Cloning TextButton doesn't appear on the screen

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#1

Hello!

I have got a bug in my local script where I clone a text button but it doesn’t appear on my screen. It does clone though.

script:

local CloneRummage = RumageFrame.RummageButton:Clone()
	CloneRummage.Parent = RumageFrame
	CloneRummage.Transparency = 0
	CloneRummage.Name = "RummageButton"
	
	local randomX = math.random(1,500)
	local randomY = math.random(1,500)
		
	CloneRummage.ZIndex = 2
	CloneRummage.Position = UDim2.new(randomX, randomY, 50, 0)
	CloneRummage.Visible = true
	
	print(CloneRummage.Position)
	
	
	CloneRummage.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
		CloneRummage:Destroy()
		wait(0.1)
		local newClone = CloneRummage:Clone()
		newClone.Parent = RumageFrame
	end)
#2

What you want to do is

CloneRummage.Position = UDim2.new(0, randomX, 0, randomY)

Can’t explain that good since I’m not near my PC but if you want the buttons to appear randomly in the whole frame and not just a part of it do

local randomXOffset = math.random(0, 1)
local randomYOffset = math.random(0, 1)
 CloneRummage.Position = UDim2.new(randomXOffset, 0, randomYOffset, 0)

Check out:

for a more detailed explanation, but the overall is:
First argument is X offset, which is the offset according to its parent with a minimum of 0 and maximum of 1, so is the third but for Y. The 2nd and 4th I dont really like using but it’s a value that’s not dependent on its parent. So if u put it big enough the button will go off the screen

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#3

Edit: Read the entire thing, first of all, you’re getting a value ranging from 1-500 to set the position, however you’re setting it on the scale, which literally means it’s getting positioned outside of the viewable screen.

#4

I fixed it since I was putting in the values in the scale not the offset.

What I did before:

Udim2.mew(RandomX, RandomY, 50, 0)

Solutions

Udim2.mew(0, RandomX, 0, RandomY)

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#5

hi, just wanted to provide a little bit of help / info for the UDim2 confusion:

UDim2.fromOffset(RandomX, RandomY) -- u can shorten params to avoid confusion
UDim2.fromScale(RandomX, RandomY)
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#6

If this is the solution to your issue, then please mark it as such, even if it’s your own reply.

Other people might find it useful later on.

#7

Isn’t offset ranging from 0-1 and not scale? I’m pretty sure I did it correctly. And even so 500 might be too much even for scale. My suggestion was setting the offsets randomly from 0 to 1. The first thing is just an edit of OPs script

#8

the scale ranges from 0-1 because UDim2 scale inherits lerp methods:

technically, it isn’t 0-1 because u can do 1.2 or -0.2, depending on the use-case and interface parenting

offset is the amount of pixels from the point of anchor, in which case, 0 is point of anchor for X axis, which will always be top-left corner

:slight_smile: