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05-30-09, 10:46 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Apraxia View Post
3. nUI's default scaling on my resolution settings (1680x1050 widescreen) is absolutely HUGEEEEE. I realize and have been (frustrated though) instead reverting to working with the manual UI scale slider in blizz's video settings panel, but this is just pissing off two many other addons in WoW and MOST do not have their OWN scaling configurater to then go fix them as well to all be a decent size relevant to the whole UI. Suggestions? QQ think this might be a SoL issue but can't hurt to ask
The "Use UI Scale" option in the video interface section has *no* affect on nUI. Or it shouldn't. When you change that scale and then reload your UI, nUI should recalculate its layout scale and come out looking exactly like it did before you changed the scale. The *only* thing that video option affects is the Blizzard screen elements like quest log, vendor and quest giver frames, character sheet, etc... the windows and dialogs that nUI does not manage.

I'm not sure why nUI's scale is "HUGE" unless you're using a large monitor. In any event, you should only use the "Use UI Scale" slider to modify the scale of the things nUI *isn't* responible for to size them the way you want them. To scale nUI itself, you should be using the built in features for scaling like '/nui hud scale {n}' '/nui hud hgap {n}' and '/nui bagscale {n}' which will size the primary elements.

Changing the scaling of the dashboard, itself, is another matter. However, there's already a FAQ that deals with that in painful detail at http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=20917

2?'s directly to Scott
: I just want to get a verbal yay or nei to 2 things I was wanting to toy with but wanted to get the clear from you first. One, is it okay to hide an entire frame element in the UI for the purposes of a customized layout but more so for certain skins ect? Example: I want to hide the whole micro menu on the top console, but DO NOT want the top console hidden or even on mouse over (I plan to have my broker bar at the top with the menu there) I still want the art and even the hud display change button clearly and always visable.
Generally speaking, yes it is okay to hide screen elements. The simple display of screen elements is generally not tied to their functionality other than the obvious, if it isn't displayed, you can't see the functionality. There are a couple of exceptions to that... the special bars and the main action bar being the two key ones. Not displaying those has side effects that would break other functionality in nUI.

If you comment out the section that lays out the micromenu in [ Interface > AddOns > nUI > Layouts > Default > nUI_Layout_Default_Console.lua ], I suspect it wouldn't break anything. Not a promise, but I don't think it would.

[quote]and second: My skin I did came out pretty cool, but it's not lookin so hawt with the way some of the anchoring or semitransparent placement graphics beneath some elements are done. Is it okay for me to either 1. hide those all together, or 2. add different colored hues to them manually to compliment or blend to the skin, or 3. Manually myself further enhance and add more transparency to them as to not stand out on my skin so badly?[quote]

You can modify the graphics that are used in nUI to your heart's content. I do *not* recommend replacing the graphics included with nUI as that can have all kinds of side effects. Rather, you can edit the skin files and change the references in them to use the graphics you want to use instead of the ones that come with nUI.

For example, if you wanted to lose or change the transparent backgrond behind the player and player pet unit frames in the solo unit panel, you would edit [ Interface > AddOns > nUI > Layouts > Default > UnitPanels > Solo > nUI_UnitPanel_Solo.lua ] where you will find this...
Code:
        [nUI_UNITFRAME_SOLOPLAYER] = 
        {
            anchor = 
            {
                anchor_pt   = "TOPLEFT",
                relative_to = "$parent",
                relative_pt = "CENTER",
                xOfs        = -570,
                yOfs        = 53,
            },
            options = 
            {
                skinName  = nUI_UNITSKIN_SOLOPLAYER,
                enabled   = true,
                
                strata    = nil,
                level     = 3,
                
                unit_id   = "player",
                party_id  = nil,
                raid_id      = nil,
                
                scale     = 1,
                clickable = true,
                
                popup =
                {
                    anchor_pt = "BOTTOMRIGHT",
                    relative_pt = "CENTER",
                    xOfs = 0,
                    yOfs = 0,
                    
                    color = { r = 0, g = 0, b = 0, a = 0.75 },
                };
                
                background =
                {
                    backdrop =
                    {
                        bgFile   = "Interface\\AddOns\\nUI\\Layouts\\Default\\Art\\nUI_BevelboxBg.blp", 
                        edgeFile = "Interface\\AddOns\\nUI\\Layouts\\Default\\Art\\nUI_BevelboxBorder.blp", 
                        tile     = true, 
                        tileSize = 1, 
                        edgeSize = 12, 
                        insets   = { left = 0, right = 0, top = 0, bottom = 0 },
                    },
                    
