This article expands on the articles/Using Images in GUIs|Using Images in GUIs tutorial and demonstrates how to make on-screen buttons that can be used for menus, in-game actions, and much more.

Button Types

Text Button

A TextButton is very similar to a TextLabel, except that a player can activate it with a click/tap. Internally, it also shares many of the same visual properties as a text label — font, background color, stroke color, etc.

Image Button

Similarly, an ImageButton is like an interactive version of the ImageLabel object and it uses a custom image that you upload to Roblox. It also shares most of the same properties as its non-button counterpart.

Creating a Button

The remainder of this article demonstrates how to add an ImageButton to the screen and flip it between three appearances depending on the player’s interaction.

Add an ImageButton

1. In the Explorer window, hover over the StarterGui object, click on the circle button, and insert a ScreenGui object.
2. Select the new ScreenGui object and, in a similar manner, insert an ImageButton.

This will add an empty image button to the corner of the game view.

Upload Images

This button needs three custom images — its normal appearance on the screen, a hover-over appearance, and a final image for when the player presses it.

Instead of uploading each image separately, use the Asset Manager to upload multiple assets at once:

1. If it’s not already open, click Asset Manager from the View tab.

2. Click the Import button near the top of the window.

3. Find the three images on your computer, select them, and confirm that you’d like to upload them.
4. When finished uploading, double-click the Images folder or select Images from the “tree view” menu.

Set Appearances

Setting the three appearances for the button can be done through the ImageButton object.

1. In the Explorer window, select the new ImageButton object.

2. In the Properties window, click on the Image property and select the ImgButtonNormal asset.

3. Click on the HoverImage property and select the ImgButtonHover asset.

4. Click on the PressedImage property and select the ImgButtonPressed asset.

Adjust the Button

To finalize the button’s appearance on screen, make the following adjustments:

1. In the Properties window, set BackgroundTransparency to a value of 1 to make the background transparent.

2. Move the button slightly away from the corner by setting both Position → X → Offset and Position → Y → Offset to around 50.

Attach a LocalScript

The final task is hooking up basic button functionality.

1. In the Explorer window, hover over the ImageButton object, click the button, and insert a LocalScript. This will create a new LocalScript and show it.

2. In the script, copy and paste in these new lines:

This is a basic button script and it works as follows:

• The first line sets a variable button which tells the script what specific object it’s linked to. In this case it’s linked to the ImageButton, the parent of the script.

• The onButtonActivated() function is the primary handler for the button’s activation. Inside it, you should perform the intended action like opening the game’s main menu.

• The final line connects the button to the onButtonActivated() function with the GuiButton/Activated|Activated event. This will cause the function to run every time a player activates the button in game.