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Button + Textfield Saving to Variable
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I'm just starting to use the ui module. How would I connect a button to a textfield to save the text to a variable? This is what I have so far.
# coding: utf-8 import ui v = ui.load_view('Untitled 2') textfield = v['textfield1'] button1 = v['button1'] v.present('sheet')
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You need to assign an
action
to your button. This is basically just a function that gets called automatically when your button is tapped. Example, based on your code:# coding: utf-8 import ui v = ui.load_view('Untitled 2') textfield = v['textfield1'] def button_action(sender): text = textfield.text print text button1 = v['button1'] button1.action = button_action v.present('sheet')
You can also set the action directly in the UI editor instead of assigning it in code (you would just enter "button_action" there, but you need to make sure that the function is defined before you load the view).
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Ok thank you. How do I dismiss this without user having the tap the x? Is that possible?
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Calling
ui.close_all()
is the easiest way. -
Thanks again!