frame replacing

Hi,

There is a simple boolean variable which determines if some "all" debuffs are shown or only own debuffs(of the target).

So when = true then it will only show own debuffs
when = false it will show all debuffs

I want to make a modifier with the shift key to show all debuffs when the shiftkey is pressed and hide them again when shift is realeased.

if IsShiftKeyDown() then
 cfg.aura.onlyShowPlayer = false
 else
 cfg.aura.onlyShowPlayer = true
 end

This is my very simple solution for it which works. The problem here is though it only works on starting of the script. That is not very efficent because I would send my user into a loadingscreen.

OnUpdate should fix my problem here which will run this specific code everytime a frame gets rendered which is pretty handy and is what I want to accomplish.

So this is what I made

local function onUpdate(self,elapsed)
 if IsShiftKeyDown() then
 cfg.aura.onlyShowPlayer = false
 else
 cfg.aura.onlyShowPlayer = true
 end 
 end
 
 local shiftdebuffs = CreateFrame("frame")
 shiftdebuffs:SetScript("OnUpdate", onUpdate)

My problem is now that it doesn't work. I new to the onUpdate stuff and only copy pasted it from another addon I did which worked fine.
Right it goes straight to = false, which is only happening I think because it is the default.

thanks for the help

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[Duugu]

You OnUpdate code is ok and does work as expected.

There must be something wrong within other parts of your code.

Originally Posted by Duugu You OnUpdate code is ok and does work as expected. There must be something wrong within other parts of your code.

Hm, thanks atleast I'm good there. Sadly the rest of the code is from ouF_Skaarj and I don't really understand all of that.
This is what I found in Skarj's code

if cfg.aura.target_debuffs then
            local d = CreateFrame('Frame', nil, self)
            d.size = 23
            d.spacing = 5
            d.num = cfg.aura.target_debuffs_num
            d:SetPoint('BOTTOMLEFT', self, 'TOPLEFT', 0, 8)
            d:SetSize(cfg.player.width, d.size)
            d.initialAnchor = 'TOPLEFT'
            d.onlyShowPlayer = cfg.aura.onlyShowPlayer
            d.PostCreateIcon = auraIcon
            d.PostUpdateIcon = PostUpdateIcon
            d.CustomFilter = CustomFilter
            self.Debuffs = d       
        end

[Duugu]

So you're using an unmodified version of ouF_Skaarj and just would like to add a way to show your own auras on shift key?

Originally Posted by Duugu So you're using an unmodified version of ouF_Skaarj and just would like to add a way to show your own auras on shift key?

Well I changed a lot ouf things in terms of style, but yeah basically I want to do that. Skarj is sadly not aroun d or so, not sure.

[Duugu]

I'm not that motivated to dig into the code of ouF_Skaarj to be honest. But this you be a quick and dirty solution.

Try to replace

local customFilter = function(icons, unit, icon, name, rank, texture, count, dtype, duration, timeLeft, caster)
    if((icons.onlyShowPlayer and icon.isPlayer) or (not icons.onlyShowPlayer and name)) then
        return true
    end
end

in aura.lua with

local customFilter = function(icons, unit, icon, name, rank, texture, count, dtype, duration, timeLeft, caster)
    if(((icons.onlyShowPlayer or IsShiftKeyDown()) and icon.isPlayer) or (not icons.onlyShowPlayer and name)) then
        return true
    end
end

Didn't test this though.