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package com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.dialogs;

import com.googlecode.lanterna.TerminalSize;
import com.googlecode.lanterna.gui2.*;

import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

TextInputDialog is a modal text input dialog that prompts the user to enter a text string. The class supports validation and password masking. The builder class to help setup TextInputDialogs is TextInputDialogBuilder.
/** * {@code TextInputDialog} is a modal text input dialog that prompts the user to enter a text string. The class supports * validation and password masking. The builder class to help setup {@code TextInputDialog}s is * {@code TextInputDialogBuilder}. */
public class TextInputDialog extends DialogWindow { private final TextBox textBox; private final TextInputDialogResultValidator validator; private String result; TextInputDialog( String title, String description, TerminalSize textBoxPreferredSize, String initialContent, TextInputDialogResultValidator validator, boolean password) { super(title); this.result = null; this.textBox = new TextBox(textBoxPreferredSize, initialContent); this.validator = validator; if(password) { textBox.setMask('*'); } Panel buttonPanel = new Panel(); buttonPanel.setLayoutManager(new GridLayout(2).setHorizontalSpacing(1)); buttonPanel.addComponent(new Button(LocalizedString.OK.toString(), this::onOK).setLayoutData(GridLayout.createLayoutData(GridLayout.Alignment.CENTER, GridLayout.Alignment.CENTER, true, false))); buttonPanel.addComponent(new Button(LocalizedString.Cancel.toString(), this::onCancel)); Panel mainPanel = new Panel(); mainPanel.setLayoutManager( new GridLayout(1) .setLeftMarginSize(1) .setRightMarginSize(1)); if(description != null) { mainPanel.addComponent(new Label(description)); } mainPanel.addComponent(new EmptySpace(TerminalSize.ONE)); textBox.setLayoutData( GridLayout.createLayoutData( GridLayout.Alignment.FILL, GridLayout.Alignment.CENTER, true, false)) .addTo(mainPanel); mainPanel.addComponent(new EmptySpace(TerminalSize.ONE)); buttonPanel.setLayoutData( GridLayout.createLayoutData( GridLayout.Alignment.END, GridLayout.Alignment.CENTER, false, false)) .addTo(mainPanel); setComponent(mainPanel); } private void onOK() { String text = textBox.getText(); if(validator != null) { String errorMessage = validator.validate(text); if(errorMessage != null) { MessageDialog.showMessageDialog(getTextGUI(), getTitle(), errorMessage, MessageDialogButton.OK); return; } } result = text; close(); } private void onCancel() { close(); } @Override public String showDialog(WindowBasedTextGUI textGUI) { result = null; super.showDialog(textGUI); return result; }
Shortcut for quickly showing a TextInputDialog
Params:
  • textGUI – GUI to show the dialog on
  • title – Title of the dialog
  • description – Description of the dialog
  • initialContent – What content to place in the text box initially
Returns:The string the user typed into the text box, or null if the dialog was cancelled
/** * Shortcut for quickly showing a {@code TextInputDialog} * @param textGUI GUI to show the dialog on * @param title Title of the dialog * @param description Description of the dialog * @param initialContent What content to place in the text box initially * @return The string the user typed into the text box, or {@code null} if the dialog was cancelled */
public static String showDialog(WindowBasedTextGUI textGUI, String title, String description, String initialContent) { TextInputDialog textInputDialog = new TextInputDialogBuilder() .setTitle(title) .setDescription(description) .setInitialContent(initialContent) .build(); return textInputDialog.showDialog(textGUI); }
Shortcut for quickly showing a TextInputDialog that only accepts numbers
Params:
  • textGUI – GUI to show the dialog on
  • title – Title of the dialog
  • description – Description of the dialog
  • initialContent – What content to place in the text box initially
Returns:The number the user typed into the text box, or null if the dialog was cancelled
/** * Shortcut for quickly showing a {@code TextInputDialog} that only accepts numbers * @param textGUI GUI to show the dialog on * @param title Title of the dialog * @param description Description of the dialog * @param initialContent What content to place in the text box initially * @return The number the user typed into the text box, or {@code null} if the dialog was cancelled */
public static BigInteger showNumberDialog(WindowBasedTextGUI textGUI, String title, String description, String initialContent) { TextInputDialog textInputDialog = new TextInputDialogBuilder() .setTitle(title) .setDescription(description) .setInitialContent(initialContent) .setValidationPattern(Pattern.compile("[0-9]+"), "Not a number") .build(); String numberString = textInputDialog.showDialog(textGUI); return numberString != null ? new BigInteger(numberString) : null; }
Shortcut for quickly showing a TextInputDialog with password masking
Params:
  • textGUI – GUI to show the dialog on
  • title – Title of the dialog
  • description – Description of the dialog
  • initialContent – What content to place in the text box initially
Returns:The string the user typed into the text box, or null if the dialog was cancelled
/** * Shortcut for quickly showing a {@code TextInputDialog} with password masking * @param textGUI GUI to show the dialog on * @param title Title of the dialog * @param description Description of the dialog * @param initialContent What content to place in the text box initially * @return The string the user typed into the text box, or {@code null} if the dialog was cancelled */
public static String showPasswordDialog(WindowBasedTextGUI textGUI, String title, String description, String initialContent) { TextInputDialog textInputDialog = new TextInputDialogBuilder() .setTitle(title) .setDescription(description) .setInitialContent(initialContent) .setPasswordInput(true) .build(); return textInputDialog.showDialog(textGUI); } }