About
Standard UIDropDownMenu global functions using protected frames and causing taints when used by third-party addons. But it is possible to avoid taints by using same functionality with that library.
What is it
Library is standard code from Blizzard's files EasyMenu.lua, UIDropDownMenu.lua, UIDropDownMenu.xml, UIDropDownMenuTemplates.lua and UIDropDownMenuTemplates.xml with frames, tables, variables and functions added with "L_" as prefix.
- Constant example : L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_MINBUTTONS
- Function example : L_UIDropDownMenu_Initialize
How to use it (for addon developer)
- Embed LibUIDropDownMenu to your addon, you can specify to the subfolder of LibUIDropDownMenu if you feel this keep the your addon's folder structure lighter.
- Add LibUIDropDownMenu.xml to your toc or your embeds.xml / libs.xml.
- Make sure your toc file has the following settings:
Code:
## Dependencies: LibStub, LibUIDropDownMenu
- If your addon doesn't embed LibStub, you will need it.
- Like ordinal code for UIDropDownMenu with "L_" instead.
Constants
- L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_MINBUTTONS
- L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_MAXBUTTONS
- L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_MAXLEVELS
- L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_BUTTON_HEIGHT
- L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_BORDER_HEIGHT
- L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_OPEN_MENU
- L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_INIT_MENU
- L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_MENU_LEVEL
- L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_MENU_VALUE
- L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_SHOW_TIME
- L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_DEFAULT_TEXT_HEIGHT
- L_OPEN_DROPDOWNMENUS
Button Name
As you (the developers) might be aware that at some point you might need to manipulate the dropdowns by accessing the button names. For example, you have multiple levels of menus and you would like to hide or show some level's menu button. In that case, you need to make sure you also revise the button name used in your original codes when you are migrating to use LibUIDropDownMenu.
Functions
EasyMenu
- L_EasyMenu
- L_EasyMenu_Initialize
UIDropDown
- L_UIDropDownMenuDelegate_OnAttributeChanged
- L_UIDropDownMenu_InitializeHelper
- L_UIDropDownMenu_Initialize
- L_UIDropDownMenu_SetInitializeFunction
- L_UIDropDownMenu_RefreshDropDownSize
- L_UIDropDownMenu_OnUpdate
- L_UIDropDownMenu_StartCounting
- L_UIDropDownMenu_StopCounting
- L_UIDropDownMenu_CreateInfo
- L_UIDropDownMenu_CreateFrames
- L_UIDropDownMenu_AddSeparator
- L_UIDropDownMenu_AddButton
- L_UIDropDownMenu_AddSeparator
- L_UIDropDownMenu_GetMaxButtonWidth
- L_UIDropDownMenu_GetButtonWidth
- L_UIDropDownMenu_Refresh
- L_UIDropDownMenu_RefreshAll
- L_UIDropDownMenu_SetIconImage
- L_UIDropDownMenu_SetSelectedName
- L_UIDropDownMenu_SetSelectedValue
- L_UIDropDownMenu_SetSelectedID
- L_UIDropDownMenu_GetSelectedName
- L_UIDropDownMenu_GetSelectedID
- L_UIDropDownMenu_GetSelectedValue
- L_UIDropDownMenuButton_OnClick
- L_HideDropDownMenu
- L_ToggleDropDownMenu
- L_CloseDropDownMenus
- L_UIDropDownMenu_OnHide
- L_UIDropDownMenu_SetWidth
- L_UIDropDownMenu_SetButtonWidth
- L_UIDropDownMenu_SetText
- L_UIDropDownMenu_GetText
- L_UIDropDownMenu_ClearAll
- L_UIDropDownMenu_JustifyText
- L_UIDropDownMenu_SetAnchor
- L_UIDropDownMenu_GetCurrentDropDown
- L_UIDropDownMenuButton_GetChecked
- L_UIDropDownMenuButton_GetName
- L_UIDropDownMenuButton_OpenColorPicker
- L_UIDropDownMenu_DisableButton
- L_UIDropDownMenu_EnableButton
- L_UIDropDownMenu_SetButtonText
