SharedTooltipTemplate

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Configures a functional GameTooltip.

<GameTooltip name="MyTooltip1" inherits="SharedTooltipTemplate" />
<GameTooltip name="MyTooltip2" inherits="GameTooltipTemplate" />

FrameXML defines these templates in:

• SharedXML/SharedTooltipTemplate.xml {⁠, ⁠}
• FrameXML/GameTooltip.xml {⁠, ⁠}

Key values

When inherited in XML with <GameTooltip>, further customizations are possible with <KeyValue> tags:

textLeft1Font

string - Name of a Font object to apply to the first line only (default: GameTooltipHeaderText).

textLeft2Font

string - Applies to the second and all subsequent lines (default: GameTooltipText).

textRight1Font

string - Applies with GameTooltip:AddDoubleLine() to the right side first line only (default: GameTooltipHeaderText).

textRight2Font

string - Applies to the second and all subsequent lines (default: GameTooltipText).

layoutType

string - Configures the NineSlicePanelTemplate child frame (default: TooltipDefaultLayout).

Details

• SharedTooltipTemplate configures standard widgets for the tooltip's normal function, such as $parentTextLeft1, $parentTextRight1 and $parentTexture1
• GameTooltipTemplate also adds a StatusBar that may appear with GameTooltip:SetUnit().
• Fonts can also be changed in Lua with FontInstance:SetFontObject().