Help Creating Textures, Frames, etc in Lua. And some questions!

[fRodzet]

Greetings,

Okay, so i'm trying to create a complete working AddOn using lua only! I know how to create a few using .XML to make the graphics and add event handlers. But i'm not sure in lua. As an example i'm going to use BagBuddy.

Allright, first i would like to ask if this is considered readable or if it can be written in an better way:

-------------------
--BagBuddy Frames--
-------------------
 
    -- The parent frame to add textures and fontstrings to
    local frame = CreateFrame("Frame", "BagBuddy", UIParent)
    frame:SetWidth(425)
    frame:SetHeight(425)
    frame:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "CENTER")
    
    -- The body texture of BagBuddy
    frame.skeleton = frame:CreateTexture("BagBuddy_Skeleton", "BORDER")
    frame.skeleton:SetPoint("TOPLEFT")
    frame.skeleton:SetTexture("Interface\\BankFrame\\UI-BankFrame")
    
    -- The portrait texture of BagBuddy
    frame.icon = frame:CreateTexture("BagBuddy_Icon", "BACKGROUND")
    frame.icon:SetWidth(60)
    frame.icon:SetHeight(60)
    frame.icon:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", 7, -6)
    frame.icon:SetTexture("Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_EngGizmos_17")
    SetPortraitToTexture(frame.icon, "Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_EngGizmos_17")
    
    -- The title fontstring of BagBuddy
    frame.title = frame:CreateFontString("BagBuddy_Title", "OVERLAY", "GameFontNormal")
    frame.title:SetPoint("TOP", 0, -18)
    frame.title:SetText("BagBuddy")
    
    -- The button that allows BagBuddy to be hidden
    frame.close = CreateFrame("Button", "BagBuddy_Close", frame, "UIPanelCloseButton")
    frame.close:SetPoint("TOPRIGHT", -22, -8)
    
----------------------
--BagBuddy Functions--
----------------------
 
    function BagBuddy_OnLoad(self)
 
    end
 
    function BagBuddy_MakeMovable(self, motion)
        self:EnableMouse(true)
        self:SetMovable(true)
        self:SetClampedToScreen(true)
        self:RegisterForDrag("LeftButton")
        self:SetScript("OnDragStart", self.StartMoving)
        self:SetScript("OnDragStop", self.StopMovingOrSizing)
    end
 
    BagBuddy_MakeMovable(frame)

the function BagBuddy_OnLoad(self) is empty because i'm not sure on how i would add 28 x buttons to the frame without using an XML template.

The template for the original BagBuddy looks like this:

<Button name="BagBuddyItemTemplate" inherits="SecureActionButtonTemplate" virtual="true">
    <Size>
      <AbsDimension x="37" y="37"/>
    </Size>
    <Layers>
      <Layer level="BORDER">
        <Texture name="$parentIconTexture" parentKey="icon"/>
        <FontString name="$parentCount" parentKey="count" inherits="NumberFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT" hidden="true">
          <Anchors>
            <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT">
              <Offset>
                <AbsDimension x="-5" y="2"/>
              </Offset>
            </Anchor>
          </Anchors>
        </FontString>
      </Layer>
      <Layer level="OVERLAY">
        <Texture name="$parentGlow" parentKey="glow" alphaMode="ADD" file="Interface\Buttons\UI-ActionButton-Border">
          <Size x="70" y="70"/>
          <Anchors>
            <Anchor point="CENTER"/>
          </Anchors>
          <Color r="1.0" g="1.0" b="1.0" a="0.6"/>
        </Texture>
      </Layer>
    </Layers>
    <Attributes>
      <Attribute name="type2" type="string" value="item"/>
    </Attributes>
    <Scripts>
      <OnEnter function="BagBuddy_Button_OnEnter"/>
      <OnLeave function="BagBuddy_Button_OnLeave"/>
    </Scripts>
    <NormalTexture name="$parentNormalTexture" file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Quickslot2">
      <Size>
        <AbsDimension x="64" y="64"/>
      </Size>
      <Anchors>
        <Anchor point="CENTER">
          <Offset>
            <AbsDimension x="0" y="-1"/>
          </Offset>
        </Anchor>
      </Anchors>
    </NormalTexture>
    <PushedTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Quickslot-Depress"/>
    <HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\ButtonHilight-Square" alphaMode="ADD"/>
  </Button>

