plugin:GetMouse() not working?

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#1

I’m currently developing a Plugin and i ran into this problem that the i cannot get the Plugin Mouse using plugin:GetMouse(), also i read the documentation of PluginMouse and i needed to activate the plugin by typing plugin:Activate(true) and it still doesnt work…

plugin:Activate(true)

local PluginMouse = plugin:GetMouse()

ToolsFrame.LinkLanes:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Visible"):Connect(function()
	if ToolsFrame.LinkLanes.Visible then else return end
	if Options._Development["Linking Lanes"] then return end
	
	Options._Development["Linking Lanes"] = true
	
	print("linking") -- actually prints when LinkLanes frame gets visible

	local SelectLane = ToolsFrame.LinkLanes.Frame.SelectLane
	local Cancel = ToolsFrame.LinkLanes.Frame.Cancel
	
	local FirstClick = nil
	FirstClick = PluginMouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
			local Target = PluginMouse.Target
			
			print(Target) -- doesn't print
			
			if Target then else return end
			if Target.Parent.Parent == workspace:FindFirstChild("Nodes") then else return end
			
			print("Is a node lane")
		end)
end)

Also wrote this one if you think the first one is too confusing:

plugin:Activate(true)

local PluginMouse = plugin:GetMouse()

PluginMouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
	print("Button down") -- doesn't print
end)

also i just noticed it does work while the plugin loads and i there is no tool selected (Select, Move, Scale, Rotate)

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#2

Did you save it as a LocalPlugin? Cause this right here 100% works.

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#3

i saved RoadBuilder folder as a Local Plugin
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does it only work as a published plugin? cause i really wanted it to work at both types

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#4

so I can’t remember exactly but plugin:GetMouse() doesn’t work on everything.
For example, try clicking inside the game’s viewport and see if it works then try clicking in a different frame like Explorer, Properties, etc…
I think it works in the game viewport but not in any other frame

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#5

it is suposed to get the mouse target and it sometimes works sometimes not

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