Hello. It is a pretty simple question but just to clarify. Is there a way, through a script, I can check if there is any frame visible on the player’s screen? I don’t feel like writing 100 if statements. \
Thanks!
Yes. You can use either GetChildren() or GetDescendants() alongside Player.PlayerGui,within a loop - and check if those children are visible or not.
Can you send an example/video on how to do this? Im not that good with loops.
make some sort of loop and check if there is any “Gui.enabled”, (inside [StarterGui]
if there is alot of frames just do the same thing, but with [Frame.Visible]
local GS = game:GetService("StarterGui")
for _,Gui in pairs(GS:GetChildren()) do
if Gui:IsA("ScreenGui") then -- Without this, it may drop an error since it will loop all items inside of [StarterGui]
print(Gui.Name) --
if Gui.Enabled == true then -- or Frame.Visible
--do actions
else
-- nothing
end
end
end
So I am trying to check every frame in the game. Would I have to do this for every screen GUI?
you will need to do something like this then:
local GS = game:GetService("StarterGui")
for _,Object in pairs(GS:GetDescendants()) do -- will get everything
if Object:IsA("ScreenGui") then -- Looping through all "ScreenGuis", checking if any of them is ''Enabled == true or whatever"
print(Object.Name)
if Object.Enabled == true then
--do actions
else if Object:IsA("Frame") then -- Checking if Inside [StarterGui] or inside any [GUI], has any Frames, since ''GetDescendants" is looping and searching for [Frames]
if Object.Visible == true then
--if the Frame IS VISIBLE then do some stuff here
end
--Checks if any frame was located
else
-- do nothing
end
end
end
end
i think this may help
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Just using my scripting knowledge, I looked at it and it doesn’t make sense. Its saying object is the descendants of StarterGUI. All of the descendants of startergui are screenGUI’s so it’s not possible for the object a frame. Im not that good with loops, but im pretty sure its not going to check all the frames in all the starterguis.
Just to give you more context as to what I am trying to do, im trying to make it so when a player touches a part, it makes sure no other gui is visible on a player’s screen.
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yea i just noticed that, since i only tested once and i forgot to test it out, i’ll check and see a solution rn
for _,Object in pairs(GS:GetDescendants()) do -- will get everything
if Object:IsA("ScreenGui") then
print("Screen Gui: " .. Object.Name)
print" "
for _,Frames in pairs(Object:GetDescendants()) do -- Looping through all Frames inside of this Specific Gui...
if Frames:IsA("Frame") then -- Making sure it's a Frame, and not something else
if Frames.Visible == true then -- if somehow the Frame is Visible then:
print("Frame Detected:" .. Frames.Name) -- It will print the Frame that was spotted
end
end
end
if Object.Enabled == true then
--do actions
else if Object:IsA("Frame") then
print("Frame found outside Guis:" .. Object.Name)
if Object.Visible == true then
--if the Frame IS VISIBLE then do some stuff here
end
--Checks if any frame was located
else
-- do nothing
end
end
end
end
Honestly, just to make it simpler, can you make it so that it loops through all the frames in one specific screenGUI instead of all of them in the game? So for example, if a frame in the screenGUI it loops through is visible, then the frame does not appear.
I tried this script:
local debounce = false
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
game.Workspace.LogoTP.Union.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and hit.Parent.Name == player.Name then
if not debounce then
local PS = player.PlayerGui.Preview
for _,Object in pairs(PS:GetDescendants()) do -- will get everything
if Object:IsA("Frame") then -- Looping through all "ScreenGuis", checking if any of them is ''Enabled == true or whatever"
if Object.Visible == false then
player.PlayerGui.Preview:FindFirstChild(script.Value.Value).Visible = true
end
end
end
end
end
end)
But the gui still appears even though another frame in the screengui is visible.
local debounce = false
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
game.Workspace.LogoTP.Union.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and hit.Parent.Name == player.Name then
if not debounce then
local PS = player.PlayerGui.Preview
for _,Object in pairs(PS:GetDescendants()) do -- will get everything
if Object:IsA("Frame") then -- Looping through all "ScreenGuis", checking if any of them is ''Enabled == true or whatever"
if Object.Visible == true then -- turn any spotted frame invisible
Object.Visible = false
end
end
end
--will run when loop finish turning off all frames
player.PlayerGui.Preview:FindFirstChild(script.Value.Value).Visible = true
end
end
end)
if you don’t want to turn off all frames, then you need to create some exceptions, like this:
if Object:IsA("Frame") then -- Looping through all "ScreenGuis", checking if any of them is ''Enabled == true or whatever"
if Object.Visible == true then -- turn any spotted frame invisible
if Object.Name == "Player Health" or "Player Mana" or "Inventory" then
--since you don't want to turn invisible some frames, it will check the name of some of them, and if somehow they are VISIBLE, then it will STAY VISIBILE
--you can create this exception, ( i dind't tested it but probaly will work)
return -- will return, but the loop will not stop! don't worry
-- And without [Return] the script will check this condition, but will keep going... that's why
end
Object.Visible = false
end
end
I don’t think you understand what I am trying to do. Im trying to make it so if there isn’t a frame in the Preview ScreenGUI that is visible then it does
player.PlayerGui.Preview:FindFirstChild(script.Value.Value).Visible = true
If there is a frame that is visible in the Preview ScreenGUI, then it doesn’t run.
This is a good workaround if I can’t find a fix though.
It completely ruins some of the visible frames though, so im not sure.
kinda hard to understand what you trying to do but
ARE you trying to check [This gui] then if any frame IS VISIBLE then [the script will not run] ?
Yep, you got it exactly right.
Not sure if I am understanding you correctly, but to check if ANY frame is visible on the player’s screen (excluding roblox GUIs that are parented to CoreGui) you would use the following code, or something similar.
local visibleFrames = {}
for v, element in pairs(game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer.PlayerGui:GetDescendants()) do
if element:IsA("Frame") and element.Visible or (element:IsA("Frame") and element.BackgroundTransparency < 0.8) then table.insert(visibleFrames, element) end
end
if visibleFrames[1] then
-- do something if any frame is visible
end
Please note this is a client sided script, if you want it to be server sided, replace the local player with a normal player object from the server. Please tell me if I’ve made any errors. (this code is not tested, but will most likely work)
edit: you can also remove the transparency part or adjust it to your liking.
What do I make visibleFrames if there isn’t any gui open? I want it so, if there isn’t any gui open, than the new gui is visible. If there is a frame open, then the gui does not appear.