Using the above template i would add each button to the frame like this:

function BagBuddy_OnLoad(self)
    self.items = {}
    for idx = 1, 28 do
        local item = CreateFrame("Button", "BagBuddy_Item" .. idx, self, "BagBuddyItemTemplate")
        self.items[idx] = item
        if idx == 1 then
            item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", 40, -73)
        elseif idx == 8 or idx == 15 or idx == 22 then
            item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", self.items[idx - 7], "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -7)
        else
            item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", self.items[idx - 1], "TOPRIGHT", 12, 0)
        end
    end
end

but this is easy because i can inherit the item's from BagBuddyItemTemplate in my XML document. How can i create something similar using lua only?

Also how do i set alphaMode="ADD" in lua?

Hope you guys understand what i'm trying to accomplish, if not, please ask me and i'll try to explain

[Seerah]

We already discussed "templates" in Lua here: http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=46184

[Haleth]

First of all, your code looks good, but you're making your functions global. They should either be local or part of the frame's table, like you do with the frame's regions/children.

Your BagBuddy_MakeMovable function is not needed, since you're only calling it once (at least so far). Just use the function's body, replacing 'self' with 'frame', your local variable.

OnLoad functions don't actually work in lua, because after calling CreateFrame(), the frame's (non-existing) OnLoad handler will have run already. Just put the code directly in the source file.

As for the alpha mode, that would be SetBlendMode.

[SDPhantom]

You pretty much have the framework down for transferring your template into Lua, All you really need to do is put in the code for Lua to create the objects within the loop that the template would've done.

local item=CreateFrame("Button","BagBuddy_Item"..idx,frame,"SecureActionButtonTemplate");
item:SetSize(37,37);
item:SetAttribute("type2","item");
item:SetScript("OnEnter",BagBuddy_Button_OnEnter);
item:SetScript("OnLeave",BagBuddy_Button_OnLeave);
 
item:SetNormalTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-Quickslot2");
item:SetPushedTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-Quickslot-Depress");
item:SetHighlightTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\ButtonHilight-Square","ADD");
do local tex=item:GetNormalTexture();-- Hack to modify the existing texture object
    tex:ClearAllPoints();
    tex:SetPoint("CENTER",0,-1);
    tex:SetSize(64,64);
end
 
item.icon=item:CreateTexture("$parentIconTexture","BORDER");
 
item.count=item:CreateFontString("$parentCount","BORDER","NumberFontNormal");
item.count:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT",-5,2);
item.count:SetJustifyH("RIGHT");
item.count:Hide();
 
item.glow=item:CreateTexture("$parentGlow","OVERLAY");
item.glow:SetPoint("CENTER");
item.glow:SetSize(70,70);
item.glow:SetTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-ActionButton-Border");
item.glow:SetBlendMode("ADD");
item.glow:SetAlpha(0.6);

If there aren't any errors I missed, that should create the exact frame your template is making. Just replace the line where you create the item button with this and as Haleth suggested, move the contents of the OnLoad function to the main chunk and replace all references of self with frame.

[fRodzet]

Originally Posted by Seerah We already discussed "templates" in Lua here: http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=46184

I'm sorry for the double post, but i had more questions for my lua code than in that topic - i should have edited the post.

Originally Posted by Haleth First of all, your code looks good, but you're making your functions global. They should either be local or part of the frame's table, like you do with the frame's regions/children. Your BagBuddy_MakeMovable function is not needed, since you're only calling it once (at least so far). Just use the function's body, replacing 'self' with 'frame', your local variable. OnLoad functions don't actually work in lua, because after calling CreateFrame(), the frame's (non-existing) OnLoad handler will have run already. Just put the code directly in the source file. As for the alpha mode, that would be SetBlendMode.

