Child Frames/Fields

[ChrisKader]

I noticed that child frames or fields created by default when some Frame Types are created are not included in the type defs.

Example would be:

local f = CreateFrame("CheckButton", nil, UIParent)

If I reference f.text I am told by the extension in VSCode that it is an undefined field. However, .text is created as a FontString at the root of f and is the text that is attached to the button. The only way I have found around this is to define a custom class, like shown below, that extends the default class to include the field.

---@class CheckButton_E : CheckButton
---@field text FontString
local f = CreateFrame("CheckButton", nil, UIParent)
f.text:SetText("Test")

[Ketho]

Do you mean the CheckButton frame type has a text field by default? But /dump CreateFrame("CheckButton").text returns nil for me. Or are you using some kind of inherited template?

Note that EmmyLua class inheritance is currently kinda broken https://github.com/sumneko/lua-language-server/issues/660
edit: it still pinged them huh :(

[ChrisKader]

Looks like .text does come from an inherited template, my apologies.

[Ketho]

So something like #15, although I don't really know a solution for that

[ChrisKader]

You are right, my apologies for opening a duplicate. I will look at 15 and see what can possibly be done. I am familiar with typescript but I think the limitations of EmmyLua may not easily allow for it :(