<function name="AddText" parent="chat" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Adds text to the local player's chat box (which only they can read).</description> <realm>Client</realm> <args> <arg name="arguments" type="vararg">The arguments. Arguments can be:⤶ <arg name="arguments" type="vararg">⤶ The message to be added to the chat box. ⤶ ⤶ Arguments can be:⤶ * <page>table</page> - <page>Color</page>. Will set the color for all following strings until the next Color argument. * <page>string</page> - Text to be added to the chat box. * <page>Player</page> - Adds the name of the player in the player's team color to the chat box. * <page>any</page> - Any other type, such as <page>Entity</page> will be converted to string and added as text.</arg>⤶ * <page>any</page> - Any other type, such as <page>Entity</page> will be converted to string and added as text.⤶ ⤶ These argument types can be combined to create formatted messages.⤶ </arg>⤶ </args> </function> <example> <description>Prints the player's name and current weapon to their chat area.</description> <code> local ply = LocalPlayer() chat.AddText( Color( 100, 100, 255 ), ply, ", you are holding ", Color( 100, 255, 100 ), ply:GetActiveWeapon():GetClass() ) chat.AddText( -- Sets the text color of upcoming strings to blue⤶ Color( 100, 100, 255 ),⤶ -- A Player whose name will be automatically colored according to their team color⤶ -- Note: this will ignore the string color set on the line above⤶ ply,⤶ -- A string which will be colored blue because of the text color set above⤶ ", you are holding ",⤶ -- Sets the text color to green⤶ Color( 100, 255, 100 ),⤶ -- A string which will be colored green⤶ ply:GetActiveWeapon():GetClass()⤶ )⤶ </code> <output><image src="chat_AddText.png" alt="center"/></output> </example>