Thank you for the answer! I'll make my functions local instead. I decided to use the BagBuddy_MakeMovable function as i was not sure to wether i was going to develop the bagbuddy abit and maybe add some new feutures which would maybe require a new frame - if this is not the case i will ofc add the movable scripts directly to the frame created.

Originally Posted by SDPhantom You pretty much have the framework down for transferring your template into Lua, All you really need to do is put in the code for Lua to create the objects within the loop that the template would've done. local item=CreateFrame("Button","BagBuddy_Item"..idx,frame,"SecureActionButtonTemplate"); item:SetSize(37,37); item:SetAttribute("type2","item"); item:SetScript("OnEnter",BagBuddy_Button_OnEnter); item:SetScript("OnLeave",BagBuddy_Button_OnLeave);   item:SetNormalTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-Quickslot2"); item:SetPushedTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-Quickslot-Depress"); item:SetHighlightTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\ButtonHilight-Square","ADD"); do local tex=item:GetNormalTexture();-- Hack to modify the existing texture object     tex:ClearAllPoints();     tex:SetPoint("CENTER",0,-1);     tex:SetSize(64,64); end   item.icon=item:CreateTexture("$parentIconTexture","BORDER");   item.count=item:CreateFontString("$parentCount","BORDER","NumberFontNormal"); item.count:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT",-5,2); item.count:SetJustifyH("RIGHT"); item.count:Hide();   item.glow=item:CreateTexture("$parentGlow","OVERLAY"); item.glow:SetPoint("CENTER"); item.glow:SetSize(70,70); item.glow:SetTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-ActionButton-Border"); item.glow:SetBlendMode("ADD"); item.glow:SetAlpha(0.6); If there aren't any errors I missed, that should create the exact frame your template is making. Just replace the line where you create the item button with this and as Haleth suggested, move the contents of the OnLoad function to the main chunk and replace all references of self with frame.

Thank you so much! Imma look this code through and see what youve done! Also thank you for showing how to give the ADD alphaMode in lua, i tried: SetHighlightTexture("Source", SetAlpha="ADD") haha now i get why that didn't work

imma update the full script soon, and tell you guys if i got any errors.

$parent works for lua aswell? or is that XML only?

[fRodzet]

Allright here is my code, but it ain't working.. Doesn't create a button. Sorry - but as of now i'm still not good enough to figure out myself how to get it working, so some more help would be Lovely!

-------------------
--BagBuddy Frames--
-------------------
 
    -- The parent frame of BagBuddy
    local frame = CreateFrame("Frame", "BagBuddy", UIParent)
    frame:SetSize(425, 425)
    frame:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "CENTER")
 
    -- The Body frame of BagBuddy (the border itself)
    frame.body = frame:CreateTexture("BagBuddy_Body", "BORDER")
    frame.body:SetPoint("TOPLEFT")
    frame.body:SetTexture("Interface\\BankFrame\\UI-BankFrame")
    
    -- Making BagBuddy movable
    frame:EnableMouse(true)
    frame:SetMovable(true)
    frame:SetClampedToScreen(true)
    frame:RegisterForDrag("LeftButton")
    frame:SetScript("OnDragStart", frame.StartMoving)
    frame:SetScript("OnDragStop", frame.StopMovingOrSizing)
 
    -- The icon(portrait) texture of BagBuddy
    frame.icon = frame:CreateTexture("BagBuddy_Icon", "BACKGROUND")
    frame.icon:SetSize(60, 60)
    frame.icon:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", 7, -6)
    frame.icon:SetTexture("Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_EngGizmos_17")
    SetPortraitToTexture(frame.icon, "Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_EngGizmos_17")
 
    -- The title fontstring of BagBuddy.
    frame.title = frame:CreateFontString("BagBuddy_Title", "OVERLAY", "GameFontNormal")
    frame.title:SetPoint("TOP", 0, -18)
    frame.title:SetText("BagBuddy")
 
    -- The close button for BagBuddy.
    frame.close = CreateFrame("Button", "BagBuddy_Close", frame, "UIPanelCloseButton")
    frame.close:SetPoint("TOPRIGHT", -22, -8)
 
-----------------------
--BagBuddy Loop Items--
-----------------------
 
frame.items = {}
for idx = 1, 28 do
    local item = CreateFrame("Button", "BagBuddy_Item" .. idx, frame, "SecureActionButtonTemplate")
    item:SetSize(37, 37)
    
    item:SetNormalTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-Quickslot2")
    item:SetPushedTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-Quickslot-Depress")
    item:SetHighlightTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\ButtonHilight-Square", "ADD")
    do local tex = item:GetNormalTexture()
        tex:ClearAllPoints()
        tex:SetPoint("CENTER", 0, -1)
        tex:SetSize(64, 64)
    end
    
    item.icon = item:CreateTexture("$parentIconTexture", "BORDER")
    
    item.count = item:CreateFontString("$parentCount", "BORDER", "NumberFontNormal")
    item.coun:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", -5, 2)
    item.count:SetJustifyH("RIGHT")
    item.count:Hide()
    
    item.glow = item:CreateTexture("$parentGlow", "OVERLAY")
    item.glow:SetPoint("CENTER")
    item.glow:SetSize(70, 70)
    item.glow:SetTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-ActionButton-Border")
    item.glow:SetBlendMode("ADD")
    item.glow:SetAlpha(0.6)
    
    frame.items[idx] = item
    
    if idx == 1 then
        item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", 40, -73)
    elseif idx == 8 or idx == 15 or idx == 22 then
        item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", frame.items[idx - 7], "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -7)
    else
        item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", frame.items[idx - 1], "TOPRIGHT", 12, 0)
    end
end
 
 
----------------------
--BagBuddy Functions--
----------------------

I looked it through and doesn't seem like a typing mistake.

[zork]

Your problem was "self" on icon setpoint.

I added some suggestions.

-------------------
    --BagBuddy Frames--
    -------------------
 
    -- The parent frame of BagBuddy
    local frame = CreateFrame("Frame", "BagBuddy", UIParent)
    frame:SetSize(425, 425)
    frame:SetPoint("CENTER")
 
    -- Making BagBuddy movable
 
    -- I suggest you create a drag frame and redirect the drag event on the that frame to the parent frame
    frame:EnableMouse(true)
    frame:SetClampedToScreen(true)
    frame:SetMovable(true)
    frame:SetUserPlaced(true)
 
    frame.drag = CreateFrame("Frame", "$parentDragFrame", frame)
    frame.drag:SetHeight(22)
    frame.drag:SetPoint("TOPLEFT",60,0)
    frame.drag:SetPoint("TOPRIGHT",-30,0)
    frame.drag:EnableMouse(true)
    frame.drag:RegisterForDrag("LeftButton")
    frame.drag:SetScript("OnDragStart", function(self)
      self:GetParent():StartMoving()
    end)
    frame.drag:SetScript("OnDragStop", function(self)
      self:GetParent():StopMovingOrSizing()
    end)
 
    -- The Body frame of BagBuddy (the border itself)
    frame.body = frame:CreateTexture(nil, "BACKGROUND", nil, -8) --name, strata, inherit, texturelevel
    frame.body:SetAllPoints() --take the size of the parent element
    frame.body:SetTexture("Interface\\BankFrame\\UI-BankFrame")
 
    -- The icon(portrait) texture of BagBuddy
    frame.icon = frame:CreateTexture("BagBuddy_Icon", "BACKGROUND")
    frame.icon:SetSize(60, 60)
    frame.icon:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", 7, -6)
    frame.icon:SetTexture("Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_EngGizmos_17")
    SetPortraitToTexture(frame.icon, "Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_EngGizmos_17")
 
    -- The title fontstring of BagBuddy.
    frame.title = frame:CreateFontString("BagBuddy_Title", "OVERLAY", "GameFontNormal")
    frame.title:SetPoint("TOP", 0, -18)
    frame.title:SetText("BagBuddy")
 
    -- The close button for BagBuddy.
    frame.close = CreateFrame("Button", "BagBuddy_Close", frame, "UIPanelCloseButton")
    frame.close:SetPoint("TOPRIGHT", -22, -8)
 
