How to hide a message from chat when using the new TextChatService

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#1

How can I hide a message if it contains a certain string?

I want to make custom commands so if the message contains “/” then it should not be visible to the text box nor the bubble chat.

P.S. I am using the new TextChatService

#2

The following code will make a message not show up in the chat when the message starts with / :

local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")

TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(message: TextChatMessage)
	if string.sub(message.Text, 1, 1) == "/" then
		local newProperties = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
		newProperties.Text = " "
		return newProperties
	end
end

This will have to be placed in a LocalScript in order to work.
In case you want to filter messages on the server (possibly for only some people / some channels) I suggest you to take a look at the ShouldDeliverCallback.

#3

I prefer it to be server sided but game:GetService("TextChannel") is unavailable and the only way to access the ShouldDeliverCallback is from that. Is there any workaround for this?

#4

This is how you would get the “RBXGeneral” TextChannel:

TextChatService:WaitForChild("TextChannels").RBXGeneral

There is actually a full guide on how to use ShouldDeliverCallback: