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])

• text : - Message to output
• r : - Red font color component between 0.1 and 1.0.
• g : - Green font color component between 0.1 and 1.0.
• b : - Blue font color component between 0.1 and 1.0.
• id : - Identifies the line of text for later accessing it.
• addToStart : - True to add the message to the start of the MessageFrame as if it were the first printed message.

• refers to the current default chat window.
• UI Escape Sequences are often applied to style the text or insert hyperlinks.

Outputs "Testing" on in red to the default chat window: DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Testing", 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);

Outputs "AddOn Loaded!" in green at the start of the default chat window: DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("AddOn Loaded!", 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, nil, true);

Styles the text using UI Escape Sequences: DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Look at this: messages can be |cffff0000red|r and |cff00ff00green|r!");