ChatInputBarConfiguration

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Configures properties of the default chat input bar.

It is parented to TextChatService.

Summary

Properties

  • Read Only
    Not Replicated

    Describes the actual screen position of the default chat input bar in pixels.

  • Read Only
    Not Replicated

    Describes the actual screen size of the default chat input bar in pixels.

  • Determines whether to enable autocomplete for the chat input bar.

  • Determines the background color of the default chat input bar.

  • Determines the background transparency of the default chat input bar.

  • Read Parallel

    Determines whether to show the default chat input bar.

  • Read Parallel

    Determines the font used to render text in the default chat input bar.

  • Read Only
    Not Replicated

    Describes if the default chat input bar is focused or not.

  • Determines an additional key users can press to trigger focusing on the default chat input bar.

  • Determines the color of the text of the placeholder text in the default chat input bar.

  • A reference to the target TextChannel.

  • Read Parallel

    A reference to a designated TextBox Instance that sends messages on behalf of the user. This property only accepts TextBox instances.

  • Read Parallel

    Determines the color of the text in default chat input bar.

  • Read Parallel

    Determines the size of the text in default chat input bar.

  • Determines the color of the text stroke of text in default chat input bar.

  • Determines the transparency of the text stroke of text in default chat input bar.

Properties

AbsolutePosition

Read Only
Not Replicated

Read-only property that provides the screen position of the default chat input bar in pixels. Behaves similarly to GuiBase2d.AbsolutePosition.

AbsoluteSize

Read Only
Not Replicated

Read-only property that provides the screen size of the default chat input bar in pixels. Behaves similarly to GuiBase2d.AbsoluteSize.

AutocompleteEnabled

Read Parallel

Determines whether to enable autocomplete for the chat input bar. Set to false to disable autocomplete.

BackgroundColor3

Read Parallel

Determines the background color of the default chat input bar. Default value is Color3.new(25,27,29).

BackgroundTransparency

Read Parallel

Determines the background transparency of the default chat input bar as a number between 0 and 1. This value is multiplied with the user's GuiService.PreferredTransparency to create the effective background transparency used by the chat input bar, which may be more opaque than this value set here. Default value is 0.2.

Enabled

Read Parallel

Determines whether to show the default chat input bar.

Set to false to hide the default chat input bar.

FontFace

Read Parallel

Determines the font used to render text in the default chat input bar.

IsFocused

Read Only
Not Replicated

Indicates whether the default chat input bar is focused or not. Useful for firing property changed events so you can implement callback functions that respond to changes in the input bar's focus state.

Code Samples

Typing Indicator Bubble

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local ChatInputBarConfiguration = TextChatService:FindFirstChildOfClass("ChatInputBarConfiguration")
local BubbleChatConfiguration = TextChatService:FindFirstChildOfClass("BubbleChatConfiguration")
local LocalPlayer = Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = LocalPlayer.Character or LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
-- Set up TextLabel
local textLabel = Instance.new("TextLabel")
textLabel.Size = UDim2.fromScale(1, 1)
textLabel.Text = ". . ."
textLabel.BackgroundColor3 = BubbleChatConfiguration.BackgroundColor3
textLabel.BorderColor3 = BubbleChatConfiguration.BackgroundColor3
textLabel.BackgroundTransparency = BubbleChatConfiguration.BackgroundTransparency
textLabel.TextColor3 = BubbleChatConfiguration.TextColor3
textLabel.FontFace = BubbleChatConfiguration.FontFace
textLabel.TextSize = BubbleChatConfiguration.TextSize
-- Parent a UICorner to the TextLabel to have rounded corners
local uiCorner = Instance.new("UICorner")
uiCorner.CornerRadius = UDim.new(0,12)
uiCorner.Parent = textLabel
-- Set up Billboard
local typingIndicatorBillboard = Instance.new("BillboardGui")
typingIndicatorBillboard.Enabled = false
typingIndicatorBillboard.Size = UDim2.fromScale(1, 1)
typingIndicatorBillboard.StudsOffsetWorldSpace = Vector3.new(-0,4,0)
typingIndicatorBillboard.Adornee = Character
textLabel.Parent = typingIndicatorBillboard
typingIndicatorBillboard.Parent = LocalPlayer:FindFirstChildOfClass("PlayerGui")
ChatInputBarConfiguration:GetPropertyChangedSignal("IsFocused"):Connect(function()
-- Enable the typing indicator when the input bar is focused and disable otherwise
typingIndicatorBillboard.Enabled = ChatInputBarConfiguration.IsFocused
end)

KeyboardKeyCode

Read Parallel

Determines an additional key users can press to trigger focusing on the default chat input bar. Useful when you want to have an extra hotkey for focusing in addition to the "/" key.

PlaceholderColor3

Read Parallel

Determines the color of the text of the placeholder text in the default chat input bar. Default value is Color3.new(178, 178, 178).

TargetTextChannel

Read Parallel

A reference to the target TextChannel.

Determines which TextChannel to use when the user sends a message with the default chat input bar.

TextBox

Read Parallel

A reference to a designated TextBox Instance that sends messages on behalf of the user. This property only accepts TextBox instances.

You can use it to further integrate your custom chat input bar UI into your experience by freely manipulating appearance, location, and layout. When opting to set this property to a custom TextBox, you don't need to write any code for the following behavior:

For security, some limitations are imposed on the TextBox when it is promoted to ChatInputBarConfiguration.TextBox. Lua code will not be able to:

TextColor3

Read Parallel

Determines the color of the text in default chat input bar. Default value is Color3.new(255, 255, 255) (white).

TextSize

Read Parallel

Determines the size of the text in default chat input bar. Default value is 14.

TextStrokeColor3

Read Parallel

Determines the color of the text stroke of text in default chat input bar. Default value is Color3.new(0, 0, 0) (black).

TextStrokeTransparency

Read Parallel

Determines the color of the text stroke of text in default chat input bar. Default value is 0.5.

Methods

Events