Detect if mouse position is inside a frame

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#1

hello, im trying to detect weather the player mouse position is in a frame(over the frame). How would i do that?

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#2

I think frames have an event called MouseEnter and MouseLeave. It might be called MouseHoverEnter or something similar.

local Frame = script.Parent
local Selected = false

Frame.MouseEnter:Connect(function()
  Selected = true
end)

Frame.MouseLeave:Connect(function()
  Selected = false
end)
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#3

I need it as an if statement, if this isnt possible with an if statement is there any other way i can do that? Basically i need it for if the players mouse is over a gui

#4 
local Frame = script.Parent
local Selected = false

Frame.MouseEnter:Connect(function()
  Selected = true
end)

Frame.MouseLeave:Connect(function()
  Selected = false
end)

If Selected == true then

end
#5

I love the effort lol! but unfortunatly i need it as just an if statement, no functions

#6

this is actually the right way to do that

#7

I never said it wasnt or was the right way. I need it as an if statement only. Maybe by getting the mouses position relative to the frames position?

#8

There is nothing wrong with @9100ryan’s solution, but this is an alternative. Only issue is it does not fire unless you add a Mouse.Move event.

local Frame = script.Parent
local LocalPlayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local function Hovering()
	local MousePos = game:GetService("UserInputService"):GetMouseLocation() - game:GetService("GuiService"):GetGuiInset()
	local Guis = LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):GetGuiObjectsAtPosition(MousePos.X, MousePos.Y)
	
	for _, Gui in Guis do
		if Gui == Frame then
			return true
		end
	end
	return false
end

if Hovering() then
	-- do stuff
end
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#9

Like this:

if Mouse.X > Frame.AbsolutePosition.X and Mouse.X < Frame.AbsolutePosition.X + Frame.AbsoluteSize.X and Mouse.Y > Frame.AbsolutePosition.Y and Mouse.Y < Frame.AbsolutePosition.Y + Frame.AbsoluteSize.Y then

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#10

Yo big thx, this really helped me out.

#11

No problem brother, I’ve found an even better way of doing it now as well if you want to try it out

table.find(PlayerGui:GetGuiObjectsAtPosition(Mouse.X, Mouse.Y), Frame)

I believe that is the code, playergui being the playergui inside of the local player, mouse being player:getmouse(), frame being the frame you want to verify

(EDIT): I just noticed it is the same as what Pragmatist suggested, but it is much more efficient to use table.find rather than an entire function looping through each one

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