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MouseIsOver -Documentation by coder_1024,KarlKFI-

isOver = MouseIsOver(frame, topOffset, bottomOffset, leftOffset, rightOffset);

Determines whether or not the mouse is over the specified frame.

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Arguments

(frame, [topOffset, bottomOffset, leftOffset, rightOffset])

frame

Frame - The frame to test with

topOffset

(optional) Number - distance from the top to include in calculations

bottomOffset

(optional) Number - distance from the bottom to include in calculations

leftOffset

(optional) Number - distance from the left to include in calculations

rightOffset

(optional) Number - distance from the right to include in calculations

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Results

isOver

isOver

Boolean - A true value if the mouse is over the frame, false otherwise.

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Example

You can determine whether or not the mouse is over the minimap using the below.

if (MouseIsOver(MinimapCluster)) then
   -- do something
end

Note: It doesn't matter if the frame is hidden or not, if the mouse would be over it when you :Show() it then this function does return true.