    -----------------------
    --BagBuddy Loop Items--
    -----------------------
 
    frame.items = {}
    for idx = 1, 28 do
      local item = CreateFrame("Button", "BagBuddy_Item" .. idx, frame, "SecureActionButtonTemplate")
      item:SetSize(37, 37)
 
      item:SetNormalTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-Quickslot2")
      item:SetPushedTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-Quickslot-Depress")
      item:SetHighlightTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\ButtonHilight-Square", "ADD")
      do
        local tex = item:GetNormalTexture()
        tex:ClearAllPoints()
        tex:SetPoint("CENTER", 0, -1)
        tex:SetSize(64, 64)
      end
 
      item.icon = item:CreateTexture("$parentIconTexture", "BORDER")
 
      item.count = item:CreateFontString("$parentCount", "BORDER", "NumberFontNormal")
      item.coun:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", -5, 2)
      item.count:SetJustifyH("RIGHT")
      item.count:Hide()
 
      item.glow = item:CreateTexture("$parentGlow", "OVERLAY")
      item.glow:SetPoint("CENTER")
      item.glow:SetSize(70, 70)
      item.glow:SetTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-ActionButton-Border")
      item.glow:SetBlendMode("ADD")
      item.glow:SetAlpha(0.6)
 
      frame.items[idx] = item
 
      if idx == 1 then
          item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", 40, 200)
      elseif idx == 8 or idx == 15 or idx == 22 then
          item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", frame.items[idx - 7], "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -7)
      else
          item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", frame.items[idx - 1], "TOPRIGHT", 12, 0)
      end
    end

Not sure how your panel should look.

But do a quick test. Is this your panel?

--setup panel
  do
    local panel = CreateFrame("Frame", "MyConfigPanel", UIParent, "ButtonFrameTemplate")
    --panel:SetFrameStrata("HIGH")
    panel:SetSize(600,600)
    panel:SetPoint("CENTER")
    panel.title = _G["MyConfigPanelTitleText"]
    panel.title:SetText("ButtonFrameTemplate Panel")
  end

If yes you can use the "ButtonFrameTemplate" to create your panel. It will have all the buttons already included. There are ton of other templates.

Hmm I just checked. BankFrame.xml is using "PortraitFrameTemplate". So you can probably use that instead.

https://github.com/tekkub/wow-ui-sou...kFrame.xml#L94

.

[fRodzet]

