Clearing a textbox with "" doesn't fully clear it?

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#1

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  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    I’m trying to clear a textbox after the player presses enter on it.

  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    Every time I clear the textbox, if I reselect the textbox it has a singular space or blank character in it

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    I looked for solutions, but couldn’t find what I needed.

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Here you can see that the textbox is using Placeholder Text. This means that there is no spaces or blank characters in the texbox.

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after resetting the textbox via script, it has a singular space/blank character inside the textbox.

Here is the code I am using to clear the textbox

CommandBar.Textbox:CaptureFocus()
CommandBar.Textbox.Text = ""
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#2

Have you tried just setting it to nil? I have a feeling it’s just gonna error but it’s worth a try

#3

Yes, It spat out an error along the lines of “Expected string, got nil”

#4

ToString(nil)??

#5

Oh, I understood wrong, to clear the textbox when player presses enter you’ll need to do this.

textbox.FocusLost:Connect(function(enterPressed)
	if enterPressed then
		textbox.Text = ""
	end
end)
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#6

This is just a normal behavior. The placeholder text is always hidden when the textbox is focused. In your script, you are calling CaptureFocus() before clearing the text, so the textbox remains focused, preventing the display text from being shown.

#7

I don’t think that’s what’s happening. It literally adds a space or blank character to the textbox. If I press backspace, it removes the blank character and makes the placeholder text visible

#8

I’ve already scripted that, the problem is that theres a blank character every time I clear the textbox.

#9

Yes, the blank character is always added when you gain focus to the textbox, so you can type. It does the same when you just click it to type something.

#10

just writes “nil” in the textbox

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#11

Maybe just do ToString()

#12

are you sure? even after I click to focus on the textbox, it doesnt add a blank character. Just the blinking line

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#13

spits out an error saying “missing argument #1”

#14

ToString({})

#15

puts this into the textbox for some reason
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#16

()

#17

this kills the script before it even runs properly
(probably a syntax error or smth)

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#18

Wait, set it to the content text?

#19

I’m not quite sure what you mean?

#20

Maybe it’s due to CaptureFocus() then. It could be adding a blank character initially, and when changing the text to an empty string (“”), it doesn’t recognize the first space since it isn’t actually a character.

If you can’t find a solution, you could create your own placeholder text using a TextLabel and change its visibility based on the contents of the TextBox text as a workaround.

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