WoW:API GameTooltip SetOwner: Difference between revisions

WoW:API GameTooltip SetOwner (source)

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-GameTooltip:SetOwner(owner, anchor);
+GameTooltip:SetOwner(owner, anchor&#91;, +x, +y&#93;);
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-:(owner, "Anchor")
+:(owner, "Anchor"&#91;, +x, +y&#93;)
 :;owner : Frame - Owner frame, which defines the element where the tooltip is centered on
 :;anchor : String - a string that describes the anchor point as it would be set via the SetPoint() function.  Anchoring meathods as follows:
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 ::ANCHOR_BOTTOMLEFT      -------    SetPoint("TOPRIGHT",object,"BOTTOMLEFT")
 ::ANCHOR_CURSOR
+You can also move the tooltip by x or y, where positive x is to the right and positive y is up. Thus, negative x is to the left and negative y is down. Doesn't work if anchor is ANCHOR_CURSOR.
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-: This only appears to be a convience method for setting the location of the tooltip, it doesn't seem to actually grant any "ownership" of the tooltip over anything else.
+: This will set the owner for tooltip:IsOwned(frame). For instance, first call GameTooltip:SetOwner(UIParent). Then GameTooltip:IsOwned(UIParent) will return 1.
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