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How do I change the Parent of a TextLabel?

Asked by 4 years ago

I was trying to change the Parent of a TextLabel to PlayerGui.ScreenGui. When I tried to, I got this output: TextLabel is not a valid member of Part "Workspace..Part"  -  Server  -  Script:7

Here's my code:

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit) local Player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) script.Parent.TextLabel.Parent = Player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui end)

Does anyone know how to fix this?

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why would u wanne change the parent? Pitched_mobile 191 — 4y
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is it to make a gui visible? Pitched_mobile 191 — 4y
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I want to change the parent so I can add some dialouge to the game charizardstar87 16 — 4y
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if anyone would like to see the full script, i'll gladly show it charizardstar87 16 — 4y

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Answered by 4 years ago

First of all. USE CODE BLOCK. Press that lua button on top of this textbox thing, and it'll come up with these ~~~.

Secondly, check if it's a local script, and make sure it's parented either under StarterPlayerScripts or StarterGui. Your TextLabel is parented under Part, which is not necessary at all. Instead, parent it to the ScreenGui, and set the Visible property to false so that the player doesn't see the TextLabel.

Thirdly, if you wanna do Open GUI when someone touches part, you will need to use a Remote Event.

Server Script (The parent is your specific part)

local remote = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent  --This sounds complicated but it really isn't. It is time-consuming however.
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
    local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
    remote:FireClient(plr) --You will need to pass a player parameter or else it won't work. It's because you need the specific player.
end)

(Note: I haven't added a debounce, so it's highly recommended that you add one.)

Local Script (The parent is your ScreenGui)

local remote = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent
local textLabel = script.Parent.TextLabel
remote.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
    textLabel.Visible = not textLabel.Visible --You don't REALLY need to set the parent. btw, the not means the oppsosite. So if it's true, it's false and vice-versa.
end)

I recommend you use what I said above, just set the Visible property, you don't need to set the parent. (Note: I noticed you have a dialogue thing, just use TextLabel.Text to change the dialogue.)

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