# TextSource

Roblox Engine API class from Roblox Studio 0.744.0.7441077 (version-7aaa6838d36c4448).

- Inherits from, nearest first: [Instance](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Instance.md), [Object](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Object.md)
- Tags: Not creatable
- Memory category: Instances
- HTML page: https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/TextSource/
- Roblox documentation: https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/TextSource

Represents a speaker in a [`TextChannel`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/TextChannel.md).

## Properties

### CanSend

```luau
TextSource.CanSend: boolean = true
```

- Tags: Read capabilities: Chat

Determines whether the user can send messages to the [`TextChannel`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/TextChannel.md).

### DisplayName

```luau
TextSource.DisplayName: string = ""
```

- Tags: Hidden, Not replicated, Roblox script security, Read capabilities: Chat

### UserId

```luau
TextSource.UserId: number = 0
```

- Tags: Read only, Read capabilities: Chat

UserId of the user represented by the [`TextSource`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/TextSource.md).

### UserIdReplicated

```luau
TextSource.UserIdReplicated: number = 0
```

- Tags: Hidden, Not scriptable, Read capabilities: Chat

### Username

```luau
TextSource.Username: string = ""
```

- Tags: Hidden, Not replicated, Roblox script security, Read capabilities: Chat

## Inherited members

- From [Instance](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Instance.md): `Archivable`, `archivable`, `Attributes`, `AttributesReplicate`, `AttributesSerialize`, `HistoryId`, `Name`, `Parent`, `PredictionMode`, `PropertyStatusStudio`, `RobloxLocked`, `SerializedOverrides`, `SourceAssetId`, `Tags`, `UniqueId`, `numExpectedDirectChildren`, `DataCost`, `Capabilities`, `DefinesCapabilities`, `IsInSandbox`, `Sandboxed`, `AddTag`, `ClearAllChildren`, `Clone`, `Destroy`, `FindFirstAncestor`, `FindFirstAncestorOfClass`, `FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA`, `FindFirstChild`, `FindFirstChildOfClass`, `FindFirstChildWhichIsA`, `FindFirstDescendant`, `GetActor`, `GetAttribute`, `GetAttributeChangedSignal`, `GetAttributes`, `GetChildren`, `GetDebugId`, `GetDescendants`, `GetFullName`, `GetStyled`, `GetStyledPropertyChangedSignal`, `GetTags`, `HasTag`, `IsAncestorOf`, `IsDescendantOf`, `IsPropertyModified`, `QueryDescendants`, `RemoveTag`, `ResetPropertyToDefault`, `SetAttribute`, `WaitForChild`, `Remove`, `children`, `clone`, `destroy`, `findFirstChild`, `getChildren`, `isDescendantOf`, `remove`, `AncestryChanged`, `AttributeChanged`, `ChildAdded`, `ChildRemoved`, `DescendantAdded`, `DescendantRemoving`, `Destroying`, `StyledPropertiesChanged`, `childAdded`
- From [Object](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Object.md): `ClassName`, `className`, `GetPropertyChangedSignal`, `IsA`, `isA`, `Changed`