Different Frames same SetScript

[neverg]

I'm writing my own version of a Text Stats addon (fps, mem, etc...) and I wanted (and acomplished) to display different tooltips when you hover over specific text strings (frames).

When setting some scripts, some are the same for the various frames. I did this for 3 frames:

self.lf:SetScript("OnLeave", function() GameTooltip:Hide() end)
    self.cf:SetScript("OnLeave", function() GameTooltip:Hide() end)
    self.rf:SetScript("OnLeave", function() GameTooltip:Hide() end)

Is there any cleaner approach to this, Lua related? I don't think so, but just making sure.

[Ailae]

Suppose you could store all the frames in a table and then traverse it and set the OnScript, but if we're only talking about three frames that will probably be less cleaner. :P

[Xubera]

local function hideTooltip() GameTooltip:Hide() end

self.lf:SetScript("OnLeave",hideTooltip)
self.cf:SetScript("OnLeave",hideTooltip)
self.hf:SetScript("OnLeave",hideTooltip)

but your right, its pretty straight forward. both are negligble, just depends how you want to write.

in this way, you could at a print to the function like print("whoo hoo, take that tooltip!") and it would print on all 3 without having to add it 3 times, but meh what else could you do on leave :/

[neverg]

Thanks guys. I Didn't think so, but needed to make sure.

[Seerah]

Originally Posted by neverg I'm writing my own version of a Text Stats addon (fps, mem, etc...) and I wanted (and acomplished) to display different tooltips when you hover over specific text strings (frames). When setting some scripts, some are the same for the various frames. I did this for 3 frames: self.lf:SetScript("OnLeave", function() GameTooltip:Hide() end)     self.cf:SetScript("OnLeave", function() GameTooltip:Hide() end)     self.rf:SetScript("OnLeave", function() GameTooltip:Hide() end) Is there any cleaner approach to this, Lua related? I don't think so, but just making sure.

Here, you are creating 3 functions in memory that are all the same. Instead, you can do this

local function TooltipHide()
    GameTooltip:Hide()
end
 
    self.lf:SetScript("OnLeave", TooltipHide)
    self.cf:SetScript("OnLeave", TooltipHide)
    self.rf:SetScript("OnLeave", TooltipHide)

or this should work, too

self.lf:SetScript("OnLeave", GameTooltip.Hide)
    self.cf:SetScript("OnLeave", GameTooltip.Hide)
    self.rf:SetScript("OnLeave", GameTooltip.Hide)

[Xubera]

:O Seerah, you totally copied what i said... even our local functions names almost matched!

[Dridzt]

or just GameTooltip_Hide()

(yes that's really a default function)

[Seerah]

Originally Posted by Xubera :O Seerah, you totally copied what i said... even our local functions names almost matched!

Wow... How did I miss that? I think I'll blame it on being sick.