Properties of DisplaySystemMessage || TextChatServices

[PerfectlySquared (Squared)]

Im attempting to modify other properties of a system message other than its text (Color for instance), but I don’t know how and the documentation doesnt show any way to do so.

game.TextChatService.TextChannels.RBXGeneral:DisplaySystemMessage('Hello')

Is there any way to get the TextLabel instance and change its textcolor?

[Kaid3n22 (Kaiden)]

In this one, I’m not sure if there is a way to properly do that. If you didn’t care about which text channel the system message was in, you could use ChatMakeSystemMessage. For the documentation, scroll down this page StarterGui | Roblox Creator Documentation

[BullfrogBait]

Can’t you use ChatMakeSystemMessage?

Is there a way to make a multicolored system message or use chatmakesystemmessage

I know there is a topic about this but I don’t understand the new speaker part. Could someone please explain this to me

Allows for modifying properties such as color, font and text size.

[ZweiForgot (Zwei)]

That’s outdated, we’re talking about TextChatService.

[PerfectlySquared (Squared)]

Done some more digging, found there is a way to do so:

local m = game.TextChatService.TextChannels.RBXGeneral:DisplaySystemMessage('asdasd123').MessageId
game.CoreGui.ExperienceChat.appLayout.chatWindow.scrollingView.bottomLockedScrollView.scrollingFrame:WaitForChild(m).TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(101, 227, 255)

it only works as a command line and not in a script

[be_nj (benjj)]

I saw a similar question posted this weekend here: How do I change System Text's Color on the new TextChatService? - #3 by be_nj

In your case, it sounds like you want to have a specific color for your “Hello” system message. In this case, I’d recommend using the second optional argument, metadata of DisplaySystemMessage to attach a unique ID for your system messages. You can then use the metadata property in your OnIncomingMessage callback like this:

TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage = function(textChatMessage)
    if textChatMessage.Metadata == "hello" then
        local overrideProperties = Instance.new("TextChatMessageProperties")
        overrideProperties.Text = string.format("<font color='#FF0000'>%s</font>", textChatMessage.Text)
        return overrideProperties
    else
        -- do nothing
        return nil
    end
end

RBXGeneral:DisplaySystemMessage("Hello there!", "hello")
RBXGeneral:DisplaySystemMessage("Hola!", "hello")

[Minimarshoo (Mini)]

I tried this myself and it works great, although I had to change line 4 from

overrideProperties.Text = string.format("<font color='#FF0000'>%s</font>", textChatMessage)

to

overrideProperties.Text = string.format("<font color='#FF0000'>%s</font>", textChatMessage.Text)

for it to work properly.

[be_nj (benjj)]

Good catch, that was a typo on my part. I’ve edited my original message with your change for future readers