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TextFilterResult
Inherits from: Instance → Object
Represents the result of a call to TextService:FilterStringAsync(). Used to distribute a filtered string accordingly.
Inherits from: Instance
Memory category: Instances
Tags: NotCreatable, NotReplicated
Methods
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TextFilterResult:GetChatForUserAsync | string | Returns the text in a properly filtered manner for the specified Player.UserId. |
| TextFilterResult:GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync | string | Returns the text in a properly filtered manner for all users. |
| TextFilterResult:GetNonChatStringForUserAsync | string | Returns the text in a properly filtered manner for the specified Player.UserId based on age and other details. |
Inherited from Instance
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Instance:AddTag | () | Applies a tag to the instance. |
| Instance:children | Instances | Returns an array of the object's children. |
| Instance:ClearAllChildren | () | This method destroys all of an instance's children. |
| Instance:Clone | Instance | Create a copy of an instance and all its descendants, ignoring instances that are not Archivable. |
| Instance:clone | Instance | |
| Instance:Destroy | () | Sets the Instance.Parent property to nil, locks the Instance.Parent property, disconnects all connections, and calls Destroy() on all children. |
| Instance:destroy | () | |
| Instance:FindFirstAncestor | Instance? | Returns the first ancestor of the Instance whose Instance.Name is equal to the given name. |
| Instance:FindFirstAncestorOfClass | Instance? | Returns the first ancestor of the Instance whose Object.ClassName is equal to the given className. |
| Instance:FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA | Instance? | Returns the first ancestor of the Instance for whom Object:IsA() returns true for the given className. |
| Instance:FindFirstChild | Instance? | Returns the first child of the Instance found with the given name. |
| Instance:findFirstChild | Instance | |
| Instance:FindFirstChildOfClass | Instance? | Returns the first child of the Instance whose ClassName is equal to the given class name. |
| Instance:FindFirstChildWhichIsA | Instance? | Returns the first child of the Instance for whom Object:IsA() returns true for the given className. |
| Instance:FindFirstDescendant | Instance? | Returns the first descendant found with the given Instance.Name. |
| Instance:GetActor | Actor? | Returns the Actor associated with the Instance, if any. |
| Instance:GetAttribute | Variant | Returns the value which has been assigned to the given attribute name. |
| Instance:GetAttributeChangedSignal | RBXScriptSignal | Returns an event that fires when the given attribute changes. |
| Instance:GetAttributes | Dictionary | Returns a dictionary of the instance's attributes. |
| Instance:GetChildren | Instances | Returns an array containing all of the instance's children. |
| Instance:getChildren | Instances | |
| Instance:GetDebugId | string | Returns a coded string of the debug ID used internally by Roblox. |
| Instance:GetDescendants | Instances | Returns an array containing all of the descendants of the instance. |
| Instance:GetFullName | string | Returns a string describing the instance's ancestry. |
| Instance:GetStyled | Variant | Returns the styled or explicitly modified value of the specified property, or else the default property value if it hasn't been styled/modified. |
| Instance:GetStyledPropertyChangedSignal | RBXScriptSignal | Returns an event that fires when the given style property changes on the instance. |
| Instance:GetTags | Array | Gets an array of all tags applied to the instance. |
| Instance:HasTag | boolean | Check whether the instance has a given tag. |
| Instance:IsAncestorOf | boolean | Returns true if an Instance is an ancestor of the given descendant. |
| Instance:IsDescendantOf | boolean | Returns true if an Instance is a descendant of the given ancestor. |
| Instance:isDescendantOf | boolean | |
| Instance:IsPropertyModified | boolean | Returns true if the value stored in the specified property is not equal to the code-instantiated default. |
| Instance:QueryDescendants | Instances | Returns an array containing all descendants of the instance that match the selector string. |
| Instance:Remove | () | Sets the object's Parent to nil, and does the same for all its descendants. |
| Instance:remove | () | |
| Instance:RemoveTag | () | Removes a tag from the instance. |
| Instance:ResetPropertyToDefault | () | Resets a property to its default value. |
| Instance:SetAttribute | () | Sets the attribute with the given name to the given value. |
| Instance:WaitForChild | Instance | Returns the child of the Instance with the given name. If the child does not exist, it will yield the current thread until it does. |
Inherited from Object
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Object:GetPropertyChangedSignal | RBXScriptSignal | Get an event that fires when a given property of the object changes. |
| Object:IsA | boolean | Returns true if an object's class matches or inherits from a given class. |
| Object:isA | boolean |
TextFilterResult:GetChatForUserAsync
Deprecated. This method is deprecated and returns an empty string. Text filtering pertaining to chat should be done through TextChatService, and experiences that do not properly filter player-generated chat text may be subject to moderation.
