Show chat while hiding the rest of the wow interface

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Hello i was just curious if there was a way to show my chat frame after i hide my interface using CTRL-Z. That way i can see if people are talking to me while enjoying the scenery

2

There’s probably an addon for that but the cheap version might look like (ChatFrame1 (General) only):

/run local C1=ChatFrame1 GeneralDockManager:HookScript("OnHide", function(self) C1:SetParent(WorldFrame) C1.editBox:SetParent(C1) end) GeneralDockManager:HookScript("OnShow", function(self) C1:SetParent(self) C1.editBox:SetParent(UIParent) end)

I thought there might be a SetIgnoreParentHidden like method/attribute but I’m probably thinking of something else.

3

is this a macro?

4

Yes.

You can turn it into an addon by pasting everything but the /run into the website addon.bool.no

Also removes the SetIgnoreParentScale calls from my previous post as it didn’t do anything.

5

it wontl let me chat in the box

6

I told you it was cheap :rofl:

Updated my first post to include the EditBox.

7

You want to to use an addon for this. I use ElvUI which does this and so much more if you are into “enjoying the scenery”. You can start by searching for “Global Fade Addon”. That should point you in the right direction