Close Frame if you escape/click outside of it

[Terenna]

Hey all,

I'm coding an addon that shows a frame with secure buttons on it that let you cast poisons on those weapons. The idea is you right click the respective weapon in the player frame and the frame appears. Currently the frame will open when I right click the weapon as expected, however, I can't figure out how to hide it when I click outside of the frame or hit escape.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

[Terenna]

Hey all,

I'm coding an addon that shows a frame with secure buttons on it that let you cast poisons on those weapons. The idea is you right click the respective weapon in the player frame and the frame appears. Currently the frame will open when I right click the weapon as expected, however, I can't figure out how to hide it when I click outside of the frame.

I found table.insert(UISpecialFrames, yourframehere) to allow escape, but still wanted to find a way to close when you clicked outside of the frame if at all possible.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

[kurapica.igas]

-- The form should use SecureHandlerShowHideTemplate
-- so we can handle the key binding when it's shown
MyForm = CreateFrame("Frame", "MyForm", UIParent, "SecureHandlerShowHideTemplate")
MyForm:Hide()
MyForm:SetPoint("CENTER")
MyForm:SetSize(100, 100)
MyForm:SetBackdrop{
    edgeFile = "Interface\\Buttons\\WHITE8x8",
    edgeSize = 1,
}
 
-- Create a secure button for key binding
MyToggle = CreateFrame("CheckButton", "MyFormToggle", MyForm, "SecureActionButtonTemplate")
MyToggle:Hide()
 
SecureHandlerSetFrameRef(MyForm, "toggle", MyToggle)
SecureHandlerExecute(MyForm, [[toggle = self:GetFrameRef("toggle")]])
 
SecureHandlerSetFrameRef(MyToggle, "form", MyForm)
SecureHandlerExecute(MyToggle, [[form = self:GetFrameRef("form")]])
 
-- Bind the BUTTON1(left-mouse) to the button when form is shown
MyForm:SetAttribute("_onshow", [[
    toggle:SetBindingClick(true, "BUTTON1", "MyFormToggle", "LeftButton")
]])
 
-- Left-click trigger the toggle to hide the form and clear the binding
MyToggle:SetAttribute("type", "toggle")
MyToggle:SetAttribute("_toggle", [[print(123) form:Hide() self:ClearBinding("BUTTON1")]])
 
-- Test
MyForm:Show()

[Fizzlemizz]

To close with the escape key

tinsert(UISpecialFrames, "Name of your frame")

[Seerah]

I merged your threads together.

[Terenna]

I'm sorry about that. I think I clicked back after submitting, got tied up in something, and then thought I didn't submit the first time.

[Seerah]

No worries. They both had replies, so I merged instead of deleting the first one.