How to grab text input from a TextBox?

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#1

OK, this might seem like a silly question, but I have no idea of how to go about getting the player’s text input from a TextBox. How does one go about this?

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#2

Read the TextBox.Text property (similar to TextLabels and TextButtons) as this is the property that is changed upon the user typing.

If you’d like to detect when the text is changed, use GetPropertyChangedSignal on the Text property.

TextBox:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Text"):Connect(function()
    -- Executes when the user adds/deletes a character or when the text is set via script.
end)
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#3

I thought about that, but in-game I changed the TextBox’s text in game and nothing changed. Hmm, I’ll actually try that in a script, then! Thanks for the quick reply!

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#4

If you want to keep track everytime the text is changed you can do

TextBox:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Text"):Connect(function()

end)

Ah, beat me to it :stuck_out_tongue:

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#5 
local TextBoxObject = whatever

TextBoxObject.Text --> simple

There’s also other neat tricks on the side if you’re interested.

TextBoxObject:CaptureFocus()

TextBoxObject.FocusLost

The text property updates when players type into it, but the property doesn’t replicate. You must handle this from a LocalScript (or rather should).

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#6

OK. Thanks for the quick replies everyone!

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