TextLabel tween does not finish | Roblox Studio Community | Page 1

inner fulcrum Nov 11, 2025, 6:46 PM

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Hi, I need to make this scrolling display actually finish the tween movement before disappearing. I highlighted the textlabel as red background for the purpose of letting you all see the problem. Basically, I need a way for the textlabel to get the dimensions of the text (as the scrolling display is made that if the text overflows it scrolls, if not it just stays centered)

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Example video below

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local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")

-- Ref
local scrollingFrame = script.Parent.Parent
local text1 = script.Parent.FirstLine

-- CONFIG
local speed = 100 -- pixels per second
local padding = 230 -- gap between text repeats NOT USED FOR THIS EXAMPLE

-- The script should theoretically have two moving texts to have a continous flow, however for this example and to debug, I've removed every part
-- about the second text


while true do
    local textWidth = text1.TextBounds.X
    local frameWidth = scrollingFrame.AbsoluteSize.X

    if #text1.Text > 15 then
        -- keep both labels inside the frame
        text1.Position = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 0)

        -- move both left within the visible frame
        local distance = textWidth + padding
        local duration = distance / speed

        -- tween their X offsets only (inside the same frame)
        local tween1 = TweenService:Create(
            text1,
            TweenInfo.new(duration, Enum.EasingStyle.Linear),
            {Position = UDim2.new(0, -distance, 0, 0)}
        )

        tween1:Play()

        tween1.Completed:Wait()

        -- instantly reset positions for the next cycle
        text1.Position = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 0)
    else
        text1.TextXAlignment = Enum.TextXAlignment.Center
    end
end