element castbar color

[vimat270]

hi,

is there an easy way to classcolor the castbar?

just like colorClass = true for health and power bars.


cheers vimat

[zork]

Define that a bit more. Should all castbars be in classcolor of the player or should all castbars be in classcolor referencing the corresponding unit? What is if the unit has no class?

Either way there is no solution where you just add one attribute. So the answer is probably no.

[Phanx]

Originally Posted by vimat270 is there an easy way to classcolor the castbar?

As easy as "bar.colorClass = true"? No. Easy? Yes; feel free to borrow the code from oUF_Phanx. Specifically, you'll want to look at the code in the PostCastStart and PostChannelStart functions in Core.lua.

[vimat270]

wow that was much easier than expected

...
func.PostCastStart = function(self, unit, name, rank, text)
    local r , g , b = unpack(oUF.colors.class[select(2, UnitClass(unit))])
    self:SetStatusBarColor(r, g, b)
...

nearly as short as colorClass = true...

thx 4 help

cheers vimat

[Phanx]

Don't forget PostChannelStart, or your bar won't be colored for channeled spells.

Also, if you're using that code on castbars for units like "target" or "focus" don't forget that the unit won't always be a player, so you should include some kind of fallback color for non-player units. In oUF_Phanx, I fall back to reaction colors (red for enemy, green for friendly, yellow for neutral) if the unit isn't a player.