How do you use TextBox:GetPropertyChangedSignal on a SurfaceGUI?

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#1

Hello! I made a script that needs to check if a TextBox’s Text and number are the same. My goal is to get make it so when a character is typed, a script gets notified and changes the Text in the properties tab to be what is typed.

Problem: However, when you type or click off the box, the Text section is properties doesn’t change. While there are solutions like this one, these don’t seem to work on a SurfaceGUI, but rather a screenGUI.

’Attempts’: So far, I’ve tried adding a script under the TextBox with scripts in the previously linked problem, but I haven’t gotten anything to work yet.

Is there a certain GetPropertyChangedSignal for SurfaceGUIs that I haven’t discovered?

Thanks.

#2

TextBox Input is always local, use a localscript to trigger a remoteevent whenever the text is changed. and send over the text to the main script.

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#3

Okay, let me see if that works, thanks!

#4

I gave up, but I think this was the solution, so thanks!

#5

Here’s some articles to help you!

Along with some code to get you started.

Local Script

local MyRemoteEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.MyRemoteEvent
local MyTextBox = script.Parent

MyTextBox:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Text"):Connect(function(txt)
   MyRemoteEvent:FireServer(txt)
end)

ServerScript

local MyRemoteEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.MyRemoteEvent
local MySurfaceGuiTextLabel = --Put your stuff here

MyRemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(PlayerWhoSent, TextThatWasSent)
    MySurfaceGuiTextLabel.Text = TextThatWasSent .. " -" .. PlayerWhoSent.Name --If I sent "Hello", it would make it "Hello -Benpinpop"
end)
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#6

Hello!
I’m trying to use this for a small project I’m working on, but I keep getting one error I don’t know how to resolve.
It says:
“Unable to assign property Text. string expected, got Instance”
I modified the scripts a little, so I’m going to show them because I don’t know if that’s causing the problem.
The local script

local MyRemoteEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.MyRemoteEvent
local MyTextBox = script.Parent

MyTextBox:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Text"):Connect(function(txt)
	MyRemoteEvent:FireServer(txt)
end)

The server script

local MyRemoteEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.MyRemoteEvent
local MySurfaceGuiTextLabel = game.Workspace.P2.Table2.Sign.SurfaceGui.SIGN

	MyRemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(TextThatWasSent)
		MySurfaceGuiTextLabel.Text = TextThatWasSent
	end)

If I need to show anything else, just tell me and I will.
Thank you in advance!

#7

Your issue is that you are passing txt within the local script as a parameter, where in fact, Instance:GetPropertyChangedSignal does not pass a parameter when it’s fired. Change “txt” when you fire the server to just be MyTextBox.Text and you should be good.

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