API ScrollingMessageFrame AddMessage

Outputs text to a local MessageFrame, with optional color id.- Updated in 2.4.2

MessageFrame:AddMessage(text[,r,g,b[,id][,addToStart]]);

Arguments

 * (String text, Number red, Number green, Number blue, Number id, Boolean addToStart)


 * text : The string message to output
 * r : The intensity of the red component. A number between 0.0 and 1.0
 * g : The intensity of the green component. A number between 0.0 and 1.0
 * b : The intensity of the blue component. A number between 0.0 and 1.0
 * id : A number that classifies the line of text, for later changing the color
 * addToStart : Boolean - Set to true to add the message to the start of the MessageFrame as if it was the first printed message - New in 2.4.2.

Returns

 * nil

Example
DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Testing", 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);

Outputs "Testing" on a single line in your default chat window -- in red.

DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("AddOn Loaded!", 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, nil, true);

Outputs "AddOn Loaded!" at the start of your default chat window -- in green.

Escape Sequences
It is also possible to control the text of parts of lines in the MessageFrame with escape sequences in text.

Set color
Syntax: |cAARRGGBB colored text Example: |cFFFF0000This Will Be In Red

Reset color
Syntax: |cAARRGGBB colored text  |r  uncolored text Example: |cFF00FF00In Green|rDefault Color