Editing WoW:API ScrollingMessageFrame AddMessage

{{widgetmethod}}

Outputs text to a local MessageFrame, with optional color id.- Updated in 2.4.2

 MessageFrame:AddMessage(text[,r,g,b[,id][,addToStart]]);

== Parameters ==
=== Arguments ===

:(String text, Number red, Number green, Number blue, Number id, Boolean addToStart)

:;text : The string message to output
:;r : The intensity of the red component. A number between 0.0 and 1.0
:;g : The intensity of the green component. A number between 0.0 and 1.0
:;b : The intensity of the blue component. A number between 0.0 and 1.0
:;id : A number that classifies the line of text, for later changing the color
:;addToStart : Boolean - Set to true to add the message to the start of the MessageFrame as if it was the first printed message - New in 2.4.2.

=== Returns ===
:;nil


== Example ==

 DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Testing", 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);

Outputs "Testing" on a single line in your default chat window -- in red.

 DEFAULT_CHAT_GLOBAL:AddMessage("AddOn Loaded!", 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, nil, true);

Outputs "AddOn Loaded!" at the start of your default chat window -- in green.

==Escape Sequences==
It is also possible to control the text of parts of lines in the MessageFrame with escape sequences in text.

<div style="margin-left:3%;">
===Set color===
Syntax:
 '''|c'''AARRGGBB  colored text  
Example:
 '''|c'''FFFF0000This Will Be In Red

===Reset color===
Syntax:
 |cAARRGGBB  colored text  '''|r'''  uncolored text
Example:
 |cFF00FF00In Green'''|r'''Default Color

</div>

==See also==
*[[UI Escape Sequences]]