Checking if a player is not typing with UIS

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#1

I have code for when a player presses a key, it prints something out. But the problem is, I don’t want it to print it out if the player presses the key in the chat.

Code:

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local function onInputBegan(input, _gameProcessed)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.P then
		print("The P button has been pressed!")
	end
end

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(onInputBegan)

(localscript in starterpack)

#3

This might be able to help

How to tell if a player is typing in the chat

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#4

Like this?

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local function onInputBegan(input, _gameProcessed)
	if not _gameProcessed then
		print("Player is typing")
	else
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.P then
			print("The P button has been pressed!")
		end
		end
end

It breaks the whole script and never prints out anything anyways.

#5

You added an unnessecary not.

New code:

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local function onInputBegan(input, _gameProcessed)
	if _gameProcessed then
		print("Player is typing")
	elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.P then
		print("The P button has been pressed!")
	end
end
#6

You did not call the function unless there is more to your code than that

#7

There is no function to be called.

#8

Really? Because I thought assigning a function you would have to call it.

#9

There is though. You didn’t connect the local function to anything.

#10

It is correct, the not was nessecary

#11

Did you connect the local function to an event?

#12

Oh, my bad @BitMaster32 and @BitMaster32

#13

No, i did not. What event?

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Edit: Do i add a remote event then connect it and fire whenever the player presses the button? and there will be a localscript in playerscripts or whatever that prints out the message?

#14

This code also falsely gets the Shift Key Code as a typing variant, so you gotta be careful there.

#15

No worries, sorry for the confusion.

#16

You simply just need to call the function

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(onInputBegan)
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#17

.InputBegan.

New code:

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local function onInputBegan(input, _gameProcessed)
	if _gameProcessed then
		print("Player is typing")
	elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.P then
		print("The P button has been pressed!")
	end
end

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(onInputBegan)
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#18

It works, but every time the player types a letter in the chat it prints it out, so now i dont want it to print “player is typing”.

Do i just remove that line?

Edit: yes, i had to delete the line

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#19

If it works, make sure to set one of the posts to the solution.

#20

Thank you @BitMaster32 and @Katrist for helping me. I can now reference this when I have a similar idea or problem.

#21

Of course! I am glad to help you with this.

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