Need help with hiding a SecureActionButton in combat

[nishay77]

This simple addon I wrote uses a SecureActionButton frame and shows when a DBM pull timer is received. It is supposed to fade in (which it does), stay for as long as the pull timer is for (plus 2 seconds) and then fade out or disappear completely. However, secure frames cannot be hidden in combat. I think I am supposed to use SecureHandlers somehow, I just have no knowledge on this.

I have attached all of my code (apologies for the XML frame declaration, I will change it to LUA later).

OnUpdate is where the frame hiding is supposed to be handled. I don't want an actual event to hide the frame (like OnClick), I just want the frame hidden after the specified time is determined (this time is parsed in OnEvent).

Thanks in advance!

[Dridzt]

Hiding a secure frame in combat is relatively easy.

RegisterStateDriver(your_frame_reference,"visibility","[combat]hide;show")

You cannot however do that on a timer.

[zork]

This is how you could do it with a secure button click handler.

local button = CreateFrame("BUTTON", nil, UIParent, "SecureHandlerClickTemplate")
 
--secure onclick
button:SetAttribute("_onclick", [=[
  local ref = self:GetFrameRef("frame")
  if ref:IsShown() then
    ref:Hide()
  else
    ref:Show()
  end
]=])
 
--frame reference
button:SetFrameRef("frame", FrameToHide)

[nishay77]

Thanks you guys, but these solutions don't really help. If I cannot do this on a timer, I guess my only option is to set alpha to 0 and try not to click on it in combat.

Thanks anyway!

[semlar]

If this is for pre-potting, would not Dridzt's solution of hiding it on entering combat be ideal?

It's not pre-potting if you use it after you've entered combat.

[nishay77]

Yeah, adding the RegisterStateDriver option worked perfectly in tandem with what I already had, so it works as I intended it now.

Thanks for all the help everyone!