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How do I disable an onKeyPress function when chat is open?

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IronSpider671 50

8 years ago

Hello ScriptingBuilders! Indeed, I require your assistance. :D So, I have a script similar to this (taken from here:

1function onKeyPress(inputObject, gameProcessedEvent)
2    if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.R then
3        print("R was pressed")
4    end
5end
6 
7game:GetService("UserInputService").InputBegan:connect(onKeyPress)

And the script works all fine whenever I press a key (or in this case "R"), but it also works when typing in the chat and when pressing a key does something more visual (such as cloning a ScreenGUI), it can get pretty distracting and at a point, frustrating. Now, I haven't found anything about this on the forums, so I was wondering if anyone could help me out here. The help is always appreciated. Thanks. :D -IronSpider671

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Answered by

Goulstem 8144

8 years ago

Edited 8 years ago

The second value returned from the InputBegan event tells you whether or not the event fired as a gameProcessedEvent - e.g. while typing in the chat. It seems you supplied a parameter for this in line 1 but you never actually checked it. CHECK IT.

01function onKeyPress(inputObject, gameProcessedEvent)
02    --Check the second parameter before continuing
03    if not gameProcessedEvent then
04        if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.R then
05            print("R was pressed")
06        end
07    end
08end
09 
10game:GetService("UserInputService").InputBegan:connect(onKeyPress)

Ah, I see. I guess I overlooked that. Thanks! IronSpider671 50 — 8y

How do I disable an onKeyPress function when chat is open?

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