How to get the Object clicked from a click detector

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#1

So I put a script inside of a model, to make all of it’s children clickable, and when they are clicked, I want to get the specific object clicked, and run it through a function. Thanks!

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#2

You can try something like this.

local function clicked(part, player)
   ...
end

for i,v in pairs(model:GetChildren()) do
    Instance.new("ClickDetector", v).Clicked:Connect(function(p) clicked(v,p) end)
end
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#3

A simpler way to do it (at the cost of some readability)

for i,v in pairs(model:GetDescendants()) do --(To go through EVERYTHING in the model)
	if v:IsA("ClickDetector") then
		v.Clicked:Connect(function(p) 
			--TODO: yes
			--because of scopes you can now just use v.Parent to get the object clicked
			--(assuming the clickdetector is the child of a part which it should be)
		end)
	end
end
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#4

One step simpler, if you put the code from lines 6 to 10 in the same loop where you create the ClickDetectors, you can just reference them immediately instead of having to find them again.

for _, part in ipairs(model) do
    local cd = Instance.new("ClickDetector")
    -- parent and name the ClickDetector
    
    cd.MouseClick:Connect(function(player)
        -- do whatever you need using the part variable
        -- from the for loop
    end)
end

@CosmicAurz I also want to notify you that this was mostly pseudocode. Obviously you still need to use Instance:GetDescendants() in your for-loop’s parameters, and you should be checking that the part actually is a part with Instance:IsA(“BasePart”) so you’re not creating click detectors where you don’t want them.

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