Minimap button

hipjipp · 05-17-08, 08:27 AM

Hi again! I'd like to write a minimapbutton in lua that shows/hides my frame depending on the button i pressed. I've seen alot of them made, but never explained for newbs, and trying to steal some code will result in copy-pasta..

Please help!

Slakah · 05-17-08, 08:58 AM

Code:

CreateFrame('Button', <Frame Name>, Minimap)

And use trig to place the button around the minimap, using :SetPoint(). Maybe take a look at Bongos 3 Minimap code.

hipjipp · 05-17-08, 11:44 AM

Man i suck at coding at times.. I read, ripped, scratched, petted and mended the code from bongos3's minimap code. But i can't make the damn button appear. I get no errors, but nothing shows. I'll paste the code here. (Yes, i made it orange for easy read).

Code:

local MinimapButton = CreateFrame('Button', "MainMenuBarToggler", Minimap)

function MinimapButton:Load()
    self:SetFrameStrata('HIGH')
    self:SetWidth(31)
    self:SetHeight(31)
    self:SetFrameLevel(8)
    self:RegisterForClicks('anyUp')
    self:SetHighlightTexture('Interface\\Minimap\\UI-Minimap-ZoomButton-Highlight')

    local overlay = self:CreateTexture(nil, 'OVERLAY')
    overlay:SetWidth(53)
    overlay:SetHeight(53)
    overlay:SetTexture('Interface\\Minimap\\MiniMap-TrackingBorder')
    overlay:SetPoint('TOPLEFT')

    local icon = self:CreateTexture(nil, 'BACKGROUND')
    icon:SetWidth(20)
    icon:SetHeight(20)
    icon:SetTexture('Interface\\Icons\\Spell_ChargeNegative')
    icon:SetTexCoord(0.05, 0.95, 0.05, 0.95)
    icon:SetPoint('TOPLEFT', 7, -5)
    self.icon = icon

    self:SetScript('OnClick', self.OnClick)

    self:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", Minimap, "BOTTOMRIGHT", -2, 2)
end
     
  function MinimapButton:OnClick(button)
    if button == 'LeftButton' then
        MainMenuBar:ClearAllPoints()
        MainMenuBar:SetPoint("BOTTOM", UIParent, "BOTTOM", 0, -300)
    elseif button == 'RightButton' then
        MainMenuBar:ClearAllPoints()
        MainMenuBar:SetPoint("BOTTOM", UIParent, "BOTTOM", 0, 10)
    end
end

Edit: Changed the color of the code and cleaned it up a bit for people wanting to steal it...

Slakah · 05-17-08, 12:15 PM

You will undoubtably kick yourself for this but add

Code:

MinimapButton:Load()

to the end.

Also why have you got

Code:

local B = CreateFrame('Button', "MainMenuBarToggler", Minimap)
local MinimapButton = B

wouldn't

Code:

local MinimapButton = CreateFrame('Button', "MainMenuBarToggler", Minimap)

achieve exactly the same thing?

and you have no drag enter leave etc. functions so arn't all the :SetScript() pointless

Code:

    self:SetScript('OnEnter', self.OnEnter)
    self:SetScript('OnLeave', self.OnLeave)
    self:SetScript('OnClick', self.OnClick)
    self:SetScript('OnDragStart', self.OnDragStart)
    self:SetScript('OnDragStop', self.OnDragStop)
    self:SetScript('OnMouseDown', self.OnMouseDown)
    self:SetScript('OnMouseUp', self.OnMouseUp)

appart from

Code:

    self:SetScript('OnClick', self.OnClick)

and finally you have already set the parent of the button to Minimap in

Code:

CreateFrame('Button', "MainMenuBarToggler", Minimap)

so why do you do it in :Load()

Code:

self:SetParent(Minimap)

hipjipp · 05-17-08, 12:30 PM

*Slaps forehead* Yeah.. Gonna fix it now.. Really long day, thanks for helping me even though i keep asking newb questions.

Edit: about all the extra unneeded code, i tried some of them since i couldnt find what was causing (or in this case, not causing) the button to not appear. And the extra script code, i just didn't think about it at the time.

Sepioth · 05-17-08, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by hipjipp

(Yes, i made it orange for easy read).

FYI ... it's not easy to read on the Light version of the website cause the background is a beige color. Just thought I would let you know

hipjipp · 05-18-08, 09:31 AM

Fixed it, cleaned the code and it will be on the site later tonight for people wanting to use it. =)

Nuckin · 02-03-09, 08:43 AM

I hate to bump an old thread, but how well does this script work? achieve basic minimap button functionality in 30000+ interface?

If so I would love to integrate this into my addon