Raid Targets and FontStrings

[ngollon]

Hi!

In an new project of mine I'd like to use the raidtarget symbols as button descriptions.
To get these in chats, you have just to type "{star}" and they are displayed, but randomfontstring:SetText("{star}") does not do the job. Is there a way?

If there is, is there a function to return the localized version? Using the german client I'd have to use "{stern}" =/

Related, does UnitName("star") or UnitName("rt1") work?

Thanks =)

Vaeyl of Nozdormu

[warcrazy]

To put a texture in a fontstring, use the following escape code within your fontstring's text :

|T<path>:<width>[:<height>:<xOffset>:<yOffset>]|t

If you need the path for the raid icons, I believe they can be found in ChatFrame.lua's code (assuming you have the Blizz interface kit)

*Note, I've not tested this but it should work

Related, does UnitName("star") or UnitName("rt1") work?

No, UnitName will only accept UnitID's such as "target" or "focus".