Can plugins read Commandbar?

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#1

I have a plugin and I wish to print how to use it but I dont want a whole button or gui just for that.
So I thought if you wrote ‘help’ in commandbar then it’d print how to use it.

So my question is, is it possible to read what someone writes in commandbar using plugin?

#2

You can accomplish this using the LogService.MessageOut event, although your command will need to be prefixed with -- so that when it is processed by the command bar it is treated as a comment so it won’t error.

For example:

game:GetService("LogService").MessageOut:Connect(function(Message)
    if Message == "> --help" then
        -- stuff
    end
end)

Would catch entering --help into the command bar (after enter is pressed).

(Thanks to @FieryEvent for showing me this!)

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#3

Genious!

#4

This is a really cool idea. I’ll have to remember this.