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Creates a Frame object.

frame = CreateFrame(frameType [, name, parent, template, id])

Arguments[]

frameType
string - Type of the frame; e.g. "Frame" or "Button".
name
string? - Globally accessible name to assign to the frame, or nil for an anonymous frame.
parent
Frame?🔗 - Parent object to assign to the frame, or nil to be parentless; cannot be a string. Can also be set with Region:SetParent()
template
string? - Comma-delimited list of virtual XML templates to inherit; see also a complete list of FrameXML templates.
id
number? - ID to assign to the frame. Can also be set with Frame:SetID()

Returns[]

frame
Frame🔗 - The created Frame object or one of the other frame type objects.

Frame types[]

Possible frame types are available from the XML schema {UIFrameXML/UI}:

Details[]

  • Fires the frame's OnLoad script, if it has one from an inherited template.
  • Frames cannot be deleted or garbage collected, so it may be preferable to reuse them.
  • Intrinsic frames may also be used.

Example[]

  • Shows a texture which is also parented to UIParent so it will be have the same UI scale and hidden when toggled with Alt-Z
API CreateFrame mushroom

inv_mushroom_11

local f = CreateFrame("Frame", nil, UIParent)
f:SetPoint("CENTER")
f:SetSize(64, 64)

f.tex = f:CreateTexture()
f.tex:SetAllPoints(f)
f.tex:SetTexture("interface/icons/inv_mushroom_11")
Button Click me

Click me

local btn = CreateFrame("Button", nil, UIParent, "UIPanelButtonTemplate")
btn:SetPoint("CENTER")
btn:SetSize(100, 40)
btn:SetText("Click me")
btn:SetScript("OnClick", function(self, button, down)
	print("Pressed", button, down and "down" or "up")
end)
btn:RegisterForClicks("AnyDown", "AnyUp")
local m = CreateFrame("PlayerModel")
m:SetPoint("CENTER")
m:SetSize(200, 200)
m:SetDisplayInfo(21723) -- murloccostume.m2
  • Registers for events being fired, like chat messages and when you start/stop moving.
local function OnEvent(self, event, ...)
	print(event, ...)
end

local f = CreateFrame("Frame")
f:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_CHANNEL")
f:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_STARTED_MOVING")
f:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_STOPPED_MOVING")
f:SetScript("OnEvent", OnEvent)

Patch changes[]

Bc icon Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): The fourth argument, inheritFrame, now accepts comma-separated values.
WoW Icon update Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19): Added fourth argument, inheritFrame.[1]
WoW Icon update Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): Added.[2]

See also[]

References[]

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