Context / Radial Menu (NUI)

Description

A radial / context menu built on NUI. The player holds a key (Left Alt) to open a ring of configurable wedges; clicking one fires an action — playing an animation locally or forwarding a named event for other resources to handle — and releasing the key closes the menu and returns control. It is the interaction backbone for emotes, vehicle actions, and job menus.

Prompt Template

You are writing a FiveM CLIENT script: a radial/context menu via NUI. No…

Expected Output

The reference Lua lives at content/expected-outputs/ui/04-radial-menu.lua. It…

Known Failure Modes

• Stuck NUI focus — every SetNuiFocus(true,true) needs a matching (false,false) on close, or the player is frozen.
• Forgotten cb() — an NUI callback that never calls cb hangs the JS fetch. Always invoke it.
• No key bind — RegisterCommand alone gives no key; pair it with RegisterKeyMapping and a +/- command for hold-to-open.
• Unloaded anim dict — TaskPlayAnim before RequestAnimDict + a HasAnimDictLoaded wait loop plays nothing.

Integration Notes

• Place in client/client.lua; add a client_script, ui_page, and files {} in fxmanifest.lua.
• No framework dependency; the radial:action event lets other resources hook in.
• Test: hold Left Alt to open the ring, click a wedge, release to close, and confirm your mouse is returned to the game.

Profit Potential

$150–$2000/mo on Tebex (expected ~$500). [INFERRED] mid-to-upper of the $50-389 band (tebex_snapshot, median seller $11.85K/mo, n=100); a reusable radial menu is high-leverage infrastructure many resources build on.

Trend Signal

→ stable — [INFERRED] HUD/UI utilities are always-needed but commoditized.

Sales Angle

Position as the interaction backbone for emotes, vehicle actions, and job menus that other scripts hook via the radial:action event. Recommend $89 on Tebex.

Difficulty & Ship Time

intermediate · ships in 4-6h.