Using NormalTexture and ButtonText on the same button

[Telarin]

Ok, I am trying to have a button in my UI that has both a background texture, and text. This will be used as a column header in a list. I am using the following code in my XML file:

<Button name="MTFrameSkillListHeader-ItemName" text="Item Name">
        <Size>
          <AbsDimension x="150" y="20"/>
        </Size>
        <Anchors>
          <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MTFrameSkillList">
            <Offset>
              <AbsDimension x="5" y="-5"/>
            </Offset>
          </Anchor>
        </Anchors>
				<NormalTexture file="Interface\QuestFrame\UI-QuestTitleHighlight">
					<TexCoords left="0.1" right="0.8" top="0" bottom="1"/>
				</NormalTexture>
        <ButtonText name="$parentText">
          <Anchors>
            <Anchor point="CENTER"/>
          </Anchors>
          <FontHeight>
            <AbsValue val="10"/>
          </FontHeight>
        </ButtonText>
        <NormalFont font="GameFontHighlight"/>
      </Button>

unfortunately, this displays ONLY the background texture, and does not show the text on it. Is it possible to do both in the control? If not, what would be the best place to add a fontstring on top of the button, since the button is in the Frames section, which won't take a FontString.

[Xrystal]

All of my addons are lua only scripting so I can't recall the exact set up in xml format but I found this link that might help you.

http://www.wowwiki.com/FrameXML/DebugUI.xml

[Telarin]

Hmm, when I try their method, my XML validator tells me that <NormalText> is not a valid child element of <Button>, and of course, no text is displayed in the UI on my button still.

[Exawatt]

Replace

<ButtonText name="$parentText">

with

<ButtonText name="$parentText" inherits="GameFontHighlight">

and delete

<NormalFont font="GameFontHighlight"/>

[Telarin]

Ok, I figured this out. I needed basically this:

<Button>
  <NormalTexture/>
  <Layers>
    <Layer level="OVERLAY">
      <FontString/>
    </Layer>
  </Layers>
</Button>

Now, according to the .xsd file I am using that came from the wow Addon Studio, Buttons can't have Layers, however, since Blizzard uses the same technique for their own UI elements, I gave it a try, and it worked great.

[Exawatt]

You are essentially ignoring an already existing fontstring (accessible from the button tag with what you had previously) and making a second one directly on top of it as a child of the button.

It will work, but... why would you?

[Telarin]

Because if your button uses the NormalTexture tag, the client seems to ignore the "text" attribute. Either that or it renders it behind the texture or something. Either way, you get the texture only, and no text. By putting a fontstring in the overlay layer, the text is rendered on top of whatever texture you use.

[Torhal]

The WoW AddOn Studio makes me want to gouge my eyes out with an olive fork.

[Exawatt]

Originally Posted by Telarin Because if your button uses the NormalTexture tag, the client seems to ignore the "text" attribute. Either that or it renders it behind the texture or something. Either way, you get the texture only, and no text.

It didn't in my trials. If you do what I said in my first post, you'll get this on the screen:

(I had to change the anchors because I don't have a "MTFrameSkillList" frame.)

If you do not delete the NormalFont tag, then it does not display. But you don't need it because the information is moved into the ButtonText tag.

I am not familiar with the AddOn Studio, but I can tell you that if what I posted isn't working (or is being shown as an error), then the problem is with AddOn Studio.