Spell Panels

Spell Panels is a World of Warcraft AddOn that shows kgPanels (or other frames) when you cast spells.

It also allows you to have the panels fade out after a certain amount of time.

Usage

To intitialise a frame as a Spell Panel, use the SpellPanel_OnLoad function:

SpellPanel_OnLoad(frame, spell [, delayTime [, fade [, fadeTime ]]])

If using kgPanels, call this in the OnLoad script.

SpellPanel_OnLoad takes the following arguments:

• frame is the frame object to make into a Spell Panel
• spell is either a spell name (string) or spellID (number). This is used to control when the panel shows.
• delayTime is the time in seconds between the panel being shown and the panel being hidden or faded out (explained below in further detail). If not specified, the default value defined in core.lua will be used.
• fade is set as the frame.fade field. If not specified, defaults to true.
• fadeTime is the time in seconds that it takes the frame to fade out. If not specified, the default value defined in core.lua will be used.

Hiding and Fading

The hiding/fading behaviour is controlled by the frame.fade field.

If this field is true (or true-equivalent), the frame will be faded out when its delay is finished or another panel is shown.

If this field is false or nil, the frame will be immediately hidden instead.

Examples

These examples assume that self is a reference to your frame (which it will be in kgPanel OnLoad scripts).

To intialise a panel for Arcane Shot using the default settings, simply put either of these in your OnLoad script (or equivalent):

SpellPanel_OnLoad(self, "Arcane Shot")

SpellPanel_OnLoad(self, 3044)

To initialise a panel for Frostbolt using a 5 second delay and a 2 second fade, use either of these:

SpellPanel_OnLoad(self, "Frostbolt", 5, true, 2)

SpellPanel_OnLoad(self, 116, 5, true, 2)

To intitialise a panel for Heart Strike using a 10 second delay and an instant hide, use either of these:

SpellPanel_OnLoad(self, "Heart Strike", 10, false)

SpellPanel_OnLoad(self, 117, 10, false)