How can I test if a player is typing in chat?
I want to figure out if there is a way so that you can test if a player is typing in chat but did not press enter yet. Any ideas?
I already found another question on this site but, that's from 3 years ago and it doesn't really work. Here it is
game:GetService('UserInputService').TextBoxFocused:connect(function(TextBox)
local succ = pcall(function() TextBox:GetFullName() end)
if not succ then print('User is typing.') end
end)
game:GetService('UserInputService').TextBoxFocusReleased:connect(function(TextBox)
local succ = pcall(function() TextBox:GetFullName() end)
if not succ then print('User quit typing.') end
end)
(Credit goes to M39a9am3R, I'm just wondering if someone can figure out to make this work, I have no idea how to possibly make this script work.)
2 answers
Use UserInputServices GameProcessed parameter
UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(InoutObject, GameProcessed)
if (InputObject.UserInputType = Enum.UserInputType.KeyBoard) then
if (GameProcessed) then --// Otherwise known as 'IsTyping'
print("Is Typing!")
end
end
end)
Or, you could just say what's below, yet I highly recommend what's above
TextBox.Focused:Connect(function()
print("Is Typing!")
end)
TextBox.FocusLost:Connect(function(Return) --// Parameter that you can restric to if pressed return
print("Quit typing")
end)
I forgot to mention that GameProcessed binds to anything requirng interaction, Eg. Jumping, GuiButtons, etc, so I added a UserInputType check that narrows things down a bit. (Shout to Incap)
Hope this helps!
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Extension to Feahren's answer
Feahren's solution works quite well, but I felt like something was missing, that I felt was too big to fit in a comment.
Game Processed Event isn't only true when typing
Game Processed Event is true when the UI was interacted with in general. Clicking on a GUI button will fire InputBegan, and also cause game processed event to be true. You should also be checking if the user input type is Keyboard before doing anything else.
UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gpe)
if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.Keyboard then
if gpe then
-- # extra sure that it wasn't button clicking
end
end
end)
Do not forget to accept Feahren's answer if this helps.
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