API ScrollingMessageFrame SetTimeVisible

Set the time, lines added to a ScrollingMessageFrame are visible before they start to fade.

ScrollingMessageFrame:SetTimeVisible(seconds);

• Arguments

• (Number seconds)

• seconds : The time, lines added to the ScrollingMessageFrame are visible, before they start to fade.

• Returns

• nil

DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:SetTimeVisible(15);

• Example

Changes the visible time for lines added or updated to 15 seconds.

• Result

• SetTimeVisible(seconds) doesn't affect already visible lines, unless these are updated.
• A way to update them is to call one of the Scroll methods.
• Settings a value of 0 or below, means lines begin to fade immediately.
• Calling this method has the same affect as setting the ScrollingMessageFrame XML attribute "displayDuration".
• See also ScrollingMessageFrame:SetFading([isEnabled]) and ScrollingMessageFrame:SetFadeDuration(seconds).