[Solved] How to make a GUI button to give a selection tool ?

[Creidhne]

Hi,
I would like to make a GUI button that gives a custom "selection-tool" item when clicked. Exactly like a shortcut button, I just want to place it somewhere else with a specific caption.

This is my best attempt so far:

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-- player: https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/LuaPlayer.html

player.clean_cursor()
player.cursor_stack.set_stack{
    name = "my-selection-tool",
}

It works. But when the player cleans his cursor, the item is placed in his inventory. I tried to add the following line to fix this, but it didn't change anything:

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player.hand_location = nil

Any suggestion to make it work ?
Thanks in advance.

[DaveMcW]

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script.on_event(defines.events.on_player_cursor_stack_changed, function(event)
  local player = game.players[event.player_index]
  player.get_main_inventory().remove("my-selection-tool")
end)

[Creidhne]

Hi,
thanks for the quick answer. It almost fixes the issue, except if the inventory is full. The player gets a "Cannot put away XXX. Player inventory is full" message, and this event isn't triggered (the cursor stack isn't modified).

[Bilka]

If you want it to behave the same way as copy paste etc, use the "only-in-cursor" prototype flag (https://wiki.factorio.com/Types/ItemPro ... -cursor.22).

[Creidhne]

"only-in-cursor" works perfectly for my use case.

Thanks for the tip