                    color =
                    {
                        border = { r = 1, g = 1, b = 1, a = 1 },
                        backdrop = { r = 0, g = 0, b = 0, a = 0.35 },
                    },
                },
            },
        },
If you remove or comment out the "background = {}" section, that will entirely remove the transparent background behind those unit frames. On ther other hand, you could tweak the "a=" elements of the border and the backdrop colors to change their level of transparency or change the "bgFile" and "edgeFile" textures to use entirely different artwork.

This is true of pretty much every piece of artwork used in nUI... the bar textures, borders, backgrounds, etc. You just have to find the correct location and make the changes you want.

Ultimately, this is exactly what's intended for nUI is the ability to do this to create custom alterante skins. At first using hand edits and later using GUI tools. However, until I finish the layout engine and the ability to save custom alternate skins, you're stuck with having to do it inside the files nUI provides. Later you'll be able to create a copy of them and hack away at them to your heart's content.
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05-31-09, 01:50 AM   #22
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I'm not sure why nUI's scale is "HUGE" unless you're using a large monitor. In any event, you should only use the "Use UI Scale" slider to modify the scale of the things nUI *isn't* responible for to size them the way you want them. To scale nUI itself, you should be using the built in features for scaling like '/nui hud scale {n}' '/nui hud hgap {n}' and '/nui bagscale {n}' which will size the primary elements.
Hmm, I'm not sure why but I believe my US PC had that similar problem and I could never figure it out when I was there a few months back. The Bottom Dashboard seemed to take up the bottom half of the screen. Never got round at the time to figure out the slash commands to change settings until I got back here. The screen here is fine and the dashboard is reasonably small on the screen. I think the screen in the US was something like a 22inch widescreen ( I think 1600x1200 or some figures around those ) whereas this one is about 17inch normal screen (1280x1024). Not sure if that will help identify why some are too big and others are small.
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Here's what mine looks like for comparison.....22" Widescreen 1680x1050 resolution, in game UI Scale set to minimum as a preference. nUI+ default sizing with the gloss black layout.
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Here's my 17in 1280x1024 for comparison - rofl.

When I heard that I had had my US monitor upgraded (my fiance wanted a bigger one to use when Im not there of course ) I thought cool .. more room to play with .. nope, the interface seemed to be bigger and looking at your image Vis it looks like the size of the monitor is the cause of the over sized screen I was dealing with. I was expecting the dashboard and top panel to stay the same with the central part of the screen being increased.
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05-31-09, 08:05 AM   #25
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No... the way that nUI's scaling works is to set nUI's dashboard to fit with width of the display and then set the height in an appropriate fashion to make squares square (not rectangular) and circles round (not oval)

You can override nUI's default scaling to accomplish exactly what you're asking for though. Look here: http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=20917
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06-01-09, 02:57 AM   #26
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Yep, as most graphic artists learn quickly: when increasing size it is necessary to increase equaly across all axis. Increase width by x% and it is necessary to also increase height by x% or your image is distorted. I currently run a 20" monitor on my pc, 22" widescreen HD monitor on the wifes, and a 17" on the kids pc. Makes a world of difference on how things look. Honestly though, even though the wifes ui etc looks huge on her widescreen, it is still much nicer to play on than my 20". Even though i really prefer the image you get out of a crt monitor.
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I got so into tweaking all this the day I posted this I eventually passed out from exhaustion till today. lol.

EVERYBODY thank you so much for input and help I got some catching up to do! Let me try out all the suggestions here and also get some screen shots going if more issues.

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I am starting to feel like something out there in the game interface editing world has it out for me and is getting a good laugh....

Nothing I've tried is changing anything. I tried all of this on my lvl 1 bank toon only addons enabled !improved error thingy and nUI. I deleted all previous saved variables for nUI. Still nada

... in my file of nUI.xml here is what you shall find. (I just went ahead and did the whole thing to make sure I am putting it exactly in the right spot). Highlighted in green is the section I worked with/edited per what I understood from Scott.

