Widget API: ScrollingMessageFrame:AddMessage

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Outputs text to a local MessageFrame, with optional color id.

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

Parameters

Arguments

(String text, Number red, Number green, Number blue, Number id)

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

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.

UIErrorsFrame:AddMessage("The system is down", 1.0, 0.5, 0);

Informs the user that the system is down in the error message window, located prominently at the top of the screen.

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