SecureTemplates

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SecureTemplates are a family of protected frame and button templates defined as part of FrameXML. Through attribute-based configuration, they allow addons to access some of the protected functionality. The templates are defined in FrameXML/SecureTemplates.xml, and functionality supporting them resides in FrameXML/SecureTemplates.lua

SecureTemplates

Template	Widget Type	Function
SecureActionButtonTemplate	Button	Perform protected actions.
SecureUnitButtonTemplate	Button	Unit frames.
SecureGroupHeaderTemplate	Frame	Managing group members.
SecurePartyHeaderTemplate	Frame	Managing party members.
SecureRaidGroupHeaderTemplate	Frame	Managing raid group members.
SecureGroupPetHeaderTemplate	Frame	Managing group pets.
SecurePartyPetHeaderTemplate	Frame	Managing party pets.
SecureRaidPetHeaderTemplate	Frame	Managing raid group pets.

An example

Suppose we wanted to create a button that, when clicked, would cast Thorns on the player. This can be solved by inheriting from SecureActionButtonTemplate and setting the relevant attributes. For example, using only XML:

<Ui>
 <Button name="MyThornsButton" inherits="SecureActionButtonTemplate" parent="UIParent">
  <Attributes>
   <Attribute name="type" type="string" value="spell"/>
   <Attribute name="spell" type="string" value="Thorns"/>
   <Attribute name="unit" type="string" value="player"/>
  </Attributes>
  <Size x="64" y="64"/>
  <Layers><Layer level="OVERLAY">
    <Texture name="$parentIcon" file="Interface\Icons\Spell_Nature_Thorns" setAllPoints="true" />
  </Layer></Layers>
  <Anchors><Anchor point="CENTER" /></Anchors>
 </Button>
</Ui>