Help with dialog field

[ProfessorFlaw]

import clipboard
import dialogs

text = dialogs.input_alert("Text")

half = len(text) // 2

first = text[:half]
second = text[half:]

end = "&a" + first + "&f" + second

clipboard.set(end)

Hello, this script is making a text half green and half white (the &a is green &f is white, it only works on a specific Minecraft server) it all works in the console but in the Pythonista keyboard it doesn’t open the dialog field, where you input your text

[omz]

@ProfessorFlaw input_alert and similar functions are not available in the custom keyboard because they would require showing the system keyboard, which isn't possible in custom keyboards. I realize that this is unfortunate, but right now, this simply isn't supported.

[ProfessorFlaw]

@omz do you have a idea of what I could use instead?

[omz]

@ProfessorFlaw Here's a possible solution. The kb_input_alert function below allows you to get a short text input, using the on-screen (PyKeys) keyboard. It doesn't support cursor placement or text selection, so it's only really suitable for short input, but I hope it's still helpful.

import keyboard
import ui
import dialogs


class KeyboardTypingView(ui.View):
  def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
    self.label = ui.Label(frame=self.bounds, flex='wh')
    self.label.font = ('<System>', 20)
    self.placeholder = ui.Label(frame=self.bounds.inset(0, 8, 0, 8), flex='wh')
    self.placeholder.font = ('<System>', 20)
    self.add_subview(self.label)
    self.add_subview(self.placeholder)
    self.label.text = ''
    self.placeholder.alpha = 0.3
    self.cursor = ui.View(bg_color='#63aaff')
    self.add_subview(self.cursor)
    self.update_cursor()
    self.entered_text = ''
    super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

  def kb_should_insert(self, text):
    if text == '\n':
      # Return pressed
      self.entered_text = self.label.text
      keyboard.set_view(None)
    self.label.text += text
    self.update_cursor()
    return ''

  def update_cursor(self):
    self.placeholder.hidden = len(self.label.text) > 0
    self.label.size_to_fit()
    self.cursor.frame = (self.label.frame.max_x, 0, 3, self.bounds.h)

  def kb_should_delete(self):
    self.label.text = self.label.text[0:-1]
    self.update_cursor()
    return False


def kb_input_alert(title='Enter text'):
  if not keyboard.is_keyboard():
    return dialogs.input_alert(title)
  v = KeyboardTypingView()
  v.placeholder.text = title
  keyboard.set_view(v)
  v.wait_modal()
  return v.entered_text

def main():
  name = kb_input_alert('Enter your name')
  dialogs.hud_alert(f'Hello, {name}!')


if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()```

[cvp]

@omz nice, a little change to be sure that keyboard is visible

  keyboard.set_view(v, mode='minimized')

[ProfessorFlaw]

@omz
Thank you very much