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How can I access the text button I put into a list?

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I have an inventory gui where the items in the inventory are added as you buy them. This is the script where they get added into the list:

function FillInventoryList()
	wait()
	InventoryList:ClearAllChildren()
	for i,v in pairs(Player.Hats:GetChildren()) do
		local List = script.ListItem:clone()
		List.Parent = InventoryList
		List.Position = UDim2.new(0,0,0,(i-1)*30)
		List.Text = v.Name
		List.Name = v.Name
	end
	for i,v in pairs(Player.Faces:GetChildren()) do
		local List = script.ListItem:clone()
		List.Parent = InventoryList
		List.Position = UDim2.new(0,0,0,(i-1+#Player.Hats:GetChildren())*30)
		List.Text = v.Name
		List.Name = v.Name
	end
end

I want to connect something to the list item that I have just added, and I want to do it in the same Local Script. How can I access the item in order to write something like this:

Item.MouseButton1Down:connect(function()
	Item.MouseButton1Down:connect(function()
	if Player.Hats:WaitForChild("Mesh") and Player.Hats:WaitForChild("Texture") then
		game.ReplicatedStorage.Requests.WearItem:FireServer(Player.Hats:WaitForChild("Mesh"), Player.Hats:WaitForChild("Texture"))
	end
end)
end)
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local Item = List.Button? Is the button already created, or do you want to create one?

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You already have a reference to the created Item: List!

function FillInventoryList()
    wait()
    InventoryList:ClearAllChildren()
    for i,v in pairs(Player.Hats:GetChildren()) do
        local List = script.ListItem:clone()
        List.Parent = InventoryList
        List.Position = UDim2.new(0,0,0,(i-1)*30)
        List.Text = v.Name
        List.Name = v.Name

		List.MouseButton1Down:connect(function() --Assuming 'List' is the button itself.
			v:WaitForChild("Mesh") --This will yield until it exists, so there's no reason to check that it exists after it does.
			v:WaitForChild("Texture")
			game.ReplicatedStorage.Requests.WearItem:FireServer(v.Mesh, v.Texture) --We already know Texture and Mesh exist, no reason to wait for them again.
			end
		end)

    end
    for i,v in pairs(Player.Faces:GetChildren()) do
        local List = script.ListItem:clone()
        List.Parent = InventoryList
        List.Position = UDim2.new(0,0,0,(i-1+#Player.Hats:GetChildren())*30)
        List.Text = v.Name
        List.Name = v.Name

		List.MouseButton1Down:connect(function()
			v:WaitForChild("Texture")
			game.ReplicatedStorage.Requests.ChangeFace:FireServer(v.Texture) --Assuming this is the syntax.
			end
		end)

    end
end
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