How do I change text via a TextBox when a Player types in it

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#1

What I’m trying to acomplish is fairly simple, when a Player types in the TextBox and whatever they type it will get filtered via the ChatService before it’s displayed on a Part via a TextLabel.

My main question is how do I fact check this, if a Player types in the TextBox is there a way to confirm if there is string in that TextBox and when they press the SubmitButton it would automatically be changed on the TextLabel.

Here’s the code:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local ChatService = game:GetService("Chat")
local RemoteEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.BoothEvent
local BoothGui = game.StarterGui.BoothGui
local LocalPlayer = Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerBoothGui = LocalPlayer.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("BoothGui")

RemoteEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	PlayerBoothGui.Enabled = true
	PlayerBoothGui.Frame.BackgroundTransparency = 0
	
	local SubmitButton = PlayerBoothGui.Frame.SubmitButton
	local CloseButton = PlayerBoothGui.Frame.CloseButton
	local BoothText = game.Booth.Header.SurfaceGui.FrameGui.TextGui.Text
	
	CloseButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
		if PlayerBoothGui.Enabled == true then
			PlayerBoothGui.Enabled = false
			 
			game.ReplicatedStorage.ChatEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, BoothText) 
				ChatService:FilterStringForBroadcast(BoothText, player)
				
					-- Here I'd go through the actual changing of the text
				
			end)

		end 
	end)
	
	print("RemoteEvent fired Successfully")
end)

Any help will be appreciated! :smile: :cyclone:

#2

It would go something like

local TextBox = nil --path textbox GUI here
If TextBox.Text ~= nil then --no need to touch stuff below
BoothText = TextBox.Text
end

I think this is what you’re saying?

#3

Use an if statement to check if the text is there if there is no text just do

local ExampleBox = Example
if ExampleBox.Text ~= "" then
print("TEXT!")
end
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#4

They can’t be nil
OnlyTwentyCharacters

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#5

Yeah that’s what I ended up doing but I had an error with the chat filtering.

Here’s the code.

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local ChatService = game:GetService("Chat")
local RemoteEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.BoothEvent
local BoothGui = game.StarterGui.BoothGui
local LocalPlayer = Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerBoothGui = LocalPlayer.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("BoothGui")

RemoteEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	PlayerBoothGui.Enabled = true
	PlayerBoothGui.Frame.BackgroundTransparency = 0
	
	local SubmitButton = PlayerBoothGui.Frame.SubmitButton
	local CloseButton = PlayerBoothGui.Frame.CloseButton
	local TextBox = BoothGui.Frame.Frame.TextBox
	local BoothText = game.Workspace.Booth.Header.SurfaceGui.Frame.TextLabel.Text

	game.ReplicatedStorage.ChatEventFilter.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, BoothText) 
		ChatService:FilterStringForBroadcast(BoothText, player)
		
		SubmitButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
			if TextBox.Text ~= nil then --  
				BoothText = TextBox.Text 
				if TextBox == BoothText then
					if PlayerBoothGui.Enabled == true then
						PlayerBoothGui.Enabled = false
						print("Text Changed")
					end
					
				end
			end
		end)
	end)
	
	CloseButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
		if PlayerBoothGui.Enabled == true then
			PlayerBoothGui.Enabled = false
		end 
	end)
end)

Keep in mind I know that it’s a Local Script and the code needs to be in a server script but my main issue now is that how do I fix that lol do I simply use the filtering chat server in a server script and then fact check the texting because I also want to make it where when a player finishes typing it’s done by a Submit button.

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#6

If it’s anything gui based, keep it on the client

#7

The texttt can’t equalll nilll…
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#8

Do I just replace it with an empty " "

#9

Yes, it’ll allways have an empty string if there is no text

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#10

I don’t think I can keep it client based because of this

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#11

This is caused by the filteringchat service btw

#12

Oh okay that makes alot more sense

#13

use

Textbox.Text = "text"
#14

What?
OnlyTwentytwoCharacters223412321

#15

Why not use just this ,if TextBox.Text ~= “”

#16

Yeah so problem is basically this.

game.ReplicatedStorage.ChatEventFilter.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, BoothText) 
		ChatService:FilterStringForBroadcast(BoothText, player)
		
		SubmitButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
			if TextBox.Text ~= "" then 
				BoothText = TextBox.Text 
				if TextBox == BoothText then
					if PlayerBoothGui.Enabled == true then
						PlayerBoothGui.Enabled = false
						print("Text Changed")
					end
					
				end
			end

Do I seriously have to make a whole seperate script just to filter the text on the server.

#17

first make sure its on the client only the client can detect textboxes

#18

Yeah it is on the Client though

#19

is it firing from client the text on the server text will also be “”

#20

Here try this instead TextService | Roblox Creator Documentation

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