anchor frame to targetframe/focusframe

[Drool]

hey.

so im editing the default unitframes to my needs, and i just removed all the borders. i then created a new frame with a border texture (ui-dialogbox-border). how can i hook that frame, to the targetframe?

i tryed

function TargetFrame_Update (target)
if ( not UnitExists(target.unit) ) then
        myframe:Hide();
    else
        myframe:Show();
    end
end

however, said border now shows up and hides whenever i select/deselect a unit. but the targetframe itself is gone too

same goes for petframe, focusframe etc, but i guess i can figure that out once i know how it works

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can someone give me a hint?

[Lombra]

I don't completely understand, but you'll probably want to create your own frames as children of the TargetFrame. They will then get shown and hidden along with it without any extra logic.

[Drool]

wow, its that easy?

myframe:SetParent(TargetFrame)

already solved my problem! thanks

[Lombra]

Yes. You can also just do it when you create the stuff. If it's a frame you put is as the third argument.

CreateFrame("Frame", nil, TargetFrame)

Or if it's a texture or a fontstring you use the frame directly:

TargetFrame:CreateTexture()

[Drool]

awesome thanks! helped me a lot