Positiong Frame next to a Button in a UILayout

[xKaveyu (jxso)]

Hello,

I’m gonna keep this very simple and clear. I want to know how to position a frame beside a GuiObject that is within a UIGridLayout or UIListLayout like what is highlighted in red in the image below. I’ve looked around but haven’t found anything.

[VerySillySausages]

You can probably just parent a Stats frame to the button itself.

[xKaveyu (jxso)]

@VerySillySausages

an probably just parent a

I’ve tried just but it seems to change the size of the frame drastically.

[VerySillySausages]

Could I see an example? I tend to use this method for my stats.

[xKaveyu (jxso)]

Sorry for the late reply. So I kinda have figured out that the issue is that when the size is set to scale, it changes within the button as u can see in this video.

[VerySillySausages]

I see. Try rescale the frame after parenting it to the button. I made a little test file so that you can experiment about with what I mean:
Stat_Test.rbxl (57.2 KB)
Tell me if you encounter any issues.

[xKaveyu (jxso)]

@VerySillySausages

I see. Try rescale the frame after parenting it to the button. I made a little test file so that you can experiment about with what I mean:

Thanks a lot. That seems to have worked on my UI.

[xKaveyu (jxso)]

I know I’ve marked this as a solution but I encountered a problem. So it seems that when I use ClipDescendents on a Scrolling Frame, it clips within that frame. I can’t set the ZIndexBehaviour to Global on the ScreenGui because it messes up all my other frames.

[VerySillySausages]

Well, if the ZIndexBehavior needs to be Sibling, I’d parent the Stats template to the GUI on creation and then I’d try to use AbsolutePosition and AbsoluteSize like so:

Of course, since this is all offset, afterwards I convert it back to scale. This guy explains it pretty well:

@camomileex0

• Get the viewport size
• The most important part, divide offsetX / viewportX to get a decimal that you can use as a scale value (repeat step for Y)
• Set the size to the scale values.

ViewportSize is a property of CurrentCamera. Since the template has a new parent, I needed to update some of the code. I converted the frame to Scale with this code:

local pos = obj.AbsolutePosition
local size = obj.AbsoluteSize
local abs_x = (pos.X+size.X)/viewport_size.X
local abs_y = pos.Y/viewport_size.Y
	
template_active.Position = UDim2.fromScale(abs_x,abs_y)

Code is pretty much rewritten. Here’s the place file containing the code if you want it:
Stat_Test_Final.rbxl (57.3 KB)

[xKaveyu (jxso)]

This is exactly what I was looking for. I was trying to use the AbsolutePosition too but couldn’t figure out how to use it like this. Thanks a lot, I’ll mark this as the proper solution.