Cursor unlocking

[untold forum]

I have this "Note1" Ui and I want to make it so the mouse cursor will be unlocked(you can move it around freely) only while the "Note1" Ui is enabled and I want it to go back to it being locked in the middle of the screen while the "Note1" Ui is closed but I don't know how. I have a custom mouse cursor icon

[spring ruin]

What I would do is make a value called like mouse lock and in starter player every time that changes if it’s true unlock the players mouse

[rich stratus]

Ui.Modal = true. Unlocks mouse when Ui is visible

[untold forum]

Hey, you know where I should add that line? this script also highlights models the player hovers on with their mouse
https://pastebin.com/2BQ9KTg9

[rich stratus]

You don’t have to add any lines. Just set that property to true

[untold forum]

But where can I find that property?

In the Gui itself?

[rich stratus]

Yes

I recall it being a property inherited by all gui elements, yet I may be mistaken

[untold forum]

Yikes, I can't seem to find such a property

[rich stratus]

Sorry, my phone was about to die so I didn't have time to look it up

It's a property of buttons (text/image)

[untold forum]

I figured that out and I got it working now, but the cursor wont show over the actual UI, if I move it over the UI, it will just hide beneath it, you know how I could fix that?

[rich stratus]

The button doesn't have to be have any size for it to work, so you could just set the size to 0,0,0,0 and remove the text

[rich stratus]

I've never had that happen before to be frank. Mind explaining what you've done (or did you actually just use modal on a 0,0,0,0 size button?)

[untold forum]

My Note1 Gui has a frame and inside of that frame I have this close button(which is a text button) and I just went into the text button properties and turned on modal

[rich stratus]

And now the mouse doesn't show up over the UI?

[untold forum]

Indeed, it just hides beneath the UI if I hover it over the ui

[rich stratus]

Odd, mind sharing the properties of the frame?

[untold forum]

Visible is on and Index is set to 1(the photos dont capture these properties)

[rich stratus]

That's odd, I don't see anything strange about them to be frank

[untold forum]

I have a custom cursor that I am using, which is using an image label to display the cursor

[wintry ridge]

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[rich stratus]

@vast latch without kidding this time, do you see any reason why the mouse wouldn't appear in this UI?

[rich stratus]

Aah, maybe it's just zindex order issues

Is this frame and the frame for the mouse on the same "level" (so both parented to the same parent)?

[untold forum]

No, this frame is part of GUI X and the mouse frame is part of GUI Y

[vast latch]

@untold forum what is your issue

[rich stratus]

is GUI Y's zindex higher than GUI X's?

[untold forum]

When I move the cursor to hover over the UI the cursor will just hide beneath the UI instead of showing on top of it

[rich stratus]

(or if they're screenguis, then DisplayOrder)

[untold forum]

Yeah, its higher

For Gui Y its 5
For Gui X its 1

Look at this video to undestand the problem @vast latch

You need to watch the mouse cursor

[rich stratus]

custom cursor not showing through UI frame

[vast latch]

Zindex value probably

[untold forum]

Should I set Gui X zindex higher than Gui Y(cursor frame) index?

[vast latch]

is your cursors zindex higher than the GUI itself

[untold forum]

Yep

Cursor Frame zindex is higher than the "Note1" frame index

[vast latch]

this is weird

I've never had this happen to me personally speaking

Let me see if I can find anything on the forums about your issue

[rich stratus]

Already tried to do the same. I cannot find any reason as to why it would do that

Unless, it has to do with some hover over thingy

(When hovering over buttons you get a different mouse icon. So if that icon doesn't exist then it may be transparent. Just not sure why the UI would be transparent

[vast latch]

yeah this is super weird

[vast latch]

the cursor zindex should always be above the frame zindex

[rich stratus]

(weird UI is due to me trying to replicate the image without having to spend 5 minutes scripting a basic mouse 😆

[untold forum]

Yeah, its higher

[vast latch]

unless it has to do with anything script related

[rich stratus]

To be frank, the main thing is, the screengui that has the mouse in it has a higher layout order, so zindex doesn't even matter anymore

[vast latch]

wait

[untold forum]

Guys

[vast latch]

@untold forum

[untold forum]

I just discovered something

[vast latch]

Show me your ScreenGui Properties

[untold forum]

If I use the default cursor, it will work just fine

When I use the custom one it wont work no more

[untold forum]

Which ScreenGui?

[vast latch]

the one that holds the cursor image

[vast latch]

try using global on zindexbehavior

[untold forum]

not working

[vast latch]

why would you have a layout order if you're not using grids/lists/pages

[untold forum]

The custom dot cursor frame has an image label inside of it for the actual cursor, maybe the image label of the cursor doesnt behave properly when it overlaps with the "Note1" Ui?

[rich stratus]

wrong term

[vast latch]

can you show how the cursor looks like

[rich stratus]

Zindex but for screenguis

[vast latch]

in the explorer

[vast latch]

this is so confusing, I've never had this issue before with custom cursors

[vast latch]

what's the frame for?

you could've used the image only as it's own child

[untold forum]

Oh, I tought a frame was necesary

[vast latch]

not always

that's your issue

the frame's zindex is below the overall frame

just use an imagelabel

[untold forum]

ok

ima do that

[untold forum]

I did what you told me, but I still have the same problem