ShowAsync

Yields

This is a yielding function. When called, it will pause the Lua thread that called the function until a result is ready to be returned, without interrupting other scripts.

PluginSecurity

This member cannot be used in scripts, but is usable in the command bar and plugins.

Function of:

PluginMenu

Description:

This function shows the menu at the mouse cursor. It yields until either an item is selected or the menu is closed. The selected action fires its PluginAction/Triggered event

Returns

Return Type	Summary
Return Type Instance	Summary The `PluginAction` item that was selected or nil

Code Samples

Creating a PluginMenu and PluginMenuAction

This code sample visualizes how PluginMenu|PluginMenus and PluginAction|PluginActions behave when created for a Plugin. Outside of this example, you should not parent the plugin or its functional components to the game’s workspace.

In order to work as expected, the code block must but pasted into the command bar, but only once. Consecutive attempts at executing the code in the command bar will result in an error because a plugin cannot create more than one PluginMenu with the same id.

After executing the code, changing the created BoolValue in the game’s workspace via the Explorer window opens the plugin’s menus. Selecting an action from the menus the function connected to the trigger signal.

Example Plugin in Studio Explorer Window

-- This code can be pasted into the command bar, but only once.

local plugin = plugin or getfenv().PluginManager():CreatePlugin()
plugin.Name = "Plugin"
plugin.Parent = workspace

local pluginMenu = plugin:CreatePluginMenu(math.random(), "Test Menu")
pluginMenu.Name = "Test Menu"

pluginMenu:AddNewAction("ActionA", "A", "rbxasset://textures/loading/robloxTiltRed.png")
pluginMenu:AddNewAction("ActionB", "B", "rbxasset://textures/loading/robloxTilt.png")

local subMenu = plugin:CreatePluginMenu(math.random(), "C", "rbxasset://textures/explosion.png")
subMenu.Name = "Sub Menu"

subMenu:AddNewAction("ActionD", "D", "rbxasset://textures/whiteCircle.png")
subMenu:AddNewAction("ActionE", "E", "rbxasset://textures/icon_ROBUX.png")

pluginMenu:AddMenu(subMenu)
pluginMenu:AddSeparator()

pluginMenu:AddNewAction("ActionF", "F", "rbxasset://textures/sparkle.png")

local toggle = Instance.new("BoolValue")
toggle.Name = "TogglePluginMenu"
toggle.Parent = workspace

local function onToggled()
	if toggle.Value then
		toggle.Value = false
		
		local selectedAction = pluginMenu:ShowAsync()
		if selectedAction then
			print("Selected Action:", selectedAction.Text, "with ActionId:", selectedAction.ActionId)
		else
			print("User did not select an action!")
		end
	end
end

toggle.Changed:Connect(onToggled)

ShowAsync

See also

Returns

Instance

Code Samples

Creating a PluginMenu and PluginMenuAction