CP5 TAB to next textField

not_a_coder

Hello World...I am by no means a JAVA developer but I am pretty stuck here and would love some guidance...I have scoured this forum and the internets looking for a solution.

I am using CP5 to develop a desktop app...I have 6 text fields I would like to use the TAB key to cycle through and clear the text at the same time:

        void keyPressed() { 
          if (keyCode == TAB) { 
        cp5.get(Textfield.class, "text1").clear();

Here are what my textfields look like text1-text6:

  txt1 = cp5.addTextfield("text1")
      .setColorCursor(0xff686868)
        .setValue("00")
          .setPosition(192, 191)
            .setSize(42, 18)
              .setFocus(true)
              .setAutoClear(false)
                .setInputFilter(ControlP5.FLOAT)
                .setId(1);

I am surprised this hasn't been asked before, any help would be greatly appreciated!

THANKS!

GoToLoop

I dunno how to use that library yet. But I've noticed that your fields are named something like "text" + index, right?
Make a variable called something like txtFieldIdx. Inside keyPressed() do something like:

static final int TXT_FIELDS = 6;
int txtFieldIdx = 1;

void keyPressed() {
  final int k = keyCode;

  if (k == TAB) {
    if (++txtFieldIdx > TXT_FIELDS)   txtFieldIdx = 1;
    cp5.get(Textfield.class, "text" + txtFieldIdx).clear();
  }
}

As mentioned, dunno whether it's gonna work or not! Good luck! %%-

not_a_coder

Brilliant! That works great..how can I have it .setFocus for each of the fields as well when I tab to it?

I am adding a setFocus line but it keeps them all focused:

        void keyPressed() {
          final int k = keyCode;

          if (k == TAB) {
            if (++txtFieldIdx > TXT_FIELDS)   txtFieldIdx = 1;
            cp5.get(Textfield.class, "text" + txtFieldIdx).clear();
         cp5.get(Textfield.class, "text" + txtFieldIdx).setFocus(true); //new line
          }
        }

Thanks for the quick response!

GoToLoop

Just a guess, but perhaps you should turn off the focus from the previous Textfield? :-??

// forum.processing.org/two/discussion/5549/cp5-tab-to-next-textfield

import controlP5.*;
ControlP5 cp5;

static final int TXT_FIELDS = 6;
int txtFieldIdx = 1;

void keyPressed() {
  final int k = keyCode;

  if (k == TAB) {
    cp5.get(Textfield.class, "text" + txtFieldIdx).setFocus(false);
    if (++txtFieldIdx > TXT_FIELDS)   txtFieldIdx = 1;
    cp5.get(Textfield.class, "text" + txtFieldIdx).setFocus(true).clear();
  }
}

not_a_coder

Thanks..that works perfectly. I'm sure others will find this most helpful!