Engine Class
ScriptEditorService
Summary
Methods
DeregisterAutocompleteCallback(name: string):() |
DeregisterScriptAnalysisCallback(name: string):() |
GetEditorSource(script: LuaSourceContainer):string |
OpenScriptDocumentAsync(script: LuaSourceContainer,options: Dictionary):Tuple |
RegisterAutocompleteCallback(name: string,priority: number,callbackFunction: function):() |
RegisterScriptAnalysisCallback(name: string,priority: number,callbackFunction: function):() |
UpdateSourceAsync(script: LuaSourceContainer,callback: function):() |
Events
TextDocumentDidChange(document: ScriptDocument,changesArray: Variant):RBXScriptSignal |
TextDocumentDidClose(oldDocument: ScriptDocument):RBXScriptSignal |
TextDocumentDidOpen(newDocument: ScriptDocument):RBXScriptSignal |
API Reference
Methods
DeregisterAutocompleteCallback
DeregisterScriptAnalysisCallback
FindScriptDocument
Parameters
Returns
Code Samples
ScriptDocument:CloseAsync
--!nocheck
-- Run the following code in the Command Bar
local ScriptEditorService = game:GetService("ScriptEditorService")
local documents = ScriptEditorService:GetScriptDocuments()
local scriptDocument
-- Find the first open script document
for _, document in documents do
-- The Command Bar can't be closed, so don't select it
if not document:IsCommandBar() then
scriptDocument = document
break
end
end
if scriptDocument then
local success, err = scriptDocument:CloseAsync()
if success then
print(`Closed {scriptDocument.Name}`)
else
warn(`Failed to close {scriptDocument.Name} because: {err}`)
end
else
print("No open scripts")
endConnecting to ScriptDocument.ViewportChanged
--!nocheck
--[[
To run:
1. Ensure Output view is open
2. Run the below code in the Command Bar
3. Scroll up and down in the opened Script window
Print statements from the ViewportChanged event will appear in the Output
]]
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local ScriptEditorService = game:GetService("ScriptEditorService")
-- Create text that spans many lines
local dummyText = string.rep("-- Dummy Text\n", 60)
-- Create a script containing the dummy text and open it
local otherScript = Instance.new("Script")
otherScript.Source = dummyText
otherScript.Parent = Workspace
local success, err = ScriptEditorService:OpenScriptDocumentAsync(otherScript)
if not success then
warn(`Failed to open script because: {err}`)
return
end
-- Get a reference to the opened script
local scriptDocument = ScriptEditorService:FindScriptDocument(otherScript)
local function onViewportChanged(startLine: number, endLine: number)
print(`Script Viewport Changed - startLine: {startLine}, endLine: {endLine}`)
end
-- Connect the ViewportChanged event to the function above that prints the start and end line of the updated viewport
scriptDocument.ViewportChanged:Connect(onViewportChanged)GetEditorSource
Parameters
Returns
GetScriptDocuments
Returns
Code Samples
Print the name of every script
--!nocheck
-- Run the following code in the Command Bar
local ScriptEditorService = game:GetService("ScriptEditorService")
local scriptDocuments = ScriptEditorService:GetScriptDocuments()
for _, scriptDocument in scriptDocuments do
-- Prints the name of each script
if not scriptDocument:IsCommandBar() then
print(scriptDocument.Name)
end
endOpenScriptDocumentAsync
Parameters
| Default Value: "nil" |
Returns
Code Samples
OpenScriptDocumentAsync()
--!nocheck
-- Run the following code in the Command Bar
local ScriptEditorService = game:GetService("ScriptEditorService")
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local newScript = Instance.new("Script")
newScript.Parent = Workspace
local success, err = ScriptEditorService:OpenScriptDocumentAsync(newScript)
if success then
print("Opened script document")
else
print(`Failed to open script document: {err}`)
endRegisterAutocompleteCallback
Returns
()
Code Samples
RegisterAutocompleteCallback() and DeregisterAutocompleteCallback()
--!nocheck
-- Run the following code in the Command Bar
local ScriptEditorService = game:GetService("ScriptEditorService")
type Request = {
position: {
line: number,
character: number,
},
textDocument: {
document: ScriptDocument?,
script: LuaSourceContainer?,
},
}
type Response = {
items: {
{
label: string,
kind: Enum.CompletionItemKind?,
tags: { Enum.CompletionItemTag }?,
detail: string?,
documentation: {
value: string,
}?,
overloads: number?,
learnMoreLink: string?,
codeSample: string?,
preselect: boolean?,
textEdit: {
newText: string,
replace: {
start: { line: number, character: number },
["end"]: { line: number, character: number },
},
}?,
}
},
}
local autocompleteCallback = function(request: Request, response: Response): Response
local item = {
label = "foo",
preselect = true,
}
table.insert(response.items, item)
return response
end
ScriptEditorService:RegisterAutocompleteCallback("foo", 1, autocompleteCallback)
-- To deregister the callback, run the following code in the Command Bar
ScriptEditorService:DeregisterAutocompleteCallback("foo")RegisterScriptAnalysisCallback
Returns
()
Code Samples
RegisterScriptAnalysisCallback()
type Request = {
["script"]: LuaSourceContainer,
}
type Response = {
diagnostics: {
{
range: {
start: {
line: number,
character: number,
},
["end"]: {
line: number,
character: number,
},
},
code: string?,
message: string,
severity: Enum.Severity?,
codeDescription: { href: string }?,
}
},
}
local ScriptEditorService = game:GetService("ScriptEditorService")
ScriptEditorService:RegisterScriptAnalysisCallback("foo", 1, function(Req: Request): Response
local response = {
diagnostics = {},
}
local lineNo = 1
-- Iterate line by line
for text, newline in Req.script.Source:gmatch("([^\r\n]*)([\r\n]*)") do
local startIndex, endIndex = string.find(text, "Foo")
if startIndex and endIndex then
table.insert(response.diagnostics, {
range = {
["start"] = {
line = lineNo,
character = startIndex,
},
["end"] = {
line = lineNo,
character = endIndex,
},
},
code = "FooFinder",
message = "Foo found here!",
severity = Enum.Severity.Warning,
})
end
lineNo = lineNo + #newline:gsub("\n+", "\0%0\0"):gsub(".%z.", "."):gsub("%z", "")
end
return response
end)UpdateSourceAsync
Parameters
Returns
()
Events
TextDocumentDidChange
ScriptEditorService.TextDocumentDidChange(
Parameters
changesArray:Variant |
Code Samples
ScriptEditorService.TextDocumentDidChange
--!nocheck
-- Run the following code in the Command Bar
local ScriptEditorService = game:GetService("ScriptEditorService")
ScriptEditorService.TextDocumentDidChange:Connect(function(scriptDocument, changes)
print("Changed", scriptDocument, changes)
end)TextDocumentDidClose
Parameters
Code Samples
ScriptEditorService.TextDocumentDidClose
--!nocheck
-- Run the following code in the Command Bar
local ScriptEditorService = game:GetService("ScriptEditorService")
ScriptEditorService.TextDocumentDidClose:Connect(function(scriptDocument)
print("Closed", scriptDocument)
end)TextDocumentDidOpen
Parameters
Code Samples
ScriptEditorService.TextDocumentDidOpen
--!nocheck
-- Run the following code in the Command Bar
local ScriptEditorService = game:GetService("ScriptEditorService")
ScriptEditorService.TextDocumentDidOpen:Connect(function(scriptDocument)
print("Opened", scriptDocument)
end)