https://wiki.returnofreckoning.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=API%3ATextEditBoxSetHandleKeyDownAPI:TextEditBoxSetHandleKeyDown - Revision history2026-10-17T11:51:14ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.11https://wiki.returnofreckoning.com/index.php?title=API:TextEditBoxSetHandleKeyDown&diff=30770&oldid=prevMaintenance script: UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)2026-10-16T19:49:51Z<p>UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)</p>
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Sets whether a TextEditBox handles key presses.<br />
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TextEditBoxSetHandleKeyDown(editBoxName, handle)<br />
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== Arguments ==<br />
;editBoxName : <code>string</code> – Name of a TextEditBox window.<br />
;handle : <code>boolean</code> – <code>true</code> to let the box process keys, <code>false</code> to make it ignore them.<br />
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== Returns ==<br />
Nothing.<br />
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== Details ==<br />
* With <code>false</code>, the box does nothing when a key is pressed while it has focus: no typing, no caret movement, no deleting, no clipboard shortcuts and no history browsing. The key press is reported as not handled.<br />
* <code>handle</code> must be a real boolean.<br />
* The error messages name <code>LuaSetHandelKeyDown</code> (sic), not this function.<br />
* The function needs at least two arguments and only reads the last two. Any extra arguments placed in front of them are ignored.<br />
* The stock UI never calls this function.<br />
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== Errors ==<br />
* <code>Error in function call 'LuaSetHandelKeyDown': Window %s does not exist</code><br />
* <code>Error in function call 'LuaSetHandelKeyDown': Window %s is not a TextEditBox</code><br />
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== Example ==<br />
A minimal example built from the documented signature, making a box read-only for the keyboard:<br />
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TextEditBoxSetHandleKeyDown( "MyEditBox", false )<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[API:TextEditBoxSetText|TextEditBoxSetText]]</div>Maintenance script