This method returns the text in a properly filtered manner for the specified Player.UserId using the least restrictive filtering appropriate for that user, with Chat privacy settings of both users enforced. This should be used in the context of chats between players, although there are some other cases where text filtering is required.
The returned string should only be shown to the target user, as it might not be appropriate for all users.
If this method throws an error, the string should not be displayed to the user. Cases for error include:
- The two users are not allowed to chat, for example if
Chat:CanUserChatAsync()would returnfalsefor the given sender and receiver. - The user with the ID
toUserIdis not online on the current server.
This function will return immediately in most cases, although it will yield if the target user has just joined the server and their filtering info is not yet loaded.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| toUserId | int64 | Player.UserId of the user being chatted. |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| string | Filtered text string. |
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tags | ["Yields","Deprecated"] |
| security | None |
| thread safety | Unsafe |
| capabilities | ["UI"] |
TextFilterResult:GetNonChatStringForBroadcastAsync
Returns the text in a properly filtered manner for all users. This should be used in the context of non-chat text that every user can see, such as for a dialog that lets a user write a message on a sign, visible to all users on the server even after the author has left.
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| string | Filtered text string. |
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tags | ["Yields"] |
| security | None |
| thread safety | Unsafe |
| capabilities | ["UI"] |
TextFilterResult:GetNonChatStringForUserAsync
Returns the text in a properly filtered manner for the specified Player.UserId based on age and other details. This should be used in the context of non-chat text that one specific user can see, such as the name of a pet.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| toUserId | int64 | Player.UserId of the user intended to see/receive the text. |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| string | Filtered text string. |
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tags | ["Yields"] |
| security | None |
| thread safety | Unsafe |
| capabilities | ["UI"] |
Properties
Inherited from Instance
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Instance.Archivable | boolean | Determines if an Instance and its descendants can be cloned using Instance:Clone(), and can be saved/published. |
| Instance.archivable | boolean | |
| Instance.Capabilities | SecurityCapabilities | The set of capabilities allowed to be used for scripts inside this container. |
| Instance.IsInSandbox | boolean | Indicates whether the instance is inside a sandboxed container. |
| Instance.Name | string | A non-unique identifier of the Instance. |
| Instance.Parent | Instance | Determines the hierarchical parent of the Instance. |
| Instance.PredictionMode | PredictionMode | Reflects the client-side prediction mode applied to the instance under server-authoritative physics. |
| Instance.RobloxLocked | boolean | A deprecated property that used to protect CoreGui objects. |
| Instance.Sandboxed | boolean | When enabled, the instance can only access abilities in its Capabilities list. |
| Instance.UniqueId | UniqueId | A unique identifier for the instance. |
Inherited from Object
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Object.ClassName | string | A read-only string representing the class this Object belongs to. |
| Object.className | string |
Events
Inherited from Instance
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Instance.AncestryChanged | Fires when the Instance.Parent property of this object or one of its ancestors is changed. | |
| Instance.AttributeChanged | Fires whenever an attribute is changed on the Instance. | |
| Instance.ChildAdded | Fires after an object is parented to this Instance. | |
| Instance.childAdded | ||
| Instance.ChildRemoved | Fires after a child is removed from this Instance. | |
| Instance.DescendantAdded | Fires after a descendant is added to the Instance. | |
| Instance.DescendantRemoving | Fires immediately before a descendant of the Instance is removed. | |
| Instance.Destroying | Fires immediately before (or is deferred until after) the instance is destroyed via Instance:Destroy(). | |
| Instance.StyledPropertiesChanged | Fires whenever any style property is changed on the instance, including when a property is set to nil. |
Inherited from Object
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Object.Changed | Fires immediately after a property of the object changes, with some limitations. |