ClearChatBox

This function clears the chatbox. It does not clear the console (F8)

Syntax

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Client

bool clearChatBox ()

Returns

Returns true if the player's chat was cleared successfully, false otherwise.

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Server

bool clearChatBox ( [ element clearFor = getRootElement() ])

Required Arguments

• clearFor : The player whose chat is to be cleared. By default, this is set to the root element, which will affect all players.

Returns

Returns true if the player's chat was cleared successfully, false otherwise.

Example

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Server

This example adds an admin command to clear the chatbox for everyone

function cmdClearChat(p, cmd)
    if not isPlayerStaff(p) then return end
    clearChatBox()
end
addCommandHandler("clearchat", cmdClearChat)

-- Utility function
local staffACLs = {
    aclGetGroup("Admin"),
    aclGetGroup("Moderator")
}

function isPlayerStaff(p)
	if isElement(p) and getElementType(p) == "player" and not isGuestAccount(getPlayerAccount(p)) then
		local object = getAccountName(getPlayerAccount(p))

		for _, group in ipairs(staffACLs) do
			if isObjectInACLGroup("user." .. object, group) then
				return true
			end
		end
	end
	return false
end

See Also

• getMaxPlayers
• getServerConfigSetting
• getServerHttpPort
• getServerName
• getServerPassword
• getServerPort
• isGlitchEnabled
• setGlitchEnabled
• setMaxPlayers
• setServerConfigSetting
• setServerPassword
• shutdown