STUF, vertical text.

[Rusken]

Evening, i wonder if there is anyone here that knows how to get a unitframes playername to become vertical in stuf?
What i want is for my pet and focus to look like this ->

N
a
m
e

B
e
a
s
t

There is an option in the stuf texts to add a custom lua but i dont know a thing about lua, so is there any kind soul with them awesome lua skills that could help me with this (if its possible)?<3
Thanks!

[Kendian]

As far as I know this still works, to a certain extent.

function(unit, cache, textframe) 
     local name = UnitName( unit )
     if name ~= nil then
          local strLen = strlen( name )
          local tmp = ''
          local outStr = ''
 
          if strLen > 14 then
               strLen = 14
          end
 
          for i = 1, strLen, 1 do
               tmp = strsub( name, i, i )
               if i == 1 then
                    outStr = outStr..tmp
               else
                    outStr = outStr..'\n'..tmp
               end
          end
 
          return '%s', outStr
     end
end

It was taken from the forum posts here Stuf Custom Lua

[Rusken]

Originally Posted by Kendian As far as I know this still works, to a certain extent. function(unit, cache, textframe) local name = UnitName( unit ) if name ~= nil then local strLen = strlen( name ) local tmp = '' local outStr = '' if strLen > 14 then strLen = 14 end for i = 1, strLen, 1 do tmp = strsub( name, i, i ) if i == 1 then outStr = outStr..tmp else outStr = outStr..'\n'..tmp end end return '%s', outStr end end It was taken from the forum posts here Stuf Custom Lua

Nope that didn't work:/

[Fizzlemizz]

text = string.gsub(text, "(.)", function(x) return x.."\n" end)

where text is the string you want to display vertically.

You also have to set the height of your fontstring tall enough to hold the text.

[Kendian]

Originally Posted by Rusken Nope that didn't work:/

You need to thin the width and lengthen the height of the text box, because I assure it does, although it IS pretty basic~

[Rusken]

Originally Posted by Kendian You need to thin the width and lengthen the height of the text box, because I assure it does, although it IS pretty basic~

I must be doing something wrong, i open stuf, go to pet, choose text 1 and select "use custom lua", then i paste this in there and press ok ->

function(unit, cache, textframe) 
     local name = UnitName( unit )
     if name ~= nil then
          local strLen = strlen( name )
          local tmp = ''
          local outStr = ''
 
          if strLen > 14 then
               strLen = 14
          end
 
          for i = 1, strLen, 1 do
               tmp = strsub( name, i, i )
               if i == 1 then
                    outStr = outStr..tmp
               else
                    outStr = outStr..'\n'..tmp
               end
          end
 
          return '%s', outStr
     end
end

After this nothing appears, i tryed changing the width, height, font size, strata, everything.
What am i doing wrong?

[Kendian]

Make sure your disable text is not checked, then make sure a font/size/tag is selected. Easy way to see where its supposed to be, is check the box (top right of GUI) highlight target.

[Rusken]

Ah i found the problem, thanks for the help.
I might ask another question while im at it
This one is regarding weakauras and kgpanels.
I've made a progressbar in weakauras that tracks demo locks demonic fury, i do however want 2 x kgpanels to be parented to it but since weakauras dont get an unique name for anchoring/parenting i wonder if there's another way to do this?
Like using some script or something?