UI buttons in plugin do not work, but they would in a game

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1

I am getting sick of it.

The buttons should work and do while playtesting the .rblx file, but the buttons do not work in the plugin window. The buttons I am talking about are the buttons that appear upon clicking nil.

Right-click should change the selected directory and Left-click should select the instance.

I tried looking at old posts, but no one, and I MEAN NO ONE has the same issue.
I also tried debugging and the buttons are active and the scripts are Enabled. What’s causing the issue?

Here is one of two scripts of the buttons:

print("working?")
script.Parent.WhoAmI.Value.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.SelectedObject.Value = script.Parent.RepresentingThisObject.Value
end)
script.Parent.WhoAmI.Value.MouseButton2Click:Connect(function()
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.WhereAmI.Value = script.Parent.RepresentingThisObject.Value
end)

Here is the script of the ToolBar:

local toolbar = plugin:CreateToolbar("Replacer")
local button = toolbar:CreateButton("Replacer", "Use this tool to replace any instance with an instance!", "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14760187383")

-- Create new 'DockWidgetPluginGuiInfo' object
local widgetInfo = DockWidgetPluginGuiInfo.new(
	Enum.InitialDockState.Float, -- Widget will be initialized in floating panel
	true, -- Widget will be initially enabled
	false, -- Don't override the previous enabled state
	800, -- Default width of the floating window
	500, -- Default height of the floating window
	350, -- Minimum width of the floating window (optional)
	350 -- Minimum height of the floating window (optional)
)

-- Create new widget GUI
local testWidget = plugin:CreateDockWidgetPluginGui("Replacer", widgetInfo)
script.Parent.Parent = testWidget
testWidget.Title = "Replacer"
button.Click:Connect(function()
	testWidget.Enabled = true
end)
2

Did you have any luck in the end lol?

3

No. Still haven’t figured it out and I abandoned the project because of it.

4

Sorry to hear that, I actually just found a solution which worked for me.

Instead of putting the script inside the button or a frame It would only work if I attached it to the main script which handles the plugin button creation.

I have no clue why myself, I just know that fixed it. I’ve made plugins in the past and it worked fine and the script could be in the button itself.

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5

Why don’t you just i initiate it from a singular script?
Widget could be running from a different context.
During playtest you actually run 2 instances of plugin: Plugin Context and Client Context.

Simply ensure plugin script has a Plugin RunContext.

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6

If I understand you correctly, I should change the LocalScripts to Scripts with “Plugin” as their RunContext.

Edit: Still does the same.

Sorry, that I didn’t reply earlier, but how do I do it?

7 
local Toolbar = plugin:CreateToolbar("SimpleScripts")

local Main = Toolbar:CreateButton(
	"Scripts",
	"Scripts Made Easy",
	"rbxassetid://95866080"
)

local MainInfo = DockWidgetPluginGuiInfo.new(
	Enum.InitialDockState.Float,
	false,   -- Initially enabled
	false,  -- Overridable by user
	400,     -- Default width
	300,     -- Default height
	200,     -- Min width
	150      -- Min height
)

local MainPluginGui = plugin:CreateDockWidgetPluginGui("SimpleScriptsMainGui", MainInfo)
MainPluginGui.Title = "Simple Scripts"

local MainGui = script:WaitForChild("PluginGui"):Clone()
MainGui.Parent = MainPluginGui

for _, AllSystemModels in ipairs(Systems:GetChildren()) do
	for  _, AllScripts in ipairs(AllSystemModels:GetChildren()) do
		local TemplateClone = Template:Clone()

		TemplateClone.Name = AllSystemModels.Name
		TemplateClone.Visible = true
		TemplateClone.Text = AllScripts.Name
		AllScripts:Clone().Parent = TemplateClone

		TemplateClone.Parent = MainGui.Frame.Library.ScrollingFrame
		
		TemplateClone.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
			AddScript(AllScripts, TemplateClone.Name, TemplateClone)
		end)
	end
end

That isn’t the full script, things will be missing but It should give you an idea.

So essentially the function to check when a button is clicked is in the same script as where you create the plugin button.

I also heard putting it in a module script as a child in the plugin script also works but I haven’t tried that.

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