Hello, I need to create an app using processing for a homework assignment. I’m thinking about an app that requires the user to input text information, and use that to randomize a selection. What would be the best way for me to get and save the user input? Is there a library that will help with this…

There are several GUI libraries listed on the Processing website: https://processing.org/reference/libraries/#gui Most will include examples (File > Examples, in the Processing IDE) if you install them. I’ve used ControlP5 in Python Mode ( example ), which I can report works nicely. If you need to …

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Thank you for sharing! These are great!

Thank you. What I’m trying to do is have the program retain the information for one “run”. For example, the user would put in different colors at the beginning, and then the program will run to select one of the colors randomly. Would the ControlP5 library be a good use for that? Tried reading throu…

ControlP5 will provide widgets to capture user input – things like text fields, checkboxes, buttons, and so on. How would “the user put in different colors”? Type them in? Select them from drop-down lists? If it’s something like sampling from a color palette, a GUI library might not be necessary.

It would be typed in by the user. I’m will be requiring different data, but it will be typed in. Would the ControlP5 library be the best for that? To read the typed in data, and retain it, for one full run of the program?

Yes, ControlP5 (and a few other GUI libraries) will provide text fields for capturing whatever the user might type in. That data is stored in attributes you can use throughout your program.

If you want, you can also do it without a library. This code by Chrisir worked pretty good for me: boolean text = true; String export = ""; void keyPressed() { //name typing if (text == true && key==BACKSPACE) { if (export.length()>0) { export=export.substring(0, export.length()-1); …

Thank you for sharing this. Your simple pixel art tool look amazing!

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Chrisir July 30, 2020, 9:23pm 3

Warm regards

Chrisir

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