Message Box Rich Text

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#1

everytime I type in the message box the italic rich text goes away, how do I fix this?

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#2

I’m confused on what you’re asking, but RichText will not render if you’re editing the text box.

#3

this will detect whenever the TextBox loses its focus and will update the text like so

script.Parent.FocusLost:Connect(function()
script.Parent.Text = "<i>"..script.Parent.Text.."</i>"
end)
#4

I’m pretty sure you have to use a script to use stuff like Italics.

#5

TextBox.ClearTextOnFocus = false

Not sure if this is what you’re asking for.
https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/property/TextBox/ClearTextOnFocus

#6

what he meant is
when he types in the textbox he wants to keep the italic rich text on

#7

Oh, then he should use GetPropertyChangedSignal("Text") to detect when the textbox’s text changes.

#8

already tried to do that earlier, but didn’t work for me.

script.Parent:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Text"):Connect(function()
script.Parent.Text = "<i>"..script.Parent.Text.."</i>"
end)

whenever the text changes once the text will be spammed with the italic rich text <i>
100% because its detecting whenever this "<i>"..script.Parent.Text.."</i>" is changing too.

#9 
local Script = script
local TextBox = Script.Parent

local Connection

local function OnTextBoxChanged()
	if Connection then Connection:Disconnect() end
	TextBox.Text = string.gsub(TextBox.Text, "<i>", "")
	TextBox.Text = string.gsub(TextBox.Text, "</i>", "")
	TextBox.Text = "<i>"..TextBox.Text.."</i>"
	TextBox.CursorPosition = string.len(TextBox.Text) - 3
	Connection = TextBox:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Text"):Connect(OnTextBoxChanged)
end

OnTextBoxChanged()

Apparently formatting isn’t applied until the textbox’s focus is lost anyway, this would work otherwise.

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