Frame Positioning Question

[MilleXIV]

So I've been trying to figure this out and I can't quite get it. Let's say I do something like this:

local f1 = CreateFrame("FRAME", "XIV_FooFrame", UIParent)
f1:SetPoint("LEFT", UIParent, "LEFT")
f1:SetSize(100, 20)
local t1 = f1:CreateTexture(nil, "BACKGROUND")
t1:SetColorTexture(1,0,0,1)
t1:SetAllPoints()
 
local f2 = CreateFrame("FRAME", "XIV_BarFrame", UIParent)
f2:SetPoint("LEFT", f1, "RIGHT")
f2:SetSize(20, 20)
local t2 = f2:CreateTexture(nil, "BACKGROUND")
t2:SetColorTexture(0,0,1,1)
t2:SetAllPoints()

Is there any way to hide f1 and have f2 move all the way over? Other than reattaching f2 to UIParent instead of f1?

[Fizzlemizz]

Whatever you do you're going to have to do:

f2:ClearAllPoints()

After that, it doesn't really matter wether you attach it LEFT/LEFT to UIParent or f1 unless you want f2 to subsequently move with f1 automatically.

[MilleXIV]

Originally Posted by Fizzlemizz Whatever you do you're going to have to do: f2:ClearAllPoints() After that, it doesn't really matter wether you attach it LEFT/LEFT to UIParent or f1 unless you want f2 to subsequently move with f1 automatically.

So my intention is that f1 can have it's visibility toggled, with f2 moving into the space that it was taking up. I don't know much about how the layout system works in WoW, but what I want the end result to be is something like this: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/Lkrqrk. I managed to do it by doing f2:SetPoint("LEFT", UIParent), but I'd like to avoid that.

As best I can tell my options are reposition f2 to the shared parent frame at full left (if f1 disbaled) or with a gap equal to the width of f1 (if f1 enabled).

[Fizzlemizz]

f1:SetScript("OnHide", function(self) 
    f2:ClearAllPoints()
    f2:SetPoint("LEFT", self, "LEFT")
end)
 
f1:SetScript("OnShow", function(self) 
    f2:ClearAllPoints()
    f2:SetPoint("LEFT", self, "RIGHT")
end)

This will toggle the movement on showing/hiding f1. Just because a frame is hidden doesn't mean it can't still be used for anchoring.

[MilleXIV]

Originally Posted by Fizzlemizz f1:SetScript("OnHide", function(self)     f2:ClearAllPoints()     f2:SetPoint("LEFT", self, "LEFT") end)

Hmm, it seems that's what my problem was. I was still setting it as left/right instead of left/left. Thanks for that.