Give developers more control over TopBar Icons

[ForeverHD (Ben)]

About

Developers are significantly limited when using the TopBar to store custom icons. Many of us utilise this area for shops, feedback-menus and help-panels, saving space we originally couldn’t afford to use elsewhere.

For example, HiddoDev’s tycoon with 1 billion visits and HD Admin both utilise custom icons:

The Problem

To achieve this currently, we have to disable the existing topbar, create a fake topbar, determine how many CoreGuis are visible, then calculate the inset for our icons appropriately. This alone creates a lot of hassle for developers, and with the introduction of the Emotes menu, it’s almost impossible to position icons perfectly now-a-days, for reasons mentioned here.

Solution

The solution? A new set of inbuilt functions to easily add, adapt and remove our own TopBar Icons.

StarterGui:CreateIcon(name, image, slot)

StarterGui:SetIconImage(name, image)

StarterGui:SetIconSlot(name, slot)

StarterGui:RemoveIcon(name)

Where name is the unique identifier of the icon, image the image of the icon, and slot the order the icon appears in after the final visible CoreGui (default: #slots+1).

[ForeverHD (Ben)]

Additionally, can CoreGuiChangedSignal have its elevated context reduced? This is causing even more restrictions for developers, as mentioned in this post. What reason is there to limit this feature?

[bigcrazycarboy]

I would use something like this. Much support!

[Emskipo]

When is this going to be a thing? It seems like this would be incredibly simple to implement and save a lot of hassle.

[OVERKILLCREATIONS]

I support this now that they’ve decided to change the topbar icons a while back. The ROBLOX logo being the new icon for the menu is really off-putting and does not fit in any of my creations. I’d rather be able to change it and the chat icon natively to something that fits the aesthetic that I try to aim for in my experiences.

[BandaidKidd (choppppppppppppppppp)]

We need this, not only this but also being able to change the topbar background transparency

[2jammers (james)]

Why is it not feasible to put a frame up there yourself?

[BandaidKidd (choppppppppppppppppp)]

This is what I mean by what I said:

@BandaidKidd

Remember how you could set the topbar transparency in games? Do you think roblox should bring it back but with a different approach?

The new way of it working would be instead of changing the transparency of the topbar’s background, you’d be able to change the transparency of the iconBase.

(Background of the any Topbar Button)

So instead of this:

You could achieve an effect like this: