does blockly supports text area

[Peter Cheung]

Dear All

   does blockly support text area for multiple lines input? I am building a newblock to support java coding.

thanks

Peter

[Neil Fraser]

Natively, no.  But it is a plugin:

https://google.github.io/blockly-samples/plugins/field-multilineinput/test/index.html

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[Peter Cheung]

yes thanks, using it now

[Mark Friedman]

Hi, Peter!  Since you're talking about creating a block for creating/editing code I thought I would point you to this previous post of mine about some work I did on this a while back.

Hope this helps.

-Mark

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[Max Stephen Russell]

Is that plugin supposed to be fully functional in the playground with the multiline toolbox samples? If I merely tap in a text field without editing The Jabberwocky, and then cancel to close the input dialog, or if I add text, the fields shrink to a single line height.

Steve

[Mark Friedman]

Hi, Max!  I tried, but I guess I didn't put enough caveats/warnings in my post and in the README for the GitHub repo :-(  I have not yet refactored and packaged that code to be a proper standalone plugin, nor have I modified it to work with the current version of Blockly. So it's not surprising that you would run into difficulties.  If you (or anybody else) is really serious about needing this, please let me know and I'll try to carve out some time to do the necessary work.  I'm also very open to someone contributing a PR ;-)

-Mark

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[Max Stephen Russell]

Hey Mark,

I had read the README but not your post until later. I was in Chrome while in the playground.

Actually, I am barely getting started with Blockly, but your multiline invention looks very promising and pleasing to the eye. My app will be strongly text-based, so I expect a multiline capability to be absolutely essential to my success. Until now, I didn’t realize I had a problem on my hands — and maybe a solution.

Thanks.

Steve

Max Stephen Russell

[Mark Friedman]

Steve,

  I realize that I may have misunderstood your original question.  I thought that you were asking about my code editor field, but I think that maybe you were asking about Blockly's multiline input field plugin.  Sorry about the confusion.

-Mark

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[Peter Cheung]

thanks Mark

[Peter Cheung]

Hi , yes, it works

[Christopher Allen]

Hi Max,

Am I correct in concluding that this plugin does not provide word wrap?

If you are talking about the field-multilineinput plugin that Neil linked to: 

On Monday, December 2, 2024 at 10:46:19 AM UTC-5 Neil Fraser wrote:

Natively, no.  But it is a plugin:

https://google.github.io/blockly-samples/plugins/field-multilineinput/test/index.html

…then you are more or less correct because, although the field editor will perform word wrap while editing, long lines will be truncated with an ellipsis (…) when editing is complete.

It should be relatively easy to change this behaviour if desired by subclassing FieldMultilineInput and overriding the getDisplayText_ method (though you may find it necessary to implement your own word wrapping rules), then registering your new field type in the same way that the original is registered.

Best wishes,

Christopher

[Max Stephen Russell]

Thank you so much for your guidance and links on this topic which will be of prime importance to me, Christopher!

Steve

Max Stephen Russell