GuiGetText

This function is used to get text from GUI elements like edit boxes, labels, buttons, etc.

Syntax

string guiGetText ( element guiElement )

Required Arguments

• guiElement: element you wish to get text of.

Returns

Returns a string containing the requested element's text, or false if the gui element passed to the function is invalid.

Example

This example gets the text of a pre-made gui element and outputs it to chat box.

function test ()
	--we create a dummy gui label to get text of
	local dummyGuiElement = guiCreateLabel ( 0.45, 0.48, 0.10, 0.04, "Hello world", true )
	--output the text of the label to chat box
	outputChatBox ( "Text in the GUI label: "..guiGetText ( dummyGuiElement ) )
end

See Also

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