Is it possible to make like a "Ctrl + f" function in a textbox using a script?

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#1

So I am making a word processing software inside roblox. Like I said in my previous post, I am not trying to compete with other softwares like this, just for simulation purposes. Anyway, I was trying to make a ctrl + f function in a textbox. For example, when I put a word in a textbox, the textbox will find the word in a sentence in an another textbox. The problem is, I don’t know how to make it, I haven’t started yet. Any help would be appreciated. Ask questions if you don’t understand mine.

#2

pretty sure its possible to do you could use user input service to check when player clicks ctrl f and then open a textbox the you could write something in the textbox to search a word then you could see if the text contains that word then show it using string.match(yourtext,texttocheck) and then highlight it using rich text this would be a possible solution

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#3

So I am done with the key function thingy. However, the function that finds the word and highlight it after it is found is that I can’t seem to work it out. Sorry for the late reply though.

#4

Hi. You make make a function that uses string.find() to find the mentioned string, and you can set the .CursorPosition property of the text box when the next button is clicked.

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#5

So I made the string.find script. Here it is:

local str = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.textBoxframe.Box
str = str:lower()
local word = script.Parent.Text
if str:find(word) then
	--do something
end

But how do I specify the word in the textbox I am trying to find? And also I don’t know if this script is right.