Anchoring FontStrings (Noob question)

[Dmytro]

<Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/
..\FrameXML\UI.xsd">
  <Frame name="SomeFrame">
    <Size x="200" y="300"/>
    <Anchors>
      <Anchor point="LEFT" relativeTo="UIParent" relativePoint="CENTER" />
    </Anchors>
    <Layers>
      <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
        <Texture name="$parentBgTexture" file="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Background"/>
      </Layer>
      <Layer level="OVERLAY">
        <FontString text="String 11111" inherits="GameFontNormal">
          <Anchors>
            <Anchor point="TOP" relativeTo="Button1" relativePoint="BOTTOM"/>
          </Anchors>
        </FontString>
        <FontString text="String 2" inherits="GameFontNormal" name="String2">
          <Anchors>
            <Anchor point="TOP"  />
          </Anchors>
        </FontString>
      </Layer>
    </Layers>
    <Frames>
      <Button name="Button1" inherits="GameMenuButtonTemplate" text="Button1">
        <Anchors>
          <Anchor point="CENTER"/>
        </Anchors>
      </Button>
      <Button name="Button2" inherits="GameMenuButtonTemplate" text="Button2">
        <Anchors>
          <Anchor point="BOTTOM" relativeTo="Button1" relativePoint="TOP"/>
        </Anchors>

      </Button>
    </Frames>
  </Frame>
</Ui>

Hello, I'm new to wow xml and I have trouble anchoring FontString to Button1,Button2. Anchoring for parent frame works, but when I use <Anchor point="TOP" relativeTo="Button1" relativePoint="BOTTOM"/> on fontString, FontString just disappears, what's the correct way to do it?

[Fizzlemizz]

A thing has to exist before you can anchor to it. Your widgets are created in the order they appear in the XML therefore Button1 doesn't exist at the time you are trying to anchor the fontstring.

As an aside, any widget with a name has that name placed in the global table as a reference. All addons including the entire Blizzard UI use the same global table so it is a good idea to make sure widget names are unique.

"Button1" cound be "$parentButton1" which you make its name "SomeFrameButton1", the "$parent" is replaced with the name of the parent widget.

[Dmytro]

Originally Posted by Fizzlemizz A thing has to exist before you can anchor to it. Your widgets are created in the order they appear in the XML therefore Button1 doesn't exist at the time you are trying to anchor the fontstring. As an aside, any widget with a name has that name placed in the global table as a reference. All addons including the entire Blizzard UI use the same global table so it is a good idea to make sure widget names are unique. "Button1" cound be "$parentButton1" which you make its name "SomeFrameButton1", the "$parent" is replaced with the name of the parent widget.

Thank you. That did help
Now I came to another problem, I can't move any <Button>, <FormString> on x\y axis with <Offset> what would be the issue here?

<Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/
..\FrameXML\UI.xsd">
  <Frame name="SomeFrame" parent="UIParent">

    <Size x="200" y="300"/>
    <Anchors>
      <Anchor point="TOP"/>
      <Offset>
        <AbsDimension x="31" y="-51" />
      </Offset>
    </Anchors>


    <Layers>
      <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
        <Texture name="$parentBgTexture" file="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Background"/>
      </Layer>
      <Layer level="OVERLAY">
        <FontString text="String 1" name="$parent_String1" inherits="GameFontNormal">

          <Anchors>
            <Anchor point="CENTER" />
            <Offset>
              <AbsDimension x="31" y="-151" />
            </Offset>
          </Anchors>
        </FontString>
        <FontString text="String 2" inherits="GameFontNormal" name="$parent_String2">
          <Anchors>
            <Anchor point="TOP" relativeTo="$parent_String1" relativePoint="BOTTOM"/>
            <Offset>
              <AbsDimension x="1" y="-81" />
            </Offset>
          </Anchors>
        </FontString>
      </Layer>
    </Layers>
    <Frames>
      <Button name="$parent_Button1" inherits="GameMenuButtonTemplate" text="Button1">
        <Anchors>
          <Anchor point="TOP" relativePoint="BOTTOM" relativeTo="$parent_String1"/>
        </Anchors>
      </Button>
      <Button name="$parent_Button2" inherits="GameMenuButtonTemplate" text="Button2">
        <Anchors>
          <Anchor point="TOP" relativePoint="BOTTOM" relativeTo="$parent_String2"/>
          <Offset>
            <AbsDimension x="1" y="-81" />
          </Offset>
        </Anchors>
      </Button>
    </Frames>
  </Frame>
</Ui>

[Fizzlemizz]

<Anchor point="TOP" relativePoint="BOTTOM" relativeTo="$parent_String2"/>
<Offset>

The <Offset... needs to be inside the <Anchor.. tags

<Anchor point="TOP" relativePoint="BOTTOM" relativeTo="$parent_String2">
         <Offset>
            <AbsDimension x="1" y="-81" />
          </Offset>
</Anchor>

[Dmytro]

Originally Posted by Fizzlemizz <Anchor point="TOP" relativePoint="BOTTOM" relativeTo="$parent_String2"/> <Offset> The <Offset... needs to be inside the <Anchor.. tags <Anchor point="TOP" relativePoint="BOTTOM" relativeTo="$parent_String2"> <Offset> <AbsDimension x="1" y="-81" /> </Offset> </Anchor>

OMG, ty dude how did I miss that, fml
u the best