Introduction of Lua Widgets

RoyallyFlushed · April 19, 2018, 6:54am

Awesome!

KnightGaladeld · April 19, 2018, 8:04am

If you have created anything cool with this new feature please make sure to share it with the @robloxdevrel twitter account using #RobloxDev

GammaShock · April 19, 2018, 9:14am

Any chance that there will be an option to move the PluginGui to the middle section? I know we can already place GUI’s to the CoreGui, but when in emulator mode, they GUIs are moved inside the tiny screens.

Edit: Plus it’d be great to have the ability to switch tabs and still be able to switch to the view window.

devSparkle · April 19, 2018, 9:54am

On the StudioWidgets GitHub README:

We will keep these libraries up to date as Studio look & feel changes (e.g. automatic support for Dark Theme, when that happens).

I see that when.

devSparkle · April 19, 2018, 10:09am

Is there a way we can call the StudioWidgets libraries without having to manually copy them into our games?

Maximum_ADHD · April 19, 2018, 2:18pm

That’s a good question. It might be possible to load it over a ModuleScript that is uploaded as a MainModule. I’ll look into this.

sleitnick · April 19, 2018, 2:18pm

@devSparkle and everyone else: I made a public module:

local studioWidgets = require(1638103268)
local CustomTextButton = studioWidgets.CustomTextButton
local button = CustomTextButton.new("MyButton", "Click me!")

Of course, this means I’d have to maintain it. I’ll try to keep it updated as much as possible until a better solution arrives.

Maximum_ADHD · April 19, 2018, 2:19pm

Well, that saves me the trouble.

devSparkle · April 19, 2018, 2:21pm

Thanks!

I’m definitely not considering making a bot which DMs you every time there is a commit to the repo for you to update the module.

Maximum_ADHD · April 19, 2018, 2:21pm

Coming Soon™

Maximum_ADHD · April 19, 2018, 2:24pm

If you hook into GitHub’s API, you might be able to write a quick app that takes the repository contents and packages it into a .rbxmx file. You can then use Roblox’s API to publish it, or just insert it into studio and publish it directly. I’ll talk to CycloneUprising and see if we can get a module published onto the ROBLOX account so we can manage it ourselves.

Kiansjet · April 19, 2018, 3:04pm

Technically, you could make explorer and properties panel replacements and make everything but the ribbonbar dark themed. We’re getting close.

anon73784721 · April 19, 2018, 3:30pm

accurate

devSparkle · April 19, 2018, 3:43pm

I created an rbxmx file, to view the default structure with the current setup of modules, and emptied the source and object name parameters. Now I’m using a string function to replace the keywords with the name and source of each file under the repo/src that ends with a .lua extension.

This does not mean I gave up on the idea of Nagaton600, the auto DM bot.

unix_system · April 19, 2018, 7:35pm

Cool but where is our normal CycloneUprising style meme update?

I’m saddened

Astreastela · April 19, 2018, 8:11pm

Nice new API addition. I’m thinking of creating a plugin that will take advantage of the new Lua Widgets API and this is what I made so far with the new API.

antonio6643 · April 19, 2018, 9:46pm

I can’t wait to use this!

Slight mistake on the wiki though:

forgot to include the link hehe Oops!

DataBrain · April 20, 2018, 1:52am

So… how does one debug script-based plugins without HotSwap?

Corecii · April 20, 2018, 1:54am

If you use the “Save as Local Plugin…” feature, it should reload all plugins with your new plugin code. This is not as fast (two or three clicks instead of one) but should work for this purpose.

DataBrain · April 20, 2018, 1:56am

Ah, thanks. I’m so behind the times for plugin development.