Re: appending a Field to an existing dummy input

[Beka Westberg]

Hello,

You can use `block.getInput('MY_INPUT_NAME').appendField(newField)`

I hope that helps! If you have any further questions please reply!

--Beka

On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 6:47 AM Julian <juliand...@gmail.com> wrote:

How can in append a field without using appendDummyInput, because I want to add it to an existing dummyInput instead of making a new one. In the Blockly.blocks['blockName'] I want to use jsonInit and append a field to and existing dummyInput.

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[Julian]

I tried a lot of different things nothing worked, because dummy input doesn't have a name to access it. Then after a lot of trial and error I tried this.getInput( ' ' ) which worked that way I could use appendField() to an existing dummy field inside the init code of a block.

So I don't really know why I have to access the block like this? ( btw it only work like this getInput( ' ' ), this doesn't work: getInput(  ) )

Julian

Op vrijdag 22 oktober 2021 om 18:44:49 UTC+2 schreef bekawe...@gmail.com:

[Beka Westberg]

Oh! You can also give your dummy input a name, which should make it easier to access later.

Like:

```

init: function() {

  this.appendDummyInput('MY_DUMMY_INPUT_NAME');

  // Other initialization etc....

}

somethingElse: function() {

   // Append a new field to the input.

  this.getInput('MY_DUMMY_INPUT_NAME')

    .appendField(new Field());

}

```

I hope that helps! Best wishes!
--Beka

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[Julian]

Oh oke thx, that makes it a lot easier and clearer!

Op vrijdag 22 oktober 2021 om 20:54:24 UTC+2 schreef bekawe...@gmail.com: