WildStar:UI Snippets

This page list Lua code and idioms that are frequently needed when writing AddOns.

Concrete code examples

• Loading a extra Lua script / library: https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/145956-include-a-lib/?p=1448824
  • and modify those which have been written Lua generic without wildstar-spec: https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/50951-question-more-lua-files-in-one-addon/
• Automatic save Window/Form position of your addon's frames (when the user moves them): https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/77580-need-assist-on-saving-frame-position-noob-here/
  • in case the code in the upper link does not work, try this: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/bfe9d83596765db97af3
• Hooking into foreign addons functions (ger): https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/143803-event-reihenfolge-und-propagation-verhindern/?p=1434349
• Table and pointer / references: https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/146237-de-referencing-pointer-for-writing/
• Saving data for your addon - savedVariables:
  • https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/93286-saving-data-in-my-addon
• Preventing collisions with saved variables when you change savedVars data structure of your addon: https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/145622-resetting-savedvariables/
• Stopping recurring timers: https://gist.github.com/serjoscha87/917d4c8756d1ec90ce8f
• Using umlauts in your addon: http://www.esoui.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4188