Script not printing any changed text in textbox

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#1

Probably an easy fix I’m just not seeing, attached is a script that is supposed to print the text of a textbox when a textbutton is clicked, however it only prints the text I send before testing

script.Parent.TextButton.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
	
	print(script.Parent.TextBox.Text)
end)
#2

Is this a local script or a script?

If it’s a server script, change the RunContext of it to Client.
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#3

It’s Local since it’s parented to StarterGui. Or, somewhere in it.

#4

oh my god, ive been stuck on this problem for 2 days, thank you

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#5

Not necessarily, you can use both types of scripts in a GUI.

#6

Interesting. Except, what’s the difference between a LocalScript and a Script that has RunContext set to Client?

#7

There isn’t much difference, RunContext was added to make life easier for developers.

Check out the post Roblox made when it was released, they explain it in detail.

#8

MouseButton1Down and similar events work on both server and local scripts. You only need them if you need the Activated event or to read from a TextBox, or for some higher input fidelity.

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#9 
CurrentText = ""

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
    print(CurrentText)
end)

script.Parent.Textbox.Changed:Connect(function()
    CurrentText = script.Parent.Textbox.Text
end)