UnitPowerAlt

[Rainrider]

This is what I use to add the altpower bar:

local function AddAltPowerBar(self)
    self.AltPowerBar = CreateFrame("StatusBar", "oUF_Rain_AltPowerBar", self)
    self.AltPowerBar:SetHeight(3)
    self.AltPowerBar:SetPoint("BOTTOMLEFT", self.Overlay, "TOPLEFT", 0, 1)
    self.AltPowerBar:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", self.Overlay, "TOPRIGHT", 0, 1)
    self.AltPowerBar:SetFrameLevel(self.Overlay:GetFrameLevel() + 1)
    self.AltPowerBar:SetStatusBarTexture(cfg.TEXTURE)
    self.AltPowerBar:SetStatusBarColor(0, 0.5, 1)
    self.AltPowerBar:SetBackdrop(cfg.BACKDROP)
    self.AltPowerBar:SetBackdropColor(0, 0, 0)
    
    self.AltPowerBar.Text = PutFontString(self.AltPowerBar, cfg.FONT2, 8, nil, "CENTER")
    self.AltPowerBar.Text:SetPoint("CENTER", self.AltPowerBar, 0, 0)
    self:Tag(self.AltPowerBar.Text, "[rain:altpower]")
    
    self.AltPowerBar.Tooltip = function(self)
        local unit = self.__owner.unit
        -- XXX Temp fix for vehicle
        if unit == "vehicle" then unit = "player" end
        -- XXX
        local powerName = select(10, UnitAlternatePowerInfo(unit))
        local powerTooltip = select(11, UnitAlternatePowerInfo(unit))
        
        if powerName then
            GameTooltip:SetOwner(self, "ANCHOR_TOPLEFT", 0, 5)
            GameTooltip:AddLine(powerName)
            if powerTooltip then
                GameTooltip:AddLine("\n"..powerTooltip, nil, nil, nil, true)
            end
            GameTooltip:Show()
        end
    end
    
    self.AltPowerBar:EnableMouse()
    self.AltPowerBar:HookScript("OnLeave", GameTooltip_Hide)
    self.AltPowerBar:HookScript("OnEnter", self.AltPowerBar.Tooltip)
    
    self.AltPowerBar.PostUpdate = ns.PostUpdateAltPower
end

And this is how I call it from within UnitSpecific

pet = function(self)
    ns.AddAltPowerBar(self) -- we need to pass the player frame here or rework positioning code to use player frame name
    end,

So the question is if I could pass the player frame to AddAltPowerBar from within the pet function or do I have to use the player frame name for positioning the bar. This is because I use different styles for player and pet and the Overlay element is only defined for player and target.

This is how it currently looks: http://img850.imageshack.us/i/wowscr...911213539.jpg/

[haste]

As you say, you could just anchor the pet's AltPowerBar on the player frame. I don't really understand your question tho'.

You have pretty much full control over how units are spawned in your layout, and maintaining your own units table would just be a matter of populating it when your style function is called. That way you'd get something like oUF.units (which is most likely to be removed) just for your layout and frames.

[zork]

Maybe I can help out.

create altPowerBar function:
http://code.google.com/p/rothui/sour...ctions.lua#170

player frame function call:
http://code.google.com/p/rothui/sour...player.lua#795

pet frame function call:
http://code.google.com/p/rothui/sour...ts/pet.lua#160

If you use no lib just create a function at the top of your layout and create it twice. I added movability thus I need a global frame name. If you need that too add it, if not not.

[Rainrider]

Thanks zork. I actually had a look at your code before I posted my previous question. You anchor your altpower bar to UIParent, me to an element of the player frame (Overlay in the code in my previous post). When I name the element I could anchor to it, that is not the problem.

In

pet = function(self)
	ns.AddAltPowerBar(self)
end

'self' is the table containing the elements for the pet frame. I was just curious if I could pass the table for the player frame instead of the pet table. Something like this:

pet = function(self)
	ns.AddAltPowerBar(playerframe)
end

I know I don't profit from it more than just naming the elements and using those names for anchoring.

[zork]

Well I have a unit variable in my layout. Once I spawn a unit I save it in that so each "self" is accessible later if needed. (Which I don't atm.)

local unit = {}

--spawn player
--spawn playerAltPower
unit.player = self


-spawn pet
...
spawn pet altPower
petAltPower:SetAllPoints(unit.player.altPowerBar)

sth alike.