Code:
<Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

    <Script file="constants.lua"/>
    <Script file="localization.lua"/>
    <Script file="localization.deDE.lua"/>
    <Script file="localization.enGB.lua"/>
    <Script file="localization.esES.lua"/>
    <Script file="localization.frFR.lua"/>
    <Script file="localization.koKR.lua"/>
    <Script file="localization.ruRU.lua"/>
    <Script file="localization.zhCN.lua"/>
    <Script file="localization.zhTW.lua"/>

    <Frame name="nUI_MasterFrame" parent="UIParent" resizable="true" frameStrata="BACKGROUND">
        <Anchors>
            <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativeTo="UIParent" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT" />
            <Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativeTo="UIParent" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT" />
            <Anchor point="TOPRIGHT" relativeTo="UIParent" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT" />
            <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="UIParent" relativePoint="TOPLEFT" />
        </Anchors>
        <Frames>
            <Frame name="nUI_BottomBarsLocator" frameStrata="BACKGROUND" toplevel="false" parent="nUI_MasterFrame">
                <Anchors>
                    <Anchor point="TOP" relativeTo="nUI_MasterFrame" relativePoint="BOTTOM" />
                </Anchors>
                <Size>
                    <AbsDimension x="2560" y="2" />
                </Size>
            </Frame>
            <Frame name="nUI_BottomBars" frameStrata="BACKGROUND" toplevel="false" parent="nUI_MasterFrame"  frameLevel="1">
                <Anchors>
                    <Anchor point="TOP" relativeTo="nUI_BottomBarsLocator" relativePoint="TOP" />
                </Anchors>
                <Size>
                    <AbsDimension x="2560" y="512" />
                </Size>
                <Layers>
                    <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
                        <Texture name="nUI_BottomBars1" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Dashboard1.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="-768" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                            <TexCoords left="0" right="1.0" top="1" bottom="0"/>
                        </Texture>
                        <Texture name="nUI_BottomBars2" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Dashboard2.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="-256" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                            <TexCoords left="0" right="1.0" top="1" bottom="0"/>
                        </Texture>
                        <Texture name="nUI_BottomBars3" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Dashboard3.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOM" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="0" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                            <TexCoords left="0" right="1.0" top="1" bottom="0"/>
                        </Texture>
                        <Texture name="nUI_BottomBars4" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Dashboard4.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="256" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                            <TexCoords left="0" right="1.0" top="1" bottom="0"/>
                        </Texture>
                        <Texture name="nUI_BottomBars5" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Dashboard5.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="768" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                            <TexCoords left="0" right="1.0" top="1" bottom="0"/>
                        </Texture>
                    </Layer>
                </Layers>
            </Frame>
            <Frame name="nUI_TopBarsLocator" frameStrata="BACKGROUND" toplevel="false" parent="nUI_MasterFrame">
    <Anchors>
         <Anchor point="BOTTOM" relativeTo="nUI_MasterFrame" relativePoint="TOP">
               <Offset>
                   <AbsDimension x="0" y="500" />
              </Offset>
         </Anchor>
     </Anchors>
     <Size>
         <AbsDimension x="2560" y="2" />
     </Size>
</Frame>
            <Frame name="nUI_TopBars" frameStrata="BACKGROUND" toplevel="false" parent="nUI_MasterFrame" frameLevel="1">
                <Anchors>
                    <Anchor point="BOTTOM" relativeTo="nUI_TopBarsLocator" relativePoint="BOTTOM" />
                </Anchors>
                <Size>
                    <AbsDimension x="2560" y="512" />
                </Size>
                <Layers>
                    <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
                        <Texture name="nUI_TopBars1" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Console1.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="-768" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                            <TexCoords left="0" right="1.0" top="1" bottom="0"/>
                        </Texture>
                        <Texture name="nUI_TopBars2" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Console2.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="-256" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                            <TexCoords left="0" right="1.0" top="1" bottom="0"/>
                        </Texture>
                        <Texture name="nUI_TopBars3" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Console3.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOM" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="0" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                            <TexCoords left="0" right="1.0" top="1" bottom="0"/>
                        </Texture>
                        <Texture name="nUI_TopBars4" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Console4.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="256" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                            <TexCoords left="0" right="1.0" top="1" bottom="0"/>
                        </Texture>
                        <Texture name="nUI_TopBars5" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Console5.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="768" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                            <TexCoords left="0" right="1.0" top="1" bottom="0"/>
                        </Texture>
                    </Layer>
                </Layers>
            </Frame>
            <Frame name="nUI_Dashboard" frameStrata="BACKGROUND" toplevel="false" parent="nUI_MasterFrame" frameLevel="1">
                <Anchors>
                    <Anchor point="BOTTOM" relativeTo="nUI_BottomBarsLocator" relativePoint="BOTTOM" />
                </Anchors>
                <Size>
                    <AbsDimension x="2560" y="512" />
                </Size>
                <Layers>
                    <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
                        <Texture name="nUI_Dashboard_Panel1" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Dashboard1.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="-768" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                        </Texture>
                        <Texture name="nUI_Dashboard_Panel2" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Dashboard2.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="-256" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                        </Texture>
                        <Texture name="nUI_Dashboard_Panel3" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Dashboard3.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOM" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="0" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                        </Texture>
                        <Texture name="nUI_Dashboard_Panel4" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Dashboard4.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="256" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                        </Texture>
