Help with finding a button from a module script

[Spa_rkk]

I am making simple topbar and I need someone to be able to find the button like:

button.MouseButtonOneClicked

but the button gets created with a module script:

local module = {}

function module:newTopbar(name, image, width)
	local newButton = script.Buttons.Template:Clone()
	newButton.Name = name
	local newsize = Vector2.new(width, 32)
	newButton.UISizeConstraint.MinSize = newsize
	newButton.Icon.Image = image
	for _, player in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()) do
		local Button = newButton:Clone() 
		Button.Parent = player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("TopBarUI").Bar
	end
end

return module

So how would i be able to find the button with something like, button. in a server script after creating the button?

[sick_tr1cks (sick)]

I’m not really sure what you are trying to say. If the button is created in a Local Script, the server cannot find the button anywhere. Regardless, I think I might know what you are trying to accomplish. Apologies if I am wrong. Anyways;

You can store a reference to the button in a variable in the module table and then access it from the server script like this:

local module = {}

function module:newTopbar(name, image, width)
	local newButton = script.Buttons.Template:Clone()
	newButton.Name = name
	local newsize = Vector2.new(width, 32)
	newButton.UISizeConstraint.MinSize = newsize
	newButton.Icon.Image = image
	for _, player in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()) do
		local Button = newButton:Clone() 
		Button.Parent = player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("TopBarUI").Bar
		module.button = Button  -- store a reference to the button
	end
end

return module

Then, in your server script, you can access the button like this:

local topbarModule = require(script.TopbarModule)
local button = topbarModule.button

button.MouseButtonOneClicked:Connect(function()
	-- handle the click event here
end)

Alternatively, you can store the buttons in a table in the module table and access them by index:

local module = {}
module.buttons = {}  -- create an empty table to store the buttons

function module:newTopbar(name, image, width)
	local newButton = script.Buttons.Template:Clone()
	newButton.Name = name
	local newsize = Vector2.new(width, 32)
	newButton.UISizeConstraint.MinSize = newsize
	newButton.Icon.Image = image
	for _, player in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayers()) do
		local Button = newButton:Clone() 
		Button.Parent = player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("TopBarUI").Bar
		table.insert(module.buttons, Button)  -- add the button to the table
	end
end

return module

Then, in your server script, you can access the buttons like this:

local topbarModule = require(script.TopbarModule)
local buttons = topbarModule.buttons

for i, button in ipairs(buttons) do
	button.MouseButtonOneClicked:Connect(function()
		-- handle the click event here
	end)
end

[Spa_rkk]

@sick_tr1cks

table.insert(module.buttons, Button)

is there any way to do like

module.button.menu -- or like the name of the button?

[sick_tr1cks (sick)]

In what context would you use that code? If you are talking about while you are saving the button, the name should already be included with the button.

[Spa_rkk]

I just need a way in one line to find a specific name in the table, for example lets say we save a button called “menu” would there be a way to find that button from the table in one line/go like table.1 or table.2