How to disable pasting in a edit box

[titan_boy]

Hello,

I have found a bug in a script of me and i can fix it with disabling pasing in a editbox. Does anyone know how to do that?

[AriosJentu]

local UseText = edit:getText() 
addEventHandler("onClientGUIChanged", root, function() 
    if source ~= edit then return false end 
    edit:setText(UseText) 
end) 
  

To set text, use that

UseText = text 
edit:setText(UseText) 

[titan_boy]

thank you i will try it!

[Anubhav]

guiSetEnabled

This is your answer.

[Walid]

guiSetEnabled

This is your answer.

this function it only enable/disable the GUI element

and he is asking about How to disable pasting in a edit box.

[Mr.unpredictable.]

guiSetEnabled

This is your answer.

Wow, Never knew guiSetEnabled can disable pasting in edit box lol

[Anubhav]

What is wrong? It's the same as AriosJentu. His code disable writing in a edit box.

It won't let you paste nor write. But I think he means write. let's see

[titan_boy]

its not working i tryd this:

local UseText = guiGetText(add_item_price) 
addEventHandler("onClientGUIChanged", add_item_price, 
function() 
    if source ~= edit then return false end 
    guiSetText(add_item_price, UseText) 
end) 

[Anubhav]

  
local UseText = guiGetText(add_item_price) 
addEventHandler("onClientGUIChanged", add_item_price, 
function() 
    if source ~= add_item_price then return false end 
    guiSetText(add_item_price, UseText) 
end) 
  

[xXMADEXx]

I don't think any of those codes are what he is looking for. He wants it so that you can still edit in a text box, but just can't paste in it. This can be achieved by comparing the lengths of the text box with the old text and the new text.

I have tested this code, and it seemed to be working just fine.

local textBox = guiCreateEdit ( 100, 100, 200, 40, "Some Sample Text", false ); 
  
addEventHandler ( "onClientGUIChanged", textBox, function ( ) 
    local oldText = getElementData ( source, "guiEdit:oldTextString" ); 
    local text = guiGetText ( source ); 
    if ( not oldText ) then 
        setElementData ( source, "guiEdit:oldTextString", text ) 
        return false; 
    end  
    if ( string.len ( text ) > string.len ( oldText ) ) then  
        if ( string.len ( text ) - string.len ( oldText ) > 1 ) then  
            guiSetText ( source, oldText ); 
            outputChatBox ( "Pasting is not allowed!" ); 
            return 
        end  
    end 
     
    setElementData ( source, "guiEdit:oldTextString", text ); 
end );