KGpanels loading when I have a target

[veldgarr]

So basically what the title says.
I want to make my KGpanel load only when I have a target.
I typed /fstack and found out its called "ElvUF_Target", but Im still lost =/

[Fizzlemizz]

What do you mean by "load"? You should be able to show a frame (panel) when you aquire a target. The ElvUF_Target would be from the ElvUI addon, not KgPanels.

[veldgarr]

What I have so far is the following:

OnLoad self:RegisterEvent("UNIT_TARGET") self:Hide()

OnEvent if UnitExists("ElvUF_Target") == nil then self:Hide() return end local cl = UnitClassification("ElvUF_Target") if (cl == "elite") or (cl == "worldboss") or (cl == "rareeleite") then self:SetBackdropColor(0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1) self:Show() else self:SetBackdropColor(1, 1, 1, 1) self:Show() end

It appears the Art Panel appears when I target something, but when I untarget something it stays up, and I dont want that.

[semlar]

You probably just want "target" everywhere that you currently have "ElvUF_Target".

You should also never compare anything directly to nil unless you're sure it's going to return nil. UnitExists returns true or false, so you need something like "if not UnitExists('target') then" for it to actually hide the frame.

[jeffy162]

Try just parenting your panel to the ElvUI targets frame. That should make the panel show / hide with the target frame.

[veldgarr]

Well i got the target one to work, but now I am having another problem with my pet bar/unit frame.
Want the KGpanel to appear when I have a pet bar/uniteframe and disappear when i dont.

OnLoad self:RegisterEvent("pet")

OnEvent if get("pet") then self:Show() else self:Hide() return end

Also may someone point me in a good direction to where to learn scripts, so I don't have to keep asking?

[Fizzlemizz]

I'm not sure if it's appropriate or not but Discrod Art contains lots of basic conditionals (control options) that might suit your needs as a starting point.

DART and KGP both do the same job but take slightly different aproaches.

[Phanx]

Originally Posted by veldgarr Want the KGpanel to appear when I have a pet bar/uniteframe and disappear when i dont.

If your goal is "show my panel when <this frame> is visible, hide my panel when <this frame> is hidden" you don't need to figure out the conditions under which <this frame> is shown or hidden and reproduce them using scripts on your panel. Just enter <this frame> as the parent for your frame in the kgPanels options.

If you really want to use scripts, "pet" is a unit token (like "player" or "target") and not an event name, and "get" is not a function at all (if it is, it's a very badly named one, and it's defined by an addon, not by WoW itself).

The function to determine whether a given unit currently exists is "UnitExists". The event that fires when something about a pet changes is "UNIT_PET", and the first argument passed with the event is a unit token telling you whose pet changed. In this case, you only care about the player's pet, so you can filter on that in one of two ways:

The best way:

-- OnLoad
self:RegisterUnitEvent("UNIT_PET", "player")
-- OnEvent
if UnitExists("pet") then
   self:Show()
else
   self:Hide()
end

Another way (you'll still see this a lot in existing code, because it used to be the only way, before RegisterUnitEvent was added, but it's less efficient, so there's no reason to use it in new code):

-- OnLoad
self:RegisterEvent("UNIT_PET")
-- OnEvent
if arg1 == "player" then
   if UnitExists("pet") then
      self:Show()
   else
      self:Hide()
   end
end

Originally Posted by veldgarr Also may someone point me in a good direction to where to learn scripts, so I don't have to keep asking?

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