Originally Posted by zork Your problem was "self" on icon setpoint. I added some suggestions. -------------------     --BagBuddy Frames--     -------------------       -- The parent frame of BagBuddy     local frame = CreateFrame("Frame", "BagBuddy", UIParent)     frame:SetSize(425, 425)     frame:SetPoint("CENTER")       -- Making BagBuddy movable       -- I suggest you create a drag frame and redirect the drag event on the that frame to the parent frame     frame:EnableMouse(true)     frame:SetClampedToScreen(true)     frame:SetMovable(true)     frame:SetUserPlaced(true)       frame.drag = CreateFrame("Frame", "$parentDragFrame", frame)     frame.drag:SetHeight(22)     frame.drag:SetPoint("TOPLEFT",60,0)     frame.drag:SetPoint("TOPRIGHT",-30,0)     frame.drag:EnableMouse(true)     frame.drag:RegisterForDrag("LeftButton")     frame.drag:SetScript("OnDragStart", function(self)       self:GetParent():StartMoving()     end)     frame.drag:SetScript("OnDragStop", function(self)       self:GetParent():StopMovingOrSizing()     end)       -- The Body frame of BagBuddy (the border itself)     frame.body = frame:CreateTexture(nil, "BACKGROUND", nil, -8) --name, strata, inherit, texturelevel     frame.body:SetAllPoints() --take the size of the parent element     frame.body:SetTexture("Interface\\BankFrame\\UI-BankFrame")       -- The icon(portrait) texture of BagBuddy     frame.icon = frame:CreateTexture("BagBuddy_Icon", "BACKGROUND")     frame.icon:SetSize(60, 60)     frame.icon:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", 7, -6)     frame.icon:SetTexture("Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_EngGizmos_17")     SetPortraitToTexture(frame.icon, "Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_EngGizmos_17")       -- The title fontstring of BagBuddy.     frame.title = frame:CreateFontString("BagBuddy_Title", "OVERLAY", "GameFontNormal")     frame.title:SetPoint("TOP", 0, -18)     frame.title:SetText("BagBuddy")       -- The close button for BagBuddy.     frame.close = CreateFrame("Button", "BagBuddy_Close", frame, "UIPanelCloseButton")     frame.close:SetPoint("TOPRIGHT", -22, -8)       -----------------------     --BagBuddy Loop Items--     -----------------------       frame.items = {}     for idx = 1, 28 do       local item = CreateFrame("Button", "BagBuddy_Item" .. idx, frame, "SecureActionButtonTemplate")       item:SetSize(37, 37)         item:SetNormalTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-Quickslot2")       item:SetPushedTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-Quickslot-Depress")       item:SetHighlightTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\ButtonHilight-Square", "ADD")       do         local tex = item:GetNormalTexture()         tex:ClearAllPoints()         tex:SetPoint("CENTER", 0, -1)         tex:SetSize(64, 64)       end         item.icon = item:CreateTexture("$parentIconTexture", "BORDER")         item.count = item:CreateFontString("$parentCount", "BORDER", "NumberFontNormal")       item.coun:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", -5, 2)       item.count:SetJustifyH("RIGHT")       item.count:Hide()         item.glow = item:CreateTexture("$parentGlow", "OVERLAY")       item.glow:SetPoint("CENTER")       item.glow:SetSize(70, 70)       item.glow:SetTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-ActionButton-Border")       item.glow:SetBlendMode("ADD")       item.glow:SetAlpha(0.6)         frame.items[idx] = item         if idx == 1 then           item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", 40, 200)       elseif idx == 8 or idx == 15 or idx == 22 then           item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", frame.items[idx - 7], "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -7)       else           item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", frame.items[idx - 1], "TOPRIGHT", 12, 0)       end     end Not sure how your panel should look. But do a quick test. Is this your panel? --setup panel   do     local panel = CreateFrame("Frame", "MyConfigPanel", UIParent, "ButtonFrameTemplate")     --panel:SetFrameStrata("HIGH")     panel:SetSize(600,600)     panel:SetPoint("CENTER")     panel.title = _G["MyConfigPanelTitleText"]     panel.title:SetText("ButtonFrameTemplate Panel")   end If yes you can use the "ButtonFrameTemplate" to create your panel. It will have all the buttons already included.

Yeah i saw that, and i did change that myself as you see in my edited post, however thanks for the drag thing - thats nice.

But still the buttons ain't created. hmm

[zork]

Please don't quote full posts.

You have "lua errors" enabled right?
Have you seen my texture change? You used "OVERLAY". It may "overlay" all your buttons .
Addtionally check my panel template edit.

It is good practice to use already given Blizzard templates. Especially if you want to copy-cat the BankUI. Normally you don't have to create your panel manually. There are basic templates that wil do this for you.

Btw there is a button template for bank icons aswell. That is: "BankItemButtonGenericTemplate"

So you could change your button to:

local item = CreateFrame("Button", "BagBuddy_Item" .. idx, frame, "BankItemButtonGenericTemplate, SecureActionButtonTemplate")

First use templates for stuff. If sth is missing or you need changes you can still do that afterwards. You don't have to reprogram templates.

[fRodzet]

Thank you!!! It sort of worked, just have to change a few options as the frame itself got kinda ****ed ^^ But the buttons is now shown as expected!

Also i didn't have LUA Errors enabled till now... OMG :P

Is there any smart AddOn/Tool/w.e to help you get the anchor point of something? Like i keep testing anchor points and then use /reload ingame to see the result?

[zork]

Well...you can make inline frame dragable aswell. You listen to DragStop.

Once that fires you calculate the point diffenrence of the parent element to your current frame.