- L_UIDropDownMenu_SetButtonNotClickable
- L_UIDropDownMenu_SetButtonClickable
- L_UIDropDownMenu_DisableDropDown
- L_UIDropDownMenu_EnableDropDown
- L_UIDropDownMenu_IsEnabled
- L_UIDropDownMenu_GetValue
- L_UIDropDownMenu_CheckAddCustomFrame (introduced in 8.0.1.26433)
- L_UIDropDownMenu_RegisterCustomFrame (introduced in 8.0.1.26433)
List of button attributes- info.text = [STRING] -- The text of the button
- info.value = [ANYTHING] -- The value that L_UIDROPDOWNMENU_MENU_VALUE is set to when the button is clicked
- info.func = [function()] -- The function that is called when you click the button
- info.checked = [nil, true, function] -- Check the button if true or function returns true
- info.isNotRadio = [nil, true] -- Check the button uses radial image if false check box image if true
- info.isTitle = [nil, true] -- If it's a title the button is disabled and the font color is set to yellow
- info.disabled = [nil, true] -- Disable the button and show an invisible button that still traps the mouseover event so menu doesn't time out
- info.tooltipWhileDisabled = [nil, 1] -- Show the tooltip, even when the button is disabled.
- info.hasArrow = [nil, true] -- Show the expand arrow for multilevel menus
- info.hasColorSwatch = [nil, true] -- Show color swatch or not, for color selection
- info.r = [1 - 255] -- Red color value of the color swatch
- info.g = [1 - 255] -- Green color value of the color swatch
- info.b = [1 - 255] -- Blue color value of the color swatch
- info.colorCode = [STRING] -- "|cAARRGGBB" embedded hex value of the button text color. Only used when button is enabled
- info.swatchFunc = [function()] -- Function called by the color picker on color change
- info.hasOpacity = [nil, 1] -- Show the opacity slider on the colorpicker frame
- info.opacity = [0.0 - 1.0] -- Percentatge of the opacity, 1.0 is fully shown, 0 is transparent
- info.opacityFunc = [function()] -- Function called by the opacity slider when you change its value
- info.cancelFunc = [function(previousValues)] -- Function called by the colorpicker when you click the cancel button (it takes the previous values as its argument)
- info.notClickable = [nil, 1] -- Disable the button and color the font white
- info.notCheckable = [nil, 1] -- Shrink the size of the buttons and don't display a check box
- info.owner = [Frame] -- Dropdown frame that "owns" the current dropdownlist
- info.keepShownOnClick = [nil, 1] -- Don't hide the dropdownlist after a button is clicked
- info.tooltipTitle = [nil, STRING] -- Title of the tooltip shown on mouseover
- info.tooltipText = [nil, STRING] -- Text of the tooltip shown on mouseover
- info.tooltipOnButton = [nil, 1] -- Show the tooltip attached to the button instead of as a Newbie tooltip.
- info.justifyH = [nil, "CENTER"] -- Justify button text
- info.arg1 = [ANYTHING] -- This is the first argument used by info.func
- info.arg2 = [ANYTHING] -- This is the second argument used by info.func
- info.fontObject = [FONT] -- font object replacement for Normal and Highlight
- info.menuTable = [TABLE] -- This contains an array of info tables to be displayed as a child menu
- info.noClickSound = [nil, 1] -- Set to 1 to suppress the sound when clicking the button. The sound only plays if .func is set.
- info.padding = [nil, NUMBER] -- Number of pixels to pad the text on the right side
- info.leftPadding = [nil, NUMBER] -- Number of pixels to pad the button on the left side
- info.minWidth = [nil, NUMBER] -- Minimum width for this line
- info.customFrame = frame -- Allows this button to be a completely custom frame, should inherit from L_UIDropDownCustomMenuEntryTemplate and override appropriate methods.
FAQ
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08-15-20, 09:20 PM
