BillboardGui UI button not working

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#1

Hello forrummers! I’m currently working on a custom proximityPrompt system, and i have mainly everything out of the way but there’s 1 issue left, I’m trying to make it so that the UI can be clicked to trigger the prompt, but since its a billboardGui that’s being cloned in the chimney, we can’t use stuff like adornee from the playerGui (except if I’m unaware of something).

you can see here:

this is my script:

local ProximityPromptService = game:GetService("ProximityPromptService")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")

local currentGui

local function animateGui(gui, isShowing)
	local tweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(0.2, Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, Enum.EasingDirection.Out)
	local targetSize = isShowing and UDim2.new(2.5, 0, 2.5, 0) or UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 0)
	local tween = TweenService:Create(gui, tweenInfo, { Size = targetSize })
	tween:Play()

	if not isShowing then
		tween.Completed:Connect(function()
			gui:Destroy()
		end)
	end
end

local function setupButton(button, prompt)
	button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
		prompt:InputHoldBegin()
		wait()
		prompt:InputHoldEnd()
	end)
end

ProximityPromptService.PromptShown:Connect(function(prompt)
	currentGui = game.ReplicatedStorage.BillboardGui:Clone()
	currentGui.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 0)
	currentGui.Parent = prompt.Parent

	local button = currentGui:FindFirstChild("TextButton")
	if button then
		setupButton(button, prompt)
	end

	animateGui(currentGui, true)
end)

-- Hide prompt
ProximityPromptService.PromptHidden:Connect(function(prompt)
	if currentGui then
		animateGui(currentGui, false)
		currentGui = nil
	end
end)
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#2

I think the Billboard UI must be a child of ScreenGUI, and not of the object. Move it there, and you still set the Adornee to the chimney and it’ll appear exactly the same, but the button will work.

I had the same thing happen last week.

It’s seemingly so useful to have the GUI element as a clonable item (as you have)… I would suggest actually leaving it in there, cloning it, and then in your setupButton(button, prompt), reparenting the prox to ScreenGUI.

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#3

I was able to make it work using adornee! There is a slight issue with my script though, even when i click the button, it’s not triggering the prompt. I’m not sure if this is even the right way to do it ngl

local ProximityPromptService = game:GetService("ProximityPromptService")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local currentGui

local function animateGui(gui, isShowing)
	local tweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(0.2, Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, Enum.EasingDirection.Out)
	local targetSize = isShowing and UDim2.new(2.5, 0, 2.5, 0) or UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 0)
	local tween = TweenService:Create(gui, tweenInfo, { Size = targetSize })
	tween:Play()

	if not isShowing then
		tween.Completed:Connect(function()
			gui:Destroy()
		end)
	end
end

local function setupButton(button, prompt)
	button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
		prompt:Triggered(Players.LocalPlayer)
	end)
end

local function isPlayerInRange(prompt)
	local character = Players.LocalPlayer.Character
	if not character or not character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") then
		return false
	end
	local playerPosition = character.HumanoidRootPart.Position
	local promptPosition = prompt.Parent.Position
	local distance = (playerPosition - promptPosition).Magnitude
	return distance <= prompt.MaxActivationDistance
end

ProximityPromptService.PromptShown:Connect(function(prompt)
	if not isPlayerInRange(prompt) then
		return
	end

	local player = Players.LocalPlayer
	if not player then return end

	currentGui = game.ReplicatedStorage.BillboardGui:Clone()
	currentGui.Size = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 0)
	currentGui.Adornee = prompt.Parent
	currentGui.Parent = player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")

	local button = currentGui:FindFirstChild("TextButton")
	if button then
		setupButton(button, prompt)
	end

	animateGui(currentGui, true)
end)

ProximityPromptService.PromptHidden:Connect(function(prompt)
	if currentGui then
		animateGui(currentGui, false)
		currentGui = nil
	end
end)