Workaround For RichText Displaying Tags On Focus?

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#1

I’m trying to make a syntax highlighter for StudioCLI but I’m coming across the issue of RichText displaying the font tags.

Here’s a picture…
Unfocused
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Focused (my cursor position is supposed to be between the “-” and the “g”, that’s where I clicked
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Is there a workaround for these two issues?

#2

I’ve had this issue before, and I think there’s one solution.

Have a text box that you type in, and a text label that shows the actual color. Set the text label’s text to the text box’s text every time it changes.

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#3

I already thought of this but then had to consider when someone would highlight the text. Since the label is over the box, it would show as if nothing was selected.

#4

That’s true, and where I basically quit. Sorry, but I can’t help you from here.

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#5

This must be possible since plugins like InCommand and Synmax feature live highlighting.

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#6

(cc: @zCrxtix)

I figured it out. This also uses a TextLabel + TextBox.

  1. TextBox is above the TextLabel
  2. TextBox’s TextTransparency = 1
  3. When the Textbox’s text changes, update the TextLabel with the highlighted text
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RichText TextBox
#7

This will probably be taken down, but I don’t think TextLabels support multi-lines.