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How to make an image button open and close a frame?
I'm trying to make an image button open/close a frame when you click it. This is what I've tried but its not working:
01 | function x() |
02 | if game.StarterGui.Menu.MenuBackground.Visible == false then |
03 | game.StarterGui.Menu.MenuBackground.Visible = true |
04 | elseif game.StarterGui.Menu.MenuBackground.Visible == true then |
05 | game.StarterGui.Menu.MenuBackground.Visible = false |
06 | end |
07 | end |
08 |
09 | script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect (function (x) |
10 | end) |
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You shouldn't be accessing StarterGui. StarterGui is where GUIs are cloned from. You should be accessing the GUIs in the PlayerGui for players to actually see them. Read this article for more info.
You're also connecting your function wrong. This is a correct example:
1 | local function name() |
2 | --// Code |
3 | end |
4 |
5 | name() |
6 | --// Or, to use an event |
7 | instance.EventName:Connect(name) |
You should be using a LocalScript if this is in the StarterGui, with the frame, and just access the GUIs from the script's parents instead of finding them how you are now.
1 | local frame = script.Parent.Parent |
2 | local guiButton = frame.Button |
3 |
4 |
5 | local function closeFrame() |
6 | frame.Visible = false |
7 | end |
8 |
9 | guiButton.MouseButton1Down:Connect(closeFrame) |
As an example, a function that toggles the state of the frame would be this:
1 | local frame = script.Parent.Parent |
2 | local guiButton = frame.Button |
3 |
4 |
5 | local function toggleFrame() |
6 | frame.Visible = not frame.Visible |
7 | end |
8 |
9 | guiButton.MouseButton1Down:Connect(toggleFrame) |