Open PvP Pane event/hook - AV Blacklist Bug

[judicator-wow]

Anyone know if there is an event/hook triggered when you open the PvP pane?

I've been trying to write my first simple addon that will add Alterac Valley back onto the blacklist (using SetBlacklistMap()) since it gets reset every time you log. I have it working so it's added when you log back in no problem. As confirmed using a print statement with ... GetBlacklistMapName(1), etc.

However, I notice that it's actually when you press 'h' (or whatever) and first open the PvP pane that it actually gets reset and AV is removed again. And it only gets reset the very first time you open the pane.

So I wanted something like when PvP frame opens, then I trigger adding AV back into exclusions automatically, since I forget to do it manually 90% of the time and end up in AV which I loathe in it's current form.

... maybe this is why I haven't found an addon to fix it .

Thanks!!

[Phanx]

Generally speaking, the UI responds to events; it doesn't trigger them. For example, the bank UI opens in response to the "bank opened" event -- opening the bank UI isn't what triggers the event.

For the PVP queue frame, no events are involved either way, so you'd just need to hook the OnShow script handler for the frame:

frame:HookScript("OnShow", function(self)
    -- do stuff here
end)

However, depending on how the default UI code is operating in this area, OnShow may be too early; you should look through the default UI code and find the Blizzard function that's actually resetting those filters, and hook that instead:

hooksecurefunc("NameOfTheFunction", function(list, of, args, the, function, receives)
    -- do stuff here
end)

The quickest way to find the right part of the UI code is probably to search for the name of the PVP queueing frame (use /fstack in-game to find it) and follow the links to the Lua file (the frame itself will be created in an XML file) where all its functions are defined.

[judicator-wow]

Awesome, that will help me look into this further. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, greatly appreciate the in-depth reply!