C_EncounterJournal.GetSectionIconFlags

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Returns the icon flags for a section, such as Magic Effect and Heroic Difficulty

iconFlags = C_EncounterJournal.GetSectionIconFlags(sectionID)

Arguments

sectionID

number : JournalEncounterSection.ID

Returns

iconFlags

number[]? - Flag IDs to display for this section.

Refer to the ENCOUNTER_JOURNAL_SECTION_FLAG globals for the flag titles.

For convenience there is EncounterJournal_SetFlagIcon() which sets the texture coords for interface/encounterjournal/ui-ej-icons.blp

ID	Flag	ID	Flag
0	Tank Alert	7	Magic Effect
1	Damage Dealer Alert	8	Curse Effect
2	Healer Alert	9	Poison Effect
3	Heroic Difficulty	10	Disease Effect
4	Deadly	11	Enrage
5	Important	12	Mythic Difficulty
6	Interruptible

Example

-- local copy since Blizzard_EncounterJournal is LoadOnDemand
local function EncounterJournal_SetFlagIcon(texture, index)
	local iconSize = 32
	local columns = 256/iconSize
	local rows = 64/iconSize
	local l = mod(index, columns) / columns
	local r = l + (1/columns)
	local t = floor(index/columns) / rows
	local b = t + (1/rows)
	texture:SetTexCoord(l, r, t, b)
end

local f = CreateFrame("Frame", nil, UIParent)
f:SetPoint("CENTER")
f:SetSize(32, 32)

local tex = f:CreateTexture()
tex:SetAllPoints(f)
tex:SetTexture("Interface/EncounterJournal/UI-EJ-Icons")

local function SetEncounterJournalIcon(sectionID)
	local iconFlags = C_EncounterJournal.GetSectionIconFlags(sectionID)
	if iconFlags then
		for _, flag in pairs(iconFlags) do
			print(flag, _G["ENCOUNTER_JOURNAL_SECTION_FLAG"..flag])
			EncounterJournal_SetFlagIcon(tex, flag)
		end
	end
end

-- Vanessa VanCleef: sectionID 2065 [Powder Explosion]
SetEncounterJournalIcon(2065)

> 4, "Deadly"

Patch changes

Patch 7.3.5 (2018-01-16): Added, this functionality was separated from C_EncounterJournal.GetSectionInfo.