I used this function somewhere. I can be changed to deliver the offset you need for your stuff. But actually I do resize/reloading. You only need a couple of tries to get stuff right and don't need to do it again.

local calcPoint = function(s)
    if s:GetParent():GetName() ~= "UIParent" then
      local Hx, Hy = s:GetParent():GetCenter()
      local W, H = s:GetParent():GetSize()
      local Ox, Oy = s:GetCenter()
      if(not Ox) then return end
      local scale = s:GetScale()
      Hx, Hy = floor(Hx), floor(Hy)
      Ox, Oy = floor(Ox*scale), floor(Oy*scale)
      local Tx, Ty = (Hx-Ox)*(-1), (Hy-Oy)*(-1)
      s:ClearAllPoints()
      s:SetPoint("CENTER",s:GetParent(),Tx/scale,Ty/scale)
    end
  end

[SDPhantom]

Originally Posted by fRodzet ------------------- --BagBuddy Frames-- -------------------       -- The parent frame of BagBuddy     local frame = CreateFrame("Frame", "BagBuddy", UIParent)     frame:SetSize(425, 425)     frame:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "CENTER")       -- The Body frame of BagBuddy (the border itself)     frame.body = frame:CreateTexture("BagBuddy_Body", "BORDER")     frame.body:SetPoint("TOPLEFT")     frame.body:SetTexture("Interface\\BankFrame\\UI-BankFrame")         -- Making BagBuddy movable     frame:EnableMouse(true)     frame:SetMovable(true)     frame:SetClampedToScreen(true)     frame:RegisterForDrag("LeftButton")     frame:SetScript("OnDragStart", frame.StartMoving)     frame:SetScript("OnDragStop", frame.StopMovingOrSizing)       -- The icon(portrait) texture of BagBuddy     frame.icon = frame:CreateTexture("BagBuddy_Icon", "BACKGROUND")     frame.icon:SetSize(60, 60)     frame.icon:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", 7, -6)     frame.icon:SetTexture("Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_EngGizmos_17")     SetPortraitToTexture(frame.icon, "Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_EngGizmos_17")       -- The title fontstring of BagBuddy.     frame.title = frame:CreateFontString("BagBuddy_Title", "OVERLAY", "GameFontNormal")     frame.title:SetPoint("TOP", 0, -18)     frame.title:SetText("BagBuddy")       -- The close button for BagBuddy.     frame.close = CreateFrame("Button", "BagBuddy_Close", frame, "UIPanelCloseButton")     frame.close:SetPoint("TOPRIGHT", -22, -8)   ----------------------- --BagBuddy Loop Items-- -----------------------   frame.items = {} for idx = 1, 28 do     local item = CreateFrame("Button", "BagBuddy_Item" .. idx, frame, "SecureActionButtonTemplate")     item:SetSize(37, 37)         item:SetNormalTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-Quickslot2")     item:SetPushedTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-Quickslot-Depress")     item:SetHighlightTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\ButtonHilight-Square", "ADD")     do local tex = item:GetNormalTexture()         tex:ClearAllPoints()         tex:SetPoint("CENTER", 0, -1)         tex:SetSize(64, 64)     end         item.icon = item:CreateTexture("$parentIconTexture", "BORDER")         item.count = item:CreateFontString("$parentCount", "BORDER", "NumberFontNormal")     item.coun:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", -5, 2)     item.count:SetJustifyH("RIGHT")     item.count:Hide()         item.glow = item:CreateTexture("$parentGlow", "OVERLAY")     item.glow:SetPoint("CENTER")     item.glow:SetSize(70, 70)     item.glow:SetTexture("Interface\\Buttons\\UI-ActionButton-Border")     item.glow:SetBlendMode("ADD")     item.glow:SetAlpha(0.6)         frame.items[idx] = item         if idx == 1 then         item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", 40, -73)     elseif idx == 8 or idx == 15 or idx == 22 then         item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", frame.items[idx - 7], "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -7)     else         item:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", frame.items[idx - 1], "TOPRIGHT", 12, 0)     end end

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item.coun:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", -5, 2)

Originally Posted by fRodzet $parent works for lua aswell? or is that XML only?

$parent works for any function in the Widget API and CreateFrame() that can reference a frame by its name. Just think of Lua as a backend for the XML. Using the right functions, you can just plug in the values directly.



More information on these functions is available in the Widget API page on WoWPedia. Note CreateFrame() is in the WoW API section.