Help with Check Boxes

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1

Hello,

I have added my addon to the Interface Options panel. I created a check box to toggle a setting. However, when clicking on the checkbox nothing happens. I was expecting it be toggle between checked and unchecked.

local blackOxStatueButton = CreateFrame(“Button”, “Hyperspawn_Interface_Child_Alerts_blackOxStatue”, Hyperspawn_UI.childpanel_Alerts, “UICheckButtonTemplate”)
blackOxStatueButton:SetPoint(“TOP”,-290,-5)
blackOxStatueButton.text:SetText(“Black Ox Statue”)

I have tried to add a SetScript action to the check button as well but it didn’t make a difference.

blackOxStatueButton:SetScript(“OnClick”, function()
if blackOxStatueButton:GetChecked() == true then
print(“Button is checked”)
else
print(“Button is unchecked”)
end
end)

Thank you.

2

Yeah don’t mind my previous edited out post. The widget should be checkbutton instead of button

CreateFrame("CheckButton", nil, nil, "UICheckButtonTemplate")
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3

Thank you for the information. That seemed to do the trick!

Any idea why the FontString:SetText not working? It causes the rest of the addon to not load.

blackOxStatueFontString = Hyperspawn_UI.childpanel_Alerts:CreateFontString()
blackOxStatueFontString:SetPoint(“TOP”,-285,-30)
blackOxStatueFontString:SetText(“String”)

4

FontStrings need a font SetFont(). You should be getting an error saying one hasn’t been set.

5

Thank you. Do you happen to know what the default font is for the addon interface panel or where I can find a list of fonts?

EDIT: Oops, I forgot to also ask how do you turn on logging? I didn’t receive an error message about the font not being set.

6

For the most part for labels it’s GameFontHighlight but it depends on how you want your option(s) to display.

For debugging errors, install:
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/bug-grabber
and
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/bugsack