Native text fields in HTML build?

[Paul Gestwicki]

I wondered if anyone had a trick for using native browser text fields within a PlayN+TriplePlay application compiled to HTML. It would be nice to not have to deal with pop-ups.

[Paul Gestwicki]

For what it's worth, we're currently experimenting with placing native text input fields on top of a TriplePlay element. Right now, we just have some proof-of-concept code, not enough testing or integration to see if it will reliably work. If someone had a pre-packaged or shorter solution, it would save us some time. 

[Michael Bayne]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 4:59 AM, Paul Gestwicki <paul.ge...@gmail.com> wrote:

I wondered if anyone had a trick for using native browser text fields within a PlayN+TriplePlay application compiled to HTML. It would be nice to not have to deal with pop-ups.

We did some work with this on the Java/AWT, Java/SWT and iOS backends, but didn't do it for HTML5. I would highly recommend plugging into the work that we did though, because then you'll get iOS text field overlays for free. The Java overlays unfortunately suffer from a bunch of problems with AWT/Swing interacting with OpenGL and SWT interacting with OpenGL. The SWT stuff can be made to sort of work, but I think the AWT/Swing stuff is hopeless.

Anyway, the code is in tripleplay:

https://github.com/threerings/tripleplay/blob/master/core/src/main/java/tripleplay/platform/NativeTextField.java

https://github.com/threerings/tripleplay/blob/master/ios/src/main/java/tripleplay/platform/IOSNativeTextField.java

https://github.com/threerings/tripleplay/blob/master/java-lwjgl2/src/main/java/tripleplay/platform/JavaNativeTextField.java

https://github.com/threerings/tripleplay/blob/master/java-swt/src/main/java/tripleplay/platform/SWTNativeTextField.java

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[Michael Bayne]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 7:35 AM, Michael Bayne <m...@samskivert.com> wrote:

https://github.com/threerings/tripleplay/blob/master/ios/src/main/java/tripleplay/platform/IOSNativeTextField.java

Ha, looking at that, it hasn't been updated for RoboVM. That's unfortunate but wouldn't be super hard to do.

-- m...@samskivert.com

[kal...@gmail.com]

Honest question: why is it so important to have native text fields, why not create a textfield class for TriplePlay that has customizable looks, handles key input, etc.

A lot of game engines use this method (Unity for example) and it's fine, even on mobile.

[Andres Martinez Quijano]

Here's the answer:

https://github.com/threerings/tripleplay/commit/f7e4a9150f7be445484b097f73bf89c907c8b1a5

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[Daniel Kalmar]

Alright, I get it. Still, I could see a middle ground with some basic functionality that is enough for the most common use cases like username, password, age or date of birth, etc.

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[Andres Martinez Quijano]

I ended up doing just that, a subclass of the old textfield with
(very) limited features: no selection, no copy&paste, etc