Editing WoW:API Region IsShown

{{widgetmethod}}
Determine if the object would be visible if its parent was visible.

 shown = MyObject:IsShown();

== Returns ==

:;shown: [[boolean]] - true if the object will be visible when its parent is visible.

== Example ==
 if MyFrame:IsShown() and not MyFrame:IsVisible() then
     -- Frame is "shown", but not visible (one or more of its parents isn't shown)
 elseif MyFrame:IsVisible() then
     -- Frame is visible on-screen!
 end

== Details ==

Calling [[API Region Show|:Show]]() on an object will make subsequent calls to IsShown() return ''true''. Likewise, calling [[API Region Hide|:Hide]]() will make subsequent calls to IsShown() return ''nil''.

When an object is initialized, the return value of IsShown() is determined by the XML-attribute "hidden" for the object.

Objects created via [[API CreateFrame|CreateFrame]](), [[API Frame CreateFontString|Frame:CreateFontString]]() or [[API Frame CreateTexture|Frame:CreateTexture]]() are initially created shown.

== Notes ==
* Prior to patch 1.9, FontStrings did not have an :IsShown(). They did have an :IsVisible() method with the behaviour of :IsShown().

== See also ==
* {{api|Region:IsVisible|t=w}}