Guibutton.Activated NEVER fires

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I’ve had this problem for a long time, and i can’t figure out why, does the event itself not work?

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Are you using it on a LocalScript? Could you show the code at least so we can see what the problem is?

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I don’t think you should use this event, because the developer resource doesn’t recommend it.
Just use guibutton.MouseButton1Click()

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But what if I want to make it mobile compatible?

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script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
	print("Pressed")
end)

It’s a server script btw

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Doesn’t it also work on mobile? Hold on, i’m gonna try that with the emulator.
If it’s a server script, it won’t work. Use a remote event. GUI doesn’t really replicate to the server.

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I dont think Activated works on Server Scripts. It may only work in LocalScripts only.
Try converting this into a LocalScript.

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Wow, mousebutton1down works on mobile, who would have guessed lol.

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Yes, MouseButton1Click (and the other MouseButton events) work for PC and Mobile. However, MouseButton1Down or MouseButton1Up can kind of be buggy when on mobile.
Although there is not much of a difference between MouseButton1Click and Activated, I would still recommend using the Activated event.

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notice Activated event requires to be linked from a LocalScript only, AND LocalScript can ONLY access RELATIVE hierarchy of paths, i.e. such as script.Parent.Parent, script.Parent:FindFirstChild() and so on; LocalScripts can never access objects directly, by their absolute addresses
seems to be a typical “security” feature for platforms such as Roblox

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