WoW:API ScrollingMessageFrame AddMessage

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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.

Set color

Syntax:

|cAARRGGBB  colored text  

Example:

|cFFFF0000This Will Be In Red

Reset color

Syntax:

|cAARRGGBB  colored text  |r  uncolored text

Example:

|cFF00FF00In Green|rDefault Color

See also

• UI Escape Sequences