Textbox releases when pressing enter!

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#1

I am making a custom chat system, and I want to know how I can stop the textbox from releasing the focus when I press enter. I use userInputService and check if the textbox is in focus, but since it releases when I press Enter, I can never get it to focus correctly.

#2

Maybe add wait before releasing it’s focused?

#3 
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local TextBox = path.to.textbox

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
   if input.KeyCode ~= Enum.KeyCode.Return then return end
   TextBox:CaptureFocus()
end)
#4

When I press enter, the textbox get’s rid of focus, and then the TextBox:IsFocused() is false. I do not want to capture focus though.

#5

I do not understand the thing you are trying to say. Adding a wait will not change anything.

#6

What do you mean? I just dont understand what do you want.

#7

Why not enable MultiLine? Pressing enter would create a new line instead of losing focus.

#8

Here is the script:

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local Module = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.CustomChatModule)

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input)
	if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Return then
		if script.Parent.TextBox:IsFocused() then
			if #script.Parent.TextBox.Text < 1 then
				Module.Add(game.Players.LocalPlayer,false,script.Parent.TextBox.Text)
			end
			script.Parent.TextBox:ReleaseFocus()
		end
	end
end)

But the code doesn’t work. When I press Enter, the code doesn’t seem to work. Here is a gyazo gif.
https://i.gyazo.com/9580d1dee7959913914880e35a721434.mp4

#9 
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local Module = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.CustomChatModule)

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input)
	if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Return then
		if script.Parent.TextBox:IsFocused() then
			if #script.Parent.TextBox.Text > 0 then
				Module.Add(game.Players.LocalPlayer,false,script.Parent.TextBox.Text)
			end
			script.Parent.TextBox:ReleaseFocus()
		end
	end
end)

You were checking if text length is less that 1. I think you meant to check if its more than 0?

#10

It still isn’t working for some reason.

#11

Also why are you trying to use the Enter key anyway? This wouldn’t be supported by any other device. You should use the FocusLost event instead.

#12

Doesn’t that also get affected by clicking off the box? I thought that pressing enter on the mobile keyboard works too.

#13

For the mobile I think its better to add a send button, instead of listening to this event, because sometimes you may accidentally click somewhere else and your message will be sent.

Yes

#14

FocusLost returns an InputObject that will tell you how the focus was lost.

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#15

If the script below doesn’t work, try the method from @MightyDantheman because it’s the the best thing you can do.

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local Module = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.CustomChatModule)

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input)
	if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Return then
		if script.Parent.TextBox:IsFocused() then
			if #script.Parent.TextBox.Text < 1 then
				Module.Add(game.Players.LocalPlayer,false,script.Parent.TextBox.Text)
				print("<1")
			elseif #script.Parent.TextBox.Text > 1 then
				print(">1")
			end
			script.Parent.TextBox:ReleaseFocus()
		end
		elseif not script.Parent.TextBox:IsFocused() then
		print("ended")
	end
end)
#16

Ah okay. But how would I know if the user pressed enter/return on their keyboard? And does it work for pc and mobile? (Maybe even xbox too?)

Offtopic, I somehow deleted the menu button…

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#17

The very first parameter returned, as shown in my previous reply, is a boolean of whether or not the “Enter” key was used to lose focus or not.

#18

Did it end up working? (must be 30

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