                        <Texture name="nUI_Dashboard_Panel5" file="Interface\AddOns\nUI\Layouts\Default\Art\nUI_Dashboard5.blp" alphaMode="BLEND" frameLevel="1">
                            <Size>
                                <AbsDimension x="512" y="512" />
                            </Size>
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOM">
                                    <Offset>
                                        <AbsDimension x="768" y="0" />
                                    </Offset>
                                </Anchor>
                            </Anchors>
                        </Texture>
                    </Layer>
                </Layers>
            </Frame>
        </Frames>
        <Scripts>
            <OnShow>
                WorldFrame:SetPoint( "BOTTOM", nUI_Dashboard, "CENTER", 0, 0 );
            </OnShow>
            <OnHide>
                WorldFrame:SetPoint( "BOTTOM", nUI_Dashboard, "BOTTOM", 0, 0 );
            </OnHide>
        </Scripts>
    </Frame>
    <Frame name="nUI_SplashFrame" parent="UIParent">
        <Size>
            <AbsDimension x="625" y="368" />
        </Size>
        <Anchors>
            <Anchor point="CENTER" relativeTo="UIParent">
                <Offset>
                    <AbsDimension x="0" y="0" />
                </Offset>
            </Anchor>
        </Anchors>
        <Backdrop bgFile="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Background" edgeFile="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Border" tile="true">
            <BackgroundInsets>
                <AbsInset left="11" right="12" top="12" bottom="11" />
            </BackgroundInsets>
            <TileSize>
                <AbsValue val="32" />
            </TileSize>
            <EdgeSize>
                <AbsValue val="32" />
            </EdgeSize>
        </Backdrop>
        <Layers>
            <Layer>
                <Texture name="$parentTitleBorder" hidden="true" file="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Header">
                    <Size>
                        <AbsDimension x="160" y="32" />
                    </Size>
                    <Anchors>
                        <Anchor point="TOP">
                            <Offset>
                                <AbsDimension x="0" y="5" />
                            </Offset>
                        </Anchor>
                    </Anchors>
                    <TexCoords left="0.2" right="0.8" top="0" bottom="0.6" />
                </Texture>
                <FontString name="$parentTitleString" hidden="true" font="Fonts\FRIZQT__.TTF">
                    <Size>
                        <AbsDimension x="140" y="0" />
                    </Size>
                    <Anchors>
                        <Anchor point="TOP">
                            <Offset>
                                <AbsDimension x="0" y="-4" />
                            </Offset>
                        </Anchor>
                    </Anchors>
                    <FontHeight>
                        <AbsValue val="12" />
                    </FontHeight>
                    <Color r="1" g="0.8196079" b="0" />
                    <Shadow>
                        <Color r="0" g="0" b="0" />
                        <Offset>
                            <AbsDimension x="1" y="-1" />
                        </Offset>
                    </Shadow>
                </FontString>
            </Layer>
        </Layers>
        <Frames>
            <Button name="nUI_Splash_Button" inherits="UIPanelCloseButton">
                <Size>
                    <AbsDimension x="100" y="70" />
                </Size>
                <Anchors>
                    <Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
                        <Offset>
                            <AbsDimension x="260" y="-290" />
                        </Offset>
                    </Anchor>
                </Anchors>
            </Button>
            <Frame name="$parentPanel1">
                <Size>
                    <AbsDimension x="558" y="118" />
                </Size>
                <Anchors>
                    <Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
                        <Offset>
                            <AbsDimension x="36" y="-27" />
                        </Offset>
                    </Anchor>
                </Anchors>
                <Backdrop bgFile="Interface\Tooltips\UI-Tooltip-Background" edgeFile="Interface\Tooltips\UI-Tooltip-Border" tile="true">
                    <BackgroundInsets>
                        <AbsInset left="5" right="5" top="5" bottom="5" />
                    </BackgroundInsets>
                    <TileSize>
                        <AbsValue val="16" />
                    </TileSize>
                    <EdgeSize>
                        <AbsValue val="16" />
                    </EdgeSize>
                </Backdrop>
                <Frames>
                    <Frame name="$parentTitle">
                        <Size>
                            <AbsDimension x="552" y="112" />
                        </Size>
                        <Anchors>
                            <Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
                                <Offset>
                                    <AbsDimension x="3" y="-3" />
                                </Offset>
                            </Anchor>
                        </Anchors>
                        <Layers>
                            <Layer>
                                <FontString name="nUI_Splash_Title" font="Fonts\FRIZQT__.TTF" text="">
                                    <Anchors>
                                        <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" />
                                        <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" />
                                    </Anchors>
                                    <FontHeight>
                                        <AbsValue val="18" />
                                    </FontHeight>
                                    <Color r="1" g="0.8196079" b="0" />
                                    <Shadow>
                                        <Color r="0" g="0" b="0" />
                                        <Offset>
                                            <AbsDimension x="1" y="-1" />
                                        </Offset>
                                    </Shadow>
                                </FontString>
                            </Layer>
                        </Layers>
                    </Frame>
                </Frames>
            </Frame>
            <Frame name="$parentMessage">
                <Size>
                    <AbsDimension x="552" y="151" />
                </Size>
                <Anchors>
                    <Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
                        <Offset>
                            <AbsDimension x="39" y="-148" />
                        </Offset>
                    </Anchor>
                </Anchors>
                <Layers>
                    <Layer>
                        <FontString name="nUI_Splash_Message" font="Fonts\FRIZQT__.TTF" text="" justifyH="LEFT">
                            <Anchors>
                                <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" />
                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" />
                            </Anchors>
                            <FontHeight>
                                <AbsValue val="15" />
                            </FontHeight>
                            <Color r="1" g="0.8196079" b="0" />
                            <Shadow>
                                <Color r="0" g="0" b="0" />
                                <Offset>
                                    <AbsDimension x="1" y="-1" />
                                </Offset>
                            </Shadow>
                        </FontString>
                    </Layer>
                </Layers>
            </Frame>
        </Frames>
    </Frame>

