WoW:UIOBJECT FontString: Difference between revisions

WoW:UIOBJECT FontString (source)

116 bytes removed , 16 August 2007

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 If we anchor all sides (e.g. add a "BOTTOM" anchor to the previous fontstring, or change the "TOPRIGHT" to a "BOTTOMRIGHT"), SetWidth() and SetHeight() completely cease to have any effect whatsoever on the output. All output will obey the anchoring points.
-However, calling SetWidth() with your object's actual width (which you can't get via GetWidth()!), and calling GetHeight() will still tell you how high the object actually needs to be.
+However, calling SetWidth() with your object's actual width (which you can't get via GetWidth(), but you can try GetLeft()-GetRight()), and calling GetHeight() will still tell you how high the object actually needs to be.
-Note that you can never completely ''un''-set a width or height once set. You can ''change'' it, but if you want to completely clear it to have WoW start returning computed values for you, you need to create a new fonstring or reload the UI. (At least at the time of this writing, july 2006, version 1.11.2).
+If you want to completely clear width or height once set to have WoW start returning computed values for you, you need to call SetWidth(0) or SetHeight(0).