Text Editor: Make editing "Text" fields much easier

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#21

Why are new fonts only available only in this plugin?
This is amazing though. I love this plugin

Glitch font please?? For instance HACKED

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#22

could the top editor have TextWrapped? (or at least an option to enable TextWrapped?) i installed the plugin and the text went over the edge.
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also could there also be a color picker? not sure how hard that would be to script

#23

Great work. If I had not found this plugin ill have multiple spaces to separate a line. Wish roblox can add this somewhat. Great job! :partying_face:

#24

The new fonts are in studio, but they are hidden (not released yet).
This plugin is taking advantage of them.

#25

In fact, there’s a method that you can do, and that is to check if both keys are pressed at the same time when an input began. This would look like this:

local ctrlPressed = false
local bPressed = false
UIP.InputBegan:Connect(function(key)
	if key.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftControl then
		ctrlPressed = true
	elseif key.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.B then
		bPressed = true
	end
	if ctrlPressed and bPressed then
		-- make the text bold
	end
end)
UIP.InputEnded:Connect(function(key)
	if key.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftControl then
		ctrlPressed = false
	elseif key.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.B then
		bPressed = false
	end
end)

You could possibly add measurements or anything else to this, but this is a suggestion to how you can avoid the restrictions and use it hotkey alike.

#26

You could also use UserInputService:GetKeysPressed() which is designed for this too

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")

RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	local ctrlPressed = false
	local bPressed = false

	for _, inputObject in ipairs(UserInputService:GetKeysPressed()) do
		if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.LeftControl then
			ctrlPressed = true
		elseif inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.B then
			bPressed = true
		end
	end

	if ctrlPressed and bPressed then
		print("User is currently holding down LeftCtrl + B")
	end
end)

Or simply use UserInputService:IsKeyDown()

local ctrlPressed = UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.LeftControl)
local bPressed = UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.B)

if ctrlPressed and bPressed then
	...
end

Relevant links:
UserInputService:GetKeysPressed()
UserInputService:IsKeyDown()
InputObject

#27

Maybe in the output window change it to be a proper Color by default so you can see it better.

#28

UserInputService will only work if the game window (viewport) is focused, it won’t work while interacting with widgets.

#29

Hi everybody, thank you all for your feedback, and sorry for the late reply.
I notice a few people have asked for a few suggestions - I have currently been quite busy so I haven’t been able to work on this plugin for a while, but I may be able to start working again on it soon.

Just a reminder that the plugin is open sourced and I am happy to accept community contributions if you want to add in the suggestions yourselves, you can find it here: GitHub - JohnnyMorganz/roblox-text-editor: A plugin to make editing text in Roblox Studio easier

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#30

Thank you, and (@Doqee) for your suggestions! Unfortunately UserInputService will not work for plugin widgets so these can’t be used.

I have also tried using the InputBegan/Changed/Ended events on the TextBox themselves, however these do not work.

I also tried using Plugin:CreatePluginAction() however the action is not triggered whilst a textbox is focused (I haven’t tested this recently so it may have changed, but I’m not sure)

If anybody has any other recommendations, please do let me know

#31

How do you switch to edit another textbox?
I also don’t see the output tab for some reason