foxChat (beta)

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A modern chat UI for the Roblox chat system. Not fully complete yet, so expect bugs, bad code & missing features (but if you find them, please do tell!)

Built with Roact & roblox-ts.

Features:

• Compatible: foxChat is a drop-in replacement for the default Roblox chat GUI, implementing many of the same remote events and features, therefore features as Player.Chatted, StarterGui:SetCore will work with this script, with other modifications.
• Modern: Provides a more modern, bubble based look and feel.
• Formatting: Supports a markdown-like syntax (**bold**, *italic*, __underline__, ~~strikethrough~~, `monospace`) for formatting text.
• Client only: Due to the script piggie-backing on the Roblox chat system, this is a drop in replacement, on the client. (A server script will be required to provide typing statuses.)

Todo:

• Typing indicator
• More animations
• Autocomplete
• Better command infrastructure
• Indicate filtered messages before send.

Installation:

With rbxm:

1. Visit the actions page.
2. Select the latest build
3. On the action page, under Artifacts, download the foxchat artifact.
4. Unzip the downloaded zip file
5. Create a local script inside StarterGui, name it foxChatLoader or similar.
6. Copy the below loader code into the script

require(script.foxChat).loadFoxChat({},script.Parent)
game.Players.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):WaitForChild("Chat").Enabled = false

7. Right click the local script in the explorer window
8. Select Insert from file and open the foxchat rbxm file you downloaded earlier.

With npm:

Coming soon.

Support

If you have a feature request or a bug report, please create an issue.

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