Local copy of the dropdown menu

[zork]

Would it possible to make a local copy of the Blizzard dropdownmenu as a standalone addon, add a prefix and just use that instead of the default one?

Has anyone tried sth like this? Is that even an option to get around the taint issues?

[myrroddin]

LibDropdown-1.0 exists, but needs a new maintainer.

[Foxlit]

Originally Posted by zork Is that even an option to get around the taint issues?

The problem is that you'd have to guarantee that you never interact with any other FrameXML code path that ends up in UIDropDownMenu, which is probably an impossible requirement for most addons.

[Dridzt]

Using a 3rd party library has certainly gotten a few very popular addons "off the hook" (eg. Recount).

Apart from LibDropdown, Vladinator afaik (I just remember it mentioned in passing so maybe I got the name wrong) I think had gone that way, in essence duplicating blizzard's code.

Since that's not published anywhere I'm not sure of details or how successful that was.

[Vlad]

As myrroddin mentioned, I used that too in one of my private project to check it out, it's nice.

The thing is, as long Blizzard code does not use the 3rd party addon there can't be any taint to break the secure calls, so that's why I am all for a 3rd party dropdown framework, perhaps it's time for Ace to make one?

[Phanx]

Depending on what you're doing, you probably don't need to duplicate the whole dropdown menu system, or even most of it. You just need a frame with the same backdrop as the menu, with some buttons inside it.