WoW API: EnumerateFrames

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Returns frame which follows current frame, or first frame if argument is nil. The order of iteration follows the order that the frames were created in.

nextFrame = EnumerateFrames({currentFrame})

Parameters

Arguments

({currentFrame})

currentFrame

Table - current frame or nil to get first frame

Returns

nextFrame

nextFrame

Table - the frame following currentFrame or nil if no more frames

Example

 local frame = EnumerateFrames()
 while frame do
     if frame:IsVisible() and MouseIsOver(frame) then
         DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(frame:GetName())
     end
     frame = EnumerateFrames(frame)
 end

Result

Prints the names of all visible frames under the mouse cursor to the default chat frame.

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