How to click on a part that opens a GUI? | Roblox Studio Community | Page 1

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 4:47 PM

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Hello. This seems like something that should be incredibly simple and I don't know what's wrong that is causing this to be so unbelievably difficult for me. I just want to click on a part and then open a gui. Every script I have found has either not worked or made some weird error. Is there anyone who could help?

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Here are all the various attempts I have tried:

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Doesn't open the gui:

local clickDetector = script.Parent:FindFirstChild("ClickDetector")

if clickDetector then
    clickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(player)
        local playerGui = player:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui")
        if playerGui then
            local gui = playerGui:FindFirstChild("paper")
            if gui then
                gui.Enabled = true
            end
        end
    end)
end```
Opens the gui but causes a bunch of strange errors due to it being a script, not a localscript:
```local clickdetector = script.parent.ClickDetector

clickdetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr)
    plr.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("henry").Enabled = true
end)```

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Perhaps it's a problem with my close button? Here is the code for that:

local GUI = Button.Parent.Parent

Button.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
    GUI.Enabled = not GUI.Enabled
end)```

bitter forge Jun 8, 2025, 5:00 PM

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civic matrix Doesn't open the gui: ``` local Players = game:GetService("Players") local click...

hello! i assume this script is under the part, right? if its a localscript, it wont run in workspace. right now, this code makes the screengui itself visible, not the frame.

if you want it to work, try something like this in StarterCharacterScripts:

local part = workspace.Part -- replace with your part
local gui = game.Players.LocalPlayer:FindFirstChildOfClass("PlayerGui").ScreenGui.Frame -- replace with directory
local clickdetector = part:FindFirstChildOfClass("ClickDetector") -- assuming the clickdetector is under the part

clickdetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr)
  if plr == game.Players.LocalPlayer then
    gui.Visible = true
    -- or if you want it to toggle, "gui.Visible = not(gui.Visible)"
  end
end)

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:04 PM

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bitter forge hello! i assume this script is under the part, right? if its a localscript, it w...

Hi! It didn't wor. This is the code I put in:

local gui = game.Players.LocalPlayer:FindFirstChildOfClass("PlayerGui").poem.Frame -- replace with directory
local clickdetector = part:FindFirstChildOfClass("ClickDetector") -- assuming the clickdetector is under the part

clickdetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr)
    if plr == game.Players.LocalPlayer then
        gui.Visible = not(gui.Visible)
        -- or if you want it to toggle, "gui.Visible = not(gui.Visible)"
    end
end)```

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Do you need to define plr?

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I clicked on the part, but nothing happened

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:29 PM

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civic matrix Hi! It didn't wor. This is the code I put in: ```local part = workspace.poem -- ...

is this suppose to be a local script

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:30 PM

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hazy turret is this suppose to be a local script

I made it a local script

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:30 PM

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ok nice

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why u making an if statment for the local player

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that just makes it a boolean

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:30 PM

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idk. This is the code switch told me to put in

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:30 PM

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remove that part

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Where is the script at btw

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:32 PM

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Still nothing

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:32 PM

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hazy turret Where is the script at btw

StarterPlayerScripts

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:34 PM

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civic matrix StarterPlayerScripts

ok

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wnats the part name

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:34 PM

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poem

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all lowercase

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:34 PM

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Ok

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whats the frame name u want to make visible

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:34 PM

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It's called frame

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the GUI is called poem

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The GUI is enabled, the frame is not visible

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:35 PM

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So ScreenGui>poem>Frame

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:35 PM

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Yes

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:35 PM

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Is frame currently invisible

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:35 PM

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It is currently invisible

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The GUI is enabled

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If possible I would like that the other way around

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But that's a me thing

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:37 PM

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wdym the other way around

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In fact take a screenshot of startergui

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:38 PM

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and here is poem (part)

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:39 PM

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Ok u confused me

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okso

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U want to make gui enabled?

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or frame visible

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:40 PM

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If possible, I would like the GUI to be not enabled and the frame visible

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civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:40 PM

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whichever one cuts down on lag more

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:40 PM

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civic matrix If possible, I would like the GUI to be not enabled and the frame visible

thats not possible

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:40 PM

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if GUI enabled, frame invisible lags less, that's fine

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Anyways, it's not important

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:41 PM

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Ok so

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:42 PM

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civic matrix Hi! It didn't wor. This is the code I put in: ```local part = workspace.poem -- ...

make gui.Visible = true

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:42 PM

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?

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Replace gui.visible = not (gui.visible) with gui.Visible = true?

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:43 PM

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yes

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:44 PM

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Still doesn't work

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:44 PM

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whats error in output

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:44 PM

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It's a localscript. I thought localscripts don't show up on the output screen?

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It doesn't show anything on the output screen

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:46 PM

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they do

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:46 PM

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or any of the script analysis screens

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ah wait

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"poem is not a valid member of Workspace"

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That's weird

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:47 PM

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oh

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do workspace:Waitforchild poem

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:47 PM

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ah

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"WaitForChild is not a valid member of workspace"

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some sort of typo

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:50 PM

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Bro what did u type

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:50 PM

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ah

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It works!

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:50 PM

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u typed “ah”

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oh ok

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:51 PM

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god damn it

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It has the same problem as the last script

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If I click on it and then press the close button, I can't click on it again

bitter forge Jun 8, 2025, 5:52 PM

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are there any errors in the console

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:52 PM

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Open script:

local gui = game.Players.LocalPlayer:FindFirstChildOfClass("PlayerGui").poem.Frame -- replace with directory
local clickdetector = part:FindFirstChildOfClass("ClickDetector") -- assuming the clickdetector is under the part

clickdetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr)
    gui.Visible = true
    -- or if you want it to toggle, "gui.Visible = not(gui.Visible)"
end)```
Close script:
```local Button = script.Parent
local GUI = Button.Parent.Parent

Button.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
    GUI.Enabled = not GUI.Enabled
end)```

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This problem has been persistent for a while now

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it's probably some logic error

bitter forge Jun 8, 2025, 5:53 PM

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Button.Activated would work better

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:53 PM

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bro gui.visible = false

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that’s all u gotta do

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Wait is gui the poem

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if it is keep it as enabled and make it to false

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it will work

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 5:54 PM

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OK wait I think I've got it

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YESSS

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That problem has been killing me for weeks

bitter forge Jun 8, 2025, 5:56 PM

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nice

hazy turret Jun 8, 2025, 5:59 PM

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civic matrix That problem has been killing me for weeks

Weeks is crazy

civic matrix Jun 8, 2025, 6:00 PM

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hazy turret Weeks is crazy

I mean, I'm not much of a coder and I blindly trusted the tutorials lol

#How to click on a part that opens a GUI?