    <Script file="nUI.lua"/>
    <Script file="nUI_Splash.lua"/>
    <Script file="nUI_DevLine.lua"/>

</Ui>
You'll notice that I have the value 500 in there... that's because I got so frustrated with every value I tried not doing anything I began trying more extreme values just to see if I could get any result. I tried -5, -50, 5, 10, 50, and lastly 500 lol.

Absolutely nothing made any sort of change

halp! Want to pull my hair out. QQ

here is a screen shot with the current values you see. Everything ... normal :/



Originally Posted by spiel2001 View Post
Let me address moving the top bars first, then I'll reply to the other questions in a separate message.

You can move the top bars manually by editing [ Interface > AddOns > nUI > Main > nUI.xml ] -- this is one of the things that will change in the future as it's part of nUI that has not yet been incorporated into the layout engine.

In any event, you'll find the following section in the file...

Code:
<Frame name="nUI_TopBarsLocator" frameStrata="BACKGROUND" toplevel="false" parent="nUI_MasterFrame">
    <Anchors>
          <Anchor point="BOTTOM" relativeTo="nUI_MasterFrame" relativePoint="TOP" />
    </Anchors>
    <Size>
        <AbsDimension x="2560" y="2" />
    </Size>
</Frame>
Change it as follows...

Code:
<Frame name="nUI_TopBarsLocator" frameStrata="BACKGROUND" toplevel="false" parent="nUI_MasterFrame">
    <Anchors>
         <Anchor point="BOTTOM" relativeTo="nUI_MasterFrame" relativePoint="TOP">
               <Offset>
                   <AbsDimension x="0" y="0" />
              </Offset>
         </Anchor>
     </Anchors>
     <Size>
         <AbsDimension x="2560" y="2" />
     </Size>
</Frame>
Where you see the y="0" highlighted, just tweak that to move the upper console up and down. Higher values of y move it up, negative values move it down.
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~blush~

Umm.... hasn't anyone told you that you should never follow my directions. You seem to be under the misguided notion that just because I wrote it, I might have a clue what I'm talking about. You clearly do not understand that I'm old and adled and while I can remember what I did in 1975, I have no clue what I did an hour ago.

