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-<center>'''SetText''' ''-Documentation by DerGhulbus-''</center>
+Sets editBox's text to the specified string.
-  editBox:SetText(String)
+  editBox:SetText(str)
-Sets the editBox's text to the specified string.
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+== Arguments ==
-;''Arguments''
+:'''str''' (string) -- the string you want to appear in the EditBox
-:String
+== Returns ==
-:;String: the string you want to appear in the EditBox
+:''nil''
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-;''Returns''
-???
+== Details ==
+You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.
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+SetText fails when the text contains characters that aren't renderable (e.g. control chars, invalid UTF8). In that case the EditBox is cleared and [[API EditBox GetText|EditBox:GetText()]] returns the empty string.
-;''Details''
-You should call a SetText("") every time you read from an EditBox, so the command line is free for the next input.
+Before {{battle-inline}} ''Battle for Azeroth'', unrenderable chars were displayed as '?'.{{fact|What does it do now?}}
+== See Also ==
+* [[UIOBJECT EditBox|EditBox object]]
+* [[API EditBox GetText|EditBox:GetText()]]
+* [[API EditBox GetNumber|EditBox:GetNumber()]]
+* [[UI Escape Sequences]]