How to make tween for a button that doesn't exist yet

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#1

im cloning a frame called “ShopItemFrame” from replicated storage and the button exists inside the frame, and im using a remote fuction for the button tween, i dont know how to script it so the tween works after the frame has been cloned in PlayerGui. I tried to apply the tween in PlayerGui directly as its going to be cloned their but i cant seem to get it to work… Any help is appreciated!

local PlayerGui = game.Players.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local CategoryContent = PlayerGui.ShopInterface.Holder.Content.CategoryContents.Contents.Limited:WaitForChild("CategoryContent")

-- ShopItemFrame is being cloned from replicated Storage
local ShopItemFrame = CategoryContent:WaitForChild("ShopItemFrame")
local TextButton = ShopItemFrame.Button

TextButton.Activated:Connect(function()
	local originalSize = ShopItemFrame.Size
	local newSize = originalSize + UDim2.new(-0.05, 0, -0.05, 0)

	ShopItemFrame:TweenSize(newSize, Enum.EasingDirection.In, Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, 0.05, true)

	game.ReplicatedStorage.BuyTrail:FireServer(ShopItemFrame.Name)

	wait(0.1)

	ShopItemFrame:TweenSize(originalSize, Enum.EasingDirection.In, Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, 0.05, true)
end)
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#2

Make the tween after the button exists

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#3

How exactly? I’ve tried using WaitForChild or FindFirstChild and yet it doesn’t work

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#4

Can you please mark down the part of the script to where it doesn’t work?

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#5

I’m guessing it’s line 3 and line 4 as that’s what does not exist yet and the rest code works fine when I code it with buttons that already exist

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#6

i guess i don’t know how to solve it

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#7 
local idk = thing:WaitForChild("name")
local tweenname = tween:Create(idk, the rest of the arguements here)
tweenname:Play()
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#9

You could pre-make this and just not show it until it is to be used. Then it would just be a matter of updating the frame size and showing the button. As in, the button was always there.

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#10

Where is this script? ???

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#11

Use “task.spawn” to spawn a new function, then set it to wait until the item loads before creating the tween.

(This can be accomplished in different ways.)

#12

Are there any UI constraints in the frame or button which might interfere with the resizing?

Is the Active property set to true?

Does the button.activated:Connect work? (Will it print something when clicked?)

If you add a print after defining ShopItemFrame does it print?

Does the clone script definitely clone the ShopItemFrame to the correct player’s Gui? (And not startergui or something)

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