ShowUIPanel()

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This function is implemented in FrameXML/UIParent.lua.

Show a frame via Blizzard's "UI Panels" system.

ShowUIPanel(frame[, force]);

Arguments

frame

Frame - The UIPanel-capable frame that you want to show.

force

boolean - If true, the call will allow non-"full"/non-"center" area frames to replace existing "full"/"center" frames (by forcibly closing those "blocking" frames); otherwise those would prevent all "ShowUIPanel" calls for "lesser" frames" until such high-priority frames are manually closed. This flag isn't necessary if you want to replace a "full" area frame with another "full" frame, or likewise with "center" frames. It's only necessary if you want to forcibly replace such high-priority frames with things like "left"/"doublewide"-area frames instead (which have lower priorities).

Patch changes

• Patch 8.2.0 (2019-06-25): Protected during combat, displaying an "action blocked" chat message but not throwing an error.
  

See also

• Creating_standard_left-sliding_frames

External links

• GitHub FrameXML, Gethe
• Globe "wut?" Tool, Townlong-Yak