WoWInterface - Set default text in a text box

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Set default text in a text box

Hi all

I have a frame that can be scaled via a text box.
When I reload I need the text box to be filled with the saved scale.

The frame does correctly scale based on the saved scale on reload however I have not been able to fill the text box with the saved scale value on login.

I get no errors and even when I try to hard-set a number in the text box it remains empty.

Here is my table of variables;

Lua Code:

local NewbDevBoxOptionsTable = {
    ButtonFrameScale = 1,
    ButtonFrameOpacity = 1,
    ButtonIsVisable = true
}

My update frame scale;

Lua Code:

local function updateButtonFrameScale(updateScaleNumber)
    if updateScaleNumber >= 301 then -- if the entered number is too high
        updateScaleNumber = 300
    elseif updateScaleNumber <= 49 then -- if the entered number is too low
        updateScaleNumber = 50
    end
    NewbDevBoxOptionsTable.ButtonFrameScale = updateScaleNumber / 100
    NewbDevBoxButtonFrame:SetScale(NewbDevBoxOptionsTable.ButtonFrameScale)
    NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetNumber(updateScaleNumber)
end

and setting the frame scale on player login

Lua Code:

if event == "PLAYER_LOGIN" then
NewbDevBoxButtonFrame:SetScale(NewbDevBoxOptionsTable.ButtonFrameScale)
NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetNumber(NewbDevBoxOptionsTable.ButtonFrameScale * 100)

and here is my textbox setup

Lua Code:

NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox =
    CreateFrame("EditBox", "NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrameScaleTextBox", NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame, "OptionsBoxTemplate")
NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetPoint(
    "TOPLEFT",
    NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrameKeybindsButton,
    "BOTTOMLEFT",
    0,
    NumberList.textBoxYGap
)
NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetFontObject(TextDimensionList.checkBoxFont)
NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetNumeric(true)
NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetSize(NumberList.scaleTextBoxWidth, NumberList.scaleTextBoxHeight)
NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetMaxLetters(3)
NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetAutoFocus()
NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetJustifyH("CENTER")
NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetScript(
    "OnEnterPressed",
    function(self)
        scaleNumber = tonumber(NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:GetText())
        self:ClearFocus()
        updateButtonFrameScale(scaleNumber)
    end
)

I have not been able to work out why this is not working correctly, it is probably staring me in the face yet I cannot see where I have stuffed up.:confused:

In your setup you're not initialising the editbox with any text:

Code:

NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetText(NewbDevBoxOptionsTable.ButtonFrameScale)

But then again, your NewbDevBoxOptionsTable is a local table so the information in it will not be saved between sessions.

I might be missing something...

One other possibility, if your addon is LOD (eg. a config. addon loaded via a slash command or some other) then it might never see the "PLAYER_LOGIN" event.

Hi Fizzlemizz

Sorry for the delayed reply.

I once again failed to link my full code.

My pastebin links to my lua, toc

The table of variables is a global table named in my toc.

The playerlogin event fires correctly as I have my setups within the event and they all seem to work correctly.

Now typing in the text box has stopped working due to my trying to fix, so I more than likely have broken the text boxes even more.

I had to change some fontobjects you created to use GameFontNormal so I'm not sure about the actual EditBox size but that's another thing this might hightlight.

In your PLAYER_LOGIN you can use.

Code:

NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetNumber(NewbDevBoxOptionsTable.ButtonFrameScale * 100)

NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetCursorPosition(1)

NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.OpacityTextBox:SetNumber(NewbDevBoxOptionsTable.ButtonFrameOpacity * 100)

NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.OpacityTextBox:SetCursorPosition(1)

Which should show some of the numbers at least.

Hi Fizzlemizz

Cracked it!

You provided the answer, I simply took it to the end.

Lua Code:

NewbDevBoxInterfaceFrame.ScaleTextBox:SetCursorPosition(0)

Now it works perfectly, regardless of the font object, as long as the text box is big enough to accommodate the font size.

Thanks for your help :D