TextChatService Text Box not expanding while typing long messages

[StrongBigeMan9]

While typing messages in games that use the TextChatService, the text box does not expand downwards until the message contains enough characters to fit on 3 lines.

This is an issue that was previously reported as a bug in 2022 and was marked as resolved. I am unsure of a specific month when I started encountering this issue, but as far as I am aware, I’ve observed this behavior since sometime in 2023 (maybe earlier).

Video Example:

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Date First Experienced:

• 2023 (or earlier)

Reproduction Steps:

1. Join any game that is using the TextChatService.
2. Open the in-game chat.
3. Start typing a message until it is too long to fit on the first line of the text box.
4. Observe that the text box does not expand to display your message until it reaches the third line of text.

System Information:

• Windows 10 OS. Version 10.0.19045 Build 19045
• Relevant Display Settings:
  • Monitor resolution is 2560x1440
  • Windows “size of App and Text” scaling is set to 225%
• CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
• Memory: 32.0 GB
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

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Expected behavior

The expected behavior is that the text box should immediately expand to display what I am typing if there is not enough room for the message to fit on the currently visible lines.

[thirdtakeonit]

Thanks for the report! We’ll investigate and follow up with updates.

[ItzAidfoplays390]

I am not able to reproduce this, what I am getting is that the Text Box would expand to the next line like it should but it sometimes would create an extra space for no reason.

So far I have got this behavior on Doors and Granny.

A long space on the second line can appear if you write a sentence that reaches the second line and then spam letters too.

Same thing if you spam emojis and symbols but it would also create a long space on the first line too. Not sure if this is expected or not.