I gave you bad directions because I *completely* forgot about a section of code I added when I added the support for changing the dashboard graphics.

You need to edit [ Interface > AddOns > nUI > Main > nUI.lua ] where you will find the following at about line 130...

Code:
nUI_TopBars.Anchor = CreateFrame( "Frame", "$parent_Anchor", nUI_TopBars );
nUI_TopBarsLocator:SetPoint( "BOTTOM", UIParent, "TOP", 0, 0 );
nUI_TopBars:SetPoint( "BOTTOM", nUI_TopBarsLocator, "BOTTOM", 0, -130 );
nUI_TopBars.Anchor:SetPoint( "BOTTOM", nUI_TopBars, "BOTTOM", 0, 0 );
The number in red is the one you need to edit to move the bars up and down.
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Originally Posted by spiel2001 View Post
~blush~

Umm.... hasn't anyone told you that you should never follow my directions. You seem to be under the misguided notion that just because I wrote it, I might have a clue what I'm talking about. You clearly do not understand that I'm old and adled and while I can remember what I did in 1975, I have no clue what I did an hour ago.

I gave you bad directions because I *completely* forgot about a section of code I added when I added the support for changing the dashboard graphics.

You need to edit [ Interface > AddOns > nUI > Main > nUI.lua ] where you will find the following at about line 130...

Code:
nUI_TopBars.Anchor = CreateFrame( "Frame", "$parent_Anchor", nUI_TopBars );
nUI_TopBarsLocator:SetPoint( "BOTTOM", UIParent, "TOP", 0, 0 );
nUI_TopBars:SetPoint( "BOTTOM", nUI_TopBarsLocator, "BOTTOM", 0, -130 );
nUI_TopBars.Anchor:SetPoint( "BOTTOM", nUI_TopBars, "BOTTOM", 0, 0 );
The number in red is the one you need to edit to move the bars up and down.
lol, completely forgiven... that being said should I remove the added coding that I did previously? or is this in addition to what was added?
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Yeah... the first change was entirely unnecessary, so you can back it out. The only changed needed is this one (at least, I hope I haven't forgotten about something else I did)
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Originally Posted by spiel2001 View Post
the special bars and the main action bar being the two key ones. Not displaying those has side effects that would break other functionality in nUI.
Just so I'm clear before I go break something...

by 'main action bar' you mean the action bar displayed with the ability to toggle up or down through bars.

by 'special bars' I'm assuming you mean the bars linked to ontop of rep/exp with frame/panel buttons to the side?

Please correct if I'm off on any of those.

Also I'm a druid, particularly a moonkin. The greatest nUI bar confuzzlizms class their is (yeah it took like a week first using nUI to figure out wtf was going on with my moonkin bar and all it's display spots lol).

1. Can my shapeshift bar be hidden, moved, funked about, without causing damage to nUI?

2. The moonkin bar is pretty repetetive for me being off on the bottom right and also in sight upon transformation. Is there anything I can screw with on this that won't hurt nUi?

I just want to make sure I'm clear on which individual elements I can really play with and not either A. break something ... or B. end up tweaking something that doesn't break nUI but is not something you WANTED tweaked with and incidently starting a wild fire of response 'zomg I want to tweak that toooo'.

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Yes... the main action bar is the one you can scroll through the 6 pages.

The "special bars" includes you shapeshift bar... as well as the possession bar which you need for a lot of quests and such as well as vehicles and pets and as such should not be hidden. You can, however, move it anywhere you like using '/nui movers'

Any of the rest of the bars, including the one at the bottom right, can be gotten rid of entirely without consequence.
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Not to necro-raise this thread but... :-)

Did anyone ever succesfully get Docking Station with Top and Bottom bars to work succesfully with nUI?

I managed to move the top down using the information in this thread but never succeeded in moving the bottom up.

I tried to get used to Titan, which is super cool, but:
a) Need an LDB display, and
b) Miss my Fubar-like control over layout that DockingStation provides.

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