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MinguasBeef

03-26-21 09:25 AM

[Classic] Create & show tooltip

I'm working on my own unit frames.

I want to show a tooltip for the buff at index 1 when I mouse over my frame. I am not seeing anything, however.

Wrote up a simple example to see what i'm doing.

Code:

local f = CreateFrame("Frame", "TestFrame", UIParent)

f:SetWidth(100)

f:SetHeight(100)

f:SetPoint("CENTER")

f.texture = f:CreateTexture("Texture", "Background")

f.texture:SetColorTexture(0.03, 0.03, 0.03, 0.8)

f.texture:SetAllPoints(f)



local tt = CreateFrame("GameTooltip", "MyTooltip", UIParent, "GameTooltipTemplate")

tt:SetOwner(f, "ANCHOR_RIGHT")

tt:Hide()

  

f:SetScript("OnEnter", function()

    if (UnitBuff("player", 1)) then

        tt:SetUnitBuff("player", 1)

        tt:Show()

    end

end)

Fizzlemizz

03-26-21 10:05 AM

You want to anchor the tooltip and you can just use the standard GameTooltip.

Code:

f:SetScript("OnEnter", function(self)

    if (UnitBuff("player", 1)) then

        GameTooltip:SetOwner(self, "ANCHOR_LEFT")

        GameTooltip:SetUnitBuff("player", 1, "HELPFUL")

    end

end)

Just noticed you did anchor the tt but it's best to do it just before you show it because it might have been moved (re-anchored) by another process.

MinguasBeef

03-26-21 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fizzlemizz (Post 338698)

You want to anchor the tooltip and you can just use the standard GameTooltip.

Code:

f:SetScript("OnEnter", function(self)

    if (UnitBuff("player", 1)) then

        GameTooltip:SetOwner(self, "ANCHOR_LEFT")

        GameTooltip:SetUnitBuff("player", 1, "HELPFUL")

    end

end)

Just noticed you did anchor the tt but it's best to do it just before you show it because it might have been moved (re-anchored) by another process.

Thank you very much for the quick answer! Finally getting back into the swing of working on addons with the tbc announcement. Appreciate the help.

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