the scroll child...

local function myWatchFrame_Collapse(self)
    print("In my Collapse Function");
    if ( WatchFrameScrollFrame and not tFlags.nUI_InfoPanel ) then   
    
        WatchFrameScrollFrame:SetHeight( WatchFrame:GetHeight() );
        WatchFrame_Container.c:SetHeight( 2 );
    end
end

local function myWatchFrame_Expand(self)
    print("In my Expand Function");
    if ( WatchFrameScrollFrame and not tFlags.nUI_InfoPanel ) then        
        WatchFrameScrollFrame:SetHeight( tValues.height );
        WatchFrame_Container.c:SetHeight( 1000 );
    end
end

hooksecurefunc( "WatchFrame_Collapse", myWatchFrame_Collapse );
hooksecurefunc( "WatchFrame_Expand", myWatchFrame_Expand );

[Xrystal]

Rofl, setting it to anything lower than 75 seems to make the whole watchframe title and button disappear

Yep, tried putting container to 75 instead of watchframe height and nada. But scrolling sorted.

Ended up adding this at the top of the file. And works a charm.

local function Collapse(self)
	if ( WatchFrameScrollFrame and not tFlags.nUI_InfoPanel ) then	
		WatchFrameScrollFrame:SetHeight( WatchFrame:GetHeight() );
		WatchFrameScrollFrame.Child:SetHeight( 75 );
	end
end
local function Expand(self)
	if ( WatchFrameScrollFrame and not tFlags.nUI_InfoPanel ) then		
		WatchFrameScrollFrame:SetHeight( tValues.height );
		WatchFrameScrollFrame.Child:SetHeight( tValues.scrollheight );
	end
end
hooksecurefunc( "WatchFrame_Collapse", Collapse );
hooksecurefunc( "WatchFrame_Expand", Expand );

Screenie time

[Xrystal]

Okay, final tweak for the day, as I'm back into playing with the other half

It needs work but I can use a slash command to toggle the frame into an infopanel and out of the infopanel. Now I just need to get it so it removes the infopanel from the display system when it isn't being used and make the frame unmovable. Getting there though. Something to do next time along with resizing and locking/unlocking and using saved variables

[spiel2001]

It may be much harder to do that (remove it from the rotation).

[Xrystal]

Originally Posted by spiel2001 It may be much harder to do that (remove it from the rotation).

Yep, so it would seem.

Okay, so far, it remembers all sorts of data such as position when collapsed and expanded so you can store it in different locations based on that condition. It restores the frame back to its original position when you toggle it out of the infopanel and does everything else I expect it to.

Now this is the weird part. If the infopanel doesn't exist in the first instance ( new addon so by default not an infopanel ) and then you toggle it, it will enabled the panel and put it in there. However, I can't do the reverse. I either come across a container = nil error or it totally ignores it. And thats with using any combination of the setEnabled, enabled and active values to no avail.

I did find one way of hiding the infopanel stuff but it hid the whole stuff, button as well, which is fine, if I can select the panel previous or even the first panel in the list, but can't find a table that stores that information.

Well, thats enough for today, rofl, woke up after 4hrs sleep and spent 4 hrs doing this .. rofl, better get some more sleep or Ill be asleep when he wants to play

[Xrystal]

ooh, forgot new screenshots.

Oh, and also. Reparented title and button to my frame so that it could shrink down more.

[spiel2001]

That's awesome

[Marthisdil]

Sweeeeeeeet

[whereswaldo]

I want it now!!!!!!!

[Marthisdil]

Xyrstal - can't wait to see it workin in an infopanel plugin

Want me to send you some cookies?

[Xrystal]

Originally Posted by Marthisdil Xyrstal - can't wait to see it workin in an infopanel plugin Want me to send you some cookies?

Rofl, well I have a screenshot of it in an infopanel, just trying to get it so it can be toggled. But darn it. Maybe it will be one of those things where you change stuff and it says 'This will take effect the next time you log in ' rofl.

[Xrystal]

Originally Posted by whereswaldo I want it now!!!!!!!

Patience grasshopper. Rofl, soon

Tasks to do :
1. Tackle InfoPanel Toggling Problem, one way or another rofl.
2. Set up Either Slash Commands or a UI for several options ( width/height/scroll height/back color, border color, alpha level, font color, font size, maybe even change the font, but not sure yet on that, I try to stick to built in fonttypes.
3. Set up Localisation.
4. Retest in both nUI, non nUI and InfoPanel toggle versions to make sure it still works fine rofl.
5. Ready to go

[spiel2001]

Originally Posted by Xrystal Rofl, well I have a screenshot of it in an infopanel, just trying to get it so it can be toggled. But darn it. Maybe it will be one of those things where you change stuff and it says 'This will take effect the next time you log in ' rofl.

In nUI5, it really is going to have to be done that way I'm afraid.

[Xrystal]

Originally Posted by spiel2001 In nUI5, it really is going to have to be done that way I'm afraid.

Its no biggie. I just like it neat. Can enable it on the fly but not disable it so it will just mean users will have to have a black panel in their sequence until they next log I'll test it some more to make sure its at least consistent with the changes and go from there.

[spiel2001]

I'm curious if enabling it on the fly works, even... I suspect the rotation will be screwed up... I could be wrong though.

[Xrystal]

Hmm, maybe, thats why I want to test to make sure but the stuff I did today didn't look any different than if I had enabled it and ran reloadui to update it.

[spiel2001]

Yeah... I'd have to go back and review the code for the info panels, but if memory serves me correctly, nUI is setting up some secure frame code to build the rotation list and such. Manipulating that could cause issues, but it may be okay, as well.

[Xrystal]

Okay, while all the game servers were down, well apart from Aion but we don't play that much at the moment rofl, I decided to go through the code again and tidy it up, rename some stuff to make it more unique/memorable etc. And added the slash commands I could think of. So here goes.

Changeable Values So Far :
InfoPanel docking toggle - defaults to false - needs ReloadUI()
BackDrop display toggle - defaults to false
Width value - defaults to 400
Height value - defaults to 500
Scroll value - defaults to 1000
Lock toggle - defaults to false
Hide toggle - defaults to false
Reset command - sets all values to defaults - needs ReloadUI()

All changed via slash commands at the moment but probably will implement a UI version if it gets too configurable and users request it.

Automatically Updated Values So Far :
Collapsed State for Scrolling Frame Display
Anchor Positions based on Collapsed State and Users Positioning
nUI Loaded based on whether nUI is active in that session

Any other ideas guys ? I don't want to make it too similar to Seerah's or Amenity's watchers though so don't get carried away

[spiel2001]

Keep in mind that when running in InfoPanel mode that height and width are being controlled by nUI and the layout engine, not your user options... so those values should have zero effect (be ignored) while in InfoPanel mode and the data for those values taken from the info panel contain itself as per normal.

[Xrystal]

Originally Posted by spiel2001 Keep in mind that when running in InfoPanel mode that height and width are being controlled by nUI and the layout engine, not your user options... so those values should have zero effect (be ignored) while in InfoPanel mode and the data for those values taken from the info panel contain itself as per normal.

Yeppers, all handled by the update functions to the frame. InfoPanel mode = ignore hide/collapsed state/width/height etc. Hmm, quickly checks code .. yeah, it definitely does that ... scrambles away to make a note to check these things when I next dabble with the code rofl