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I'm currently looking for ideas on how to split statusbars into segments (graphically only).

My current idea is as follows...

Statusbar before:


Statusbar after:


Code idea for a power bar as an example:

local function CreateSplit(self,i)
  local split = self:CreateTexture()
  split:SetTexture(abc)
  split:SetSize(6,self:GetHeight())
  local layer, sublayer = self:GetStatusBarTexture():GetDrawLayer()
  split:SetDrawLayer(layer,sublayer+1)
  self.splits[i] = split
  return split
end
 
local function UpdateSplits(self,maxSegments)
  if not self.useSplits then return end
  if self.maxSegments == maxSegments then return end
  self.maxSegments = maxSegments
  if maxSegements < 2 then return end
  if maxSemgents > 8 then maxSegments = 5 end --anything above 8 will be split into 5 parts of 20%.
  if not self.splits then self.splits = {} end
  local p = self:GetWidth()/maxSegments
  for i=1,7 do
    if i>maxSemgents-1 then
      if self.splits[i] and self.splits[i]:IsShown() then
        self.splits[i]:Hide()
      end
    else
      local split = self.splits[i] or CreateSplit(self,i)
      split:SetPoint("CENTER",self,"LEFT",p*i,0)
      if not split:IsShown() then split:Show() end
    end
  end
end
 
local function UpdatePower(self, event, unit, powerType)
  if self.unit ~= unit then return end
  local ppmax = UnitPowerMax(unit, powerType)
  UpdateSplits(self,ppmax)
  ...
end

What do you think about that?
Would you do it differently? Why?