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cyan helm Jan 5, 2024, 2:48 PM

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Is it possible to make dynamic groups anchor to eachother? I have 3 different dynamic groups with icon weakauras in them showing my cooldowns. At the moment I've anchored them all to "Screen" and changed their X and Y positions to fit my UI. On some classes I play I only display the first and third group, resulting in an empty gap between the groups.

Is it possible to make group 2 anchor to group 1 and group 3 anchor to group 2, but if group 2 is hidden group 3 is instead anchored to group 1? At the moment if I choose to anchor the groups like this group 3 will also dissapear if group 2 isnt loaded. I assume this is beacuse it no longer has anything to anchor to if group 2 isnt loaded, resultning in group 3 not showing at all.

I hope i've managed to explain what I'm trying to do.

unborn maple Jan 5, 2024, 2:48 PM

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with custom code yes if not you can't dynamically just change the anchors

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afaik

zinc tangle Jan 5, 2024, 2:49 PM

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No need for custom. You can anchor them the same as anchoring to any Aura.

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However, Dynamic Groups don't just have 0x0 pixel size when not showing.

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So it might not work as you're hoping

unborn maple Jan 5, 2024, 2:49 PM

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zinc tangle No need for custom. You can anchor them the same as anchoring to any Aura.

But he wants to change the anchors based on group visiblity if i read that right

cyan helm Jan 5, 2024, 2:50 PM

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This is an example of my current set up. "Warrior CDs 2" is anchored to screen. "Pilsung - Swingtimer & Bars 2" is anchored to Warrior CDs 2 and Warrior CDs 3 is anchored to Pilsung - Swingtimer & Bars 2. If Pilsung - Swingtimer & Bars 2 is not loaded Warrior CDs 3 also dissapears

unborn maple Jan 5, 2024, 2:50 PM

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remove the "Set Parent to Anchor"

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as with that ticked the aura will take the visibility from its anchor

cyan helm Jan 5, 2024, 2:52 PM

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unborn maple remove the "Set Parent to Anchor"

ok this caused Warrior CDs 3 to not dissapear if I set Pilsung - Swingtimer & Bars 2 to never load, but it doesnt attatch below Warrior CDs 2 like I'm trying to make it do. Is it possible to make that happen?

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It now looks like this

zinc tangle Jan 5, 2024, 2:52 PM

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Set the offsets to zero, and set the anchor points

cyan helm Jan 5, 2024, 2:53 PM

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zinc tangle Set the offsets to zero, and set the anchor points

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that didnt work. It only make them overlap

zinc tangle Jan 5, 2024, 2:54 PM

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and set the anchor points

cyan helm Jan 5, 2024, 2:55 PM

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zinc tangle > and set the anchor points

I can only change the right anchor point option, not the left. Why is that?

unborn maple Jan 5, 2024, 2:55 PM

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You need to change the alignment

cyan helm Jan 5, 2024, 2:57 PM

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unborn maple You need to change the alignment

Changing alignment to Bottom didnt solve it either

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I have successfully anchored CDs 2 to CDs 1 and CDs 3 to CDs 2, but is it possible to make it so that CDs 3 automatically anchor to CDs 1 if CDs 2 is not loaded?

zinc tangle Jan 5, 2024, 3:14 PM

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This is the heart of what I'm saying about an empty group not having 0 size.
A Custom Anchor won't help because you can't get the anchor to run on groupB based on stuff happening in groupA.

cyan helm Jan 5, 2024, 3:16 PM

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zinc tangle This is the heart of what I'm saying about an empty group not having 0 size. A ...

alright so what I'm trying to do is simply not possible even with custom code, if I understand you correct?

zinc tangle Jan 5, 2024, 3:17 PM

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Not really.
The way to achieve the goal would probably be to put everything in one group and use a Custom Grow function to separate the rows

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