UI Bottom Dashboard?

[EnjoyRC]

I've seen many UI Collections that display a dashboard like bottom of the screen. It looks like simply graphics overlay with normal addons floating over it. I've downloaded a few of the UI Collections to see if I could figure out which addon is doing it... I can't figure it out.

Any suggestions?

[ReverendD]

XArt, SunnArt, or eePanels with textures.

XArt and SUnnArt have premade textures that you use, eePanles2 allows you to use any textures you want as long as they are made correctly.

[Syxx]

Sunn Art , XArt , and eepanels2 can even do the bottom panel.

[Sithraza]

for eepanels though, u need to get or make the textures that you want, and have them in .tga or .blp

[Slakah]

oPanel is nice just takes a bit of getting use to.

[ReverendD]

Originally Posted by Sithraza for eepanels though, u need to get or make the textures that you want, and have them in .tga or .blp

You can use any art from other addons (Discord, XArt, etc) as well, so there is plenty of premade textures out there.

[Zyonin]

Direct copy and paste from a post I maid on another forum. I have mentioned mostly popular and easy to find mods:


Depends on the UI setup. Some UIs will create a solid bar across the bottom where chat, action bar buttons and the like are placed. This can be created by one of several mods.

- Viewport mod. This actually reduces the sized of the rendered area on screen so the "bar" does not cover any of the onscreen action. Mods include Aperture and CT_Viewport

- Art mod. This mod adds background art to which other mods can be overlayed. Some Art mods can also enable a viewport mod as well. Discord Art, SunnArt, and ElectrofluxTextronator are all popular choices.

- Panel mod. This adds graphic panels which overlay the action on screen. These panels are often used to provide backgrounds for chat windows and other mods without covering the entire screen the way Art and Viewport mods do. Panel mods can be used to place art on screen as well. Discord Art and eePanels2 are popular choices.

- Skin mods. A skin mod reskins the entire WoW interface. This type of mod can be used to create some simple panels with gradient backgrounds, viewports with a gradient background, or just a simple bar with a gradient panel. Skinner is the biggie here

Which one you use is up to you. A viewport is the simplest way to get a Dashboard like you describe. If you want a bit more "bling" then an Art mod will be the way to. If you want maximum flexibility then a Panel mod is great for that.

[Delena]

Point with the mouse the frame which you want to give a frame background and type in your chat:
/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(GetMouseFocus():GetName());
with eePanels just enable the advanced settings, create a panel.
Go to the frame settings, put the just discovered frame name in the "Parent UI" field.

A lua code to skin a frame with skinner:
function Skinner:eePanels()
self:keepRegions(eePanel1, {})
self:applySkin(eePanel1, nil)
end