Hiding tables.

[Grimsin]

Is it possible to hide tables? i was just noticing that the minimap button for auctioneers enchantrix or informant are tables not frames.

would it be possible to hide the table just like a frame? IE if the table id is 1CF6A008

could i just do a
1CF6A008:Hide() ?

[Seerah]

Frames are tables. They're just a table with a visual property. And, no, using that tableid won't work. Those are randomly assigned.

For example, in game do
/run print(UIParent)

You'll see the frame's tableid printed into chat. Reload the UI and do it again, and you'll get a different id.

/edit: see if those tables have names by doing :GetName() on them.

[Tristanian]

In a nutshell, you can access and manipulate global tables by name but not locally created ones (due to lack of a proper reference).

Last but not least, you may access and manipulate frames, as long as they are named. If they aren't, things become more complicated, since you have to rely on hackery (for instance knowing their parent, etc), to get a reference to them.

[Grimsin]

not sure what you mean by /edit? and i did the table print but cant figure out what frame that table is actually attached to.... its not attached to the UIParent or the Minimap or the MinimapCluster frames

[Seerah]

GetMouseFocus() gets the reference to the frame under the mouse (the id).

GetMouseFocus():GetName() gets that frame's name (if it is named, and if that name is global).

GetMouseFocus():GetParent() will get a frame's parent's reference (id).

local frame = GetMouseFocus():GetParent()
frame:GetName() will get the parent frame's name.


If you want more of a basic understanding of what lua does and how it works: http://www.lua.org/pil/

[Grimsin]

Hmm i know how to make that all function if i write an lua script for it and load it like an addon but whats unclear to me is exactly how you use that ingame? i tried /script and /console then variations of that but... im not getting any data back or at lest not the data i think i should be getting back. Gonna try to play with it again in a bit... out of like 30 minimap icons i have managed to hide all but two with my own code.

[Torhal]

Just look at the code for MinimapButtonBag to see how he's hiding them.

[cloudwolf]

use /script print(GetMouseFocus():GetName()) running a script such as /scrip GetMouseFocus():GetName() will return the value but as you haven't actually told it to print that returned value it will not show you. It doesn't error it executed properly but you never asked it to show you the info.

[Grimsin]

With MBB and most minimap button addons they collect up the buttons and attempt to attach them to another frame. this would be an issue no mater what. i have a feeling that collecting that button is near impossible since it is a nameless table. certainly more trouble then its worth since the hide options in its own interface actually function proper.