How can I Hide UI/GUI after some seconds

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#1

What do you want to achieve?
I want that UI/GUI to auto-hide after some seconds but i’m still not that good at UI/GUI scripting so this is making me stay confused…

What solutions have you tried so far?
Devforum, but i didn’t find anything useful for what i need…

Code:

local players = game:GetService('Players')
local RS = game:GetService('RunService')

local plr = players.LocalPlayer
local gui = script.Parent
local guiAreas = workspace:WaitForChild('SinisTest')


local param = OverlapParams.new()
param.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Whitelist

RS.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	local char = plr.Character
	if not char then return end
	param.FilterDescendantsInstances = {char.PrimaryPart}
	
	for _, area in ipairs(guiAreas:GetChildren()) do
		local overlap = workspace:GetPartsInPart(area, param)
		if #overlap > 0 then
			gui[area.Name].Visible = true
		else
			gui[area.Name].Visible = false
		end
	end
end)
#2

Assuming gui is a ScreenGui, you can simply turn the Enabled property on or off to make the gui appear and vice versa. Hope that helps you figure out what to do!

#3

But that isn’t the issue that i’m having… Visible already does what i want it to do, i just want the interface to hide after for example 5 seconds or so.

#4

I think I understand now. Since you run this every frame, you can probably create a system using os.clock(). Something like…

local usedTime = os.clock()
local maximumHoldTime = 5

RS.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	if os.clock() >= usedTime + maximumHoldTime then
		-- it's been 5 seconds!
	end
end)

Hope this helps!

#5

Are you talking about;

local GUI = game:GetService("Players).LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("ScreenGui")
GUI.Visible = true
task.wait(1)
GUI.Visible = false

or if the UI or GUI is not being used like no longer in focus? You could use Button/GUI.MouseLeave and use tick and when it reaches a certain value then you hide the UI/GUI. UserInputService could also work, I think there’s something there that you could use.

(https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/UserInputService)

Best I could come up on a whim.

#6

I could use that, but not sure on how to implement that into the code i wrote…

#7

To make sure, you want the auto-hiding feature to apply to gui[area.Name], correct?

#8

Yup, to apply to gui[area.Name] since i have more areas each with their respective Frame and TextLabel.

#9 
if #overlap > 0 then
	gui[area.Name].Visible = true
	task.spawn(function()
		local cancel = false
		for count = 0, 50, 1 do
			task.wait(0.1)
			if gui[area.Name].Visible = false then cancel = true break end
		end
		if cancel == true then return end
		gui[area.Name].Visible = false
	end)
else
	gui[area.Name].Visible = false
end

Made in a hurry, but I hope it helps. You essentially just need to wait 5 seconds and make sure the gui hasn’t been turned off in that time. There are probably better ways to do this though…

#10

That didn’t work… but don’t worry i’ll try to find a fix to that issue.

#11

I just found a solution myself, so i could say that this is solved!

#12

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