TextChannel

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Represents a text chat channel. Contains TextSources as descendants.

To send a chat message to the TextChannel, call TextChannel:SendAsync() from a LocalScript. The corresponding TextSource of the user with TextSource.CanSend = true must be in that channel.

To learn more, see In-Experience Text Chat.

Summary

Methods

Events

Properties

Methods

DisplaySystemMessage

Displays a system message to user. Can only be used in a LocalScript, or in a Script with RunContext of Enum.RunContext.Client. Messages are only visible to that user and aren't automatically filtered or localized.

Parameters

systemMessage: string

The system message sent to the TextChannel.

metadata: string

Use to identify system message types, such as the default system messages.

Default Value: ""

Returns

A TextChatMessage with TextChatMessage.Status property that indicates the condition of the message.

AddUserAsync

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Adds a TextSource to the TextChannel given userId of the user (with Player.UserId). Can only be used in a Script.

If a TextSource representing the user does not exist, this adds a TextSource.

If a TextSource representing the user does exist, this returns the TextSource.

If the user has chat off or isn't in the server, this returns a tuple nil, false.

Parameters

userId: number

The userId of the Player.


Returns

Returns TextSource and true if a new TextSource is created for the user, TextSource and false if there is an existing TextSource, or nil and false if the user has chat off or is not in this server.

yields

Sends a TextChatMessage to the server. Can only be used in a LocalScript, or in a Script with RunContext of Enum.RunContext.Client.

Parameters

message: string

The message to send to the TextChannel.

metadata: string

Custom metadata to attach to the message.

Default Value: ""

Returns

A TextChatMessage with TextChatMessage.Status property that indicates the condition of the message.

Events

MessageReceived

Like TextChatService.MessageReceived, fires when TextChannel:DisplaySystemMessage() is invoked on the client, or when the client receives a valid TextChannel:SendAsync() response from the server. This event is only fired on the client.

If the server's TextChannel.ShouldDeliverCallback property is bound and returns false, the client will not fire TextChannel.MessageReceived.

Use the TextChatMessage parameter to get the TextSource and the text of the message (with TextChatMessage.Text).

The TextChatMessage parameter is the final result of any functions bound to TextChatService.OnIncomingMessage or TextChannel.OnIncomingMessage.

Parameters

incomingMessage: TextChatMessage

The received TextChatMessage.


OnIncomingMessage

Parameters


Returns

ShouldDeliverCallback

Parameters

textSource: TextSource

Returns