background layer. help

[weasoug]

Hey all. was building myself a background for my ui, to sit at the bottom to sort of hold my chat and action buttons. and it works fine. but when i went to do a screen-shot and press alt and z. the background as still showing. any help would be good.

i did try with SetFrameLevel(1) and SetAlpha(1) and SetFrameStrata("LOW") but with no luck.

local backgroundimg = CreateFrame("frame")
backgroundimg:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "BOTTOMRIGHT", -434, 20)
backgroundimg:SetWidth(1177) 
backgroundimg:SetHeight(380)
backgroundimg:SetBackdrop({bgFile = "interface\\Tooltips\\UI-Tooltip-Background"})
backgroundimg:SetBackdropColor(54/255, 54/255, 54/255)
backgroundimg:Show()
backgroundimg:SetScale(0.8)

[Ammo]

As far as I know everything parented to UIParent is hidden. So you should do.

local backgroundimg = CreateFrame("frame", nil, UIParent)

[weasoug]

Originally Posted by Ammo As far as I know everything parented to UIParent is hidden. So you should do. local backgroundimg = CreateFrame("frame", nil, UIParent)

lol how silly. could i forget not to look at the createframe code. thanks for the help.

also. i wanted to make it move. and it seems to be working.

but when i do a /rl it didn't save the place. i hoped it would save in the layout file.

any help would be great.

local backgroundimg = CreateFrame("frame", myStuff, UIParent)
backgroundimg:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "BOTTOMRIGHT", -500, 30)
backgroundimg:SetWidth(1177) backgroundimg:SetHeight(380)
backgroundimg:SetBackdrop({bgFile = "interface\\Tooltips\\UI-Tooltip-Background"})
backgroundimg:SetBackdropColor(54/255, 54/255, 54/255)
backgroundimg:Show()
backgroundimg:SetScale(0.8)
backgroundimg:EnableMouse(true)
backgroundimg:SetMovable(true)

backgroundimg:SetScript("OnDragStart", function(self)
  backgroundimg:SetScript("OnDragStop", function (self)
    backgroundimg:SetScript("OnDragStop", nil)
    backgroundimg:StopMovingOrSizing()
  end)
  if IsShiftKeyDown() then 
  backgroundimg:StartMoving()
end
end)
backgroundimg:RegisterForDrag("LeftButton")

[Duugu]

The script handlers are a bit strange.

Try

backgroundimg:SetScript("OnDragStart", function(self) if IsShiftKeyDown() then  self:StartMoving() end end)
backgroundimg:SetScript("OnDragStop", function(self) self:StopMovingOrSizing() end)

[weasoug]

Originally Posted by Duugu The script handlers are a bit strange. Try backgroundimg:SetScript("OnDragStart", function(self) if IsShiftKeyDown() then self:StartMoving() end end) backgroundimg:SetScript("OnDragStop", function(self) self:StopMovingOrSizing() end)

yes i have tried that way also. but i had to add the RegisterForDrag still. and i also added SetUserPlaced as i read that is what makes it save to the layout. like

local backgroundimg = CreateFrame("frame", myStuff, UIParent)
backgroundimg:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "BOTTOMRIGHT", -500, 30)
backgroundimg:SetWidth(1177) backgroundimg:SetHeight(380)
backgroundimg:SetBackdrop({bgFile = "interface\\Tooltips\\UI-Tooltip-Background"})
backgroundimg:SetBackdropColor(54/255, 54/255, 54/255)
backgroundimg:Show()
backgroundimg:SetScale(0.8)
backgroundimg:EnableMouse(true)
backgroundimg:SetMovable(true)

backgroundimg:SetScript("OnDragStart", function(self) if IsShiftKeyDown() then  self:StartMoving() end end)
backgroundimg:SetScript("OnDragStop", function(self) self:StopMovingOrSizing() end)

backgroundimg:SetUserPlaced(true)
backgroundimg:RegisterForDrag("LeftButton")

[Seerah]

you're missing :SetUserPlaced(true)

[weasoug]

Originally Posted by Seerah you're missing :SetUserPlaced(true)

no as you can see in my last post. i put that as a try also.

[Sniffles]

Maybe you should register for drag before you set the script

[weasoug]

Originally Posted by Sniffles Maybe you should register for drag before you set the script

that is also on what i posted.

local backgroundimg = CreateFrame("frame", myStuff, UIParent)
backgroundimg:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "BOTTOMRIGHT", -500, 30)
backgroundimg:SetWidth(1177) backgroundimg:SetHeight(380)
backgroundimg:SetBackdrop({bgFile = "interface\\Tooltips\\UI-Tooltip-Background"})
backgroundimg:SetBackdropColor(54/255, 54/255, 54/255)
backgroundimg:Show()
backgroundimg:SetScale(0.8)
backgroundimg:EnableMouse(true)
backgroundimg:SetMovable(true)

backgroundimg:SetScript("OnDragStart", function(self) if IsShiftKeyDown() then  self:StartMoving() end end)
backgroundimg:SetScript("OnDragStop", function(self) self:StopMovingOrSizing() end)

backgroundimg:SetUserPlaced(true)
backgroundimg:RegisterForDrag("LeftButton")

[Seerah]

He said "before".

[weasoug]

Originally Posted by Seerah He said "before".

lol how silly, guess what it was.

local backgroundimg = CreateFrame("frame", myStuff, UIParent)

should be

local backgroundimg = CreateFrame("frame", "myStuff", UIParent)


thanks all.

[Seerah]

oh, duh >< hehe

without the quotes, you're passing a variable (which is obviously nil) to your frame name, hence it didn't save.

[weasoug]

Originally Posted by Seerah oh, duh >< hehe without the quotes, you're passing a variable (which is obviously nil) to your frame name, hence it didn't save.

The next thing i cant work out is why. when i remove the code to wear i moved it. from layout-local and do a reload. its still in the place i left it. its like its saving else where. but i have looked around and nothing.

[Duugu]

Originally Posted by weasoug The next thing i cant work out is why. when i remove the code to wear i moved it. from layout-local and do a reload. its still in the place i left it. its like its saving else where. but i have looked around and nothing.

I would say the reason is, if you edit the layout file while you're ingame, and then do reload, then first wow writes the current position into the file (and overwrites your changes) and than wow reloads the frames position from the layout file.

[SDPhantom]

I've done this with macros to load them while playing, I'm fairly sure it would work to load in other modified configurations.

1. Edit the contents of the configuration file.
2. Save changes.
3. Set the file's Read-Only attribute.
4. Reload the game UI.
5. Clear the file's Read-Only attribute.

The point is, if the configuration file has its Read-Only attribute set at the time the UI is reloaded, the data inside it will be left alone. Then the game will actually read the file still and load in its contents when the UI re-initializes.