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Using the Interface Options Addons panel

I'm wanting to use the Interface Options Addons Panel on my new addon.

I create a test addon with the code below which is an example from https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Usi...s_Addons_panel but this only partially works.

For example I get a scroll bar in the interface options, but I don't get any text within the options pane this creates, and thus also not able to use the scroll bar as there is nothing to scroll.

Lua Code:

local panel = CreateFrame("Frame")
panel.name = "MyAddOn"
InterfaceOptions_AddCategory(panel)
 
-- Create the scrolling parent frame and size it to fit inside the texture
local scrollFrame = CreateFrame("ScrollFrame", nil, panel, "UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate")
scrollFrame:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", 3, -4)
scrollFrame:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", -27, 4)
 
-- Create the scrolling child frame, set its width to fit, and give it an arbitrary minimum height (such as 1)
local scrollChild = CreateFrame("Frame")
scrollFrame:SetScrollChild(scrollChild)
scrollChild:SetWidth(InterfaceOptionsFramePanelContainer:GetWidth()-18)
scrollChild:SetHeight(1) 
 
-- Add widgets to the scrolling child frame as desired
local title = scrollChild:CreateFontString("ARTWORK", nil, "GameFontNormalLarge")
title:SetPoint("TOP")
title:SetText("MyAddOn")
 
local footer = scrollChild:CreateFontString("ARTWORK", nil, "GameFontNormal")
footer:SetPoint("TOP", 0, -5000)
footer:SetText("This is 5000 below the top, so the scrollChild automatically expanded.")

In your SetPoint calls, you need to add the parent panel variable to anchor it to.

Since you are using the variable "panel"

for example:

Lua Code:

title:SetPoint("TOP")

should really be

Lua Code:

title:SetPoint("TOP", panel)

Also move the

Lua Code:

InterfaceOptions_AddCategory(panel)

to the bottom of all of your panel code

I tried your changes but still doesn't work.

Lua Code:

local panel = CreateFrame("Frame");
panel.name = "MyAddOn";
 
-- Create the scrolling parent frame and size it to fit inside the texture
local scrollFrame = CreateFrame("ScrollFrame", nil, panel, "UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate");
scrollFrame:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", panel, "TOPLEFT", 3, -4);
scrollFrame:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", panel, "BOTTOMRIGHT", -27, 4);
 
-- Create the scrolling child frame, set its width to fit, and give it an arbitrary minimum height (such as 1)
local scrollChild = CreateFrame("Frame", nil, panel);
scrollFrame:SetScrollChild(scrollChild);
scrollChild:SetWidth(InterfaceOptionsFramePanelContainer:GetWidth()-18);
scrollChild:SetHeight(1);
 
-- Add widgets to the scrolling child frame as desired
local title = scrollChild:CreateFontString("ARTWORK", nil, "GameFontNormalLarge");
title:SetPoint("TOP", scrollChild, "TOP");
title:SetText("MyAddOn");
 
local footer = scrollChild:CreateFontString("ARTWORK", nil, "GameFontNormal");
footer:SetPoint("TOP", scrollChild, "TOP", 0, -5000);
footer:SetText("This is 5000 below the top, so the scrollChild automatically expanded.");
 
InterfaceOptions_AddCategory(panel);

Probably because you used "scrollChild" instead of "panel" in the SetPoint Calls.

Also you have a second instance of "TOP" in your footer SetPoint. That probably breaks something too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by briskman3000 (Post 342408)

Probably because you used "scrollChild" instead of "panel" in the SetPoint Calls.

Ok I will try that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by briskman3000 (Post 342408)

Also you have a second instance of "TOP" in your footer SetPoint. That probably breaks something too.

The link say it's fine. It does that anyway when you omit it.

https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/API...izing_SetPoint