Chat Positioning Bug

Makael · 07-23-10, 01:14 PM

First time poster, and would like to say that I'm very much liking the addon. Used sUI for a while, and wanted a change because of lacking updates; it's taken some getting used to, but nUI is definitely growing on me.

A bug that I've seen hinted at elsewhere but not fully addressed is that my General chat box won't save its positioning or size on logout/reload. I've tried this with both Prat and Chatter, and neither one seems to work; disabling nUI with Chatter still active is currently the only way to fix this.

Again, I'm really liking nUI so far, and this isn't exactly a game-breaker for me, but it would certainly be nice to see fixed. Is there a way to prevent nUI from setting the chat box location and dimensions as a temporary workaround? If so, that'd be great.

Thanks,

- Makael

spiel2001 · 07-23-10, 06:37 PM

The nUI chat frame is always anchored to the bottom left of the dashboard and cannot be moved. You can unlock and drag it if you like, but nUI will always place the main chat frame back on the dashboard whenever you log in.

Makael · 07-24-10, 12:55 AM

As far as the nUI chat frame being locked, that's not a problem. I don't feel the need to move the frames themselves around. The issue I do have is that it moves the chat box itself to be "centered" on the chat frame, and resizes it to the default size as well. I don't necessarily want it exactly where the addon puts it, I'd rather it stay where I put it. Is there any way to get around nUI placing the chat box where it wants?

Thanks,

- Makael

spiel2001 · 07-25-10, 06:34 AM

Are you talking about the chat frame or the edit box you use to type text into the chat frame?

Makael · 07-25-10, 12:30 PM

I'm talking about the chat frame box itself - I don't necessarily want it anchored to the bottom left corner, I'd rather have it where I want it. Is there any possible way to do that? Apologies for the terminology confusion.

- Makael

spiel2001 · 07-25-10, 01:27 PM

No... as I posted previously... nUI has specified the location for the chat frame and that overrides the option to unlock and drag the frame where you want it.

The only way to change the location of the main chat frame in nUI is to edit the source... [ Interface > AddOns > nUI > Layouts > Default > nUI_Layout_Default_Dashboard.lua ]