Yesterday, I asked for your help trying to find out what a particular addon on my screen belonged to. I received a handy tip that showed me the name of any interactive, visual element on the screen.
Create a macro and enter the following text below. Be sure to bind it to a key (I used Zed).
/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage( GetMouseFocus():GetName() );
Mouse over any visual element and hit the macro. It’ll show you which addon it belongs to in your text box.
Really handy if you’re trying to filter through and sort a bunch of addons on screen.
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Very nice, I keep track of my own stuff typically but I can see how this would be very useful. Just the fact that it works is cool enough for me to at least setup the macro for later use.
Glad I don’t name my frames :P
Damnit, I hate that I have to comment to toggle the emails…
This is a good trick, but a note for the unwary: It only displays frame names for those frames with focus: that is those frames that get input from the user.
If its an output only addon then this trick won’t work.
This macro is great help for configuring KGPanels, (used that macro since eePanels), these panels have nice way to “parent” to particular ui element (e.g. chat frame, unit frame) but you have to parent it to exact name of the ui element so you had to use this macro to know name of intended parent
Or, just do /framestack (/fstack for short)
Also, if you’re using kgPanels, it has a built-in “framefinder” – just keybind it, mouseover a frame, and click the keybind. It pops up a window with the names of all the frames under it.
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There’s an addon called FrameInfo that displays the name, parent, children, and some other info about whatever frame you hover your mouse over. It’s one that I keep disabled until I need it. It will work with non-focus frames too :)
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