Lua help please, Making button to trigger toy

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I am trying to create a simple addon that creates a toyButton frame, and sets the button to a hearth toy. “C_ToyBox.UseToy(54452)” throws a Lua Error “UseToy (a nil value)”, indicating that the UseToy function is not available or does not exist. If I remove “C_ToyBox.” and just try “UseToy”, it gives me the popup that the action was blocked and only available to Blizzard UI. I am creating the toyButton with “SecureActionButtonTemplate”, which I think should allow the secure function “UseToy” to work while out of combat. Can anyone with Lua coding knowledge or experience help me? Thanks in advance.

Here is the code:

local toyButton

local function CreateToyButton()
    local _, toyName, toyTexture = C_ToyBox.GetToyInfo(54452)  -- Example: Ethereal Portal
    
    toyButton = CreateFrame("Button", "HearthToyButton", UIParent, "SecureActionButtonTemplate")
    toyButton:SetSize(41, 41)
    toyButton:SetNormalTexture(toyTexture or "Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_QuestionMark")
    toyButton:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "CENTER")
    
    toyButton:SetScript("OnEnter", function(self)
        GameTooltip:SetOwner(self, "ANCHOR_RIGHT")
        GameTooltip:SetToyByItemID(54452)  -- Update with the correct toy item ID
        GameTooltip:Show()
    end)
    
    toyButton:SetScript("OnLeave", function(self)
        GameTooltip:Hide()
    end)
    
    toyButton:RegisterForClicks("AnyUp")
    toyButton:SetScript("OnClick", function(self, button)
        if button == "LeftButton" then
            if InCombatLockdown() then
                print("Cannot use toy in combat")
            else
                C_ToyBox.UseToy(54452)  -- Update with the correct toy item ID
            end
        end
    end)
end

local eventFrame = CreateFrame("Frame")
eventFrame:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_LOGIN")
eventFrame:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, arg1)
    if event == "PLAYER_LOGIN" then
        CreateToyButton()
    end
end)
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You’re probably wanting to use the spell that is cast when you click the toy, not the toy itself (different button attributes for toys, items, spells etc.).
…

local toyButton

local function CreateToyButton()
    local _, toyName, toyTexture = C_ToyBox.GetToyInfo(54452)  -- Example: Ethereal Portal
    
    toyButton = CreateFrame("Button", "HearthToyButton", UIParent, "SecureActionButtonTemplate")
    toyButton:SetSize(41, 41)
    toyButton:SetNormalTexture(toyTexture or "Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_QuestionMark")
    toyButton:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "CENTER")
    toyButton:RegisterForClicks("AnyDown", "AnyUp")
    toyButton:SetScript("OnEnter", function(self)
        GameTooltip:SetOwner(self, "ANCHOR_RIGHT")
        GameTooltip:SetToyByItemID(54452)  -- Update with the correct toy item ID
        GameTooltip:Show()
    end)
    
    toyButton:SetScript("OnLeave", function(self)
        GameTooltip:Hide()
    end)
    toyButton:SetAttribute("type", "toy")
    toyButton:SetAttribute("*toy1", 54452)
end

local eventFrame = CreateFrame("Frame")
eventFrame:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_LOGIN")
eventFrame:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, arg1)
    if event == "PLAYER_LOGIN" then
        CreateToyButton()
    end
end)

I don’t have the portal but the Dalaran Hearstone (140192) is considered a toy

    toyButton:SetAttribute("type", "toy")
    toyButton:SetAttribute("*toy1", 140192)

Note: For future travelers, 54452 is a toy. The primary problem was having the actionButtonUseyKeyDown CVar set and only registering toyButton for AnyUp clicks.

Code above changed to reflect the desired result.

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