How do I make custom signals for example GuiButton.MouseButton1Hold?

[Rescriptedd (rescripted)]

This is actually an example. You might wanna read other posts from this topic first before you post.

@Rescriptedd

Sorry for the misunderstanding, that was just an example.

[Amritss]

I’m sorry man I just wanted to help you a bit.

[Rescriptedd (rescripted)]

Oh sorry about that, I didn’t mean to disappoint you.

[Amritss]

Is that sarcasm or like for real? Because I kinda can’t tell.

[Rescriptedd (rescripted)]

No, it isn’t. I’m actually sorry.

[Amritss]

Oh alright. Thanks then. I guess.

[tlr22 (FusionOak)]

It’s basically like a bindable event as mentioned by others. But to answer your question, you’ll want to create a table that holds references to functions that you call when you fire your event. Then just call all the functions that subscribed to that specific event when you fire it, passing any data along that you fired.

You can probably use this to handle it for you

RBXEvent - A simple & lightweight custom event library

RBXEvent RBXEvent is a simple & lightweight custom event library that allows you to create, fire, connect to & disconnect from custom events created by yourself. It is intended to replicate the style of the built-in RBXScriptSignal datatype. It allows for same-sided messaging (server-server & client-client only) between multiple scripts, without the use of BindableEvents. Get the library and use it in game: RBXEvent - Roblox Documentation The documentation details the method by which RBXEve…

And bindable events will work pretty much the exact same way.

If you mean anything else though, this is about the extent you can get to, but realistically it’s basically how roblox is doing it anyways. You can’t really use robloxs version directly though.

[Rescriptedd (rescripted)]

Thanks for the help!

@tlr22

You can’t really use robloxs version directly though.

Why does that matter?
Anyway, good solution! Thanks very much!

[midnight_shadowlands (Midnight)]

I would simply add a variable buttonDown

local button = script.Parent

local buttonDown = false

button.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
	buttonDown = true
end)

button.MouseButton1Up:Connect(function()
	buttonDown = false
end)

while task.wait(1) do
	if buttonDown then
		print("Button held down")
	end
end

[midnight_shadowlands (Midnight)]

If you want a syntax closer to MouseButton1Hold you can make a ModuleScript

local wrappedButton = {}

local buttonDown = false

wrappedButton.MouseButton1Hold = {
	Connect = function(self, callback)
		while task.wait() do
			if buttonDown then
				callback()
			end
		end
	end,
}

function wrappedButton:BindToButton(button)
	button.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
		buttonDown = true
	end)

	button.MouseButton1Up:Connect(function()
		buttonDown = false
	end)
end

return wrappedButton

Then you can call it using

local wrapper = require(script.Parent.ModuleScript)

local button = script.Parent

wrapper:BindToButton(button)

wrapper.MouseButton1Hold:Connect(function()
	print("hold")
end)