Hi

I recently crossed a problem with the controlP5 library. I try to use textfields in order do some settings inside of a tab inside of an external control window. unfortunatly I am unable to change the values of the textfields, nor am I able to cause any control event - eventhough they seem to cause events when they are initialized (see output window) - strange enough.

here is the (shortened) code of my problem.

Code:

import controlP5.*;

private ControlP5 controlP5;
private ControlWindow controlWindow;

private static String RADIO_NAME_LISTEN = "Listen";
private static String BUTTON_NAME_CONNECTOSC = "Connect";
private static String BUTTON_NAME_ACTIVATENATEBU = "Activate";
private static String BUTTON_NAME_CLEAR = "Clear";
private static String BUTTON_NAME_REFRESH = "Refresh";

private static String TEXT_NAME_OSCSERVERURL = "osc Server";
private static String TEXT_NAME_OSCSERVERPORT = "osc Server Port";
private static String TEXT_NAME_OSCLISTENERPORT = "osc Listener Port";

private static String TEXTAREA_NAME_PX1M0D_INPUTWIN = "px1m0dInputWin";
private static String TEXTAREA_NAME_PX1M0D_OUTPUTWIN = "px1m0dOutputWin";
private static String TEXTAREA_NAME_WORLD_INPUTWIN = "worldInputWin";
private static String TEXTAREA_NAME_WORLD_OUTPUTWIN = "worldOutputWin";

private Textarea px1m0dInput, px1m0dOutput, worldInput, worldOutput;

private static String TAB_MESSAGE = "Messages";
private static String TAB_SETTING = "Settings";

private String px1m0dOutputMessage = "";
private String worldOutputMessage = "";
private String px1m0dInputMessage = "";
private String worldInputMessage = "";

private Textfield oscServerUrl;
private Textfield oscServerPort;
private Textfield oscListenerPort;


int myColorBackground = color(0,0,0);

int sliderValue = 100;

void setup() {
  size(400,400);
  frameRate(30);
  controlP5 = new ControlP5(this);
  controlP5.setAutoDraw(false);
  controlWindow = controlP5.addControlWindow("controlP5window",100,100,400,300);
  controlWindow.setBackground(color(40));

  Tab messageTab = controlP5.addTab(controlWindow, TAB_MESSAGE);

  Tab settingTab = controlWindow.currentTab();
  settingTab.setLabel(TAB_SETTING);

/** creates content of the "setting tab"
*/

  System.out.println("adding textfields...");
  oscServerUrl = controlP5.addTextfield(TEXT_NAME_OSCSERVERURL,10,20,140,20);
  oscServerUrl.moveTo(settingTab);
  oscServerUrl.setValue("127.0.0.1");

  oscServerPort = controlP5.addTextfield(TEXT_NAME_OSCSERVERPORT,160,20,40,20);
  oscServerPort.moveTo(settingTab);
  oscServerPort.setValue("12000");

  oscListenerPort = controlP5.addTextfield(TEXT_NAME_OSCLISTENERPORT,250,20,40,20);
  oscListenerPort.moveTo(settingTab);
  oscListenerPort.setValue("12002");

  controlP5.Button button2 = controlP5.addButton(BUTTON_NAME_CONNECTOSC,100,340,20,50,20);
  button2.moveTo(settingTab);
  System.out.println("...adding textfields finished");


/** creates content of the "message tab" -> is not really of concern here
*/

  Radio r = controlP5.addRadio(RADIO_NAME_LISTEN,140, 5);
  r.addItem("off", 0);
  r.addItem("on", 1);
  r.moveTo(controlWindow);
  r.setTab(TAB_MESSAGE);

  controlP5.Button button3 = controlP5.addButton(BUTTON_NAME_CLEAR,100,200,5,50,10);
  button3.moveTo(messageTab);

  Textlabel tlabel = controlP5.addTextlabel("label1", "Px1m0d input messages", 10, 22);
  tlabel.moveTo(messageTab);
  px1m0dInput = controlP5.addTextarea(TEXTAREA_NAME_PX1M0D_INPUTWIN, "waiting for input ....\n",10,30,180,20);
  px1m0dInput.setColor(0xff00ddff);
  px1m0dInput.moveTo(messageTab, controlWindow);
  tlabel = controlP5.addTextlabel("label2", "Px1m0d output messages", 190, 22);
  tlabel.moveTo(messageTab);
  px1m0dOutput = controlP5.addTextarea(TEXTAREA_NAME_PX1M0D_OUTPUTWIN, "waiting for output ...\n",200,30,180,120);
  px1m0dOutput.setColor(0xff00ffdd);
  px1m0dOutput.moveTo(messageTab, controlWindow);
  tlabel = controlP5.addTextlabel("label3", "World input messages", 10, 152);
  tlabel.moveTo(messageTab);
  worldInput = controlP5.addTextarea(TEXTAREA_NAME_WORLD_INPUTWIN, "waiting for input ...\n",10,160,180,120);
  worldInput.setColor(0xff00eeff);
  worldInput.moveTo(messageTab, controlWindow);
  tlabel = controlP5.addTextlabel("label4", "World output messages", 190, 152);
  tlabel.moveTo(messageTab);
  worldOutput = controlP5.addTextarea(TEXTAREA_NAME_WORLD_OUTPUTWIN, "waiting for output ...\n",200,160,180,120);
  worldOutput.setColor(0xff00ffee);
  worldOutput.moveTo(messageTab, controlWindow);
}

void draw() {
  background(myColorBackground);
  fill(sliderValue);
  rect(0,0,width,100);
}


void controlEvent(ControlEvent theControlEvent) {
  if(theControlEvent.isController()) {
    println("controller : "+theControlEvent.controller().id());
  } 
  else if (theControlEvent.isTab()) {
    println("tab : "+theControlEvent.tab().id()+" / "+theControlEvent.tab().name());
  }
}

 

it runs in processing 1.0, I am using the latest library version (0.3.6)

any hints or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

cheers

martin